Do you think Germany should go for Brazil or Not ?

IMO the German Med fleet is one of the most overrated pieces on the board b/c in reality Germany cannot afford to send any troops from Europe anyway.  The game is won or lost in Europe and Africa is merely a sidebar so to that end no great lengths should be taken to protect the German BB.  A few exceptions are to send it to the WMed to threaten the Uk1 naval build so as to make them not build or waste a ftr to destroy a bb.  However this assumes you have enough air to be able to attack all other units of the Royal Navy which is iffy at best.  Another reason to spare the bb is by going to Syria on G1 along with a take of AES f/Libya this helps protect Africa and gives Germany a huge ipc boom going on into the game.  However, its very difficult to say if Germany will be able to afford this in Europe without risking EEuro so in general I’d say that the best move is to simply kack the bb against the Med bb and concentrate air in the UkSz while using the transport to landgrab Cauc or whatever.

I would not advocate sending them east in the first round, but that is because I like to use them to strafe the ukraine. Without that strafe and without defending russian armor in karelia, karelia is actually fairly weak in the first round. I don’t like to bet on germany not being insane, sometimes they are.

However, starting round 2 if I can afford to I will start sending an armor or two east. Again if I can afford it, I may start building 1 a round in turns 3 or 4. Sure it would be nice to rip through japanese forces on the coast, but as you analyzed in another post then you are exposed to the japanese navy. A fine strategy is to let japan in a little bit, say to yakut or sinkiang, and then counterattack. Indeed, I find this to be the best russian “defense”. The problem for Japan is that they have to take territory. As they take territory they cannot defend with planes. So when they attack, they are also defending at 2’s. Russia can attack at 3’s and 1’s, losing the 1’s which are more readily replaceable. As russia, you can even just strafe japan and retreat, then move in some more infantry to your leftover tanks making them a solid defensive force. Then the next round attack again. Certainly russia is going to lose to Japan eventually, but countering japan will slow them down a lot. Note that the above is pretty much just a rehash of deadzones.

Well, I always play Germany, because my siblings are not good at playing…, so I give them the Allies(easier to play)

I respect any player who can write in depth essays like that that cover both the Axis and Allie Campaigns. Even though it allows for little flexibility (keyword: lots of infantry), it’s a surefire tactic for beginners and experts alike.

yeah i try not to concentrate on russia to much, becuase it dont really matter if russia falls if uk and usa are powerfull enuogh then you cant do much anyway when i take russia i got to much to defend, about that time he has about 30 men both america and uk and about 20 tanks with UK and USA and he also has a big fleet enuogh to wipe japan out instantly but he dont really see them as a fret and he will try alot of tactics am in kerilia after defeating russia , i cant really move from there or he will drop forces on norway and procede to go to russia and take the money from it,if that dont work then he will normally go round to japans water and drop all his men on the other side of the board cant remember the country i dont have the game my uncle does and he attacks japan fleet and takes japan,or sometimes he will come to africa and move up from there or he will come down to southern europe wiith english trnasporters and english fleet and men and drop them there in southern europe but if i split my forces from western europe (france) then he will land there i have to quickly move my forces down there to try and stop him then he drops the americans on kerilia and go’s to russia and moves the rest of the russians that are in asia what are killing japanese men that drop over. he also…… most of the time manages to get a factory with the uk in indua and fly all his planes there to defend it so then i have the ,americas taking russia joining up with the english build up in asia aswell with the remaining russians and then english fleet atackking my men on gibralter and landing and attacking soutern europe only if i havent got my men there in time if i only have tanks defending it he attacks, but he then changes and then drops men on syria iraq and joins the english with the americans and the russia remainders so then he has russia defending moscow with americcans english he is getting alot of money pumping more men out reading 4 the next landing and am still badly damaged with germany to really attack him, or sometimes he just lingers around german waters and waits 4 me to open up then lands in sothern or attacks it, its really hard playing with him, he originally found the game in america some military people was playing the game apparently,said there commander made them play it makes then strategic thinking a guess?

I agree, as well. It’s just I wonder at the investment: If you’re thinking pure Sea Zone defense, you’d think 3 SUB would be a better investment than 2 FTR: in an attack, the 3 SUBs would score about 1 hit consistently, same as 2 FTRs. But SUBs can defend in Sea Zones (at least against ships), where FTR’s (without a CV) cannot. SUBs are more survivable than FTRs because they have their submerge/withdraw abilities. SUB hits (unlike FTR hits) cannot be countered. And 3 SUBs represent 1 extra casualty you can take should the battle go poorly.

I guess the reason German SUBs never seem to appear in signifigant numbers is the threat of USSR. It’s easy to justify the money spent on FTRs because when you’re not using them to fight sea battles, you can use them against Russia. SUBs are virtually useless against the mainly landlocked USSR and so nobody ever purchases many of them…what a shame.

Ozone27

If you are playing against an experienced opponent, why is it that you are playing Russia Restricted?

UK sould be flying spare fighters to Karelia until it falls, once it falls, kill it without amphibious (from finland), this way you have the option of retreating. I agree, cooperate with Russia to destroy anything that touches the Baltic Sea and then when your ready to land, hit Germany(unless Western Europe is weak). I see many players who have habits of evacuating Germany each turn, then filling it up with new units. If they do this then you may be killing a force composed of mostly fighters, bombers, and tanks. US should definitely help take Western Europe, and/or Southern Europe if it is weak. Russia should build a horde of infantry and try to keep a fighter or two, then if Germany lets up-SLAM infantry rush into Easter Europe (and Ukraine, of course)