Posts made by Corpo24

Howdy!
Japan:  Japan has a lot of potential in this game.  They start off with a massive air force and solid navy.  I usually like to attack turn 3 which allows me to have the transports to hit all my objectives.  Turn two is not bad also and turn one can work but I feel three is the best.  Turn four is to long of a wait and by then India has lots of men defending Calcutta.  Two minor IC on the Asian mainland will put China and India out of business.  I like them on Hong Kong and French Indo China.  Until China and India fall, I get two tanks and a mech for both factories.  I also like to add a aircraft carrier a turn for my remaining fighters and I usually post in the Philippines so I get the six kamikiezes and three fighters can also scramble.  Don’t forget to also have a destroyer next to Hawaii! That way USA doesn’t sneak in and surpise you in Japan! I caught my opponent sleeping one time and took Korea with the USA. Subs and destroyers are also good for cannon fotter when you eventually have the big navy clash with the allies.  You will needs transports also because the allies will try to take some of those money islands back to stop your objectives.  When you have only one more VC to go hit Australia.  Establish a beach head and keep the supply line coming and then strike at Sydney! If you played your cards right your navy should still be stronger than the allies and it should be game over for them.

UK:  UK is limited in this game.  I like to buy men and if I’m lucky a mech or artillery.  If Japan hasnt attacked you early then take the money islands.  If Japan hasn’t attacked by round 3, then declare war and get the NO. A AA is also not a bad buy.  Maybe you will get lucky and shoot a few fighters down during the Calcutta battle.  That itself will benefit the other allies, especially the navy.  Anyways, have fun! This is a great game and I still enjoy playing it by itself

Awesome! Thanks for the quick reply!  Happy holidays :)

Sometimes I forget the basic rules so that’s why I have you guys lol.  My main American fleet is heading into Leyte gulf to meet the main Japanese fleet.  A few of my American carriers are loaded with Anzac fighters.  I know the Anzac fighters can’t participate in the attack but since they are in the zone of battle can they at least be taken as a casualty?

I believe around the year 2004 I purchased two great axis and allies maps created by a gentleman by the name of Ralph Boerke from Waterloo Canada.  The maps were laminated and the first one was a 1942 world map.  The second one was a Europe only map.  Anyways I just found both maps at my parents house. I have played the world map and loved it as Ralph included different rules for his game.  The Europe only map is huge! I never played it though :(. Has anyone ever played this A&A Europe map created by Ralph?  I know he was working on a pacific map also and wondered if he ever released it?

Exactly! It was one those games where after round one that you knew you had a big uphill battle ahead of you lol.

Wittman: yes the US Atlantic fleet was blown out of the water by two u boats.   we placed a British sub in the Indian Ocean.  A inf on Egypt and India.  A Russian artillery on Leningrad and a Russian inf on Stalingrad.  We never put a US destroyer in the Atlantic.  With Russia I took three territories on the first round.  Though I won all three battles, the Germans made me pay a price for all three victories.  The German and Japanese bombing campaign devastated my Moscow factory.  On two separate raids my factory was topped out at 16 ipc damage.  I couldnt hit them either with my Facorey AA!!!  From the opening round I just got the feeling it wasn’t going to be our day lol.  That’s A&A though! You win some and you loose some.  Next time :)

All good my friend.  Anyways, we ended up getting creamed by the axis.  Moscow fell and we were pretty much doomed after that.  We had a good time though and hope to play soon again.

Thanks guys! Definitely a lot to think about! We are playing against two good axis players so we need all the luck lol.  🍻

Thank you for the advice!  I’ll check in with my mate and see what he thinks.  We can’t wait to play next weekend.

We will be playing 1942 2nd edition next weekend and wanted a few thoughts. My teammate and I who are the allies have been given a 19 IPC bid from our axis partners.  I’m thinking a sub in the Indian Ocean to sink the Japanesse fleet there and one British inf in Egypt and the rest to Russia with two infantry and a artillery.  Any thoughts? 😜

Just sent you a PM 👍

Thanks for the answers everyone! :-)

Thank you Panther for the quick response! :)

So I will do my best to explain these questions.  I have been playing every axis and allies game for years, but sometimes you always forget some rules lol.

1.  On turn one Japan did not declare war on the allies and moved its massive fleet off French Indo China with two infranty on a transport.  On UK’s turn, they sent a destroyer to join the huge Japanesse fleet off French Indo China.  That’s ok because they are not at war with each other yet and they can share the same sea zone.  Boom! Anzac declares war on Japan on its turn.  On Japan’s second turn that sea zone has now become hostile right?

2.  Since that sea zone which I’m pretty sure is hostile now, can the transport with two men unload into French Indochina? Or they can unload once the naval battle is over and Japan  obviously has  to win?

3. Last question:  since the sea zone which I think is again a hostile sea zone, can I bring in more naval units and transports with land units to unload? Or only on the non combat?

Let me know what you guys think.  Why does the UK destroyer have to make things miserable for everyone lol

Thanks! It’s something to keep a eye on in the future for sure :)

We were playing a great game last week and my colleague who played UK and I was USA thought about putting a IC in Norway.  We thought if we did this we could somewhat relieve pressure off Russia by having USA build two tanks a turn.  Instead we hit France and had pretty much a stalemate with the Germans and never broke out of France. Has anyone bought a IC in Norway? Is it worth it?

Hey Jason and everyone.  When I play 1942 2nd edition and play with Germany, I usually like to use my bomber in Egypt on the first round. After that I like to take out any left over allied ships.  After that its usually bombing raids either on Stalingrad and eventually Moscow.  Knowing my luck though my bomber gets shot down with a AA lol.  We should try those national objectives Jason that you came up with after our first game.  It’s good to add some flavor to the game.

Here’s the video.  Axis win in the beginning of the 18 round. 
I played UK, Anzac, China, and France. We used the balance mod.  Karl R just a tuff opponent for us. One day we will get him lol.

http://youtu.be/6_dBE-B8lh8

Hey!  For shits and giggles I have recently used anniversary’s NO’s and 1941 set up on my second edition board.  It works great!  It adds more spice into the game! At first I thought the axis were going to cream the allies due to the NO’s.  It actually plays pretty even maybe even favoring the allies.  I also added Italy as a minor just like anniversary.  You should try it out. It’s something different than the normal 1942 second edition set up. 😜

Thanks my friend.  Yeah my ally who is playing USA has lots of subs and bombers to counter attack the Japanese fleet just in case it does win the naval battle.  Yes we have more $ than Japan so the rebuilding is quicker like you said.  USA has like 100 IPC’s and Anzac at 29.  Looking forward to play the game again in a few weeks.