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Any ideas and plans with alpha setup?

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Bigtiti
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everybody plays pacific and global with old setup.
so any ideas with the alpha one?
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I typically play with the alpha.

Japan strategy plays out pretty much the same, except I think its probabaly better to attack J2 or 3, especially in Global. Spend you extra time in China and amalgamate your fleet. Build some planes to defend the islands with airbases. Badda-boom.
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Sounds like some of the suggestions are working. Thanks for the feed back, next time we play we will try:
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I don’t think you’ve ever given an answer to anyone who has asked you what the Allies are doing in all of your games. And yes, I have tried a J1 attack. We weren’t able to finish the game, and Japan was ahead when we quit, but it was a much closer game then the game where I attacked J2.
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Attached are 6 PDF screen shots - my setup in pictures.
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