Posts made by Omega

or he could make a totally fictional war between X and Y! but using the same rules as Axis and Allies (for combat, movement, IPC-buying units, etc)

Robert

After theoretical talking with my friend, we concluded that the German Baltic fleet was very useful, especially at sending infantry to the front. Plus, a decent fleet can be a small threat to London. I’m not sure how much to buy though. A CV sounds ok if you want your fleet to survive UK1. Or you could make a cruiser. But then, UK can still sink it. UK has 2 fighter and a Bomber on London that can attack the Baltic Fleet. 
A CV with 2 aircraft on it sounds like the best option to survive UK1. That leaves German with 16IPC to spend on ground unit. Granted that Russia can not go offensive on his first round, buying mostly infantry with the 16 remaining IPC look like decent. After G and R 1, Germany should have alot more IPC to spend on ground units
With the Baltic fleet, you can spend 8-12 IPC a turn to keep it alive a little longer.
On G2, Karelia should be “easy to take” with ground units from Finland, Baltic states, tanks and aircraft. One shore bombardment too with 2 infantry in amphibious attack. If UK makes a fleet, some Submarine are great to sink them.

If only German had access to MED! They could use the transports to move infantry to the frontline faster!

Robert

EDIT: My bad, CV  costs 14. So it leaves Germany with 17. He can easily build 4 infantry + 1 tank. The tank is fast enough on its own to reach the eastern front. 2 infantry to be shipped via the transport for amphibious attack on Karelia G2. The two other can be used to reinforce France.

A buy of 2-3 fighters + infantry for remaining seem like a good idea. What do you think? With the aircraft, you have mobility in your attack, and you lose 0 material (Russia can send infantry wave after wave!). Granted, one aircraft is the price of 2 tanks. But in the long run, you might be saving some IPC

I haven’t played a game yet, so not sure if it is a good idea or not

Robert

Ah sorry, couldn’t post it quick enough

It was still 99.99$ like 2-3 weeks ago (I ordered the 4th April). They had 9 copies when I ordered. There wasn’t that 2 limit per client when I ordered

Robert

I do agree that writing down can be great.

But I feel that holding the ipc in hands give yourself a better feeling

Robert

There’s not much to argue when arguing for Relativism :)

That said, reading about everyone’s first turn can help someone (like myself) by giving him a general idea of what to do and what to not do. I believe AA to be a game where everything is not pre-determined. If it was, then the game would be boring. Certainly, some moves are more obvious than others. But again, this all depend on how you want to play it

Robert

I bought mine for 99.99$ at coolstuffinc.com

I think they still have some copies.

But 99 is still a lot of money, I can understand if people don’t want to pay that much. But for the quality time and fun I am expecting from the games I will play (I haven’t played yet, I just received few days ago), I think it is worth the money.

Robert

Destroyer costs 8 now, so they replace the Transport easily :) Unfortunately, having a load of transport is not the same thing as having a load of Destroyer. Transports were still useful to move troops around.

Robert

For UK, Norway sounds like a good spot. They can send in tanks to Russia fairly easily. Infantry would be too slow though. I don’t know if it is gamebreaking :S. In revised, Norway was directly connected with Russia. A Norway IC in revised was enough to make an attack on Nazi land

Robert

Taking Brazil doesn’t look like a great move.

You lose
1 transport
1 infantry
you gain
3 IPC and deny USA from 3 IPC.

He can easily take back Brazil, kill that transport and that infantry. Probably with 0 loss.
Total loss : 10 IPC of units - 3 IPC for Brazil = -7IPC

The only possible gains from that are :
A) If he takes more than 1 round to take it back (in other word, he wasn’t expecting that)
B) If by retaking Brazil, he wastes his transports/aircraft

I don’t think it is a good idea.

Robert

On a related note. Now that I received my AA50… IT is my friend’s birthday soon and I wanted to buy him an AA game. Problem is the following :
I already bought a Revised edition for another friend.
Some weeks after, I bought the Anniversary edition (at the time I bought the revised, I wasn’t aware of AA50. I feel kind of cheap because I bought him a version of the game that he will not likely play :S)

Any other good AA to buy? Europe, DDay, Pacific…

maybe I should just look for books :P

Robert

I live in montreal too :)

where is your shop? (If it is one)

Robert

I want someone to paint my units!!

I think I will go to a local shop where they hold Miniatures game. Maybe someone will paint them for me :)

Robert

Just signed in.

I live in Canada, Québec, Montréal :D

I’m playing with a group of friends from University. I’m trying to get some new people to play it. Hopefully, to set up a nice playing group. Getting some girl friends into the game would be great too. I refuse to believe that only guys enjoy board games :)

Robert

edit : I also received my Axis and Allies Anniversary 2 days ago. Can’t wait to finish exams and to play!