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Japan in WW2: Pacific Expanse is a turn-based tactic board mini game set around the Pacific ocean, modelling the nearly impossible Japanese attempt to grow their empire while squeezed between three another increasingly hostile good powers (Britain, the U.S. & the USSR). From Joni Nuutinen: By a wargamer for the wargamers since 2011. "In the first 6-12 months of a fight with the U.S. and Britain, I will run wild and victory win upon win. But then, if the fight continues after that, I have no expectation of success." — Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy Combined Fleet You are in charge of the Japanese expansion tactic in WWII - the fate of the Pacific hangs in the balance. As the architect of Japan’s imperial ambitions, the choices are yours to create: Declare fight on mighty empires, command the production of industries, deploy the Imperial Navy’s awe-inspiring fleets - battleships that slash through the waves like blades, and aircraft carriers bristling with dive bombers ready to rain fire from the skies. But beware: the clock is ticking. Japan’s almost total lack of natural resources is a sword of Damocles hanging over your tactic. The oil fields of the Dutch East Indies glisten like forbidden fruit, ripe for the taking. Yet, seizing them will not go unnoticed. The British Empire, with its far-reaching naval dominance, the industrial might of the United States, and the relentless Soviet fight machine will not stand idly by. One misstep, and the wrath of the globe will descend upon you. Can you outmaneuver the impossible? Can you dance on the razor’s edge, balancing the demands of land and sea warfare, production and natural resources, to emerge as the undisputed master of the Pacific? Will you rise to the challenge, or will your empire crumble beneath the weight of its own ambition? The scene is set. The pieces are in put. The Pacific awaits its ruler. Main elements of this complex scenario: — Both sides will carry out multiple landings, each playing out almost like its own mini-game. Believe me: bailing out of Sumatra in panic after landing there with too few troops and supplies will not be fun. — Politics & Fight: At the begin, you are only at fight with China—everything else depends on political tensions, perceived military threats, and appeasement acts. — Economy: Decide what to produce and where, within the limits of natural resources like oil and iron-coal. A handful of carriers would be good, but without plenty of fuel to power them, maybe settle for few destroyers and infantry? — Infrastructure: Engineer troops can build railway networks in mainland China, while funding science and victories unlocks quicker naval shipping lanes. Could those engineer troops be in China to build dugouts on the border versus the USSR, or in pacific fortifying the islands closest to the U.S. — Long-Term Logistics: The farther away the islands you seize are, the harder it becomes to maintain supply lines as hostile empires ramp up their resistance. What if you safe Papua-New-Guinea, set the industry there to create a battleship, but then a rebellion breaks out and the U.S. fleet wipes out your local warships? Can you project enough power at the end of the globe to retake control, or could you agree the loss of this major island for now? — Fuel & Supply: Oil fields, synthetic fuel production, tankers avoiding opponent submarines, and fuel-dependent troops on land, at sea, and in the air—including aircraft carriers and dive bomber bases—all need masterful planning to come together. What will you do if the British land on Java and threaten the key oil fields, but Americans just seized Saipan & Guam, meaning their next target might be the home islands? "In order to create room for survival, sometimes one has to war. The occasion has finally come to dispose of the U.S., which has been a barrier to our national existence." — Japanese PM's speech to military leaders, November 1941, prior to the Pearl Harbor attack