Thanks Panther that is what I thought.
China and what should be done with it
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There needs to be a Vichy rule.
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And what does this have to do with China.
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There is a blue territory right next to china. French indo china I think. but the previous posts…idk
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Yeah I think we need to get back on topic or Aldertag is going to get us.
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Watch he will globe you!
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Actually did you see the territory above China ( mongolia I believe) its all broken up! That leads me to beleive that you might be able to sneak through it to get to chinese territories! or that its going to have a bunch of infantry to discourage you from going into it.
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As far as turn order Russia must absolutely go after both Germany and Italy, to remove the stupid can opener tactic in AA50 41 that keeps Russia from doing anything but defending her factories.
I think it would be better if all countries on both sides went at the same time. This would allow combined assaults and remove stupid crap like can openers.
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Whats a “can opener” strategy? I have never heard of that
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Yeah, What’s the can opener strategy?
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Can opener is when Italy moves in before Germany. Italy “opens” a weakly def tt (takes it and holds it) which will allow Germany to blitz tanks (and mech inf) through to hit Russia on its turn. This method would also allow you to take tt with Italy then move in with your German ground and air units for better def w/air. You can “can opener” with any friendly power, but Italy/Germany seem to work very well together.
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Of coarse if Russia went between Italy and Germany (as it does in AA50"42")then it could stop it normally. Then Germany would have to “can open” for Italy which won’t be as effective.
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oh you send in a force to weaken it, then another army to hold and take further stuffs. Thats not neccesarrily a bad thing. I do that in almost every game. with on ally or axis power. there are just SO many major powers that you absolutely have to win and work together or lose seperatly.
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Yea most typical in AA50"41" would be for Italy to take Ukraine (maybe amphib). This would allow German tanks on Bulgaria or E.Poland to blitz into Caucaus. The only power that goes between is US and they normally wouldn’t have troops in the area to stop it unless its later in the game.
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Right, and that makes russia stack moscow and not go offensive for fear of 12 tanks stealing there capital.
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that sucks! and I cant think of any way around it.
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Not necessarilly confuse me per se, but to counter it. There IS NO effective counter to it. I use can opener strategies all the time, typically with America as the fall guy, they have the IPC and its not like you can take AND hold their capitol. I typically spam bombers with America bomb france then hold it with Britian repeat ad nauseum. Or until the Germans are defeated. There is NO counter for it. not one that permanently works anyway.
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Or not one that you have seen anyway.
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Do you know of any?
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Without seeing the specifics of each game I cannot comment. Each game presents its own strategies and counter-strategies.
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But there is no counter to the I/G can opener I smash moscow so you have to keep most of your units on it while I laugh at you tactic. Not in aa50 '41 that is.
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