Allied Global Strategy.

@crockett36 said in Allied Global Strategy.:

@andrewaagamer

I’ve become nervous about the ME factories. I think incentives an already lucrative area of the map, making it just as profitable as capturing Moscow AND makes a European VC win more likely. Two factories in E & SA pump out 6 units and that leaves room for slow, but steady build up in the Atlantic. What do you think, sir?

I think as long as the Allies have enough in the Middle East to defend against a German attack you can build as many minor ICs as you want. That is easier said than done.

In general practice I would assume that Iraq is not available for a minor IC as it is Russian controlled. That means you are talking about Persia only. I think that is just fine and dandy with the caveat already stated.

@the-spaceman said in Allied Global Strategy.:

T2-3
Units from Novgorod + Tank + Mech Builds + Aircraft drive to Norway.

This is not going to happen against a competent German Player without a huge investment in resources. There should be at least 9 German land units in Norway before Germany declares war against Russia. Add in 10-13 additional fighters/tacticals in defense that means Russia would need to invest enough to push back 19-22 units.

If Russia sent enough resources towards Norway to overcome that kind of defense Moscow would fall easily.

@andrewaagamer thanks so much. learning lots.

@andrewaagamer

In my game Germany didn’t send any aircraft so only had the 7-9 infantry in Finland. They fell easily to the Soviets. A counterattack wiped them out though.

@superbattleshipyamato
As I said a competent German Player. Why would you not defend Norway properly from the Russians?

@the-spaceman said in Allied Global Strategy.:

India
The India garrison must keep a careful watch on the Japanese fleet. If it looks like they are grouping for an attack, the Garrison pulls back into India.

A decent Japanese player is going to take India by sea with overwhelming air support. Then turn around and stalemate the Allies in the money islands.

ANZAC making 31 a turn isn’t going to happen while the IJN is alive.

@the-spaceman

Thanks for responding!

I’m glad you fleshed it out and made it more detailed.

I think this going to be hard for the Axis to defeat. The British and Chinese worked really well together in Yunnan in my first game but then the Japanese withdraw from Kwangsi and the Allies fatally split their forces, handing Japan the victory.

I might test this out, but keep in mind:

I play against myself and am rather biased personally for the Axis to win.

I don’t think the Allies have ever won a game of Global 1940

@the-spaceman

I’m playing on TripleA with the Hard AI as the Axis. I’m going to test this revised strategy.

Wish me luck!

@the-spaceman

I finished the game. Here are the results:

The Allies won. While I’m sure some of it was due to your strategy, the AI made many mistakes, such as:

Letting China just retake many territories without putting up any resistance.

Turtling in Hong Kong for no reason.

Not building industrial complexes in China.

Barely trying to go for the Dutch East Indies.

Not putting their aircraft on their carriers, instead using them as fodder, leading to their navy being sunk quickly.

Building transports and moving them unescorted within range of Allied aircraft.

Declaring war on true neutrals.

That last one was important. It allowed the massive British army in the Middle East and Africa to move through Turkey and open up a Balkan front. While the Germans were able to deadzone Yugoslavia and cause many British casualties, it seriously diverted German forces from the Soviets. It also allowed the Soviets to collect their bonus for Lend-Lease after the recapture of Archangel.

The Germans never really had a chance to capture Moscow, despite moving next to it at times.

The US focused mainly on the Pacific, knowing that the Soviets and British could deal with the Germans.

Here’s the full game:

2023-6-3-World-War-II-Global-1940-2nd-Edition.tsvg

Someone needs to program a decent AI. Probably needs some scripted opening libraries for turn 1 to give it a reasonable start.

G40>> Go >> Chess.

@the-spaceman said in Allied Global Strategy.:

Is it worth the wait if there is no DOW on T1? I prefer the IRAQ factory on T2 for UK as its much quicker to get reinforcements into Egypt from there.

Most Axis Players are probably going to wait till G3 to DOW against Russia; a few go on G2 amd rarely do you see a G1. If you are one of those Players that prefers to have Iraq as the UK instead of Russian then don’t wait for the Germany DOW.

@the-spaceman

My latest conclusion as a result of studying Andrew’s games: The Persian factory makes the likelihood of losing to 8 vcs in Europe increase dramatically. In fact, I would declare that strategy a no go zone against a good player. It helps with both a Pacific and Europe vc win. And it is just as good of an option, maybe better, than capturing Moscow.

If you bring a huge stack into Moscow, how many turns will it take you to get to India or Egypt. I think the only solution to Andrew’s play is a steady supply of mobiles running across N Africa to support the Middle East. With the possibility of invasion or raid ever present.

@crockett36

I don’t understand. Why not Persia? The Iraq-Egypt-South Africa minor industrial complex strategy worked very well.

@superbattleshipyamato

Look at his games. You are buying factories for late game Germany.

Btw to put on the math hat, the Persia factory means Persia is worth 12+2+2=16 ipcs.

@the-spaceman said in Allied Global Strategy.:

A round 4 sneak attack on India by Japan failed to take the British by surprise and was easilly fended off

2 transports & 4 planes? It’s 3x times that amount. See the J4 India crush in a recent playoff game: 2022-oob-playoffs-r1-andrewaagamer-x-vs-oysteilo-a-60(5).tsvg

@govz thank you sir. I’ve been looking for this game.

You have a great heart for AnA Super! Keep swinging!