@Boondock:

I also like playing Italy. I’d be interested in more details about a strategy that enables so many huge gains early in the game. That might help with suggestions for what to do in later rounds.

Italy is a reaction country. What I mean is everything depends on what the Uk does the turn before. With that being said my main goal as italy is to double Italy IPC and you can do that by collecting NOs (clearing Med and capturing Greece, Southern France, and Gibraltar). I always ask the Germany player to put a fighter in southern italy so i have the ability to scramble 3 fighter for when Uk does a Taranto raid.

It is easy to take territory in africa but it can come back to bite you. I also ask the germany player to give me southern france (which you can take with N Italy troops) adn bulgaria for the extra IPC adm troops. I relocate my airforce to Tobruk so i can use it to Egypt. If yo have any navy left a Navel Bomdarment is nice to use. After that its about holding off untill Germany captures the rest of the VP needed to win

Thanks Everyone for your thoughts! This really helped!
Elk: I’m not sure if i’m ready for online play! I have only been playing for about a year…
I wouldn’t say that the Uk players are bad it is just that no one pays attention to Italy so I can get away with a lot.

Thanks again everyone!

Ok so I am a experienced AA 1940 Global player and I love playing as Italy. I have mastered early game (take Cario I1 0r I2, Double or triple Italy income by I3, and force UK out of Med). I usually buy a fighter I1 and a minor IC I2 or I3 to put in cario but after that I’m kinda lost. I have tried taking Africa but my units end up far away from the war (in south Africa) that they become useless or UK follows behind me and takes everything back. I have also tried taking the middle east but the western front is always wide open for a US invasion of North africa. I have played as Italy 5+ times and I always peak by I3 and fell off By I5 and Germany has to come and help me.

1. I am looking for new strategies
2. Are there better buys I should be making? I never know what to buy with Italy… Navy? Airforce? Army?
3. Would it help Italy at all if Germany took southern France so Germany could build a small navy in the MED?

Thanks!!