Erik2 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 3:13 pm
Forgotten Army 1941-42 1.0
Link updated in first post
Great! Another the opportunity to replay my #1 scenario, Gin Drinkers!
Gin Drinkers - The scenario is really polished, and still loving it. Did see a typo in the Briefing: "
You orders are to...". The only error I noticed was that the objective still requires 21 turns and not 20.
Hong Kong - All Japanese cleared from the Island.
Task Force Z - Seems pretty well balanced now, but it didn't give me the achievements for sinking the battleship or a carrier.
Kota Baru - Happy to see that the Naval exit hex now works as intended.
The Australian core Air Force units didn't carry over from the previous scenario and there are no RP's for purchasing new units. The objective to occupy the Ngae airfield in 10 turns is unrealistic, the Japanese move first and in strength that is much stronger than anything the player can muster.
I had never gotten past Kota Baru before so the rest of the scenarios were all new to me.
Slim River - Tried multiple times before coming the the conclusion that the Taipang and Kuala Kangsar air fields were untenable. However, I did discover later that "Hold for 5 turns" doesn't necessarily mean the first 5 turns.
Muar River - New Zealand and Australia have Air CP's but no core units available. I spent some of my limited RP's blowing the Endau Bridge only to find out later in the scenario that there is an event that blows it automatically.
Singapore - Didn't have any issues with this one.
Bilin - With Female Factory Labour we are short of supply to deploy all CP's. Are the objectives for Kuzeik and Kaso switched? We only need to hold Kaso for 5 turns but it is not close to the Japanese assault while Kuzeik needs to hold for 10 turns and is assaulted immediately. There isn't much point in including the western portion of the map, the Tigers are destroyed immediately and once the bombers finish off the facilities just return to base and do not participate the battle in the east.
Rangoon - Australian air CP's became available but no core units did. Didn't get the achievement for blowing the oil refinery.
Toungoo-Prome - No issues here.
Indian Ocean - Total disaster. The Yanks wished they stated in the Pacific, I knew they were done for when I saw the wave of approaching air units on radar. However, I thought that the British were safe hiding out in Celyon, how wrong I was. After the Americans were taken care of and the air formations headed to Celyon it only took a single turn to sink the first British capital ship, and it just fell apart from there as the IJN pursued the Royal Navy all the way to the Arabian Sea. There are a lot of Naval and Air CP's available to use but not many new units provided and since there are never any RP's available to purchase new units in this campaign the player is severely handicapped in this one. Some how I did get a draw on this one, maybe because I decided not to deploy the RN Carrier?
Yenangyang - The Allies go into negative supply on the first turn. With the computer controlled Chinese in the way, the player can make no contribution to the defense of Kyekadaw or Yedashe so the objectives to defend those locations are unrealistic.
Monywa-Mandaly - Again, the player has no input for the defense of the Chinese held objectives. Hold for 15 turns? Heck, the Chinese couldn't even hold them for 3 turns, and by turn 14 every Chinese unit was destroyed. Otherwise the scenario played out really well and after holding off the Japanese in the west, I found it fun to have to redeploy my units to face the enemy approaching from the east.
Arakan - Defeat on the first turn, right after deployment. And I was so looking forward to finally go on the offensive.
Thank you Erik for this campaign of a WW2 theater that I know so little about and doesn't get much attention in the war gaming community. It plays so differently from a typical OOB campaign in that the RP supply is so weak that elite replacements are too expensive, purchasing new units is out of the question, and forget armour. It all seems perfectly appropriate for the setting.