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There was a pretty sweet Risk app I found on the phone a while back, it had interesting custom maps
Have you played some of the other versions, like based on sci-fi movies or whatever? I haven’t.

It’s the little army men, tanks, planes, and battleships that makes A&A so much cooler. I chafe at people asking “is it like Risk?” Yes you take over territories from your opponent and gain more income/armies, and you get bonuses for controlling certain things, and you roll dice to resolve battles… But NO!

You put on your profile:

“About 10 years ago I downloaded TripleA and played 2 or 3 games over email at TripleA War Club. Enjoyed it, but left it at that. Got TripleA again, found this site, and had a blast since then.”

That is awesome.

That’s it!
Frankly, I think I pretty well explained the main things that should have been done differently.

Recap -

1. China play round 1-3
2. US2 and 3 - no Pacific buys, generally not enough transports and subs during the game
3. Russia needs artillery, and maybe has to go for at least Iraq. Careful to set up counters, like denying Germany complexes whenever not too expensive
4. Concentration on Europe map with USA creates very difficult early threat, but, I didn’t say this before, each round you don’t pull the trigger, Euro-Axis gets better prepared so the threat kept diminishing. Not that attacking the first time would have been great.
5. Try very hard to slow the German advance, and you may need to take some chances rather than gave away the sure victory. Mainly, pretty sure you could have held Bryansk another turn
6. Persia complex is very risky, you have to make sure you never lose it for good or it’s even better for the Axis than it was for you. Makes London weak.
7. Consider not going to 54 without thinking too much. Especially without US buys, Fleet couldn’t come back, Japan established north Pacific dominance because of the combination of going strong to 54 and not buying

I think that 7 point recap will help you a lot.
Good thing we’re switching sides in game 2, but I’d better watch that you don’t give me a taste of my own medicine

Thanks for letting me critique, and thanks for a fun game with a great guy!!

The double destroyer block was probably the better choice, and fleet could advance to Hawaii

UK6 I was surprised you didn’t take Malaya

J7 another compliment - 17 US planes and 5 carriers is a good ratio. People don’t realize, you want more than 2 planes per carrier and 3 to scramble, because out there you may lose some planes as casualties, and there may be more than one airbase to land on or islands to defend, and Australia

However, the lack of transports, subs, and destroyers is a serious weakness now

J6 I made a mistake not realizing a double destroyer block protects Hawaii when I made my move (seals off Carolines) but the US fleet is not a threat because there are 0 transports. Still, I want to keep it from advancing.
You decided to go single destroyer at Midway, and fleet to 13, so I am putting you in bad and odd situations I think largely just becasue you didn’t build US2 or US3

I looked, and I have only been to round 15 once since 2016, which was 17 rounds with farmboy in championship last year (where you play games out longer to make sure)

I have played 84 games of G40 since it came out, and only 5 other games went farther than this point, so I’m pretty excited to be in these unusual situations we have going. It seems like the other “kids” get these wild games (still much wilder than this) but they don’t usually turn out that way for me.

I acknowledge again, I wouldn’t have made it anywhere near this far without dice assists multiple times. You are my nemesis, I am just trying to tie it up 1-1!

Also, I only have ONE GAME longer than 18, which was 27 vs. Ghost for the 2014 championship

Thanks for the ride, you are super tough, this is fun
And an experimental UHD + Tech game, to boot, I did not expect this

I will do my best to rebuild it rapidly!

Lastly, because I think it may help and possibly be appreciated, I’ll state it in a negative way.

What harm did the cold, calculating veteran GeneralDisarray cause?

IF Japan declares war on UK/ANZ, then

1. Japan can’t noncombat move any of the ground units on Carolines or New Hebrides. To get the marine off New Hebrides this turn, Japan has to amphibiously assault some other enemy island
2. Japan can’t use transports to noncombat move OTHER ground units, for example, Japan can’t transport any ground from Japan to Korea, Manchuria, or any of the other friendly territories up there
3. Japan has to move all ships in the enemy zones to destination zones without seeing combat results (where destination could include the starting, hostile, zone)

But…
Japan can still fully load up all 3 transports with Carolines army and go take Allied territories.

Any remaining questions, please give me a chance to clear them up, have fun guys

Sorry, Thanksgiving days with family, and stressed meeting a deadline this week,
I do have ideas of what to do since I did Italy

Thanks for trying!
If my save worked on your “old” map, and if on yours it won’t allow you to move Hawaii to Chile (and conversely I hope it does allow you to make a move that appears illegal but is actually legal), then let’s continue as is!

I might as well be able to see the correct zones, and I think you know what they are supposed to be. Better one of us has the incorrect drawing than both, I think

All save files posted on forum at end of each turn, so we have backups along the way, let’s try and hobble to the end without struggling with it more. Thanks again for trying

Yeah look at @axis-dominion adding house rules that benefit his side
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You’re going to need at least 2, to replace the 2 that have been given orders to go to 95!

I don’t know how I missed notifications, sometimes that happens on my account

Probably not a good plan to fight 95 but did get 2 subs and a bomber which is not terrible. Dice bailout, but you never missed. I know heavies are like 90% to hit but I don’t think yours have ever missed, so getting one down is still good

Absolutely can NOT fly over neutrals. Only neutrals that have been attacked before your turn (like Spain) can be flown over.
If you attack a neutral, you can effectively fly over it with those aircraft only, but only that one.

Subs were in a deadly position,
Like I said, probably not best call, trying for some luck. The 2 ship hits at the beginning were death

Bombers in A&A, lol, crazy unrealistic, but crazy fun

Also can take out thousands and thousands of infantry no problem, and the infantry can take them down no problem

Oh, that was a post of the complete turn through UK, just realized that

What?? You started shooting at Russians, unprovoked? That is unkind.

@simon33 You have a lot more experience than me, but I think it depends on how you play and who you’re playing, regarding Normandy. The complex and naval base can be fantastic for Germany, and in my experience it is not a given that USA will take and hold Normandy

I also have a pretty good rework of G40 that I made when I was upset that it departed from AA50 (and other earlier global versions) too much, but I needed help from others to flesh out some of the core mechanics, get in working in Triple A, and play it to fine tune. Maybe some day.

I was too quick to save the bomber in East Russia, I’d like to keep the fighter up there
Instinctively kept my costliest unit, but Russia will need defense.
No effect on decisions from subsequent dice…

Not even sure it’s a good idea to change it out, bomber can get off Russian land easier. Fighter feels right though. Thank you

Do not grow complacent, and do not hurry.
I don’t have to be in the playoffs.
This game should not be cut short, it’s compelling.

Didn’t see that before…
Well, the US battleship did take out an AA gun and that turned out to be big… A wrong is partially righted… 😏

Well those guys SHOULD be out of bullets!