Posts made by Frederick II

I think what Briton needs to do in the western front is build a small navy (it’s mostly transports and the warships are for making sure the transports don’t get sunk if there’s any german ships) and this is not the first few rounds. All they need to do is shuck some troops to France and the french can help you out. But when they can start building more transports and troops in London is when Constantinople is soon to fall or sooner then that.

Smart idea Oddbjoern, you are also going to have to kill Russia fast as you can or else the Italians will get really annoying. Once Serbia has fallen I would send my forces from there to Albania because the allies could land there and if you don’t take care of it they also will get pretty annoying. I have a question on that, is your reinforcements going to help face Russia or Italy?

Cool videos, I like Giant stacks of infantry. :-D

I also thought about first edition ANZAC pieces but the only problem is that you might get them mixed up with the actual ANZAC forces.

Here’s an idea you could have both France and SEAC be one power. There is a few problems with it like when Paris is liberated they would just mostly buy in Paris making a strong stack for the allies in one turn. Do you think they would to much economy? Any other thoughts on this?

Hey YG, what would someone use for France pieces (besides the UK 1914 pieces which I know you use)? also do you restrict France from buying a carrier when it’s liberated because the UK 1914 pieces don’t have a carrier?

Good idea on the Risk pieces but where did you get aircraft for France or the neutrals?

I thought of a tech chart and it had Rail Road tech which was…

Ground units can move 3 spaces through your controlled territories but not through contested and tanks only move 2 spaces (since it’s quite hard to move them by trains) and also this rule does not apply to fighters.

This doesn’t usually happen to me because I don’t run out of chips. calvinhobbesliker, I like your idea I may try that sometime.

Edit- Just a little while ago I almost ran out of chips mainly because that there was some rounds where the powers just built and stack. So I correct myself. :-D

MarineIguana, this game is anyone’s opinion not just yours.

Okay Muscleape, I get what you mean. :wink:

When you go all out France then that’s makes Russian stronger and probably Ottomans since it’s drawing the British attention away from the Middle East.

So after many ideas or points on this I change a thing in my strategy.
UK needs to capture East Indies only, since that’s the closest money island to them. Borneo and Philippines is US job to take.

I personally think shipping US forces to asia through Soviet Far East is a good idea because if you do push the Japanese out of asia you don’t have to go take Tokyo you shift them towards Germany but if US also has other jobs besides this one that means they have to split there forces. Bombers are better than thought before, you can SBR Tokyo when capture asia or the Philippines to be in range and they can really help in big sea battles. So I agree with Argothair on 1 bomber purchase for US. innohub, good ideas but the one about kicking Germany out of africa won’t be that hard if you spend (or bid) on a IC in africa like Egypt or South Africa because your building many forces in that region to kick them out.

Let me try this one more time. Your saying to buy fighters when I don’t need to buy so much infantry to replenish them.

So your saying that I don’t buy planes until Russia is out of the war.

Okay good points, but you keep saying that Moscow and India falls so easily and maybe it does but your imagination is limited and here’s a few points.
Why I say UK should another IC like in south africa or somewhere else is because you keep having India’s production max out and 3 units each turn won’t do great unless you can build more in that region and if UK needs to send help to Moscow it’s hard for India to be sending forces to Moscow and to defend it self or trying to be aggressive in south east asia and another IC in that region can really help. I think it’s hard for US to send a force down to the money islands as it’s closer to UK its longer for the US to go there. Now it is not bad if Soviet Far East is controlled by the Japanese because the US can destroy them when they land there plus if Moscow is in trouble you shift your forces toward Russia. A good Russian player can hold out for a good time with out much allied help and I’m not saying Russia must hold these territories until the US shows up or else the plan is going to fail I’m trying to point out is the must try to stall the Japanese advances though asia.

MarineIguana the attack on sz 37 is a good choice it maybe a risk I think those ships in that region attacking sz 37 is their best choice than something else and also one of your “Gotchas and things to avoid” says about US building to many subs I didn’t say about US should a lot of subs so I didn’t get your point there or how UK can’t secure the imcome in asia what part are you talking about?

Black_Elk could you please define IJN means (I’m still a bit new to some of those abbreviations).

Now I’m not a big expert at this but I’m giving a shot at it. Also there are other ways to do a KJF and I’m not saying mines perfect none of them are I am just trying to give a good startegy on this.

What does the allies need to do?

They need to kick Japan out of asia and take the money islands aka(East Indies, Borneo, Philippines).
Why to do this? Well let’s start with the money islands they are worth 11 ipcs! That’s a lot so taking these suck a lot a money they need and give you a VC. Now about asia. This is pretty hard for the allies because they get rich though there and can build ICs off the coast of china to build tanks or other units but if the allies work hard they can make Japan miserable and if they do kick Japan out of asia and have naval control in the Pacific then there stuck on Japan. Now lets go through each ally.

USSR aka (Russia)

They have a simple but important job and that’s defending china and themselves both sides. It’s hard for them to go east because Germany is the bigger threat in most of the game. But what they want to do is send infantry and little artillery not tanks and fighters that’s to much. These a great defending units but aren’t the greatest in attacking and that’s okay they need to defend china not be aggressive maybe unless they need to recapture a territory. They also need to hold Siberia and Soviet Far East to welcome the americans. 1/3 of your infantry should be sent to asia and add some artillery for a good counter attack. But the most important thing is to stall the Japanese advances until the americans arrive.

UK aka (Great Briton)

Their most important factor is that they have to get the money islands because they are the closest to them so they must try to take out the the Japanese fleet in sea zone 37. So they will need to build a few more transports like 2 or 3 don’t forget about they also got the starting 2 transports and maybe some warships to protect the them from the Japanese fleet or aircraft. They will probably need to build another IC either in Australia or South Africa because India doesn’t have enough production to build an army and navy they need to build the navy somewhere else (like the ideas above). Don’t forget to ask for some help from the US if you need to. You also need to help in asia they way to do that is to build in India and try to take South East Asia and make sure africa is safe from Germany. Then you defeat the Japanese in South East Asia march up to south china. So your main goal is to gain the money islands and help kicking Japan out of asia and make sure africa doesn’t fall to Germany or your capital.

USA aka (America)

Your main goal is to land troops in asia to kick out the Japanese but round 1 you will need to build a IC in Alaska and move your fleet north and position to land in Soviet Far Asia. If the Japanese aren’t careful you could invade Tokyo if you see a chance. So you want to build your force in Alaska then land an army in Soviet Far Asia then march down the chinese coast and take Shanghai for another VC. Be careful of the Japanese fleet by Tokyo they could sink your fleet which then you will have to restart everything. Help out the brits if they need you. Plus once Japan is out of asia then you could shift your forces west towards Germany and over power them.

So that’s it so far I don’t know what really to do against Germany or deal with it. So ideas on that would be helpful.

Good advice Muscleape, but when you go against Russia your starting artillery is 9 unless you bring Kiel’s forces so I think it’s wise to buy a little art and mostly inf and a plane once in a while maybe not G1.

I mean ideas like give Germany some free tech.

wittmann, did you use any of the ideas we thought of?

Black_Elk I didn’t say that Russia and Japan couldn’t attack each other I was saying they weren’t at war until a certain round or unless the other attacks the other (Argothair, good NO’s for the nonaggression pact).

Also Argothair, here’s the NO’s I wasn’t a big fan of the Chinese Bases, Petroleum Shipments (It’s a good idea but I don’t like all the transports in all those sea zones), I didn’t understand Panzer Offensive does it have to do with blitzing?, and the Free French. The others are pretty good and I know they were just ideas I do appreciate “I Shall Return”. Don’t forget about contesting Leningrad.