Posts made by dustwhit

Very nice. I like what you did with the Sea area and some texture changes. Not sure how well the battle zone would work on the board, but nevertheless, well done.

@Nix:

As russia you should have stacked 6 inf in Buryatia, and sent 2 arm from Russia to Yakutsk (i usually open with west russia belo attack and 3 inf, 3 arm Buy.)… …
The easiest way to cripple japan is to kill of it´s land units and make sure there are to many targets.

Nix, do you find that moving 2 tanks to Yak is too disruptive to holding the Western front? It seems to me that moving 2 tanks is quite a commitment. I would think you could move a couple infantry to Nov when you think J will make a run on Yak, and than recapture it with the inf and any desired arm in Rus from the previous troop placement phase

@Zhukov44:

FIC is also potentially a better move then Borneo.  At least with FIC you could use your fighter in the attack and still land it in Buryatia.

Makes good sense. Thx. I’m not following you though on how the fgh (sz35) can land in Bury after attacking Fic. Am I missing a pathway? Perhaps I’m mistakenly thinking the fgh starts in 35, when its Ind (I’m looking at the online board)

What’s your opinion on an IC in Egt? Is that a good move after securing Africa? It seems like that is the most efficient means to be a detriment to J’s push into R, while still providing opportunities to reinforce Cau, threaten further amphib against Balk/SoE, etc

It seems to me that the UK is in the best position to deter J’s advance, particularly from a first move perspective. If G doesn’t take Egt, than UK1 can be 2inf Aus to Ngu, an attack on Bor or Fic, along w/ attak to 59, and move bomber to Nov. Most of that doesn’t seem to be any big loss/risk for UK, but potentially big for them if dice go their way

With Russia stacking 6 in Bury and maybe a reinforced UK fgh from 35 in Chi, that’s a lot for J to have to decide on.

What’s the best way to impede Japan from chewing up Mother Russia? I typically do standard moves with r1 into ukr and wer (consolidate troops in Bury or Yak), uk1 island assault from Aus, fgt to J trn and land on Chi, fleet purchases and starting to destroy the G navy, and U.S. preparing for amphibous assaults.

Is the best defense a strong offense? (Basically ignore Japan and assault G hard and heavy) or is it best to balance a few pieces that annoy and deter Japan, and if so, how best is that done? (from IC in Egt?)

Thanks