Posts made by Boondock

@ABWorsham:

Do many of you attack Russia before the 4th round?

I like to hit Russia on G2. Overall, I think it’s key for the Axis to pick a strategy early and stick with it at maximum effort.

@Herr:

But now that we’re at it, let’s have the Dutch! and the Greeks, Yugoslavians, Poles! A separate Chinese communist faction, Indonesian freedom fighters, the resistance! And Finland of course, a separate Axis nation.

Yes! A tech roll for resistance fighters that steal PU’s like convoy raids.  :-)

@Herr:

@SubmersedElk:

@simon33:

Thinking some more about counters to this strategy, could a multi national naval stand off Java work?

From the J2 position Japan has 14 air and 9 ships that can hit the Java SZ, and there are 6 fully loadable transports that could drop onto the island, so Japan could quite easily kill both the fleet and the garrison in the same move. It would essentially be walking right into the teeth of the IJN. The distraction value would not likely be enough to offset the loss of almost all potentially effective Allied forces in the area.

This scenario reminds me somewhat of the Battle of the Java Sea where, when it all was over, a Japanese rear admiral commented to his defeated opponent: “You fought bravely, but not very skilfully”.

Many games ago, I tried a similar move–combining the UK/Anzac fleets off Celebes while seizing islands–and got totally obliterated during a J2 attack.