@i:
What i do is aimlessly ramble on about random stuff, to conufse and in rage my opponent (only works in non online matches)
I sometimes also use that while playing online… I start writing propaganda phrases like ‘The Bear has awaken’ or 'Rommel comes out victorious!" to demoralize and mislead my opponents.
The best one though is when you make a casual mistake, like going KFG and leaving a US fighter on Hawaii and afterwards make it seem as if it was actually planned and see them start reacting to it. Priceless :-D
When my opponent is still looking at the Europe board after he is finished taking Russia’s turn, I will say something like “Japan will purchase 10 Strategic bombers and 5 battleships” just to make him loss focus while strategizing.
Often I plan my purchases before it’s my turn - any good axis and allies player should.
Sometimes when it doesn’t matter (Russia buying 8 infantry) I put them out beside my tray, under my money, symbolizing my future buy.
HOWEVER… sometimes I plan a fake buy, you know, a German aircraft carrier and two fighters… usually I try to do this RIGHT after the end of my turn, for all to see. Then you get responses like “Well you’re going to be building planes and ships, you must be coming for the UK, I’ll just build 8 more men”
Etc etc… :P
@Young:
I never do, but I play a guy who took his entire American fleet once (ton’s of ships, carrier based air units, transports and infantry cargo) and made a huge pile in one sea zone that looked like rubble, I hated it and he wouldn’t let me arrange it, he only did that one game though.
Because you refused to play him again if he did not promise not to pull that shtick again, right? I’d hate that!
Table talk is a facet of good game play! If yer not insulting and intimidating your opponent, you didn’t play right!
Often I plan my purchases before it’s my turn - any good axis and allies player should.
Sometimes when it doesn’t matter (Russia buying 8 infantry) I put them out beside my tray, under my money, symbolizing my future buy.
HOWEVER… sometimes I plan a fake buy, you know, a German aircraft carrier and two fighters… usually I try to do this RIGHT after the end of my turn, for all to see. Then you get responses like “Well you’re going to be building planes and ships, you must be coming for the UK, I’ll just build 8 more men”
Etc etc… :P
That sort of works online too!
Germany 1: Buy AC, 2 Transports. Watch the allies freak out trying to save England. Keep in mind, 3 transports in Global 1940 is just good common sense for Germany. Of course, it’s nice if you have them LATER, but when you can convince the entire American armada to flee the Pacific so they can race to the defense of London….nuff said.
I keep trying to convince my friend that a battleship is a perfect buy, specially for Russia but it never works… :cry:
What’s wrong with a Battleship for Russia? I did this a lot in Alpha 2!! Build a nice fleet and snicker at the Germans. (Sure they are pressed in on you, but if your goal is to crush Germany and you’re willing to give up Russia - slow the Germans, but you know you’ll lose Russia, why not?)
Biggest I had: 2 Loaded Carriers, 5 destroyers, 3 submarines, 3 battleships and 2 cruisers (with 2 strategics in England.) Well, I had 4 infantry, 3 artillery, armor, 2 strategics on England with 4 transports. Figured I could nail a stack to weaken it, let the Americans finish it off and have the British zoom in to take Berlin….
@Cmdr:
What’s wrong with a Battleship for Russia? I did this a lot in Alpha 2!!
We usually play AA50/42 :-D
@Cmdr:
What’s wrong with a Battleship for Russia? I did this a lot in Alpha 2!!
We usually play AA50/42 :-D
I dont remember a lot of Anniversary, but I can say this, Russia plopping down 2 or 3 Battleships a round is a good way to mind trick your opponent into giving up no matter what game of Axis and Allies you are playing.
@Cmdr:
@Cmdr:
What’s wrong with a Battleship for Russia? I did this a lot in Alpha 2!!
We usually play AA50/42 :-D
I dont remember a lot of Anniversary, but I can say this, Russia plopping down 2 or 3 Battleships a round is a good way to mind trick your opponent into giving up no matter what game of Axis and Allies you are playing.
Russia earning 40-60 IPCs is quite a tall order for Spring 1942 or even Anniversary, but I think I get what you mean - with that kinda buy the Axis will have to take some notice.
Potential buys have no effect in our playing group, but we do try to make our opponent insecure, insinuating they made a mistake.
By saying things like “so you finished your combat move, right? right?”, or "“oh, you’re going to attack X? interesssstingggg”.
@special:
Potential buys have no effect in our playing group, but we do try to make our opponent insecure, insinuating they made a mistake.
By saying things like “so you finished your combat move, right? right?”, or "“oh, you’re going to attack X? interesssstingggg”.
With some people that kinda of comments can backfire… instead of making them insecure they can realize you’re only trying to mess you up and ignore them all together. Of course, it can also distract them a false sense of security… :-D
@special:
Potential buys have no effect in our playing group, but we do try to make our opponent insecure, insinuating they made a mistake.
By saying things like “so you finished your combat move, right? right?”, or "“oh, you’re going to attack X? interesssstingggg”.With some people that kinda of comments can backfire… instead of making them insecure they can realize you’re only trying to mess you up and ignore them all together. Of course, it can also distract them a false sense of security… :-D
Indeed!
We’re still on the phase of “mmmm, did i do something wrong?” (we’re slow players, and abit paranoid, so for now it works fine… these comments just prolong the game of course…)
Sometimes i’ll point out to the wife some potential conquest that really isn’t my intended target, to get her thinking about my potential attack lanes so that she divides her attention from attacking me and defending herself :)
Sometimes i’ll point out to the wife some potential conquest that really isn’t my intended target, to get her thinking about my potential attack lanes so that she divides her attention from attacking me and defending herself
Wow Salan! You beat your wife?
Wow Salan! You beat your wife?
oh gargantua! you precocious scamp! lol :lol:
The best way to screw with my opponenets I’ve found is by playing with a blank board. I set up the board, hand them the relevent data sheets with set-up info (their’s AND mine) and then say “lets go”. Drives people nuts! I know the board and the set-ups well enough to not need the pieces (in fact pieces on the board usually make it harder for me to see what im doing). I have only found ONE person willing to play with me like this, everyone else demands a “proper” set-up, which I usually grant them. I keep my blank board set up in addition to a proper set-up and it still drives my opponents nuts as I sit and stare at a blank board, move phantom units and leave my opponents completely in the dark as to what im doing.
You can also apply Lord Vader’s Force Choke on your opponents: when they are winning, slowly move the board to one edge of the table without anyone noticing so that you can flip or bump it by accident and send all the pieces flying across the room. They’ll be left breathless :-D
Sometimes i’ll point out to the wife some potential conquest that really isn’t my intended target, to get her thinking about my potential attack lanes so that she divides her attention from attacking me and defending herself
Wow Salan! You beat your wife?
constantly…
that sounds so wrong!
