I don’t know that much from the US perspective, but I do play Japan occasionally, so…
If you are US and your ships survive-what do you do with them in the atlantic, why not sacrifice your navy to destroy Japan’s-they need thier navy more, and do you still put IC in Sinkiang?
also, you never answered, Yanni, if you are Japanese, do you take Hawaii?
disclaimer: I am not experienced as the US, so if you use a US strategy of mine and lose, its your own fault.
I agree, give him UK as the US usually does UK’s job for him (in Africa, W Europe, sometimes East Asia) All UK has to decide is how many troops to put where to hurt Germany, defend Russia, and aggravate Japan.
Also: Japan’s situation is too complex
Geramny’s too important
US is needed too much by its allies
Russia is too important
UK basically needs to keep its African money out of Germany’s hands (with a lot of help from the US), irritate Japan, and send Russia troops. They also need to defend their capital from Germany.
sorry, I was mis-informed on the Romel part, but my point was: everybody loses!, everybody has bad days, Badluck-it happens.
Furthermore, I used to think I was All that at chess because I could beat (every time) my dad, my mom, my siblings, my friends, everybody!, but then, I played one game of chess at the MSN gaming zone, and then another, and another, and another, and many more. I lost every time. I have not yet won a game of chess outside of my immediate family.
My point is: losing is good for you. If you’ve never lost, then well-you don’t know what your missing to be able to look back and see “oh, I really screwed up there” or “wow look at that awesome strategy that guy used there, have to remember that one” or “everything went perfectly, how did I lose?” To me, I try to win, but if I lose then
1. they are most likely better than I am
2. they know something I didn’t know, but now I probably do.
3. They enjoyed playing me and will most likely play me again to help me get better
4. They saw my errors and will enjoy pointing them out to me.
Also, I played, and still play chess, RISK, Axis and Allies Europe, Axis and Allies (classic) (don’t have pacific yet, maybe for christmas), and checkers with myself. I agree that this does improve you. But, there are some really good strategies for all these games that you would never think up on your own, (or think “that would never work”). I used to think that any first turn Russian attack would be stupid. I didn’t used to realize the purpose of risking a 15 ipc bomber on a SBR for a 5/6 chance of destroying a random amount of money six dollars or less. I especially hope you (Gavin) respond to this because I am wondering if there is a special way to play yourself that causes invincibility.
Romel lost, but so does everybody else once eventually.
(Napoleon, Cornwallis, Romel, Lee, Sonewall Jackson, Forrest, Mead, Santa Anna, to name a few)and Anonymous will sooner or later (there is such a thing as really bad luck…(it happens to everybody once in a while))
Everybody has bad days (Stonewall Jackson got accidentally shot in the head by one of his own soldiers!)
I don’t play america much, so I’m not exactly sure, …but what is left after Pearl Harbor will be 2 Battleships, an AC (maybe, if it went into battle), and a transport or two.
The americans will have a Battleship, transport (as fodder), maybe a sub(if it fled, hey that might be a good idea…), a bomber and a fighter (maybe two, I forget how many are in W US) to attack with. They rsk much less than you (money)in this, but have fairly good odds.
Also, do you invade Hawaii?
Still, if Russia attacks Ukraine,
1. you can hit them with everything in estern europe.
2. you can also hit them with two more infantry (or one more tank) via transport through the black sea.
3. If you do add troops by sea, you can also hit them with a battleship shot
4. The bomber and most of the fighters are also within range to kill the russian tanks.
5. If they hit Ukraine, they probably left caucasus empty, so you can take it by sea with a single infantry.
6. Remember to renforce Eastern wit troops from Germany and tanks from weatern.
7.remember to reinforce germany with newly bought inf or armor.
I attacked Ukraine with Russia (and very good luck as well) once and got all these things done to me. Tell me what I should have done if you don’t agree with me that attacking Ukr. is a bad idea.
Xeno, you said that you don’t like to risk expensive pieces, and I try to do the same thing. But when you play Japan…What do you do to the American Hawaii fleet?
Also, if you are American and have lost your fleet at Pearl, In what way do you counterattack?
Just wondering, oh and lastly, how do you deal with most naval battles in general (because they are expensive)
But can you get a rocket one turn and choose not to use it? (“save” it), then use it and another on a later date? In this way you coud launch several rockets on the same turn as a big offensive! I don’t know if the rules address this. Can you strat bomb a complex and hit it with a rocket on the same turn?
Thanx for any help.
Hi, my name is Robert Wilson, but people call me Robby. I am 14 and am a freshman in high school in Marietta, Georgia, United States. (northwest of Atlanta). I started playing when I was ten and haven’t been able to play much. I got the game and taught my brothers (12,7)to play, but needless to say they are not a challenge and I can beat them repeatedly on a bad luck day. :smile: Then last summer I played my friend from Church (he’s 16) and…got my butt kicked, three times. I even had extraordinarily good luck one of the games. Then I found this site. :smile: I don’t get on much but I really enjoy discussing strategies I would never be able to think up on my own. (Until recently I thought that it was a bad idea for russia to attack, not first turn, not ever.) I’ve only played my friend from church once since then, and I still lost, but not as badly. Needless to say, I really like the game and my main problem is getting people to play in my area. (I don’t own the CD-ROM, (nor do I know where to find it), so I can’t play online)
If you’ve read this far I thank you as this was a long post for me. I hope to be on more often in January.
P.S.-does anyone know what stores (not online as I have no credit card, or checking account either)have A&A CD-ROM, and how much it costs.
When you think about it, this game’s scenario was played out 50 years ago by the most brilliant military masterminds in the world at the time and the allies won, so it sort of makes sense that the allies have a little bit of an advantage, because they did in real life.
Wow, was that ever a run-on sentence.
I’m not sure about this either. Are they a unit? Do they have to be used one a turn, or can you stockpile them? Do AA guns get to shoot at them?
The rules are not very clear on this.
If Russia attacks Ukraine first turn, then they are sticking their neck out to get it chopped off. They would destroy a few infantry, a few tanks, and a fighter. THey would probably lose much of their infantry defensive base. If they use their fighters as well, that means that they did not use the fighters against Germanys northern fleet, which in turn means that it may have survived the sub/transport attack. Lastly, they will have divided their forces, exposed their tanks, probably evacuated the Caucasus, and only gained a territory worth 3 ipcs. In this case destroy the remnants of their attack force, take the caucasus with one or two infantry, and use the north fleet to help destroy the British fleet. This may even free up the sub in the Bay of Biscay for use against the American or Canadian transport(okay odds). In Africa, well either don’t send troops to certain death in the caucasus, or destroy the american transport so that it is okay to wait one turn.
All in all, there is a bright side to the position you described.
;->
If Russia attacks Ukraine first turn, then they are sticking their neck out to get it chopped off. They would destroy a few infantry, a few tanks, and a fighter. THey would probably lose much of their infantry defensive base. If they use their fighters as well, that means that they did not use the fighters against Germanys northern fleet, which in turn means that it may have survived the sub/transport attack. Lastly, they will have divided their forces, exposed their tanks, probably evacuated the Caucasus, and only gained a territory worth 3 ipcs. In this case destroy the remnants of their attack force, take the caucasus with one or two infantry, and use the north fleet to help destroy the British fleet. This may even free up the sub in the Bay of Biscay for use against the American or Canadian transport(okay odds). In Africa, well either don’t send troops to certain death in the caucasus, or destroy the american transport so that it is okay to wait one turn.
All in all, there is a bright side to the position you described.
$-)
The reason I had originally considered this was the possible ship building areas. (UK sea zone, Bay of Biscay, west medditterrannean (I know its spelled wrong!))
The biggest problem is the threat of american invasion
sorry I took so long, have’t been around here much.
Aout the inf/tank ratio, I changed my mind, (Infantry rock!) I recently took out germany using russia. I strted out with one fighter, two tanks, and 59 infantry.
Thats a large inf/tank ratio. How do you feel about axis tech rolls?
Thats an interesting place for Japan to send its fleets, what did the USA attempt to do?
By the way, how did Germany and Japan spend their money?
Yeah, I hadn’t thought of that, (or encountered it yet either). If you did buy one it would be neccesary to sink the american transport on turn one and back it up with infantry on turn two or three. The Japanese would have to go atlantic too, (hey that part might be a good idea…) It would definitely need to have more included in the strategy, such as a threat of invading the USA or a blitzkreig on Britain. The only problem I can see is that it would be three less tanks putting pressure on Russia, so the Japs would have to do that too…
It would definitely not be a good first turn purchase unless Britain was given trouble, because otherwise the USA could strat bomb WE first turn and land in Britain. However, this would be beneficial if Britain was invaded (not first) second or third turn with an additional kill of an american bomber.
Let me know what you think, please
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