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The "right way" to play Germany

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this tactic works well against the group i play with… they go after germany with a vengance… they retreat everything from all the corners of world for the most part and pull to the atlantic just to put a wrench in the works for germany… they buy nothing without germany in mind… its 100 % devotion… it took 5 turns last game before i felt i could even make a real run at russia because i had to hold strong while japan got going…

Edit: holding strong meant staying at 40 or above… i fell to 37 one turn but rebounded back after a little regrouping…
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CSUB solution to the German Baltic Navy Problem; "the Un-Baltic"

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It’s a good strategy. The main benefit is it prevents the Allies from landing Algeria on Turn 1-2. Another thing to like about it is you’re credibly harassing the Allies without losing any IPCs on naval units.

I’d probably attack the fleet with the RAF and probably also with the BS and trannies (which I’ll retreat to 8). If Germany submerges, I take a shot with the American bomber. So odds are there’s only 1-3 subs left over to go to the Med. Meanwhile the combined fleet is in 8 (UK buys an AC and a fighter), and I put my Russian sub in 12.

At that point, if Germany moves to the Med I can go to Norway with the combined fleet, while the United States builds up air power to knock out the Med fleet. If the Med fleet moves to Egypt or the Black sea I can land Algeria, which signals the beginning of the end for the Med fleet unless Germany invests in an AC.

Possibly the better move for Germany if 2-3 subs survive in SZ7 is to attack the combined fleet in sz 8 with 5 figs, 2 bombs, and 2-3 subs. However, this is a good battle for the Allies unless Germany has 3 subs. Nonetheless if Germany has 2 subs it might still be Germany’s best option to attack and hope for good dice.

I think this opening has enormous chances of success against non-experts. Against experts I’d prefer to go to Egypt strong and get 5 infantry instead of a bomber.
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Or give all 5 nations 2 NA’s each, but let the Axis have ONE random technology, and once selected the option to determine which nation (Japan or Germany) would receive that technology.

That would pretty much even out the NA issue.
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I’ve seen a German in E. Canada before. Of course, this was a game to the death and England/Russia had already fallen and Germany was just putting teh coup de tat on America.
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For Revised…
Western: 2 INF, 2 ARM, 1 FIG, 1 AA
Southern: 2 INF, 1 ART, 1 ARM, 1 AA, 1 IC
Germany: 3 INF, 2 ARM, 1 FIG, 1 BOM, 1 AA, 1 IC
Norway: 3 INF, 1 FIG
Eastern: 2 INF, 1 ARM, 1 FIG
Balkans: 2 INF, 1 ARM, 1 FIG
Belorussia: 3 INF
West Russia: 3 INF, 1 ART, 1 ARM
Ukraine: 3 INF, 1 ART, 1 ARM, 1 FIG
Algeria: 1 INF, 1 ART
Libya: 1 INF, 1 ARM
SZ5: 1 TRn, 2 SUB, 1 DST
SZ14: 1 BB, 1 TRN
SZ8: 1 SUB
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@CrazyStraw:

Howdy.

I hadn’t weighed in on this thread, but I just got a story to tell.

Yesterday I played a game against a good player. It was time-limited.

No joke, in a 5 round game I built 9tra 1car with Germany.

And it WON the game for me!

It was ridiculous!

It was absurd!

It was outrageous!

It was sublime…

So German boats can be good. That would have been excessive in 99% of the games I’ve played, but yesterday it was exactly enough to get the job done. Simple lesson: the Baltic is important.

I begin to see the value in LL / No Luck games and in non-time limited games.

My entire strategies in my tournament game had to change because of a time limit. It caused a waste of two turns because I forgot to take into account that there was a time limit in each round. (not a round limit, that would have been easy to work with, but a time limit.)

needless to say, I’m never making that mistake again!
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Here is a wild one…

Catholic Mass: Allows Italy to ONCE call for the Pope to endorse Italy’s roll in the war. If succesful (1 in 6 on die) would create 1 INF in every neutral nation that was largely Catholic, controlled by Italy. Effected nations: Spain, Argentina, Peru, Venezuala. IPC amount for each effected nation raised to 1 each.

And this for your “frogmen”
Scuttle Crew: Would allow 1 INF to attack 1 Allied naval unit that PER INF that is adjacent to an Italian held territory containing INF (Italy specifies targets). INF rolls normal attack (1 in 6) and if succesful sinks 1 Allied ship. Such attack preceeds normal attack round. Failure is loss of Italy INF.

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