What is "RR"

Ok, so if I corrected all the mistakes I made in my first PBF game with you, we should see the second game created HERE!

GL&HF
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@Cmdr:

I have 3 factory sealed, mint condition “Classic” sets.  I do not either want to purchase one, nor do I want them to go back into print.  Let em die out, I wanna sell mine for $1500 each!

I disagree. Classic is dirt cheap and so heavily produced it’s like “sealed Monopoly”. Even a sealed AA50 edition is really, really pushing it at $1500. Take a look on Ebay. Even AA50 can be had $250-$500.

I shot you an email, I hope I put it in right and you just haven’t gotten to it yet. I sent it to lfrank87@gmail.com.

The classic rule is IC’s that you do not start with are limited.

So if Ger takes Kar, they can only place 3 on subsequent turns when they maintain control of it at the start of the turn.

IC placement rules are similar to ftr/bmr landing rules.  It can only happen on territories you controlled at the start of the turn, prior to any purchases.

Also, these alternate strategies are in direct response to specific opening moves by other nations and were posted as a way to “try something new” that also had the unique component of being so crazy as to be viable :-)

Japan doesn’t matter if Germany loses both EE and WE in rd 3.
Again, I’ll gladly sacrifice 3 UK ftrs (or US planes) for 3 German trans (if they bought 1-2)

Tactical Retreat (in the East)

R1 fortify Yak (7 inf) and Kar (19, 3, 2)

UK1 - Move Ind and Egy troops to Per.  (4 inf, 1 arm) planes to Cauc

US1 - ftrs to UK sz, bom to Cauc (or Kar/UK/Mos)

Round 2 - Germany’s fleet is toast.  They have no move left - either UK or US will take them out.

Now UK can hold its forces in Per, or move to Ind, or move to Cauc.
US and R can retreat to Novo

US/UK land in Afr (or wait)

Round 3

Russia Strafe EE (or take)
UK/US go to Afr (or WE)

Japan will be no where near Moscow or even have the ability to take Novo.

Also Russia (if strafing EE) can retreat from Novo to Mos and with a placement of 6 inf on Moscow, Japan will be looking at a counter of 13 inf, 7 arm, 2 ftrs by Russia.  Meaning Japan is going to need like 15 inf to hold.
They simply can’t get that many troops to Novo in rd 3 or 4 (with no bid).

Japan isn’t scary if Germany has no ships and has lost EE (or getting pummeled there) and can’t hold WE (or is getting booted out of Afr).

In RR
Germany would be much better off buying all inf (no ships) and simply waiting till rd 4 or so for Japan to get going strong as you suggest.
Because you don’t need lots of troops to dance around Afr.  You just enough to take Egy.  Once you do that 1 tank and 1-2 inf are all you need to blitz around which can be accomplished by your original tran.

What I like doing in RR is killing the UK/Rus fleet in UK sz and killing the UK Med BB as well.  Then using the Baltic tran to transport some troops from Fin to Afr.  It depends but I like getting the Arm out of Fin but I will do 2 inf sometimes as well.

Then with 2 inf from SE you have a pretty solid Afr force.  If you’re willing to sacrifice an extra plane you can still have your BB and tran in Central Med with your other tran off the coast of Sp.  You’ll still lose your ships on UK/US2 but you get the extra 2 inf (or arm) from Fin.

Look, I think it’s possible if you and Japan can CRIPPLE UK’s economy by taking land and strategic bombing while building up. Not probable, just possible…

Ozone27

Ahhhhh….
Thanx