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Shaping up to be a very interesting Cold War scenerio

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Admiraldefcon97
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The majority of it is not my idea, but I adapted it for a Europe-only conflict & played with a few other things.
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The topic ID for where I got it from is 19970.0
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what round are you in here? Russia looks frightening! Im assuming the Wehrmacht didn’t do too well in barbarossa
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No, no this is a cold war scenerio. Hahaha if this was WWII, Germany screwed up rather badly
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Interesting move against Japan

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In games with big bids for the Allies (35+ PUs), it is possible to hold Yunnan by adding in an additional Chinese art plus flying in an additional two or three Russian planes that were bought before the game started. If Japan pushes all of their units to Kwangsi on J1, the Allies will have to vacate Yunnan before J2 or face annihilation. However the Chinese can counterattack or strafe Yunnan on Ch2 since the Japanese air force can’t land in that territory, seriously harming Japan’s ground strength in Mainland Asia.

Russia will have to methodically retreat back towards Moscow for the first three rounds with this plan. The upside in Europe is that the US can execute a KGF plan since there is less urgency in the Pacific theater.
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POLL - G40 Your favorite turn for Japan to declare war and attack

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I’ve noticed one response to a common variation of a J2. Situation:
SZ36/20 have 2-3 transports and/or marines on board BB/Cruiser (if you are playing Balanced Mod) There are no Japanese naval bases usable in those SZs.
Strategy:
USA DD to SZ43 (Off Borneo)
UK DD to SZ37
UK land on Sumatra
Anzac land on Java

Result:
Allies are secure on Sumatra and Java through turn 2. Some possibility of convoying off income but unlikely to get it all and some of the fleet might be exposed if they try to convoy both. Every bit as important: Japan doesn’t get the money on turn 2 which slows them down a fair bit.

Just tried this against one player and he avoided the DOW J2.

Downside: Losing two DDs. Doesn’t seem like a big problem. The UK one can be replaced turn 3 with the one starting off South Africa.
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War Plan Orange

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@ShadowHAwk:

@Charles:

Ok, so a while ago Italy became upsetting for me after Taranto…now Japan is upsetting me. I tried this strategy as the US and succeeded. My opponents got wise. Now whenever I play as Japan I get mowed over by this strategy :cry: now we need a “How to beat Plan Orange” guide. Seriously.

P.S. The key to this strategy as the U.S. is to simply place a submarine or more in each Japanese convoy zone (in a standard game there will be 10); just work out the details of getting there and Japan is going to be losing ground in Asia very soon because they either have to build a ton of destroyers, or build a few destroyers(only taking out your subs in big zones like 6 and 19), or totally ignore which is admitting defeat. Good luck Japan.

Maby play the standard 2nd edition rules without a bid so the allies need to devide their attention a bit more.
Good to see that the allies are becomming better at dealing with the axis.

But I never use bids!
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@Charles:

Ok, so a while ago Italy became upsetting for me after Taranto…now Japan is upsetting me. I tried this strategy as the US and succeeded. My opponents got wise. Now whenever I play as Japan I get mowed over by this strategy :cry: now we need a “How to beat Plan Orange” guide. Seriously.

Here’s what I might try:
Take Guam.
Base one DD + scrambling fighters off Philippines, Guam and Japan. That only leaves two holes for the Asian coast, SZ18 + SZ36. The latter is a long way around for the US to go. Basing a fleet in SZ18 can plug the other hole. You need to pick off the UK and/or ANZACs if they come through the bottom though.
The above won’t work if Japan is already being pushed back significantly.

If I’m the U.S. and Japan does this, first thing I’m going to do is say “Yay! My subs forced 3 destroyers and 9 fighters to sit around and do nothing!” Now that’s before I even get a chance to counter it…
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US Movements prior to War

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Very interesting. Always seem to be learning something new about this game. We have always gone on the assumption that until the US is actively at war, they can not land troops or planes on an Allied country because they are not technically Allies yet. Of course, once the USA is dragged into war on either side, they DOW on all Axis anyway so they can land anywhere that is Allied. We’ve never had a game where USA did not DOW on all the Axis. Still, an interesting theoretical problem.

Thanks for your answers kcdzim.
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US Declaration of War

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Thanks for responding so quickly Jennifer. Actually, ANZAC is at war with Germany and Italy at the beginning of the game and USA just declared war on ALL Axis. So, both powers are at war and should be considered Allies, even though ANZAC is not yet at war with Japan. I know it’s a technicality and probably a very grey area, but I talked it over with my gaming buddies and while we all agree that it’s kind of an odd loophole, we think it is a legal move. So, that’s what we are going with. Thanks anyway. Really appreciate your advice and quick answers.
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US Global War Time Economy

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@Cmdr:

Stoney, I think yer misreading the NOs.

The copy I have in front of me says that America gets 10 IPC NO for controlling W. USA, C. USA and E. USA and being at war with Japan, Germany and Italy, not 30 IPC.

The OOB rules said 30, I believe, but the Alpha 2 rules only say 10, thank the creators! America’s got PLENTY of money as it is without getting the equivalent of England entire income, from classic, as bonus income!

I’ll admit I don’t have the NOs in front of me (I’m in Doha atm!), but I’m pretty was what I said was accurate… as is what you said about the 10 IPC NO. The US has 30 IPCs of NOs applicable when at war, but I did not mean to imply that it is still 1 whole NO: it is now divided into separate NOs, including the 10 IPC one you mentioned.
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Where is the US allowed to move before declaring war?

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So pretty much the US is not allowed to move anywhere in the Atlantic before they are at war… :-P Not exactly, but almost.
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US can enter war before Rusia?

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Thanks. Kinda disappointing however… :cry:

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