Here’s the interesting back story:
About 1 and a half years ago, my sister and I were having this real big argument over something and the only way we’d settle it was through a game of A&A. She was the Allies and I chose Axis w/ a small bid and paratroopers. Well, I gave her a sound thrashing and planted the Japanese flag over her White House. Well apparently she didn’t like it, and we didn’t speak for a week. During this time, she was secretly rebuilding her tactics and recruiting and teaching two other girlfriends on how to play the game. She then challenged me to another game, this time multiplayer. Since most of my A&A playing friends were unavailable or caught off guard with such short notice, I had to settle with an intermediate player. This time it was a different story. With good luck, second guessing (they used a switched Japan-Germany ATB containment strategy), and teamwork, they were the ones able to come out. Of course for her, the revenge was bittersweet and to prove it, they also came up with this cheerleader spirited “Venus Troupe Girl Dance” move that was humiliating. Since then, I have sworn off to play against them again unless I come well prepared ahead of time.
Now that you heard it, I bet you don’t want to play against them. Their strategy may not be as good, but they do know how to play the metagame.