I could easily win this game with allies. J3 looks so bad, usa does not have to invest a single ipc in the pacific and can liberate london no problem.
the problem is russia has too many men in nov and not enough in position to go for his objectives. Germany devoted all that cheddar to uk and russia got nothing on him, you are just rolling over.
Let me tell you how russia ought to play, R1 = germany bought naval = grab mech for nov and ukraine. nov only needs 8 guys to defend it you got karelia and that other spot which has to move to nov and you place 3 and you got 3 air units. all available units move in range of east poland.
Then when G2 comes he bought already, so you can calc your odds of holding london and compare to the odds of holding east poland, if the odds of holding east poland is better than london, the answer is simple you move up. No guts no glory.
As it stands, usa does not have to invest a dime into the pacific for awhile. russia takes manchuria and korea right. Can japan take 5 islands, malaya, and manchuria with 3 transports? No, he can’t. you will have a pacific income advantage for awhile, so if losing london really bothers you, you can just liberate it with 3-4 rounds of full atlantic buys.
You don’t have to worry about the pacific victory for awhile. Japan has very limited options for j3, you just have to take advantage of his bad setup.
Also losing russia is not game over especially if japan had to DOW on round 3. japs lose out on so much cheddar, so risking russia not a bad play at all. If KJF and manage to keep india alive India will be your russia walling off egypt… and if not if you shut japan down in time, you can buy full atlantic when russia falls and germany will be hard pressed to take london or egypt being by himself in the game.
You guys will always lose as allies no matter what the axis do, because you limit your options so hard and roll over at the first sign of defeat. The pacific is bad for axis and europe is good for axis… you just have to capitalize on it and you will do good.
The pacific is far more important in this version of axis and allies than an any other versions, it is actually on par with europe. Larry Harris did a very good job as far as forcing pacific upon us goes.
Larry Harris made the pacific equally important as the atlantic, because he was tired of seeing an empty pacific and the allies rushing berlin while japan rushes moscow… he did a good job making the pacific matter like it did in the real war. Japan blew up in the real war, Europe failed the battle of Britian, instead it is the opposite in this board game yet allies still look good, which shows good game balance as far as how much each half of the board matters goes.
OK nevermind, ruskies weren’t in amur on round 2. also you should have blocked japan’s transports with dds. You have to move up in this game and play the objectives. East poland is critical in countering sea lion always buy mech when facing g1 naval purchases.
Just be more aggressive next game and you will get more awpertunities.
@Cow:
Let me tell you how russia ought to play,
Cow, my friend, please don’t take offense at this, but Stalingradski does not need you to tell him how to play Russia.
@Cow:
I could easily win this game with allies. J3 looks so bad, usa does not have to invest a single ipc in the pacific and can liberate london no problem.
This one is really, and by far, my favorite !! Lol
Agreed Axisplaya - with Germany I feel I can hold off the Allied fleet without having London, let alone when destroying the Brit ability to reinforce the US Atlantic fleet. The US alone will only be able to crack Germany/Italy’s navies with all IPCs dedicated, and I have to say - Japan would then be dominating the Pacific with good carrier/transport purchases, and holding their own on land to boot.
I admire your spirit Cow! But charging uphill at a ferociously defended machine-gun nest usually results in being killed.
I moopologize
Don’t quit while you’re ahead cow.
You had moomentum. :)
Cow, everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but I don’t even see where yours have any bearing. You did not play in this particular game, nor were part of any discussion of strategy for either side. However, as most of the populace feels entitled to in this day and age, you started posting a tirade and ridicule towards players whom you clearly don’t know, and whose A&A strategies I would trust any day, compared to your off the cuff comments. And I personally will file any of your future game theories in the circular bin, next to the BS folders.
May I respectfully declare this thread officially closed?
Team Headless Neds lost, Team Imhotep won, end of story. There is only this one fate. It is done. Gollum and the Ring of Power have melted into the fires of Mount Doom, and they can never come back.
Nooooo! My Precious!
Splash… melt… :evil:
