Spring 1942 First game

No - playing someone who has no account yet.

Sample dice roll

Rolls: 2@1 1@3; Total Hits: 02@1: (4, 3)1@3: (5)Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (5)

G2 with 42, buy 8 INF, 2 ART, 2 ARM

Combat moves -
Cau - INF (WRus) INF (Ukr) 3 ARM, FTR (EEu) 5 ARM (Kar) 2 FTR (Blk)
Arc - 5 INF (Kar) 2 FTR, BMB (EEu)
Egy - 2 INF, ART, ARM (Lib)
TrJ - 2 INF (Gib)

It might not feel like it, but I’m holding back
If I hold back too much, you won’t learn very fast  :-)

No dice rolling from ambhibious assaults, so I may conduct combat in whatever order I want.  I will pick the riskiest - Caucasus
Cau AARolls: 3@1; Total Hits: 03@1: (2, 5, 5)

I will only roll my attack because I will be waiting for your casualty choice.
Especially when there is a bomber on the ground or when there is a multi-national defending force you should only roll your attack and wait for the defender to choose casualties.  The defender does not get to see his roll until after choosing casualties.

CauRolls: 2@1 11@3; Total Hits: 42@1: (2, 1)11@3: (4, 6, 6, 5, 1, 1, 5, 4, 6, 4, 2)

Well your AA fire all missed, but at least my first round attack was well below average (average would be about 6 hits).

At this point you need to decide whether to lose the bomber or not.  It doesn’t defend much worse than infantry, so you might want to hold on to it a little longer.  Keep in mind that if I continue until I destroy all units that you will have the opportunity to counter-attack my tanks that remain in Caucasus, trading men for tanks (always a good thing).

But I don’t know what to advise you on the casualty choice…
An experienced player probably would have attacked West Russia and Ukraine with 2 infantry and planes (each one) because if a Russian unit stays in each one then Caucasus is immune from attack from the 8 tanks.

I just realized that I could have used the Mediterranean battleship and transport to bring in two more infantry (cheap casualties) instead of taking Trans-Jordan.  This would have been a stronger move.

Anyway, enough lessons for now - I’m trying to just teach you a little bit at a time.  Let me know whether you lose the bomber in the first round or not, and the game will continue.  :-)
Really cool to be playing you here.

Map attached (if you want to see how things are)

1942 game 02b.AAM

@Gamerman01:

I just realized that I could have used the Mediterranean battleship and transport to bring in two more infantry (cheap casualties) instead of taking Trans-Jordan.  This would have been a stronger move.

Or not!  Did you say the Black Sea (zone 16) is closed off from 14 and 15 in this game?

I’m used to the Anniversary Edition (AA50) where it is open by default.  Closing it is an optional rule in AA50…

Russian defenseRolls: 1@1 7@2 3@3; Total Hits: 31@1: (5)7@2: (6, 4, 5, 1, 3, 3, 3)3@3: (5, 1, 2)

Cau round 2Rolls: 10@3; Total Hits: 510@3: (3, 6, 2, 1, 4, 6, 1, 5, 3, 6)Rolls: 4@2 3@3; Total Hits: 34@2: (4, 1, 6, 6)3@3: (5, 3, 2)

Retreat 4 ARM to Ukr
ArcRolls: 5@1 2@3 1@4; Total Hits: 35@1: (2, 3, 2, 5, 6)2@3: (2, 1)1@4: (1)Rolls: 2@3 1@4; Total Hits: 12@3: (6, 6)1@4: (1)

Z5 - 2 SS (Z7)
Z15 - BB (Z13)
Ukr - ART (Blk) INF, ART (Bel)
Bel - ARM (Ger)
EEu - 3 FTR (Cau) 2 FTR (Arc) INF, AA (Ger)
Kar - INF (Nwy) INF (EEu)
Ger - 3 INF, AA (WEu) BMB (Arc)
WRu - INF (Bel)

Place 2 ARM (SEu)
Place 8 INF, 2 ART (Ger)
Collect 47, 47 on hand

1942 game 02b.AAM

This isn’t the place to ask questions -
two of us are trying to play a game, here

1)  Yes.  Any ground unit can attack any air unit that is on a territory
2)  Every time a power conquers territory the IPC earnings totals are changed.  If Russia takes a German territory worth 2 IPC’s, then the Russian income is moved up 2 and the German income is moved down 2.  You collect income at the end of your turn, so you will get more IPC’s for each territory that you conquer during your turn.  You can save money from turn to turn if you do not spend it all.
3)  You roll a die for each unit in the battle.  If you are attacking with an artillery unit, for example, you need to roll a 1 or a 2 to score a hit.  Each hit scored results in a lost unit for the enemy.
4)  Every power has a starting IPC amount.  One of the powers has to go first.  The starting units and money was all taken into account by the maker of the game in attempting to make a game where each side has about the same amount of power and money.  Yes, you can have one player play an individual power, so Spring 1942 can have 5 different players - 3 on 2.  The players need to work together to be effective.

Axis and Allies is a blast.  It is a very fun strategic game that has the proper balance of skill, strategy, simplicity and fun.  This game is child’s play compared to a lot of other war games out there, but if the hardest game you’ve ever played is Risk, you may be overwhelmed.
Ask all the rules questions you want in a rules or FAQ thread, or you may private message me any time.  As you can see, I’m a “rules deputy” on this site - I know the rules for AA50 and Spring 1942 thoroughly and have played various versions of Axis and Allies for many years.  But this is a game-playing thread, as I said before, so rules questions don’t belong here.  Thanks, and happy gaming to you.

Only ground units can take control of territories

Since you are moving transports to Z6 anyway, did you want to take control of Norway and France with an infantry?
I can move Japan since they are unaffected by this….  Then you can move USA and USSR

@Tex:

aircraft carrier with fighter, battleship from zone 33 to zone 34

It’s a cruiser, not a battleship