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New Thoughts and Revisions After a Few Months of Playing

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Yes, economy is also a factor, however, I don’t like to view IPC superiority as a “margin of error”, or something that can be wasted. I’m more of a “save for a rainy day” type of player. I say, if your IPC advantage is really that great, wait a turn or two to build up your forces, then crush Germany in one blow. :evil:
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First time playing the AA50/41

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• • • Petebu

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Does the 1941 scenario even work without the NOs? I solitaired it for a bit once and the board seemed almost empty of units after about three turns. Germany collapsed because its lost income from the rather easy NOs really makes a difference. Japan seemed rather irrelevant since it takes longer to gain momentum without the NOs, and Germany falls sooner to a KGF.
The 1942 scenario seems better suited for a non-NO game because it´s got more starting units and the theaters are better balanced. Germany is stronger so a KGF will take longer and Asia has got more options since India won´t fall as easily, China is tougher and the US Pacific fleet is stronger.
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Strategy for playing with no national objectives? - 41 edition

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• • • Jeff28

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I play without national objectives regularly. IMHO, the key for the Axis is killing Russia. I have found that the best way to kill Russia is to do a combined Germany/Japan land assault. However, this cannot be done if USA and GB are offloading on France/NWE- Germany cannot guard the Atlantic borders and keep pressure on Russia. My solution was simple. Establish a chain supply of Japanese fighters to France for defense (2 per turn as of turn 3) This accomplishes two things: one, defends France effectively and,two, forces the Allies to build navy to avoid losing their transports. This allows Germany to send roughly half of their land forces to the Russia front. ( build only infantry and artillery since IPC’s are scarce from turn 3 forward) This slows Japan down but is well worth it to keep pressure on Russia from Germany. Also, move the Japanese fleet to protect Italy from invasion. Allies can’t amphibious assault Italy with a massive combined Italian/Japanese fleet in sea zone 14.

I build a German bomber on turns 1 & 2 to keep Britain off shores till turn 3, then the bombers become useful in swapping territories with Russia.
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New theory for Allied KGF. A possible balancer maybe? Need Logistical help.

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• • • Gargantua

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Honestly Func, you haven’t tried to play KGF if you think its boring. It’s true it would be boring if the Allied opponent simply regurgitated Revised strategies, but that’s not how you play KGF in 41–KGF in 41 requires aggression and timing and closely coordinated attacking.

It’s true that KGF is harder for the Axis to play against, because Axis has to think hard to anticipate the 1-2-3 attacks and coordinated movements. But I don’t mind the challenge…it’s more interesting to fight a KGF then to win an inevitable economic victory or quickly stomp Russia if the Allies divide their focus.

What I can say with certainty is its lots of fun to be Allies when executing a KGF strategy, especially the sort of aggressive KGF strategy that Gargantua is talking about above. It’s more exciting to be Allies in AA50 then in any previous version of AA, partially due to the challenge involved, and partially due to KGF being much more exciting and diverse with the inclusion of Italy.
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A Bad Opening I Might Play

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• • • rockrobinoff

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Yep, only planes can’t land on a territory you just conquered. Inf / art / tanks are fair game :)

It’s really what you could call a Blitzkrieg:
Attack the frontline territory with inf/art only, keeping tanks in reserve Take the next territory with amphibious assault or paratroopers if you use techs Move in all armor in NCM deep into ennemy territory
If well executed, it can be a game ender or at least enable you to bypass a deadzone.
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What would it take for you to play a German naval strategy in '41?

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• • • Bardoly

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I will usually only build extra naval units with Germany if there is some sort of core to build them around. Be that a surviving cruiser or battleship. If I still have one of these in turn two or three I might build some subs or even a destroyer. Also the casualty rate on the Eastern Front cant be too high, because then I will buy extra land units instead.

So basically, it depends on how well the Allies play and how well my navy holds up. Its a opportunistic investment at best and I never considered it a feasible strategy for Germany really.
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On-line play

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• • • scampb

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Ouch, thats some serious bad dice there Omega, uh… I mean Robert :p
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Was this game play tested AT ALL?

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• • • gamerman01

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I have played both the 41 and 42 set-ups and found that the 42 is a little more balanced and the Allies usually win, but the Axis can win if well played.
The 41 set-up does favor the Axis but we have won as the Allies in a long and hard battle that takes a long time but eventually turned around. In that game UK bought a factory on India T1 and diverted resources that way to slow down Japan, and USA and Russia (a little) went after Japan right away aiding UK as best they can. Germany, Italy and Japan were making way too much money by T3, but smart decisions allowed the Allies to slowly climb back and turn things around by T7, so it can be done. China was no help at all so they are week. Victory cities is the key. Do not worry about crushing the Axis completely just getting the VC you need.
I agree that China does not start with enough and/or is not getting enough men per turn. That part alone would slow Japan down enough to make it that much more balanced. :-)
We play with the rules as is. :-D
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Looking for Axis ideas against my clan's new Allies campaign

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• • • joh01749

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Let the Italians Hold France, and Keep Germany in a Position to fight Russia and be able to push the Allies off of France if Italy Fails to Hold. Italy, if they lose france should be able to Weaken the Invasion forces enough to the opoint where GE can easily take it back without spending to much of their Resources on it. Then Keep pusshing the Italians back In for the Defence

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