Posts made by Cornwallis

@superbattleshipyamato reaching money islands on turn 5 is not bad and pretty fast.
Have you ever tried this or what do you usually do?

@the-captain Well, with US by turn 3 i can gather 4 fully loaded carriers, one BB, 4 destroyers , 3 subs and two transports around Samoa. This off course in case Japan started the war on J3.
*UK Eur: no taranto but tobruk strafe plus destroy the tpt around malta. Put blocker around malta and greece. Carrier to Sz81 and activta Persia (buy one minor IC on egypte, and the rest on london.) Goal is to built up fighters in egypt for Moscow and built in the Med to annoy italy.
*Uk Pac: buy 5 guys and activita Sumatra. Goal of UK Pac is to defend India and stack Sumatra (3inf, one AA by end turn two).
*Anzac: take JAVA turn One and stack it with 3inf and AA by end of turn two. Goal is to gain time so Japan can’t take all islands in one turn. ANZAC 1: buy Tpt + move Dest and Cruiser to block carolines to Hawaii, freeing US ships from doing that. ANZAC 2 buy a fighters+inf or destroyer /Sub (whatever helps US in their plan but keeps Australia safe).
Things may vary. You can do a taranto raid of course but sealion becomes a threat.
US builts everything in Sz101 so making a move on Gibraltar the logic next step.
Russia plays defensively off course. UK fighters will buy time but not indefinitly.
Once US is in full on naval war with Japan this should give some breathing space for UK Pac to maybe send in some ground troops combined with landunits from Egypt to Russia.
You need a good UK Eur player who can annoy germany left and right. Italy is bogged in a naval war with UK who can built directly in the Med UK2.
It’s not a perfect plan, A good german player will take the game fast, so that’s why i came up with this move to break the stalemate you have in the pacific around hawaii/carolines.

I noticed you can go from Sz101, Hawaii and San Francisco directly to the Sz around Samoa. From there you can get in two turns to the money islands and Philipines (with a naval base built).
This can be a huge surprise for the axis. Imagine US building up a fleet in 101 ready to invade Europe. When Japan declares war they suddenly converge with the pacifix fleet around Samoa and gong from KGF to KJF.
Plus part is your reinforcements don’t go via Hawai where they can be attacked from the carolines so you can Chuck transports and navy.
Down side is UK Pac needs to buy an Naval base.
Not an all winning strategy but one guaranteed surprise .
Plus if you keep building reinforcements in 101 you can always divert to Europe.
Just a brainfart…

@argothair yes that indeed is an issue. That is why i stop doing taranto but this form of Gibastion. This way i save the fleet and carrier. So UK 2 i move them (UK fighters from the Med and London who are now in algeria) to Egypte and there on to Moscow. Togethee with the Anzac fighters this gives Russia a bit of breathing space.
The factory in Egypte buys subs and a fighter turn two and from turn 3 on fighters abd Land units .
It is not the perfect plan but wirh a US going 75% KJF you can’t invade Europe direct.

@panther but what if you send them in to bomb an air or Naval base, then they do participate in the dog fight?

@andrewaagamer So SZ26 is out of bounds for them…

@nolimit That is not true. SZ26 is two sea zones away from Western US (SZ26=>SZ12=>SZ10. so ergo it’s forbidden to dock there.

Rule question: can Japan end it movement of his fleet (transport incl) in SZ26 when NOT at war with US?

The rulebook states: Japan may not end the movement of its sea units
within 2 sea zones of the United States’ mainland territories (Western United States and Alaska)

“within 2 spaces” does that mean two or less?

@the-captain well against our group pretty good. Italy doesn’t really know how to react.
On triple it gave me victories as well but against mediocer players i think.
Downside is you do give a form of initiative to the Italians so it can provide some surprises (for exemple suïcide transport to Malta or Cyprus to deny the UK bonus. but if Italy overstretches than they’re dead round 2.

@the-captain

OOB table top without bid.
What do you think about my UK move. Any feedback, even negative is welkome.

@sleepykoala

Yes i made a movie about it:

https://youtu.be/lscPRKF9VEE

With the UK fleet still alive and with the factory in Egypt i start buying subs to start convoying Italy and combined with bombers to industrial bomb germany.

I do this because US goes in a KJF so except for some subs and bombers no land units are built in the atlantic

@nolimit well we never play online actually. But we can record our next match. Do you post games online?

@nolimit well it’s a very limited number of attacks so not that ambituous. Combining the Med and the Pac fleet, together wirh some subs even gives you a good chance of Tarznto in the 2nd or 3rd turn.
The luftwaffe can come and get the fleet but at a high cost.

Hello,

I made a video about a strategy built around UK Europe. In the video i discuss the UK1 move and it is an answer to the old question wether or not there is an alternative to Taranto. It’s a bit like the Gibastion move but not entirely.
We play OOB tabletop without bid.
I’m not claiming it to be thé best move and off course it depends on what Germany buys G1, but i might give the Axis (especially italy) something to think about.

https://youtu.be/lscPRKF9VEE

@alan-adair look at the ones of General Handgrenade or Young Grasshopper

@alan-adair no you can online built major complexes in territories you own from the start

@andrewaagamer yes my bad i miscalculated. Then how can you prevent hawaii from falling if not a KJF?

@squirecam
You can’t end your turn with a Japanese fleet within 2 spaces of mainland US when not at war. Hawaii is 2 spaces to mainland US so you can’t post your fleet around hawai J1.

@thedesertfox
So what do you suggest the US does?

A: gather around Hawaii and fight till death
B: withdraw to San Francisco and built up for a KJF?

@crockett36 How can i see the game?