League G40 Team Game - Stucifer/Crockett36 v Daaras/FranceNeedsMorePower

[Stucifer]

@gamerman01 Starting our game thread here -

@FranceNeedsMorePower @Daaras I know my teammate @crockett36 prefers to play Allies, so if you are willing to give us Allies and yourselves play Axis, let’s go with that.

Introductions?

I’ve been on the forum for a couple years, only played a couple OOB games. Mostly PTV. In real life: I’m 39; professionally, handle bookkeeping/tech support/HR/random stuff at my business; come from a big family so its hard work just to get 2nd Best Uncle award…(no kids of my own, and my brother-in-law is untouchable for the #1 spot)

Haven’t played much live games with any one other than with one of my biz partners here in Utah, although! I made a fun trip out East to visit @mikawagunichi and @Daaras early this year and play half a game of PtV (10 rounds over 3 days haha) but also 4? games of Axis & Allies North Africa which is quite an excellent edition to the catalog. We are participating in the Global 1942 tournament at Battlefront:Dayton in November together, so looking forward to meeting you there @FranceNeedsMorePower (and hopefully @crockett36 can make it out too!!)

[FranceNeedsMorePower]

@Stucifer If my teammate @Daaras really want’s the Axis then we could do that. But if not I would want to do the Allies so lets ethier bid or dice roll for it. Hmm, the only issue is how will we know that we actually met each other in BB Dayton? What I mean is we could easily play against each other or walk past but not know it’s actually one of us. If that makes sense.

[mikawagunichi]

@FranceNeedsMorePower Happy to exchange phone numbers over DM and arrange to meet up in Dayton.

[FranceNeedsMorePower]

@mikawagunichi Thanks for the offer but my age does not even come close to premiting (allowing) that.

[FranceNeedsMorePower]

@mikawagunichi @Stucifer @Daaras Have you guys played Stalingrad yet? It’s quite fun.

[mikawagunichi]

@FranceNeedsMorePower No problem, we can always just text via DM on the forum

[FranceNeedsMorePower]

@mikawagunichi Sounds good. What does DM mean? Are you doing the G42 tournaments? If so, which strategies have you used in the past if you have done G42 in the past before. I’m thinking about using a variant of the Middle Earth Strategy that works for G42. I’m just worried it won’t work for a 5-7 round game.

[Stucifer]

@FranceNeedsMorePower Have not played Stalingrad yet, we may get a chance in September though! It looks awesome.

DM is Direct Message

Me, mikawagunichi, and Daaras are doing G42 as a team. The shorter format makes Middle Earth a little less desirable, but it is still a strong strategy. In my limited experience you need a mIC in Persia to even have a chance at holding India unless Japan is asleep

[FranceNeedsMorePower]

@Stucifer Thanks for letting me know! Yeah My Dad and I may go against you guys! That would be cool!

You may not want to answer this but if you fine with it please do. What strategies have you used in the past for G42 that worked? Again not which one are you going to use which ones were decent just so I can customize and combien ideas to form my own strategy for the event.

[FranceNeedsMorePower]

@mikawagunichi I assume there would e a roster for the event then we could see if we are parried up via contacting on here or something.

[Stucifer]

@FranceNeedsMorePower We haven’t played any tournament games, just done some games against each other.

If Axis gets a bid of 7 or more, you can use it on a transport and take Celebes and complete that objective on J1, which is huge for your momentum. Japan seems like the strongest Axis power in our playing of 42. However I did find a decent investment into Navy with Germany paid some good dividends for securing the Leningrad NO and at least stalling Russia. Italy is always tough.

For Allies, focusing on the Pacific fleet with the US but getting at least a couple transports into play in the Atlantic/Med is good. However the turn order puts Germany between US & UK, so the normal “OOB” Global strategies for having US capture and using UK planes to secure has to be reversed, and with our group at least the US had to spend 80%+ in the Pacific.

[FranceNeedsMorePower]

@Stucifer Thanks for letting me know. Hmm I was thinking about a big transport shuck into Western Germany or France but seems like that won’t quite work. Well know the british take then the Americans land planes that’s how it works now.

[gamerman01]

@Stucifer said in League G40 Team Game - Stucifer/Crockett36 v Daaras/FranceNeedsMorePower:

I know my teammate @crockett36 prefers to play Allies, so if you are willing to give us Allies and yourselves play Axis, let’s go with that.

You’d better let crockett36 play with the Allies or he will deliberately sabotage his evil Axis power. 🔥 💥

[crockett36]

@gamerman01 I tend to roll play the madman as the Axis.

[FranceNeedsMorePower]

@gamerman01 Huh, I’m confused.

[FranceNeedsMorePower]

@crockett36 So you are good as the Axis? If so then lets do what I said before if not let’s roll a die.

[Stucifer]

@FranceNeedsMorePower one of the strategies suggested is the Norway Knockout which is a big, naked transport landing in Norway by the US on turn 3, with the buy being 6 strat bombers; they can fly to Norway on US4 and start pummeling German ICs US5.

However that takes first round transport buy, second round move to Iceland with UK providing fleet defense, and then ideally UK landing UK 2 and US reinforcing with any air units its brought over and the 5 transports. Suddenly you have ~12 ground units and some air there to hold it and Germany usually can’t take it back.

Then UK sends more defenders as needed and US starts bombing away.

[Daaras]

@Stucifer @FranceNeedsMorePower I am not partial to any side, I havent played much box is a while lol.

I’ve been on the forums a few years as well, and happily got to the finals in PTV last year but then got absolutely smoked in them. I may have put up less of as resistance than poland.

I am an engineer by day.

I also don’t play much live as the time commitment is just too much. I’m married with 1 kid so far, but my brothers and I do try to get some games of the quicker versions in from time to time. The weekends Stu comes to visit are lovely.

[crockett36]

I’m a UPS guy of 32 years. 7 kids, same wife. last one a senior this year. Hoping to retire from this job next year and finish my master of divinity. Live in NH.

I was responding to Ted’s comment that I would secretly be hoping the Axis lose IF I was playing the Axis. I play this game, 25 percent because of personal history, 50 percent because of my love of history and 25 percent for the love of competition/strategy.

Looks like we need to flip a coin or start a bid. Let’s start the bid at 50 if we can’t decide. 50 for the Axis. As in “I will play the Axis if you give me 50. Counter offer?”

[Daaras]

@crockett36 I’m not trying to sound dumb or anything, but I honestly have no idea what a fair bid is. We could decide on a fair bid and them flip a coin? I haven’t really played box in years lol