G40 Tourney Discussion/question(s)

  • TripleA

    AA50 is not balanced, don’t hear people complaining about allies in 42 or 41 all day, they just do a bid and play if it bothers them so much.

    Anyway, alpha3 / global is very all out. As long as you fully commit to objectives and capital battles like london,moscow,calcutta,newsouthwales/hawaii, you will find success as axis. For allies it is the same thing, liberate the dutch isles, convoy japan, take italy out the game by convoy or a hasty invasion, protect calcutta or buy a defense for london and get ready to push with russia if germany bought the sea lion.

    I see lots of players taking london still and the russians are not ready to stack up in romania … and the allies concede, which is so weird, if you just going to concede at least attack germany, you can get 5-20% odds on the attack move to poland and buy bombers. People are so unwilling to do the basic stuff particularly on this forum. I hate people that quit without even trying to win, waste of time players .Can germany attack east poland and drop 18 in nov? yes, but east poland is a close fight for him 50/50 odds around there, he loses and blam NO money. It’s not like an infantry shuffle will take over russia G7 if the landings only started G3. Plus with all that cheddar on transports, the allies rush is much easier.

    Anyway, it is just really funny how people play global right now. The lack of aggression / counter offensive is amazing. That is what I have to say to people that don’t like playing the allies.

    As for people that say axis lose etc… I post the Japan strategy guide, since this is a pacific centric game, the people having a hard time winning with the axis are not blowing up in the pacific. Of course taking russia does not win you the game, this is not a europe centric game, still got egypt and london to go, if japan is rolling in the dirt, then it don’t matter.

    I read Larry Harris’s game notes for 1941, I understand why he is frustrated.

    At this point alpha 3.9 just requires people to play it the way it is meant to be played. The NOs and everything is fine.

  • '18 '17 '16 '11 Moderator

    Oh, I’ve seen and made Japan get some victories in my time!  Everyone underestimates the power of Japan (which is especially true if Japan is smart and doesnt get bogged down in the meat grinder of Japan - expect if expecting and setting up German aid)

  • TripleA

    Just go for the pacific win. India around J5 (sooner if possible). Then it is difficult for allies to save russia while stopping japan from winning.

  • '18 '17 '16 '11 Moderator

    @Cow:

    Just go for the pacific win. India around J5 (sooner if possible). Then it is difficult for allies to save russia while stopping japan from winning.

    Need to get you a tag that says “Master of the Under-Statement” cow.

    It can be done, I’ve seen it, but it’s not easy.  Then again, with how paranoid players are getting over India, just getting that is becomming a challenge.

  • TripleA

    Jen, let them be paranoid, if anzac wants to fly all the air to india… I just end up holding west australia then wam bam J4 south wales!

  • TripleA

    Also if you do the J1 DoW, can hit java if you want to, I tend to ignore it and do the other many battles. It goes to india, no biggie, I take the isles stabilize my position in south east asia. Then when the fighters go away, I surge west australia with 6-8 guys. I get blocked sometimes from taking new south wales, but that is okay, fly all the air to west aussie and take it the round after, 2 e z.

  • '18 '17 '16 '11 Moderator

    I’d never do a J1 DOW, gives America way too much time to help in Europe.

  • TripleA

    what do you mean? he has 1 transport and 1 cruiser in the atlantic only. He has to buy and place before he can start doing stuff.

  • TripleA

    plus he lost dd sub and fighter on J1. he has to replace that in the pacific, technically he can go full atlantic instead, but that just makes japan roll face.

  • '16 '15 '10

    @Cmdr:

    I’d never do a J1 DOW, gives America way too much time to help in Europe.

    @Cmdr:

    I’d never do a J1 DOW, gives America way too much time to help in Europe. 

  • '16 '15 '10

  • TripleA

    I always do J1 DOW, I work the pacific. :)
    ~

    The revised game, tech game by default or no tech by default?

  • TripleA

    oo wrong forum. sry

  • '18 '17 '16 '11 Moderator

    @Cmdr:

    I’d never do a J1 DOW, gives America way too much time to help in Europe.Â

    I stand by this statement.  A J1 DOW on America, given all else is equal, is a sub-prime move.

  • 2007 AAR League

    @Cmdr:

    @Cmdr:

    I’d never do a J1 DOW, gives America way too much time to help in Europe.�

    I stand by this statement.  A J1 DOW on America, given all else is equal, is a sub-prime move.

    Glad to hear it. You gonna move in our game, or what?

  • '18 '17 '16 '11 Moderator

    @U-505:

    @Cmdr:

    @Cmdr:

    I’d never do a J1 DOW, gives America way too much time to help in Europe.�Â

    I stand by this statement.  A J1 DOW on America, given all else is equal, is a sub-prime move.Â

    Glad to hear it. You gonna move in our game, or what?

    Yea, get my computer back soon as the mail runs again - for now, hard to see the map to begin with, even harder on a 5" screen!


  • I was leery of a J1 DOW too, if it just consists of Philippines, HongKong, Borneo, and British battleship.  But there is another piece to it that can make it really REALLY bad news for the allies: send the destroyer, carrier, fighter, tac off Carolines to sink the destroyer & transport off Sydney and move the large fleet off Japan to Carolines.  This little maneuver costs you a carrier, but forces ANZAC to blow the 3 fighters and cruiser to sink it, or face a bad convoy raid and be land locked forever.  UK Pacific will be broke and so will ANZAC once you take Malaya J2.  All they can really do is sit and build infantry, so with UK Pacific and ANZAC poor and useless, it is up to America to spend all income in the Pacific.  That gives Germany/Italy TIME to kill Russians, especially if Japan pulls out of China and goes into Amur J3 or 4ish to reduce Soviet income.  So with that extra ANZAC piece thrown in I am now liking J1 DOW because it throws the allies back on their heels so badly that it helps a Europe win even with America earning more early.


  • Is there going to be a 2013 tourney?

  • TripleA

    Is there going to be a 2015 tourney? I mean I would like one that everyone can enter instead of doing some kind of ladder stuff that takes forever. Single elimination playoff.

  • '18 '17 '16 '11 Moderator

    I have no problem running a tournament (as soon as back to school season dies off in a few weeks) and am more than happy to hear ideas on making it run faster, if anyone has any.

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