Posts made by Aivanle

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 1

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 11 infantry and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Russians

Non Combat Move - Russians
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Russia to Novgorod
            2 aaGuns moved from Novgorod to Belarus
            1 artillery and 6 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus
            3 infantry moved from Vyborg to Novgorod
            2 infantry moved from Karelia to Novgorod
            1 infantry moved from Archangel to Belarus
            3 infantry moved from Baltic States to Belarus
            2 infantry moved from Bessarabia to Ukraine
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Western Ukraine to Ukraine
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Volgograd to Ukraine
            1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Russia to Belarus
            2 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus
            2 aaGuns, 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Russia to Bryansk
            2 infantry moved from Caucasus to Rostov
            6 infantry moved from Buryatia to Yakut S.S.R.
            2 aaGuns and 6 infantry moved from Sakha to Buryatia
            6 infantry moved from Amur to Buryatia
            1 cruiser moved from 115 Sea Zone to 114 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 127 Sea Zone to 125 Sea Zone

Place Units - Russians
            3 infantry placed in Ukraine
            3 infantry placed in Novgorod
            5 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in Russia

Turn Complete - Russians
            Russians collect 37 PUs; end with 37 PUs

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Sorry its taken me so long to respond. Lol. He did end up beating me although now that ive read the rules and blog closer im almost certain that he should not have been able to build a major in Kiangsu, so his play doesn’t really work. Basically his strategy was to keep the us out of the war as long as possible. With Germany did the usual opening and then pushed into Russia looking to hit Moscow turn 7. With Italy he also coordinated to hit Cairo on turn 7. With Japan he built a minor then a major in  Kiangsu then pushed as many tanks mechs and planes as he could through up to Moscow which he would also hit turn 7. On J1 he built a carrier, and then for the next few turns his starting naval units seemed to be moving towards India. To me it had seemed like his Japan was doing better than his Europe so as America I devoted most of my resources to the Pacific spending 17 IPCs more than him on the pacific board until turn four. When his huge Japanese fleet sailed right past India and hit Cairo on turn 7.

This weekend I am going to be playing the allies versus my friend who apparently has a new creative axis strategy. He has hinted that I wont know which way he’s going until turn 4. Has anyone heard of this strategy before? Or does anyone have any tips for what I should do in the turns before he shows his hand? Any help would be great because he usually wins…

So this weekend I will be playing the allied powers versus my friend who will be playing all of the axis powers. He has hinted over and over again that he is going to use a new strategy that he is very confident in. And that this new strategy means that I wont know which way he is going until turn 4. Has anyone else ever heard of this or a similar strategy? Or does anyone have any advice for how I should be changing my play style to anticipate a round 4 attack?

Any help would be great
Thx