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New Axis strategy….has not failed yet....

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Plasticdeathbydice
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I have decided to roll lots of 1’s and 2’s…… :-D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7ufOkRoShk
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deadbunny
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I have never seen dice thrown that way (in any venue board gaming or in a casino which I frequent) and I would probably take notice of the technique after a few rounds. Of course that is not to say that it may be possible to get away with.
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McLovin1985
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Hahahaha. That was pretty impressive actually.

If he ever gets caught his hands will be chopped off :lol:
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RedHunter
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I will now be alert for this lol.
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keplar
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if concerned about dice cheating, insist on using a dice tower :roll:
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I also don’t use my mechs to attack.
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Subs are amazing units. I argue hacing about 40% of your IPCs in subs as US. Volume is vastly underrated.
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Low Luck benefits Axis?

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Thanks for the tip.
That seems to work better in live games as the flow of the game when PBEM would suffer if a lot of battles should be checked for any low luck desire by the opponent before proceeding.
But an agreement of some sort of medium luck could work even with PBEM
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China placing new units

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@taamvan:

You could even do a house rule for that, such that 1-3 US destroyers would be able to cross ATL and join/protect UK/ally fleets during defensive combats on turns 1-4.

I am currently working on a house rule where one can do that with Lend-Lease that US can transfer equipment.

I am also trying to set up a different rule for declaration of war where you can declare war but if you don’t have just cause, then you take a penalty for attacking but if you have just cause, then of course you’re free to declare war.

I was going to changed the let up of all units, try to get it to reflect actual WWII in 1940, for example USSR will actually have a Pacific Fleet as an example.

I was going to something crazy like put in merchant ships for Lend-Lease that will make convoy zones more useful and for pain in the A$$ to disrupted. So I had an idea setting up fighter units closer to real numbers ( I am making this number up to make an example) Let’s say I put ten fighters on London, I was going to make one of them a US fighter to represent Eagle Squadron, US will be neutral however because Eagle Squadron is in London, this is a “just cause point” for Germany and Italy to go to war with US.

I have other examples but this makes the point.
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If Japan does a great J1 DOW on W.Allies, ie:loses just 1-2 inf… ,

how should US respond? It’s first 2-3 rounds of buy?
And UK India? Should it keep its FTRS or send them to the Med?
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About to start first global game with axis (2nd edition). basic strategy?

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Just have fun. These games can be very long… Which is why I like to go wild in live games.

prepare to invade london with germany, remember to buy a carrier and 2 transports for the first round or carrier destroyer sub. Second round if you have not purchased a destroyer on the first, buy one and the rest transports. prepare to invade!

Have italy kill the french naval or ram into the stuff by gibraltar, because you don’t want that defending london.

Sea lion is real fast, you get london on germany round 3 or you don’t. Russia pushes in europe and you kick him out or you don’t. Simple as that.

As far as Japan goes, that is up to you. The simplest strategy is to draw an imaginary line from Japan to calcutta… and take everything along the way and the dutch islands.
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Photos of the new sculps

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@WARRIOR888:

Did any other scuplts change in the Pacific 1940 Second Edition besides the ones mentioned already?Â

I finished inspecting the new Global sculpts last weekend and here are the main differences I was able to spot between old and new versions of sculpts which are supposed to represent the same model of equipment. I took a few pictures (see below) to go with these notes. (I haven’t noted cases in which some of the details on the sculpts are simply defined a little better in one version than in another, without being different in actual shape.) Most of the differences involve sculpts which were introduced in 1942 (2nd ed) game, and which were then replaced by revised sculpts in the Global 1940 (2nd ed) game.

Artillery: 105mm LeFH 18 howitzer (German)
Introduced in 1942 (2nd ed), in which the breech and the undercarriage are connected. In the 1940 (2nd ed) version, there is a gap between them.
Antiaircraft Gun: 3.7in QFAA (British)
Introduced in 1942 (2nd ed). In the 1940 (2nd ed) version, there is an additional structure underneath the thick lower part of the barrel assembly, at the point where it connects to the mounting.
Antiaircraft Gun: M1939 85mm (Russian)
Introduced in 1942 (2nd ed), in which the gun ends with a flared muzzle brake. In the 1940 (2nd ed) version, the barrel is more slender and ends with grooves running around the barrel tip.
Antiaircraft Gun: 88mm FLAK 41 (German)
Introduced in 1942 (2nd ed), in which a spur extends backward from the base of the breech, the horizontal element projecting forward from the front of the mounting is cylindrical, and two of the mounting’s legs are thicker than the other two. In the 1940 (2nd ed) version, the breech is shorter, the horizontal element projecting forward from the front of the mounting is oval, and the mounting’s four legs are the same thickness.
Antiaircraft Gun: 75mm Type 88 (Japanese)
Introduced in 1942 (2nd ed), in which the mounting’s four legs are thicker than in the 1940 (2nd ed) version.
Cruiser: Kent class (British)
Introduced in Anniversary. In the 1940 (2nd ed) version, the third funnel is short instead of being the same height at the other two.
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General German Strategy - KILL! ???

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I am in a Global game now. We just finished Round 9 and decided on a break for a while. I am playing Germany and the Russian player is also handling China.
Germany captured Paris Round 1, forced a Sealion Round 2 and was successful but at somewhat high cost. Round 3 took the 3 big neutrals - Spain, Sweeden and Turkey - which also took a fair amount of resources. Therefore, I don’t think I was able to build up enough in the east for Barbarossa like I would have preferred. I had a good force by end of Round 3, but it certainly could have been better.
Italy really struggled with Britain in Africa and the Med.
Japan took a gamble by bringing USA into the war Round 1 by attacking Brits and the Philippines.
As for Russia, first three rounds she spent building a lot of infantry along the border with a few artillery and tanks. Round 4 Russia actually attacked Germany, which I really was not expecting. Sank all my transports and took an unoccupied Sweeden from me. Round 5, she had destroyed all three army groups in Europe, took Warsaw and was only frustrated by Finland with a bloody repulse. Round 6, she threw a massive army at Berlin. Lucklily, the last couple of rounds of combat went my way and Berlin survived with just 1 fighter unit left. Both sides were severely depleted but Germany still had her capital.
Fast forward to Round 9.
Now Germany is getting strong again, starting to advance into Russia itself and threatening Leningrad. German Navy has been sunk by the US Navy and they keep fighting back and forth over Spain, which US currently holds with a fairly strong force.
Italy finally finished off all British and French troops in Africa and has a tank running around blitzing territories. Most of Italy’s resources have been spent trying to help Germany with Spain and threatening Russia with a small force from the south.
Japan has all but destroyed China – 1 territory and 1 infantry unit left. They have grabbed Calcutta and control Eastern Asia and the DEI. However, both the Imperial Navy and the US Navy have been slugging it out and are almost non-existant. Also, Japan has tanks creeping west toward Russia.
So, while Russia is still a ways from being “out of it”, they are in pretty bad shape. I have seen this in other games as well. Russia is just too dang big and can’t seem to get a decent number of reiinforcements to the front. When they start a big offensive, if it runs out of steam then it seems like Germany always grinds them back. Unless the US can get over there with a large enough force to really threaten Germany in Western Europe, Russia will be taken out and then Germany will have plenty of money to deal with the US and push them back out of Europe with help from Italy.

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