Archive for January, 2000

Heroes

admin | January 1, 2000 | Rules & House Rules | 0 Comments

Here at Virginia Tech we’ve got a neat little house rule that we just love.

Handling the Worst Case Scenario

Micah Burress | January 1, 2000 | Axis & Allies (2nd edition), Strategy | 0 Comments

Russia is given the advantage of going first and having the ability to do too much damage to Germany. What is the worst case scenario? I believe it is a move Germany can not immediately counter. A Russian capture of Finland-Norway is such a move and when combined with the destruction of the German Fleet in the Baltic, this would leave the territory and its surviving Russian tanks in relative safety.

Devastating Russian Strategy

admin | January 1, 2000 | Axis & Allies (2nd edition), Strategy | 1 Comment

Here is a Russian strategy that has proven so devastating to the Axis powers that it has forced my A&A buddies and I to a dopt a permanent “no Russian first attack” rule to compensate. Conventional wisdom has the Russians attacking eastern Europe on their first move.