Allied Playbook - G40 Collection of Essays - Compiled by jacobgeo24 Nov 18-19 2023

The most crucial aspect of allied play is missing from the PDF -

Don’t drink and TripleA kids - the consequences are severe!

@mainah no drinks on the table. Same as pool :)

Couple of questions.
1 G1 DOW on russia and you bought a CV eg a carrier?
2 J1 DOW but you let the BB of malaya live?

@ampdrive
Who is this question to?

@mainah It regards a previous post by Lousy Lions

@jacobgeo24

Awesome!

Some crazy thoughts:

1. Do you sometimes buy R1 a sub or destroyer to convoy germany or liberate sz125? I think de 6 or 8 IPC can be earned back quickly?

2. Do you sometimes take greece on UK1 when doing taranto so the UK fighters on the carrier have a place to land and to force germany to send troops South to attack greece and thus buying time for russia?

I try to maximize defense of Russia. An extra two infantry can dramatically change the odds. Or a few art instead of inf can make it hard for Germany to stand toe-to-toe with the Moscow stack.

I don’t take Greece unless Germany lost many planes on G1

@Cornwallis

Taking Greece is considered capturing it, so the fighters in sea zone 97 cannot land there on the same turn.

@SuperbattleshipYamato i ment when on G2 Germany sends its luftwaffe on the UK fleet

@Arthur-Bomber-Harris me neither but when bought on R1 that sub can reduce the number of german troops at the doors of moscow by turn 6 perhaps?

@Cornwallis

I understand now. Not sure where those fighters can go or what they would do. Same with strategic bombers, they can’t reach anywhere unreachable. There’s not much reason to base aircraft there.

@SuperbattleshipYamato if you don´t have greece you can´t tip your carrier bc the UK planes on them (after the taranto raid when italy doesn´t scramble) can´t land anymore.
I have never done it, landing in greece, but maybe players have?

@Cornwallis

As I said, if you do a Taranto on turn 1, taking Greece doesn’t matter since aircraft cannot land there the same turn it is taken over (since its considered being captured).

Unless you want a Taranto on turn 2? Never tried that before.

@SuperbattleshipYamato you don´t understand me.
What happens now is UK1 you do taranto and when italy doesn´t scramble you end up with a loaded carrier.
On G2 the luftwaffe attacks that fleet and bc you have no landing space you can´t take the carrier as casualties.
If you take greece on UK1 then on G2 you do have a landing space.

@Cornwallis

Oh! Okay, I understand now.

But then why doesn’t the Luftwaffe just continue pressing the attack and destroy the aircraft as well? If they attacked they probably would be strong enough to shoot down the aircraft, and the ability to land in Greece would be no secret.

@Cornwallis said in Allied Playbook - G40 Collection of Essays - Compiled by jacobgeo24 Nov 18-19 2023:

Some crazy thoughts:

1. Do you sometimes buy R1 a sub or destroyer to convoy germany or liberate sz125? I think de 6 or 8 IPC can be earned back quickly?

2. Do you sometimes take greece on UK1 when doing taranto so the UK fighters on the carrier have a place to land and to force germany to send troops South to attack greece and thus buying time for russia?

I like crazy thoughts. And encourage it. Though when ABH talks…people (better) listen! EF Hutton commercial from the 80s. Wargame it. See if a 50-60 ipc allied bid can make that work. Then do a youtube video on it!

@SuperbattleshipYamato they probably will but it might give you a second round of combat with unit(s) defending on a 4 in stead of a 2.

@Cornwallis

I understand now. It makes sense. Hope it works!