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Buying a CV G1 weakens Barbarossa by 4 artillery that could reach Moscow G6. No experienced players do this buy. That should tell you about the strength of it.

Experienced players buy two bombers and a sub on turn 1 right?  What is barbarossa and how does a carrier on turn 1 weaken it by 4 artillery?

Barbarossa is the German invasion of USSR.

A CV costs 16 IPC. 4 artillery also costs 16IPC. If you buy the former, you can’t buy the later with those same 16IPC.

Some experienced players do the 2 bomber 1 sub buy. This is a good buy if you want to threaten sea lion and Barbarossa. If you don’t mind tipping your hand, a lot of players would buy 6 artillery 2 infantry. This is a good buy if you are happy to allow the German BB to die. I personally like the 1sub + 6art and retreat the damaged BB back to SZ112 from SZ111.

@Amon-Sul said in Amon-Sul (Allies) vs Simon33 (Axis) BM3 No IJ/Ok:

i would like to move my inf from chahar to suyiyan if u allow

cheers

Don’t see why not.

@taamvan said in Distribution of units in the attack on SZ 110 and 111 G1:

In Game 191, that double scramble cost Germany all the subs, 2 extra tacs and 3 fighters which is a 1:1 trade (5 allied fighters for 5 German planes).

IMO, that’s a win for the allies, a significant one.

Recently, I’ve gone with this:
SZ111: BB, 2subs, ftr/tac
SZ110: 2subs 3ftrs/3tacs 2bombers

The theory being you can polish off the SZ110 fleet probably without a scramble. If the UK does scramble, you should kill most of the planes round 1. In SZ111, you have to expect a scramble and you would really like to kill the cruiser in the first round. If you can do that, it’s easy to retreat. Leaving the BB alive in SZ111 doesn’t really cause that much trouble IMO. It can often be killed G2.

Variations:
(1) If you strip one sub from SZ111 to attack SZ106, you risk losing a plane there. Also, 2 subs to SZ106 normally cannot make it back to join the rest of the German fleet. That sub also potentially provides an extra hit defending SZ112 from a UK1 attack.
(2) stripping a bomber from SZ110 to strengthen SZ111 makes the SZ110 scramble very costly for Germany.
(3) Sending the battleship to SZ110 means the battleship is toast. Sometimes it may not survive going to SZ111 but I feel it’s worth the attempt to let it survive.
(4) Bidding a fighter to Scotland probably means you should just concentrate on SZ110.

I hope undoing the walk in to Tobruk is ok.

That hasbro PDF doesn’t read right on my computer but it does still have the same bit at the back for Global rules.

@Amon-Sul said in Amon-Sul (Allies) vs Simon33 (Axis) BM3 No IJ/Ok:

so much luck for germans in persia. i had 60 % to win, and u staay with 10 units

Was close but I expected the attack, although I wasn’t really thinking that you’d use bombardment for some reason. The outcome was great for me.

Did you read the bit I bolded? If Japan DOW on UK, USA can then DOW on Japan before turn 3.

I find it really hard to know what to do with the Italian fleet at times.

@odigity:

Thanks for confirming.

Does anyone else find this silly?  Does anyone house-rule it to allow NCM walk-ons, like when taking control of a friendly neutral?

I think it’s silly too.

I don’t really think the UK gobbling up the French in Africa would really be a problem. It’s still a hassle for them.

Full scramble. Lose the DD first. Then submerge if possible.

Right, that’s what I meant.

You rolled maximum convoy damage that round. 19 is my income which can’t be convoyed.

You are playing against a much stronger Italy than I normally am. If everything goes well for me, all its ships are sunk UK2. Here’s what I do:

• bid Malta fighter and sz98 sub
• attack sz97 without the CV but with a fighter and bomber from London. Biggest risk is no enemy hits.
• move CV and sz109 units to sz92
• land 2 british inf or mech inf to Algeria. Optionally add a fighter.
• If Italy does grab Algeria console yourself with at least nabbing a few Luftwaffe
• Sometimes I do indeed buy 5 inf and an Egypt factory UK1. Depends on how likely I think a Sea Lion is.
• Later, use US subs to convoy off Italian income.

Onto your points about how early this can happen. In most Balanced Mod games, there is a J3 DOW. If we assume that, earliest this can be executed is US6. If there is a J1 DOW I would leave this strat in the bag for later in the game anyway and it is still only possible US5 because you really need that second transport for it to work. Looking at a game where I did the neutral crush round 12, I think I could have lined it up for round 7 and would have been much better off for it. Round 6 would have been too early and this is a game with a UK1 Egypt factory.

I don’t know about the neutral crush being a guaranteed win if executed well though. It draws in a lot of US money to Europe and you can’t completely ignore Japan. I lost one neutral crush game this way. Other games where I saw the opportunity to crush the neutrals later I felt like I was late to the party.

The neutral crush is especially valuable when Normandy is left French.

Unless they are air units of course.

The purpose of the neutral crush isn’t so much to get more allied income but to allow USA to put down an IC on Spain, allow passage of the Turkish strait and to allow overland invasion of the Balkans.

Wow, no one has noticed that bug before. It isn’t even in the notes. I guess we all knew it was illegal and never attempted it.

@Argothair said in UK Strategy -"Middle Earth":

The fighter+sub bid in the Med is interesting

No one else does as of yet. Although I have seen people do the same attack but with 2 fighters from London. Which is highly dangerous. One game I was playing axis and was disappointed to have 2 hits.

We can @gamerman01 for an official ruling. Normally you’d probably post in the League Discussion Thread.

But is the other player really arguing this point? It’s clear in the rules.

AA moved.

Oysteilo (Allies+9) over Simon33 (Axis) BM3

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/34730/oysteilo-allies-9-vs-simon33-axis-bm3/199

An ill advised Japanese attack which went bad probably snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.