I am new to axis and allies and have played about 10 games. It is growing on me really fast and I enjoy it a lot. The thing is I just can’t seem to formulate a winning plan.
Last game as the axis I purchased 10 inf and 1 fighter my first couple of turns and then after that purchased a lot of tanks to attack with the inf against Russia. I kept my air flight in Paris to fend off the allies from landing in Europe and destroyed a strong allied navy with it.
I was pretty devastated after turn one Russia by the attacks they made. I lost West Russia and Ukraine with Russia losing like a total of two inf. So not only did a lose my forces before I ever used them I lost valuable land and points to Russia and since he rolled well he had large forces in Ukraine and West Russia before my first turn. This set off a pattern of land grabs between Germany and Russia but Russia was always able to keep a respectable amount of points to fight back and I had to watch my back for the English and Americans who wanted to make a landing. I secured Africa even though my opponent built an IC down there. I didn’t capture the IC but I held most of Africa for the entire game.
I tried to be patient building up a force to smash Moscow with and my goal was to hit it with a mixture of Inf and tanks. My opponent started building and landing a lot of fighters in Russia and this made the task more daunting. I was using 3 transports to shuttle troops from Japan towards Moscow but this got messed up when the Americans came over with a Pacific fleet and I had to fight that off.
My opponent is very good at playing the allies and I really want to beat him. It just seems that I can’t kill Russia in time before England and America can start landing in Europe. I can fend them off for quite awhile but I am just not sure how to win.
Sorry to make it sound like I am complaining. I like this game a lot and it is just my nature to want to win very badly. I am just not sure how to counter the moves of my opponent.
Thanks
Frank