JAPAN!
Creator: bakabonest || First Published: 08/06/2006 || Players: 6 || Size: 40x40
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Rating: 7.75 in 24 ratings
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Comments:
bakabonest (08/06/2006 09:47am | Edited: 10/07/2006 10:26pm):
Recommended Bans: Kanbei, Broken Trio, sensei, Blackbombs, and definitely stealths.
Lab units should be set to all the air units. That way, TG can't use its nearby airport until
they grab BH's lab, and AB can't use the middle airport until it captures the lab east of the BM
cities.

YC=Japan, OS=USA(they have a base in southern Japan island called Okinawa),
BM=Russia, TG=South Korea, BH=North Korea, and AB=China.

Any country can win:
Japan has major fund advantage, but it'll have to fight off both Russia and USA.
Russia has the best predeployed units and potential to expand both east and south, but it
does not have any airports nearby have to fight off China trying to capture its cities.
USA also has good predeployed units, but their expansion will be slow due to their lack of
funding in the beggining.
China also gets a slow start, but once they defeat Russians invading their land(which
shouldn't be hard with two bases to use) it won't take long for them to advance on to the
Koreans.
South Korea and South Korea'll fight against each other, and once the duel is over, who
ever remaining will be a major threat to the mainland Japan and China.

I balanced it as much as I could, but any comments(idc about rates) would be appreciated.

Silvera (08/06/2006 10:07am):
Its highly unbalanced. I've noticed tha you said North Korea launched some missiles and so
they got silos... China , Russia, and the USA are all have nuclear ICBMs (although I'm not
sure if the US has a launch site on Okinawa). Yellow has all that free room to take stuff in,
and the only (close to) fair way I can find would be to make it all vs. Japan.
Cmdr. Scratch (08/06/2006 10:26am):
Plus, how is OS and BM supposed to fight when they are on 2 tiny tips of land and have only a factory? Their pre-
deployed units would be destroyed and they would just stay on that tip of land and not move.
bakabonest (08/06/2006 10:32am | Edited: 08/06/2006 10:40am):
*added a bcopter for OS and Bship for BM, moved the base on northern island closer to BM,
changed the GS tank to recon*
OS can start capturing the base on their second turn... And there's no way for japan to
stop that. Even if BH decides to shoot 2 silos at the capturing infantry(which is highly
stupid,) OS can still capture the base on their fourth turn.
bakabonest (08/06/2006 10:54am | Edited: 08/06/2006 11:52am):
*put a pipe seam in between GS and BH, changed GS recon back into tank. Also, an
infantry is added for both GS and BH.*

...Somebody mind explaining to me why they gave a 1?
Unknowned (08/06/2006 12:13pm):
Random 1...

jhuni (08/06/2006 02:04pm | Edited: 10/08/2006 12:47am):
As a picture of japan its good but as a advance wars map its not good.

Whats wrong with it?
oomouwmouw (08/06/2006 11:31pm):
uh.. BH is so dead.
bakabonest (08/06/2006 02:46pm):
>jhuni
Mind telling me what's wrong with it?
oomouwmouw (08/07/2006 12:31am):
Interesting concept... but uh.. BH is so dead.
Black Mont-Blanc (08/07/2006 02:20am):
North Korea is BH? hahaha.
You should change GS into TG.
And, please put on Bridges.
(6, 27),(10. 27),(13, 27),(27, 11)
bakabonest (08/07/2006 01:23pm):
Alright, I added bridges(ports w/ penguins) to connect the islands. I didn't add 10,27 and
13,27 ones 'cause I thought that will give OS too much advantage... besides, it will look
nasty. But I did notice that place being a bit chokepointy, so I removed a mountain for
smoother movements.

Also powered up Korean countries a bit by adding a city each....

Sylux (08/26/2006 11:26pm):
Cobalt Ice does not have an HQ.
Phlute (08/27/2006 12:02am):
Sylux: CI isn't supposed to have an HQ. The infantry are simply neutral units that
disappear when the battle starts. The production facilities cannot actually make units,
but these ports can be captured, serve as "bridges," heal ships, and provide defense.
Bakabonest: The whole artillery-over-the-pipe is a huge problem for BH and JS(?)
jhuni (10/16/2006 01:45am | Edited: 10/16/2006 01:53am):
The maps obviously imbalanced just look at it how unsymmetrical it is, and ٭IMBAL should
be pretty clear. BH just fires his 2 missile silos, and then teal and BH fight it out the rest of
the game well having no significance to what is really happening in the game + the teal vs
BH battle is imbalanced (the propertie count). What more needs to be said? Well theres alot
more balance issues to be cause for concern, but I have already stated more then enough.

Japan's size is off the area where yellow comet is should be wider, and the area where CL
INF (northeast) is should have quite a bit of sea. Your terrain variety is off to fix this add
some reefs in the corner.

You would be lucky to get a 5 on this map, because we all can just go look at a picture of
japan instead of this, because all this map is here for is show value (since theres practicly
no playability), and ur terrain variety is off along with alot of japan. 4/10
bakabonest (10/16/2006 03:38pm):
>jhuni
I know my recreation of Japan isn't perfect, but it's pretty darn close. The center area
seems fine to me, and yes, there is suppose to be a body of water between honsyu and
hokkaido but that'd make it less fun to play. Besides, sea units can still pass.

And yes, Teal does get more properties than BH. That's why BH has two silos. Teal and BH
will most likely end their battle before others, and once that happenes who ever remaining
will be a major threat.

Anyways, as I'm play testing this, I've noticed that OS is screwed if YC makes an AA quickly
and sends its cruisers. I'll give them a bit more starting fund.




punyinfantry (11/18/2006 02:43pm | Edited: 11/18/2006 02:45pm):
Get rid of OS, BH and AB. Spread out Japan. Japan is supposed to be consist of 4 main
Islands. I think this map is better off as a 3 player game. It has just too little land
and too much ocean to fight with 6 players.

TG can try to take one Japanese Island in the south. BM will take Hokkaido. But make it so
YC secures the entire main Japanese Island for sure. Make BM and TG HQs closer so they
won't like gang up and kill YC.

Playability is more important then putting armies for each country in a game.
22823 21644 (06/04/2007 07:06am):
Who is the "Broken Trio"?
Harmony Bunny (06/04/2007 06:16pm):
Colin, Hachi and Grit.
kazukii (06/09/2008 12:28pm):
im new to the online version i kno the game any kno were i can figure out how to play the
online verion



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