Posts made by jemo81

I would still be in favour of US factories in scandinavia over UK ones anytime. shortening supply lines to 1 seazone instead og having to wait 2-3round to launch an attack with the units you build is just soo much more valuable. So if you get the opportunity to allow the US to build the factory do it, and let UK build a bomber or 2 more instead of IC and extra transporter.

i can definetly recomend to build a factory or two with the US if you get the chance as this eases up on the logistics front. I you play with NOs you can always use 3 transporters in the cover of the UK navy.

for uk, the IC can only be recomended if you really cant use all your ipc on filling 4 transporter a round, but often it probably won’t provide proper value for money compared to others alternatives

@Sgt.:

@Fighter:

the ic in poland can very easily become british before you realise it

It’s true, I was taking a closer look at it and the IC in Poland puts a glowing bullseye on the best territory for blitzing tanks to the Russian front.

i know that if I am playing UK and the germany player build an ic i poland, then capturing that territory would suddenly be VERY high up on my list of german stuff i had to destroy :D

i guess that i would more or less buy any version that comes out, provided that it is open ended like europe and aa50 etc, and NOT like pacific where it stops after a given amount of turns etc. I like when the gamedynamic leaves the result openended by not restricting a stop.

i would agree with you on the aa gun stopping blizting is stupid, and should be corrected. However, you can of course always create a houserule disregarding the current rules on the area. But as an improvement in the next version you second your suggestion

@Veqryn:

I’d say the only countries worth building Factories are Japan in Manchuria, Burma, and India, and the UK in Egypt only after all german and italian fleet are dead and there is no more axis in africa, and then also sometimes UK/USA factory in France if they definitely can hold it and have money to fund it.

99% agree. i would add that a US factory or 2 in scandinavia can be very helpfull to get germany down, but otherwise I totally agree with you

@oztea:

Japanese factory in East Indies is game breaking. UK has to build a factory its first turn if it wants to help the US stall Japan.

Germany doesnt need another factory, they need to capture one of Russia’s

your factory in east indies is still very fragile to allied planes if you want to establish a supply line to africa etc.

plus you would need to get your transporters in place etc, so nut until earliest round 3 would this be possible, so imo you are overestimating the factory. And my argument is implicitly supported by the fact that is not that customary to build the factory in the first place, though probably most have tried it once or twice.

once i played a game where the russians killed the italian navy with 4 bombers and their infamous sub… funny as hell and a new low for the italians being beaten by the red bear

the ic in poland can very easily become british before you realise it. remember the british would probably very quickly be able to trow 8 units on land + planes. And as mentioned above by dondoolee you should also protect france.
If you want a german ic, i would recomend one in bulgaria / romania where you can only build 2 units, but it is much more secure from the uk than the poland edition. however, instead of an ic, you can research for some ipc instead and hope for increased factory production or perhaps mechanised infantery which both should help you more than the ic in poland.

on a sidenote I would say that mec. inf. is THE best tech for germany; especially if achieved early on.

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@Veqryn:

Strategic Bombing is not effective in the first 4 turns against Germany, if you have NOs on.
I prefer to bomb Italy if I bomb anyone in the first 4 turns.
As long as Germany is collecting her 3 NOs, your strategic bombing forces him from buying 10 tanks a turn into buying 5 tanks and 5 inf at worst.  However, Once you start to land troops in france or poland, or italy or the balkans, and russia has recovered and can defend both Karelia and the Caucasus, and Germany is not collecting 3 NOs anymore, only 1 or 2, THEN strat bombing germany begins to become very effective.

I don’t quite agree with your remark that it is not efective to bomb germany until after turn 4. UK can bomb germany from r1 and onward and supplement with more bombers is they have room in their economy. US can bomb with 2 bombers from round 2 and potentially 5 bombers from round 3. UK can from round 1 also begin to put ashore units in e.g north west europe, which is very often abandonned, forcing germany to take back the territory to regain their 1 NO. Additionally if germany build all tanks and moves them more or less directly to moscow, the Uk must definetly be in a position to retake carelia (if the germans went that way of course). If the germans went for causacuc, then capturing poland might be possible and thus the russians have the potential to get both of their NOs = 15 extra IPCs.

In any case I would only welcome a germany going all in in tanks as a focused effort to hold the italians down combined with landings in france would very quickly give germany a run for their money.

generally they would, but in my example there is only one ship able to fire on each side and therefore transporters cannot be hit in this case.

if the germans loose alot of planes in turn 1, then the british can be happy as they would need alot less capital ships to protect their transporters and could probably settle for supplementing with 2 carriers and perhaps a single destroyer on top of the battleship

@DarthMaximus:

G1 with bomber for me.

Btw, I think you can still do Sz 2 with 2 subs, 1 ftr, and Sz 12 with 2 ftrs.  Sketchy battles, yes, but they can be done.

As for Egy, I think you gotta take down that Arm and Ftr, they can really cause problems, not to mention no attack or a failed attack gives the UK 5 extra IPCs for a NO, plus the 2 for holding Egy without having to risk a counter.  This means UK could be set for Capital ships and transports by the end of Rd 2.

my words excatly… you just cant get the NOs for Italy too early and both are usually quite achievable in round 1 for italy

I hope that they talk to Field Marshal Games and implement their cool dices in the next reprint edition or perhaps supplement with a deluxe edition and perhaps some axis and allies pokerchips instead of ipc notes.

I understand you :)

but the nice aspect of the bombers is that they are multipurpose and can be used for SBR on germany also or be combined with transporters perhaps (of course i can always vary and would depend on what the japanese are doing etc)

finally if the US supplements their bombers with some subs then japan would need to send alot to succeed in helping the italians. and if the us should get heavy bombers then the axis navy is the med. is deeply f…ed in any case.

well… actually YES. US can afford it much better than italy + if italy build up then it means that no or very few landunits are being build which is also very nice for the allies. should any naval units survive a us bombing raids with 4-5+ bombers then uk is very likely to be able to take the remaining part of the italian navy out.

@Cmdr:

For once, I’d have to say America because, at least in the 1941 flavor, America may chose which engagement to get in.  Do they want to go after Japan so that England and Russia have more money to fight Germany; or do they want to go after Germany and Italy in hopes of taking them out in time for Russia to push back against Japan?

I also truly enjoy playing Italy since there are times Italy becomes a real monster! (I’ve had incomes well into the 40s and 50s against human players on this site with Italy.)

are you into research or are you more a hardware person? personally i fancy bombers i combination with research.

thank you all for your help

@bugoo:

My basic plan is for the US to push in the south (africa/italy), UK to push in the north (poland, nwe, finland, kar), and for russia to push in the south (romania, ukraine, persia).  The details may change, but that is my general normal plan.

4 US bombers or more attacking from london r3 should be abel to take out the italian navy. perhaps coupled with some subs or as destryer or two. always a good plan to prevent italy from their bonus