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Originally Posted by Ostfriese
Two more questions:
a) is strategic bombing of industry possible and if yes is it a viable strategy (or is the game practically over anyway if the Allied player can have heavy bombers in range of the Japanese home islands)?
b) does manpower eventually become an issue (like: can the Japanese eventually run out of men to fill their divisions/planes/ships), or is the industrial capacity the limiting factor?
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Yes, strategic bombing is pretty much the endgame strategy because trying to invade the home islands is borderline crazy with the amount of troops they'll have and the extent of the fortifications they can build. And also yes, by the time you can do that the game is pretty much over.
Manpower is modeled in the game, but the numbers are so generous to the Japanese player that all the strategy guides advise ignoring it completely. I paid no attention to it when I played vs the computer as Japan and it never held me back.