First time, any suggestions

Fine, so I can choose between both versions. thanks a lot fot the anserwers!

Wittman is right about the importance of taking Paris with Germany.  A couple weeks ago, my group had an interesting development– Germany failed to take Paris due to horrific rolls.  Usually, that would end the game, but the Italian Player ended up taking it, and he went wild with the extra income-- he controlled all the Med and knocked the Allies out of North Africa and was well on the way to South Africa by I5 or I6.  Despite Italy’s success, Germany was never able to get that subtle edge over the Soviets.

Without the income boost, Germany cannot mount a very viable SeaLion, AND the build-up to Barbarossa is too anemic to make the push on Moscow really strong.  It is amazing how vital that 17 IPC boost is for maintaining a good head of steam.

@Ruanek:

@Gargantua:

Don’t ever capture paris - you’ll see why.

Advertise to your opponent, if you want to stress him out, all your “Possible angles” of attack…  all the territories you can take… he’ll likely try to underdefend everything, and forget what actually matters.

Why wouldn’t you take Paris?  It’s not really that difficult, and every turn you don’t take it you’re denying yourself France’s IPCs and letting them build up more (probably not a huge amount, but it’s so easy to stop early).

Depending on who you capture Paris with, when you do it, and when the Axis takes it back, it could be bad. For example, if Great Britain liberates France (their capital, not the other territories), Italy can ignore it. If the US doesn’t have a lot of units to reinforce it, France will collect their income of X IPCs. Then, on Germany’s turn, they can take France back, not only gaining back the income of the actual territory, but also getting all the IPCs that France is holding at that time.

@Krieghund:

Welcome, drmckool!

NO stands for National Objective.

thank you very much, I should have figured that’s what it was, I actually love the national objectives, particularly Lebensraum; even though the historical link between lebensraum and the actual launching of Barbarossa is slightly tenuous. I found as a historian the national objectives (NO) really adds to the game because it really grounds the action in concrete history.

1. USA
2. Russia
3. Germany
4. Uk
5. Italy

My buddy Todd wrote this up for our website.  I’m copying and pasting here….

* Game: Axis & Allies Europe 1940
    * Players: Joe (Germany & Italy) Todd (Russia & France) Adam (England & United States)
    * Winner: Allies

The game was won by the Allies on Turn 5 when Germany failed to take back Norway from a joint British/American force. Adam left after turn 1 and Todd continued on playing all of the Allies. Italy had taken Egypt and the North African coast by turn 4 and was going to be driving into the Middle East and Germany was at the gates of Moscow and had taken Leningrad. Britain took Norway with a troop and 2 tanks and a huge navy consisting of 2 Aircraft Carriers, 2 Fighters, 2 Tac Bombers, 2 Battleships, 3 Cruisers, 3 Destroyers, 4 Transports. By taking Norway from Germany he lost 5 IPC’s for not getting the Swedish Iron Ore shipment and another 5 IPC’s for not holding all of Poland-Norway-Denmark-Holland/Belgium-and all 3 of the French home territories at once. Including the 3 IPC’s for Norway and the Convoy zone next to Norway that as long as there is no Axis warship present in Sea Zone 125 and Russia controls Archangel and no Allied units in any original Russian territories Russia gets 5 extra IPC’s. That is an 18 IPC swing to the Allies just for holding Norway!!! Britain took Norway on turn 3 and Joe drove ever deeper in Russia and said he would take Norway the next turn and husbanded his forces for an attack on turn 5. But the Americans landed 4 transports full of 4 tanks and 4 Infantry and 2 Fighter planes and a bomber in Norway on turn 4 as well as Britain bringing up more stuff from England and flying up more Fighters to protect the Major Factory that England built in Norway on turn 4 to the AMAZEMENT to the Axis player! Germany was fixated with Norway and built 2 Aircraft Carriers and other units to invade Norway which he lost and Norway still had plenty of forces left and Joe and the Axis capitulated on Turn 5! Joe wishes he had ignored the Allied Norway Gambit and had kept driving on Moscow but the Russians had stopped the southerly and middle drives and just the turn before had driven the Nazi thugs back away from Moscow and had taken Bessarabia and was next to the Minor Factory in Romania that Joe had built. After Italy had taken Egypt and built a minor factory there they had driven deep into Africa and were a couple of turns from threatening the Minor Factory in South Africa. This being the first game we both saw mistakes made by both sides and opportunities for games in the future! The game took from 3 p.m. to around 10 p.m. Brian Favereaux came down late and was going to take the Americans and French but Joe capitulated just before he could play but got to see a lot of the new rules and moves that will certainly help him in his first game this Sunday! A lot of fun was had by all!

I bet so too.  :-)

Stay on topic. Geez.