China is also the shortest path to Russia.
Take another look at the map. A chain of Japanese units thru SFE is the shortest path to Moscow. New inf units take 5 turns.
Preferred option to stall Japanese expansion.
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The problem with China is that Japan can kill it J1 without losing some of real importancy. After China goes India, because Japan starts with 5 trannies (unless you want lose Moscow sending soviet army to India). Game lost, axis collects more money than allies
You claim historical accuracy with non-industrial stuff. However, China had a horde army (not represented, China collects, with luck 1 or 2 inf), attacked Burma (as Revised manual said) and I’m pretty sure there was no blitzkrieg of Japan tanks in non-industrial, mountain zones of China
Even if I don’t like seeing China as a popping inf machine, my main issue is that China is not playable, not only because of setup, but also because of the many bugs and sploits that axis can abuse against her. In AA Pacific, China was still a popping inf machine, but it was playable: it resisted J1 :-P, costed a pain for Japan to conquer it and the fricking fig was not dead round 1 (and could be replaced). I don’t like China in AA Pacific, I think needs better treat, but it works. That level would be one with I could live
If you have the solution with vanilla game, say it. I’ll believe it when I see it
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If the Axis have the economic advantage against the Allies, you’re not playing the Allies right.
If allies have the economic advantage against axis, you are not playing axis right or you are having extreme luck (probably a combo of both)
China cannot hold (7 IPCs)
India cannot hold (7+5 of NO = 12 IPCs)Germany will collect 40-45 IPCs, Italy 10-25 against 30 of soviets and 25-30 from UK. Balanced? True, but the problem is the 65-70 of Japan against 43-48 of USA
Forget the SBRs: axis can do more than allies. Forget the old ignore Japan strat: it only gives even more money to axis and forces USA to fight in America instead of Pacific Ocean and Africa/Europe
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If the Axis have the economic advantage against the Allies, you’re not playing the Allies right.
If allies have the economic advantage against axis, you are not playing axis right or you are having extreme luck (probably a combo of both)
WOPR, I would like to know how you are keeping an economic advantage with the allies if you suggest we are not playing them right. Any insight you can give would be much appreciated because I for one have a difficult time holding the economic advantage in 1941.
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If the Axis have the economic advantage against the Allies, you’re not playing the Allies right.
If allies have the economic advantage against axis, you are not playing axis right or you are having extreme luck (probably a combo of both)
Well only one way to settle this. We’ll have to have ourselves a game. Then we’ll see who is and isn’t employing a good strategy.
@Captain:
If the Axis have the economic advantage against the Allies, you’re not playing the Allies right.
WOPR, I would like to know how you are keeping an economic advantage with the allies if you suggest we are not playing them right. Any insight you can give would be much appreciated because I for one have a difficult time holding the economic advantage in 1941.
Like I’ve said, I don’t like to get into specifics on strategy on the forums. I like playing the Axis more than the Allies so I’m not eager to put effective Allied strategies out into the world.
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@Cmdr:
yea, that is a mistake one not soon forgets!
Not sure how effectively you can SBR Japan from Stanovoj. Not saying it is effective or ineffective, saying I’m not sure how effective it is! (some people like axis_roll will assume because I said “not sure how effective…” I mean completely ineffective and go off the deep end trying to prove me wrong, hence the clarification!)
I’d say it is a pretty heavy investment from what you are describing.
21-24 IPC in Russian Infantry
- 20 IPC in British Fighters
- 20 IPC in American Fighters
- 24 IPC in American Bombers
- 12 IPC in British Bombers (?)
That’s 88 IPC (if you dont bring the British Bomber) of units tied up to do 3.5 IPC damage per bomber on average. (10-11 Dmg a round expected.)
Just to put some perspective on it. Again, I am NOT saying this is a GOOD or a BAD idea, I am only attempting to investigate further.
Hi Jen,
Basicly this tactic uses as was stated the majority of of starting units. You stack up all the USSR inf and fly usually 2 US ftr is enough + as many US bombers as you need into Stanovj. If the Japanese want to remove this threat they need to send more units in this direction than they usually want to. When you feel like there’s enough threat you simply move back 1 space with the inf and fly the ftr’s back to the Pacific for carrier duty and the Bombers can either fly home, to the UK to hit Germany or what i like to do (if theres a Manchurian IC) is move to Russia and bomb it from there. What i sometimes do with the US ftr’s is use them in what i call my Russian stack push where i stack up in either Eastern Ukr or Belorus with all i got and then flying 2 UK + 2 US ftr’s into the stack along with an AA gun. Certainly gives Jerry something to think about when i do it again into East Poland and he’s dangerously thin of inf on the front.
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If the Axis have the economic advantage against the Allies, you’re not playing the Allies right.
If allies have the economic advantage against axis, you are not playing axis right or you are having extreme luck (probably a combo of both)
Well only one way to settle this. We’ll have to have ourselves a game. Then we’ll see who is and isn’t employing a good strategy.
Ok, Funcioneta(Axis) vs WOPR(Allies)!
I like playing the Axis more than the Allies
Here on this website, PBF.
Sign me up for a ringside seat.I like playing the Axis more than the Allies.
This isn’t because the Axis have an advantage, is it?
Just playing Devil’s Advocate here. :lol:
I personally am not completely sold on the idea that the Axis can not lose without horrible dice and/or poor gameplay, but it does seem that they do have a slight advantage in the eastern Asian region.
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Buying anything for the Pacific not as good as buying thing for the Atlantic:
a single submarine bought for the pacific = 2 more infantry in France or Italy
a single carrier bought for the pacific = 1 tank + 3 more infantry in France or Italy
a single fighter bought for the pacific = 1 artillery + 2 more infantry in France or ItalyAnd what exactly do those submarines, carriers and fighters in the Pacific get for you?
You have to buy Transports and Troops for the Pacific TOO if you are going to threaten islands.
You will never take Japan’s island, and Asian mainland is far too many turns away to set up a shuck/transport chain.
Any money you spend on Transports and Troops IN the Pacific is money NOT spent on Submarines and Carriers and Fighters.
If you go all out and buy just navy, you have a small chance of actually destroying the Japanese Navy…. .but what then? What do you do with that? Japan still has her mainland factories pumping out guys on the way to Moscow. You can’t and will never stop them.
If you buy some transports with the rest going to navy, you can take a couple islands here and there, cutting Japan’s income from 60 to maybe 40 after they lose an NO or two… but… they still have their navy sitting in Formosa or Japan, and their factories pumping out guys on their way to moscow. You took some income from them, good job, but did you actually delay them more than a single turn with all that navy? Nope. -
Problem is that if you don’t buy US navy then Tojo can relax and pump everything into Moscow without spending a single ipc to increase it’s navy. If the US match and try to surpass Tojo’s navy then they must spend ipc’s to counter what the US is doing. If the US completely destroys the Japanese navy they can threaten both the asian mainland or Japan itself forcing the Japanese player to spend ipc’s defending Japan and China. These are units that wont be threatening Russia.
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I can play axis against any person wanting show a winning allied strat. I even did the -25 bid challenge (3 games), so I’m pretty tired of playing axis but I don’t mind. Just AABattlemap, normal forum dices, techs and NOs in play. Optionals escorts and straits not in play, just vanilla with tech and NOs. 15 or 13 VCs, your choice. 1941 I guess since that’s the issue we are talking. Any interested, just PM me
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Just AABattlemap, normal forum dices, techs and NOs in play.
Do you like the randomness of tech? To me, I would run a pacific strat when playing with tech just because I MIGHT get long range or heavy bombers or even jets that can turn a naval stand-off between Japan and USA into a huge decisive winning battle. I guess it works for Japan as well if they roll for tech.
I think a no-tech game makes it even harder to run a USA pacific strat.
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I like complexity that gives tech, and the variations it adds. If you get surprised by LRA or HBs, you didn’t planned a counter to those techs
USA should build Pacific all the games. You don’t want Godzilla running freely across the whole world. It can seem a slow Godzilla, but in fact is much more quick than USA and it’s sluggish KGF shuck. It can hit America at pleasure or make a easy rush against Africa and Mediterranean. You are giving tons of free IPCs in Pacific (aus, nzel, haw, NOs and probably also Alaska) and Africa, etc.
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Just one thought on a house rule - has anyone place 1 UK inf on each of the UK islands from Borneo to the Solomons?
Maybe it would at least delay Japanese expansion. After all they have the best NO in the game - 3 territories with no resistance on? Even the Germans have to kill some Russian inf G1… and that’s still a giveaway!
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I like complexity that gives tech, and the variations it adds. If you get surprised by LRA or HBs, you didn’t planned a counter to those techs
I’ve heard this before and I think it’s a lousy arguement.
You think planning to handle a low outcome event like getting HB’s or LRA makes the game better?
Let’s say I roll 6 tech dice (just to help eliminate that variable somewhat)
I SHOULD get a tech break thru (odds are probably less then 100%, but I will let the statisticians point that out).
so then I might get LRAs or HB’s. 1/6 of either one.So assuming my opponent CAN roll for 6 dice, I SHOULD plan for 16% of LRA? or HBs?
I guess maybe that is a personal preference, but I think the instant, surprise, game winning tech does not make the game better.It’s such a low odds event, but you are saying that good players SHOULD plan for that…. I guess I am not seeing how 84% of the time, that planning is not needed, but that makes the game better?
Don’t get me wrong, I like tech, just not the instantaneous aspect of it: SURPRISE, we got a 6 and then a 6 and now we win.
**YAHTZEE! **
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I am sorry axis but you do not understand the tech game or the mindset of tech players. That is all there is to it.
I exclusively play tech games and there are many times in the PTO that I make my moves based on the assumption that my opponent will get LR regardless of the %chance because I do not need to loose these units.
Some techs are better than others and that also varies by nation. Most of the techs also require having units on the board and in position to benefit from them. There is very little Yahtzee I win to tech games.
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I agree with the big Dog. Big Dog, I can finally give karma now that I’m playing a game by forum, so here you go.
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I am sorry axis but you do not understand the tech game or the mindset of tech players. That is all there is to it.
I exclusively play tech games and there are many times in the PTO that I make my moves based on the assumption that my opponent will get LR regardless of the %chance because I do not need to loose these units.
Some techs are better than others and that also varies by nation. Most of the techs also require having units on the board and in position to benefit from them. There is very little Yahtzee I win to tech games.
Oh, I understand the tech game and the mindset: You have to ALWAYS play against the low odds, which is fine, because I have seen (many times) battles with outcome chances of less than 1%, win, and it’s part of the game. This is in ‘regular’ battles.
Now you can add even more chance for ‘low odds’ outcomes (tech rolls) to sway the outcome of the game if that is your bag. Is this a better game? How much do you want dice to determine the game’s outcome?
I personally prefer LESS of these sorts of dice results … to me, less dice that affect the outcome equals a more strategic game. I am OK with this if tech weapons are minimized by delaying their affect to the next round.
However, I do not like the exactness of Low Luck. Why? Too exacting. NO chance is involved.
Again, personal preference.
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+1 Karma Big Dog,
I have to agree with you over Axis Roll, although I believe that I can see both sides of this issue. It just seems to come down to more of a personal preference and where on the scale of no luck (chess) to pure luck (Yahtzee) people like to play. Yes, playing with instant tech is slightly closer to Yahtzee, but it does not turn the game into a pure luck game, it just increases the variables and options which players must look at, so it actually increases the complexity of the game.
If players don’t want to increase the complexity of the game by using tech and having to think, “What if my opponent gets _____ tech.” then that’s fine with me, but it is definitely NOT Yahtzee.
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Yes, playing with instant tech is slightly closer to Yahtzee, but it does not turn the game into a pure luck game, it just increases the variable and options which players must look at, so it actually increases the complexity of the game.
So randomness = complexity?
How about ‘more options’ = complexity. I can agree with that, but randomness is not a necessary component of ‘more options’.
And I never said that the game was a pure luck game because of tech. I said it increases the randomness of the game.
BTW, yahtzee is not 100% pure luck game. I may roll two 1’s a 3 and two 6’s in Yahtzee. I decide to pick up the two 1’s and the 3 and roll ‘for’ 6’s. I could just the same try for 1’s… so there IS a decision that is made by the player.
Is it strategic? not likely… but it’s not PURE luck.
I am getting off topic, sorry.
Let’s debate the Russian opening move of 7 inf in Bury as a slowing tactic against Japan.
Can that work?How about if you buy a Russian bomber for some range so those 7 inf can have some offensive power behind them.
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Yes, playing with instant tech is slightly closer to Yahtzee, but it does not turn the game into a pure luck game, it just increases the variables and options which players must look at, so it actually increases the complexity of the game.
So randomness = complexity?
How about ‘more options’ = complexity. I can agree with that, but randomness is not a necessary component of ‘more options’.
Exactly what I said. Playing with tech (and instantaneous tech, at that), increases variables and options, which, in turn, increases the complexity of the game by forcing players to plan for those options. I’m glad that we agree.
Actually, I agree with you that technology should not be “instantaneous”, in that, how did those US fighters in Persia suddeny get retrofitted with jet engines just because scientists back in the 48 contiguous discovered how to make jet engines work?
I DO think that tech should be a surprise though, because the UK tried all sorts of ways, including lying about their flak tower gunners eating lots of carrots to improve their eyesight (which is a myth), to hide the fact that they had discovered radar, and Germany’s way of telling the world that she had discovered rockets was by shelling London.
So, for now, in the interests of simplicity, I don’t have a better way to model technology surprises other than the OOB rules of instantaneous tech.
Back to Soviet moves against Japan.
I usually like to stack 7 inf in Bry and purchase 1 bomber - placed in Caucasas.
These moves can threaten sz38 and a first turn IC in Manchuria.This move can not always be done, especially if Germany and Italy gun hard for Caucasus. As happened recently in my tournament game. (Link below)
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=14958.0
I have made some mistakes, but we just finished round 5, and even with my losing Caucasus on G2 :-( , Japan has been kept in the mid-40’s for the entire game, and has not collected for all 3 of his NOs even once so far.
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I also prefer an IC in India… even if I lost it the last time I played with the allies.
I think that is the only way to stop Japan in Asia and, most of all,
to avoid that Japan eats alive Russia while Moscow is being defended from Germany.
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