Somewhat a cheap play, only once or twice has it worked, but if the German player leaves only 4 guys in Berlin or something you can have America take Denmark, then have Britain take Berlin.
Nice to get those IPCs and it’s a round without Germany building anything even if you do lose 3 British transports in the process.
Just thought of this and was curious if anyone has tried bombing Gibraltar instead of London/Russia? Would heavily delay America as they start to a nice little system of 5-7 transports coming and leaving each turn.
I guess that initially I would probably use the German bombers to help out in the East, but once Russia is taken or close to taken does it make sense for the Axis player to do this?
I don’t play as the Axis much, but from an Allies standpoint I have found that usually Italy tends to get off to a hot start, then once war is declared on America, it is usually game over for Italy if they aren’t past Cairo or close to taking Cairo. From then America usually has enough planes to harass whatever the Italian player attempts to build as a Navy. So when I play as Italy I tend to be as aggressive as I can in North Africa.
First time poster here, but often when I play as Allies I build one humongous fleet in the Pacific and beat the Japanese in the first 5 rounds so I control the seas, I will probably have to retreat to the Carolines or Hawaii to reinforce/provide cover for the transports, but then I will usually leave the Pacific alone. I will plant my huge fleet outside Tokyo Bay and take Korea and build an IC. This is about as much as I usually do in the Pacific, funnel a few transports, enough to keep Japan honest, but no serious commitment. But with Tokyo Bay blocked Japan tends to turn their focus to just making it a land game in my experience. I have found that keeping Japan from their one major IC tends to be enough for me.
Although one negative, this tends to make for some LONG games, as Europe is usually taken care of, but then Japan has an insane amount of infantry paired with airplanes in China/Central Russia for counterattacks.
One last positive to this tactic though, this tends to provide some serious cover for ANZAC and this strategy helps them the most IMO.