Interesting Post by Larry Harris

[allboxcars]

@johnnymarr:

Larry Harris 7/13/10

The largest British ship concentration is a carrier with a tactical bomber and fighter – in other words fully loaded along with a cruiser that began the game off the Uruguay/Brazilian coast.

Set-up?

#620

[SilverAngelSurfer]

And a Russian battleship!

[Upside-down_Turtle]

@SAS:

And a Russian battleship!

:-o

[Clyde85]

Awesome! But what a tease!!!

[Funcioneta]

I wonder what is doing the jap player with its aircraft … against 6 inf at Amur, I’d send 3-4 inf and a bunch of planes just to clean those 6 inf  :|

Not retaking Finland being able to do so … wtf??

Wich side is playing Larry?

[fanofbond]

It seems to Me that the Japan player isn’t of the greatest skill level. Only a minor factory in mainland Asia?  No wonder the Chinese are killing them. With hardly any new land units coming all India needs to do is hold on from the initial surge and them it and china are in control.  It also seems to me that the allies are going to need to combine their fleets quickly so the uk has enough time to build a strong enough fleet ti repel majority of the attacks the Germans can throw at them. The Russian battleship sounds nice, but once it conducts an amphibious assault I would just put it in the uk fleet. The Italians in the new game sound like they are going to be a very tough nut to crack for the allies.  I think the Americans will probably be left to deal with them after turn two. Any uk units in the are will probably attack the italian fleet. I do hope that the Russians in the east are there at start.

[fanofbond]

I forgot to mention what about a Russian sub is it still there?

[LHoffman]

@Funcioneta:

Wich side is playing Larry?

It sounds like he is playing the Germans and therefore the Axis… but… it also sounds like he is playing the US, which would make him the Allies. Hard to tell.

I would say this is a very exciting article; definitely the most interesting news we’ve had in a while. A lot of eye openers in this one.

[allboxcars]

@Funcioneta:

I wonder what is doing the jap player with its aircraft … against 6 inf at Amur, I’d send 3-4 inf and a bunch of planes just to clean those 6 inf  :|

Seems to me the Japanese and Russians are just sitting on their bayonets; neither side wanting to initiate offensive action on another front.

Hmmm, possibly just because they already have their hands full as it is?

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[LHoffman]

@fanofbond:

It seems to Me that the Japan player isn’t of the greatest skill level.

Yeah, perhaps, but I would only assume that Larry and his playtesters are A&A veterans and would know how to work the game. How could the Jap player be of low skill level? Maybe they are deliberately trying out a strategy other than the “quickest road to victory”… by taking India/Asia quickly. Some of my past assumptions were flawed though. Maybe they have one of those Chimps from WotC playing as Japan…

Regardless… this is casting doubts that Japan is invincible and that Global 40 will be broken like Pacific. Which is a good thing.

[allboxcars]

@Yoper:

@allboxcars:

@johnnymarr:

Larry Harris 7/13/10

The largest British ship concentration is a carrier with a tactical bomber and fighter – in other words fully loaded along with a cruiser that began the game off the Uruguay/Brazilian coast.

Set-up?

#620

I too saw this sentence and what he is saying here is that the cruiser starts the game off of the South American coast.  Not a CV and a CA.

The CA eventually met up with the CV and now resides in said sea zone.

Agreed.

#626

[allboxcars]

@LHoffman:

@Funcioneta:

Wich side is playing Larry?

It sounds like he is playing the Germans and therefore the Axis… but… it also sounds like he is playing the US, which would make him the Allies. Hard to tell.

I’m saying LH is playing Japan.

(Or Canada)

#627

[Funcioneta]

Nope, he’s not playing Those That Received Useless Roundels: he saw finals of World Soccer Cup and he made a last minute rule to play as Spain  8-)

[SilverAngelSurfer]

I say he’s playing Russia.  :-P  Just from the amount of bragging he seems to be doing on the Russians and the apparent glee he seems to have at the Axis being in a difficult spot.

And putting the Russian battleship with the British fleet would be nice if it can get out of the Baltic…  However, with the strait rules it is unlikely it will be able to join the UK fleet before the Germans finally decide to just take it out.

[LHoffman]

@allboxcars:

@LHoffman:

@Funcioneta:

Wich side is playing Larry?

It sounds like he is playing the Germans and therefore the Axis… but… it also sounds like he is playing the US, which would make him the Allies. Hard to tell.

I’m saying LH is playing Japan.
(Or Canada)
#627

I think he called the Japs “arrogant bastards”. Unless he is into self deprecation, I would think he is calling the enemy (ANZAC) names. Though, he could just be very pro-Allies in his speech to us, because his father fought against the Japanese… who knows.

[Funcioneta]

I’m going to love that soviet bb … I wonder if a soviet Baltic AC is going to be a viable option  :-D Or even Baltic subs!  :lol:

[Dylan the Canadian]

@Funcioneta:

Nope, he’s not playing Those That Received Useless Roundels: he saw finals of World Soccer Cup and he made a last minute rule to play as Spain  8-)

Damn it I have nothing to make fun of Spanish people, for (not including Mexicans.)

Anyways soccer/football is the most over rated sport.

Anyways is he saying Egypt’s 3 IPC’S because if Italy does ever capture it they could put a major IC there.

[allboxcars]

@Funcioneta:

Nope, he’s not playing Those That Received Useless Roundels…

See that’s where everyone is totally wrong!!  :x

They’re not Useless Roundels.

Psst… they’re miniature hockey pucks eh.

#629

[Dylan the Canadian]

@allboxcars:

@Funcioneta:

Nope, he’s not playing Those That Received Useless Roundels…

See that’s where everyone is totally wrong!!  :x

They’re not Useless Roundels.

Psst… they’re miniature hockey pucks eh.

#629

Yeah I like looking at them!

[Dylan the Canadian]

@cminke:

same ! but i have learned to except that every one is…cool

cool great choice of words.