Please help a newbie (tactic)

Sorry to hear about your ordeal, Poague. You were remarkably close if you were listing that out from memory. I checked my board and then double-checked a couple of times (I find the sillhouettes on that board to be difficult to read). You missed two Japanese sea zones, the airfields, a US sub, and there were several quantity tweaks, mostly on US side. I also added the control markers. Still, that was an impressive stab at it.

Axis & Allies Guadalcanal Setup:

Japan
Sea zone A: submarine
Sea zone B: cruiser, 2 destroyers, 2 transports
Sea zone C: destroyer, submarine
Sea zone E: cruiser
Sea zone F: transport
Sea zone G: cruiser, transport
Rabaul : battleship, 2 aircraft carriers, 4 fighters, cruiser, destroyer, 2 transports, 2 bombers, 3 fighters, A.A. gun, artillery, 4 infantry, supply token
Bouganville: fighter, A.A. gun, artillery, 3 infantry, 2 supply tokens, airfield, Japanese control marker
Choiseul: artillery, infantry, Japanese control marker
Santa Isabel: infantry, Japanese control marker
Malaita: infantry, Japanese control marker
New Georgia: artillery, 2 infantry, supply token, Japanese control marker
Guadalcanal: 3 infantry, 2 supply tokens

U.S.
Sea zone J: battleship, submarine, 2 destroyers, 2 transports
Sea zone K: aircraft carrier, 2 fighters, cruiser, destroyer, 2 transports
New Caledonia: aircraft carrier, 2 fighters, cruiser, 2 destroyers, submarine, 2 transports, 5 bombers, 5 fighters, A.A. gun, 3 artillery, 3 infantry
Guadalcanal: A.A. gun, 3 artillery, 5 infantry, 3 supply tokens, airfield, US control marker

Sea zones D, H and I are empty.

So this weekend I will be playing the allied powers versus my friend who will be playing all of the axis powers. He has hinted over and over again that he is going to use a new strategy that he is very confident in. And that this new strategy means that I wont know which way he is going until turn 4. Has anyone else ever heard of this or a similar strategy? Or does anyone have any advice for how I should be changing my play style to anticipate a round 4 attack?

Any help would be great
Thx

Thanks for the answers. Our first play was a lot of fun. And was a totall victory for me :evil:….

You should send a PM to CaptainJack.  I know he uses TripleA on his Mac.  I don’t know of any other A&A players that use Mac’s.

LT

@Jennifer:

Also, don’t minimize/Maximize the screen often if you can avoid it.

I think this is what did it to me (maximizing).

im with penguin

Man-o-man! That’s nothing like what I’ve seen.
The two expansion packs I recall were less than 3 oz.
and smaller than a new comic book package.

Yes the rules are pretty easy to comprehend. I suggest you try reading them and learning from the examples shown there…