I agree with the shield and sword statement. It is my experience that Germany on its first turn should buy a transport for Italy and all men. Regroup your tanks and all your infantry into Eastern Europe and plan to take Karelia on turn 3 if possible. Turn 2 can work but can be costly. Germany should buy mostly all men on turn two and three as well and move them into Eastern Europr so as to overwhelm Russia and get ahead of their infantry total. Once Germany has more infantry than Russia attack Karelia with men and tanks only, save your planes. From Italy send two full transports every turn into Egypt and Trans Jordan until you secure the Suez and subsiquently Africa. Meanwhile Japan hits China, and India and then all out Russia, while still maintaining suppremacy in the Pacific by staying one step ahead of the US and as someone else mentioned take out as many US and UK ships as possible while not over commiting your fleet and only losing the cheap expendable replaceable pieces. An IC is a good idea if you are sure you can hold it: Manchuria is good to go after Russia, but can be reinforced by Japan transports anyway, FIC is safer but India is the best of both if you can capture and hold it, because it is two squares “a tank blitz” away from Caucauscus and Trans-Jordan and you can move fleet through the Suez if needed and assist Germany in conquering Africa as required. Not to mention taking precious money away from the UK. Japan would then purchase three tanks every round for India (or FIC) and keep that up until Russia falls. From India or FIC you can also launch a strike on Australia and New Zealand to further hurt UK. If UK buys an IC on India, Japan MUST capture it at all costs or UK will get the upper hand and its game over. If Germany and Japan hit fast and hard as a unit first at UK to bankrupt and “stall” them and get the valuable money they need and at US to “stall” them, then maintain that stall on both of them and go all out Russia so as to hit Moscow on the 5th or 6th turn from both sides, the Axis will have an IPC victory easily or if using victory cities (AA50 and new) or complete victory rules they will be on their way to world domination. :-)
Basic Germany Advice
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I think I will be playing as Germany this weekend and wanted some of your advice. My plan is to purchase all infantry first turn or two and start marching them east hoping that when I am ready to strike hard at Moscow my later purchases of armor will have caught up. A few things I am concerned with…
How much to I devote to Africa?
Do I wait for Japan to deliver a 1-2 punch?
Should I make a serious push for the caucus to get the factory?Just looking for basic advice. I never play as the germans.
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Try to look for past threads that discuss German Strategy! There is a lot of things to read on the forum.
Moreover there are basic strategy articles on the site that you could read:
You should also take a look to the basic strategies for the other countries in order to check if your opponents make mistakes.
IMHO your approach is quite good. First turn good purchases could be: 10 infantry and 1 fighter or 10 infantry and 2 panzers or other similar combination. In the following turn you may increase the quantity of panzers bought but IMHO you should never stop building infantry.
Advancing on Caucasus or not, waiting for Japan or not… all depends on the board situation. Look at the board and make the assessment of the situation. Each game is different. What is good in one game may be very bad in another. So you have to look carefully to the situation.
As general principle try to inflict the more damage is possible each turn to favour Japanese advance and try to wait for Japanese being in position to attack prior to advance on Caucasus a premature advance could be dangerous. But if Russia is weak and not well sustained by the allies then advance without waiting for Japanese.
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Crucial advice for Basic German Strategy:
Bring lots of warm clothes to Russia. You might think that your trip to russia will be done by fall, but winter comes quick, and frostbite sucks.
Dont sink the Lusitania, no matter how many guns you might think are on it.
Seriously. Just dont do it.Alsace and Loraiine… just not worth it. Let those whiny french keep it.
Never trust men with small mustaches, no matter how persuasive they may seem.
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Doh! In my Revised Box there are not warm clothes! Where I can get them? Usually when I play Germany I have never used the mustaches!
:-D
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and most importantly, the italians are better spaghetti makers than allies. If you have a choice, pick anyone else.
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and most importantly, the italians are better spaghetti makers than allies. If you have a choice, pick anyone else.
Only we Italians are able to do spaghetti. Spaghetti made outside of Italy are good for gluing poster on the walls.
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