@drummerinheat:
What has been your opponents approach with Japan? Has it been similar each game? What turn is the U.S. Getting into the fray? I assume that if Russia is your largest concern, your opponent is winning with the VC’s on the Europe map. If that’s the case, after fortifying Moscow and snapping up Iraq and any African territory to net you bonus IPC for Russia, try to attack Germany in the west with USA and UK to open up a 2 front war ASAP.
Hope everyone’s ideas have helped spark a new strategy! Reading everyone’s thoughts always helps me look at the game with new perspective. Looking forward to hearing how the next game goes.
My opponent’s approach with Japan is usually the same, on first turns he usually does the following: (note:each game a bit differently, will explain) First game: JT1: Attack Chinese territories with fighters and land forces already in China, heavy concentrations of fighters on each attack, this usually takes about 4 to 6 IPC’s from China hitting the Burma area and cutting off the Burma Road on first turn, then land majority of fighters inland then remainder near Russian Border, moving remaining fighters to Border and prepping transports for next turn invasion of Russian Far east, He always purchases additional fighters and a carrier, JT2 he launches a invasion of Russian Territories, I have tried on some occasions to either keep troops in Amur, by combining them to a 18 strength stack with the 2 AA, but he always launches a heavy concentration of fighters, TAC bombers, Strat Bombers (from Japan) Battleship bombardment and land invasion, (another time pulled the 18 stack and AA’s back one territory with the same results only with out the BB bombardment, but heavy concentration of Fighters, mech and infantry. This usually cost Russia all troops in this area. Other times I simply pulled the 18 back leaving one Infantry on each territory as retreating back to Moscow, this become the only option in most cases, he then usually stops to concentrate on remaining Chinese and Mongolian resistance.
U.S. usually always gets in by turn 4, he does what he can to avoid any possible way of getting U.S. into the war, I have even had Britain declare war on Japan in the Pacific with ANZAC help, with the building of a fleet by ANZAC we slow down the japanese push, but then China more or less falls by turn 4 with the heavy carrier fleets now pushing into Dutch territories. this he does after the Chinese falls he then pulls the Japanese back letting the Italians finish with Germany as he gobbles up Dutch territories before U.S. enters on the next turn
