Posts made by GrizzlyMan

I think we should sticky this thread again  8-)

This is really, really impressive. How long did it take you to make?

Looks great! I like the Soviet factories a lot  :lol:

Has anyone ever played the game Cyber Nations? You simulate a country and build armies and infrastructure. I suggest checking it out.

I’ve heard a lot of complaints about the US being overpowered and the Axis underpowered, and I was wondering if anyone was doing anything to balance this out? I don’t think it’s a huge problem, but maybe the US doesn’t get all 57 IPCs before they’re at war, or something like that. Any ideas?

I give the weakest to eitherJapan or the US. The US is the obvious choice becaue it has the biggest economy and can take the most mistakes, but my personal favorite is Japan. They have a great starting position and relatively obvious buys throughout the game (i. e. ICs, navy) so they can be easily played by a player of any experience

Does Italy taking Bulgaria detract too much from the Germans on the Eastern front? Or do the 4 inf and 1 IPC not make that much of a difference? I haven’t tried it yet

Geographicaly or politicaly ?

Both (they’re in the EU, right  :-D)

The only exception to the Island IC rule is Japan. As far as I can tell Japan acts like any other non-island territory when it comes to ICs. Hopefully Kreig will double check this, but I’m 99.9% sure that they can rebuild their Major IC

Actually, in most of my games Cairo has fallen pretty quickly (I2 or I3), cut the Russian front bogged downEven if the Italian navy gets wiped out B1, the Germans can send some fighters South G2 and wipe out the British/French there, and the Italians can build a fleet back up. Once they’ve secured Egypt, the rest of Africa falls pretty easily.

Just curious, but how did you take out Russia so easily? My games always get clogged up after taking Leningrad, with Moscow pumping out enormous stacks of infantry.

What did Italy’s IPC count look like during the game?

It’s really important for the allies that US is in the game. Russia can’t survive long unless Germany is threatened by US/UK to its west, and Japan can have free reign in the Pacific without the US to quell its expansion

Once the US enters the war, they’re like a ticking time bomb for the axis. If they don’t move quickly and take their victory cities, eventually they’ll have the 100+ IPC US juggernaut at their back door and the game will be over.

Also, 82 IPCs might seem like a whole lot (and it is) but bear in mind that the US is fighting on two separate fronts and is almost single-handedly defending Britain and fighting Italy, as Britain will be almsot bankrupt by the time they enter. Also, any US units that join the war must first be transported on expensive transports, ensuring less money to fight the axis and more time to get there.

Most definitely

But isn’t Canada too weak to have a war with only 7 IPCs?

It’s still better than having nothing but a German UK (plus with only 2 roundels, they can’t really go that far…)

Unfortunately, thee is no Apple iPod Touch app for Axis and Allies (or any similar game besides risk) so as far as I know you can’t download one to the iPad either. I’m not great with technology, and I don’t know if there’s a way to get Triple A from computer form to iPod app-form, but as far as I know you can’t.

You can refer to my question here: http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=18967.0

Yes

In just the Europe game I use them as roundels for the Canadians (if U?K? get captured I have a house rule that Canada remains independant, and they use their factory to continue the fight).

Italy first. USSR last. I’ve always liked creating my own empire in Africa. Russia is boring. You’re either winning by a lot or loosing by a lot.

Never mind. Calvin directed me to them here:

http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=6226.0