New Guinea is after Greenland the largest island in the world.

The fact that Japan can scramble is a big advantage, of course. But if it gets to that Japan is in serious trouble. Then you need to hold out until Germany captures Moscow and Italy captures India.

Great summation Daedelus

No

Yes

@reloader-1:

the maps, while having no creases, are microscopically thin

When I opened my box for AA50 and saw the potential for warping I had to go out and spend another $20 for a piece of plexiglass to lay over the boards so that they wouldn’t warp. My $100 AA50 ended up costing $120 plus 7% sales tax in order to play it. I do think the folded, thicker maps in AAP40 are much better and like the idea that they used cardboard markers for ICs and AA Guns. I can use those when I play AA42 to save some space. I had to give up my game room for awhile so I am not able to play AAP40 and have not picked up AAE40 yet so right now AAP40 is sitting in the closet while I am using the the cardboard pieces from it.

Each unit may be paired with only one other unit in the same turn phase, but it may be paired with a different unit in another turn phase.  In Miker49’s example, the tank may be paired with the mechanized infantry in the Combat Move phase, then be paired with the tactical bomber in the Conduct Combat phase.  In Jeffdestroyer’s example, the tank may be paired with the mechanized infantry in the Combat Move phase, then be paired with either the mechanized infantry or tactical bomber in the Conduct Combat phase, but not both.  See the Combined Arms sidebar on page 16 of the Rulebook.

Yes, the damaged BB doesn’t lose any of its abilities except the ability to take 2 hits

I posted my reply in the other thread ( http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=20063.0 ) so it’s a bit easier to follow. No use having two threads about the same confusing the discussion!

8-)

@strategic:

I like the strategy but what are the logistics?

Try this and see how it goes:

G1:  Build five subs.  Use two subs to take out  the British destroyer by Canada.  Use three subs to take out the destroyer by the UK.  Ignore the battleship and cruiser by Scotland.  Use your airforce to take out the rest of the British fleet that you can reach.  The point is to sacrifice your airforce to keep your navy alive.  You may even use your bomber with the three subs and take it as a hit if the destroyer hits you back.  Then noncombat your battleship and cruiser into SZ 109 with your three subs.  Place your new subs in SZ 112.  This gives you 10 subs (if both of them by Canada survived), 1 battleship and 1 cruiser.  The UK can most likely destroy any one  of your fleets but there is no way they can destroy the other two.  SZ 109 is more important to them since they got to take out that fleet in order to prevent you from convoy raiding 8 IPCs.  The side benefit of them taking out your fleet in SZ 109 is that the Italian navy will not be destroyed and they can then quickly secure the med and earn their national objective.  If UK attacks the Italians anyway then no problem since you now are convoy raiding them for 11 IPCs (assuming that both of your subs off Canada survived).

J1:  Do not make any attacks that would get the USA involved in the war.  Since the USA gets to declare war on you at the end of turn 3 and get their income bonus on that turn, you will be attacking the UK/ANZAC/USA on turn 3.  Of course, you can still attack the Soviets with your infantry and massive airforce.  Just make sure that airforce is in position by turn 3 to take out the DEI, Malaya, Hong Kong, the Phillipines and the British fleet (if they are still in the area) on turn 3.

I1:  Either secure the med on turn 1 if your fleet survived or start rebuilding if it didn’t.  You may have to save your money for one turn in order to build more naval units on turn 2.  Also, take out as many friendly neutrals that you can as well as Southern France and Greece.  Once all enemy destroyers are gone then you can build subs without fear of being attacked.

G2:  Build 10 subs.  By the end of turn 3, you want to have around 25 subs.

Remember, you goal isn’t so much to take out territories right away but to deny UK /ANZAC/USA IPCs by convoy raiding them.  After the first 4 or 5 turns, you have to spend some money buying infantry to protect yourself from the Soviets.

I haven’t tried this, but it seems like it would be possible for Germany to take out the West Indies on turn 3 while Japan takes out Brazil, also on turn 3.  All three of the Axis would have to coordinate this to pull it off.  Then, on turn 4, Germany builds an airbase while some of the Japanese airforce lands on West Indies, allowing them to scramble if the USA attacks back.  Perhaps Japan should also build a minor IC on Brazil to help dominate the Atlantic

ordered it today

So pretty much the US is not allowed to move anywhere in the Atlantic before they are at war… :-P  Not exactly, but almost.

LOL buy 6 SBmrs and 1 Fig a round as the US…  Atlantic secured!

Mexico isn’t worth 3 now, much less back in the 1940s

What stops US or UK placing 4-5 fighters in Gibraltar. Each would roll a 2 vs a 1 the escorting fighters if any(lack range i think) might get. Each Bombing raid would cost the attacker 1-2 bombers from defending fighters before you roll AA.

@Funcioneta:

They will attack each other first round 90% of games if you don’t agree a penalty for the attacker … something like 15 or 20 IPCs. Higher penalty -> later attack

Not sure about that 90% on turn 1, but sooner or later, they certainly will atack!

Hello guys/gals.

I’d like to give some of my opinion if it’s cool.

I have only played the global game once…… today.  I have played the Pacific game 5 times by itself and I have never played the Europe game by itself.

I don’t think there’s any problems with the Pacific game.  It is a little hairy with extra movements from bases and such, but overall I find the game to be balanced enough.  I have read a lot of guys complaining that you can be knocked out in the first round etc… with the Europe game, but it’s a dice game.  The guy who has the best strategy and better pieces isn’t even the guy who wins.  It’s the guy who consistently rolls 1s and 2s that wins.  We can kid ourselves all day that we’re master tacticians and have all these great plans, but the dice have always, and will always decide the winner.  I like how Italy has a little beef, but not enough to kick serious ass right away.  Given great dice, the UK will be hurt badly in the Med and North Africa.

Anyway I really do like the game the way it is.  I have not played it as much as many of you guys but so far my impressions are that of it being a great game.  I just don’t think it’s fair to place blame or insult to a games initial setup design when the dice are what sways the outcome on any given day.  Right?  Anyone with me?

Nice to meet you guys.  I’m new here.  I have been playing Axis games since 96.

I say it might actually be the most even AA game (other then the Solomon Isles one.)

Well about 10-20 turns

Yep, you lost all when you got a tech. We made a houserule that if you accidentily rolled two 6’s you was allowed two rolls and could pick the tech you liked.

Played 1/2 of a team game tonight.  I had life pretty easy as America and Australia lol.  The Axis did not even make any attacks which get the US in the war on round 3.  More I watch this the more I think it puts them at a disadvantage.

I keep seeing Japan get distracted in Russia and not take the Borneo, Java, etc.  In northern Europe a feint at Sea Lion with a back up of the amphibious landing in Leningrad happened again also. My first two Axis games I did the same thing.  Germany can not FORCE Sea Lion on England and ends up building a carrier or two to protect its fleet.  Sea Lion feints help Italy out since the UK can’t spend much in South Africa though and that double landing in Scotland on G2 does potentially get 16 Germans into attacking London and creates a potential disaster if England attacks the 8 or so land units in Scotland and wins.

With my US strategy I dared Japan by totally abandoning the Pacific just to see if Japan would attack me.  It barely worked.  He just captured Hawaii and sent a few folks after the Philippines.  So of course now it is the end of turn 4 I have a huge navy off Gibraltar West and landed a few bombers there with only a couple inf and barely any protection to goad Italy into wasting transports there.

America with all that money is like the timer in the game.

Like someone pointed out a G1 attack kills Russian inf which usually just backs up.

I propose it also gets the Axis a square or two closer to Moscow or India since America isn’t activated by Germany attacking Russia.

Further Japan must take them high dollar islands to neuter India’s ability to fight back.  This leaves Japan the choice of going India crush if America ignores it or attacking Russia in force if India looks like a pain and Russia screws the pooch with their 18inf or if Stalin has too many troops in Europe as well.

A G1 or G2 attack on Russia puts America at best 5 turns from being able to force a landing in Italy, probably 7 or 8 depending.

In my games Italy has had a pretty good time of things in Africa averaging between 20 and 30 bucks income so they are not entirely helpless.  Japan has to come blockade my west coast and take 12 or more bucks a turn to force me into building 4 or 5 Aircraft Carriers there on the second turn of them doing that.