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@barnee @crockett36
No Line is not within 3 spaces of the East Coast.
What do you think of the general idea? Surprising the axis and still being able to switch to europe

@argothair @crockett36 @simon33

For years we have been switching between KGF and KJF as Allies. Building on East or West as US side gives away your initial plans off course.
Building in S-Francisco is giving Japan a heads up to start preparing for a naval clash with US.

This is a brainfart:

As US you built for three turns 100% on the East coast (carriers, DD, tpt,…) as if you were preparing for a KGF, forcing italy and Ger to prepare and makingJapan believe they free reign. The Pacific fleet shucks troops to Hawaii as normal. On US3 you send everything (Eur and Pac) to Samoa. It can be reached from New York, Hawaii and S-Fr. UK Pacific builts a Naval base there UK3 (they need to save their income).

From there you are one turn away from Queensland and thus the money islands are in reach. All reinforcements can come via a built on the East via Samoa to Queensland coast so your supply lines are safe from SZ6. And you can switch to a KGF easily.

Did it once and it surprised the Axis player like hell. Unfortunately systematic bad dice shred allied play so no matter the strategy, it was a lost game so no valid after action review possible.

@simon33 ok good argument. So you would search the fight with Germany and sandbagging Egypt against italy.

@simon33 ok good argument. So you would search the fight with Germany and sandbagging Egypt against italy.

@simon33 idd you don´’t have to Defend algeria but take the fight . he can take you out in 2 rounds of combat if you stack: 2 cruisers, carrier with in totaal 5 fighters. Let´’s say the DD is blocking the italian fleet.
Losing all that for 7 fighters. I don´’t know if that is worth it giving the Italians free reign in the Med. The few times he did attack me the axis won bc it toon forever containing Italy.

If he does not attack then he will probably stick around mainland italy slowly building up fleet. If he goes to Egypt/transjordan then your ships in the Red sea can´t join the fight but idd you can attack him with pure air bc he will Block you with a DD at Malta.

@Argothair
Of course you can keep your fighters on London and buy 6inf plus fighter. The goal is to send fighters asap to Egypt to A) fight of the italians and B) move on to Moscow. We generaly built an Airbase on Egypt UK2 and draw the carrier plus the Pacific fleet in the Med. Depriving Italy from its Egypt ambitions.
We tried Gibastion a few times but it requies two Tpt to secure Algeria and in the long run it´’s not worth it bc italy can on I1 land in Middle East or take and reinforce Alexandria.

Tobruk strafe is an option but without the tpt it´s unlikely to take it wirh UK but you can strafe it.
You have somthinh like 55% of really winning.

@argothair sea Lion is idd a treath. But when US is full prepared to retake it, the long term effect for Ger is negatieve. I´ve done sea lion before against the London calling and in the long run you can hold it but overinvest so USSR becomes a monster.

@squirecam @crockett36 @Argothair

Lately we do this:

Asume the lose of the cruiser at Gibraltar and DD and tpt at Canada by subs.

Don´’t scramble G1 unless he really gives you the chance to kill fighters.

Attack the sub at Canada with the DD and Bomber land bomber on iceland.

Kill tpt and DD at tobruk. With fighter from Gibr and TacBomb and cruiser

Tobruk strafe is possible without the tpt (and add the tac bomb).

In NCM take persia.
All fighters from UK go to Africa (territory under Sahara).

Take Persia. With Med Tpt .withdraw all what can to Egypt. Put the DD as blokker under Greece. Evac Czrrier to Red Sea and add fighter/tacBomb from India. Now Egypt is Safe from landings. On UK you can have all your fighters there.
Buy 1 Bomb, fighter and 2 men.

Pacific: buy men and take Java.

US needs to prepare for the London Calling to desuade Ger from Sealion.

@crockett36 do you have the links to these strategy videos?

Hi,

For years we have been switching between KGF and KJF as Allies. Building on East or West as US side gives away your initial plans off course.
Building in S-Francisco is giving Japan a heads up to start preparing for a naval clash with US.

This is a brainfart:

As US you built for three turns 100% on the East coast (carriers, DD, tpt,…) as if you were preparing for a KGF, forcing italy and Ger to prepare and makingJapan believe they free reign. The Pacific fleet shucks troops to Hawaii as normal. On US3 you send everything (Eur and Pac) to Samoa. It can be reached from New York, Hawaii and S-Fr. UK Pacific builts a Naval base there UK3 (they need to save their income).

From there you are one turn away from Queensland and thus the money islands are in reach. All reinforcements can come via a built on the East via Samoa to Queensland coast so your supply lines are safe from SZ6. And you can switch to a KGF easily.

Did it once and it surprised the Axis player like hell. Unfortunately systematic bad dice shred allied play so no matter the strategy, it was a lost game so no valid after action review possible.

@taamvan what is the correct allied response to J1, go for Germany?

@taamvan the META is Ger is unstoppable if they push all in to Moscow.
You can hold Moscow but then you lose the Pacific or Med. We find US always coming too late.

@simon33 Yes i meant Algeria in stead of S-France. You can defend Algeria with UK but it requires one or two fighters, which means you’re weakening your UK fleet.

Usually Ger buys one or two air units on G1, so they have more to strike. The few times the Ger did attack me at gibraltar, they sure as hell didn’t lose 7 air units:p they have 10 Fgr and Tac Bomb and at least two bombers so a lot of power if they can land on Algeria.

It can be S-Fr if Germany takes it on G1, so they can buy carriers but that’s another discussion.

@taamvan If Italy takes S-France than the entire Luftwaffe can attack gibastion and destroy it in one or two blows.
Thus leaving the Med for the italians. Do you think Gibastion is worth in (in a no bid game)?
I have been attacking the italian DD and Tpt at Malta + tobruk strafe. In NCM putting a DD at greece so Italy can’t reach Egypt. It gives the italians three SZ to attack and it safes the Carrier (retreat through Suez and combine with Pacific fleet.

@cow how would you react to a J1 as an Allied player?

@squirecam do you recommend a J1 in OOB with no bid?if not, why not?

As it is common for Germany and Japan to Strat Bomb India and Moscow, does anyone have experience with running a campaign of strat bombing Germany with the UK? This in a KGF or KJF scenario.

For exemple, buying every round one strat bomber and focusing on the every factory you can reach from London on. You can even perform a raid on Berlin the turn Germany invades USSR and stacks on Eastern Poland.
When going KJF, you have nearly no other way of giving some pain to Germany other than Middle Earth Strategy.

@arthur-bomber-harris so your Allied reaction on the first turn would be for the US to built in the pacific and from turn2 on going more in the Atlantic?

@squirecam why no J1? How should Allies react to a J1, go KGF?

@superbattleshipyamato not a good idea bc you are not strong enough to withstand the IJN. But i hear you, doing nothing isn’t gonna work as well.