G1 sealion?

I’ve scrambled them at all time and been successful in destroying the German force.  last time he went after my fleet and used the remaining in France.  I was able to destroy all 6, me losing a fighter and damaged battleship.

@Krieghund:

@ozimek1:

New National objective for Germany for controlling London

Given the other changes, would you recommend the removal of this NO?

Yes I would indeed, sir. It should be possible for Germany to conquer London, but they should not be rewardet with a 10 IPC NO for doing it. Kind of like it should be possible to conquer Spain too, but nobody should get a 10 IPC NO for doing it. The German goal always was to move east. There they would find lots of oil, fame, rich fields of agriculture and slaves to do the boring jobs. Stuff that justifie a 10 IPC NO more than fog and savage Irish rebells, in the case of taking London.

@questioneer:

I want to try this next as Axis.

1.) Do G3 or G4 Sealion

2.) J1, J2, J3- build up in Japanese seazone for a largescale Alaskan invasion.

3.) Pull off Sealion and Alaskan invasion in the same round

4.) With Japan pressing into Canada and threaten WUS and keep shucking troops over to Alaska.

With Japan doing a KAF, it may distract US financially enough to have to divert a good amount of cash and units into the Pacific theatre, buying the time Germany, Italy needs to sack Moscow in few rounds.

Don’t forget this is Europe ;)

I was the Allies and my Father-in-law was axis. He pulls off sealion on his 3rd turn I think. I was not seeing it as a real threat like I should have. Nice move, he held it for the entire game(9 rounds). I never took it back from him and I defeated him with only Russia and USA. He is not the greatest player but he is not that bad. I consider myself good but not great. This is a tough game for the axis to win.

He held UK all game?  He took away from the Allies $20 - $30 a turn for all that time and still lost?  Imagine how bad it would have been for him had the UK been in the game spending that money all along - right next door … .

I’m as gentlemanly as they come, but I’d check-raise my Grandmother if she sat at a poker table with me.

@Koningstiger:

@taishan:

@Col.:

From my initial look at the board, I don’t think Germany should attack until G3.  On G1, Germany can activate Finland with an infantry and artillery on the transport (and the transport will be safe because UK can’t land planes in Russia (from movement rules and major power neutrals) and can’t send ships through the strait, and activate Bulgaria.  Then on G2 the transport returns to 112 (I think) and the Bulgarian infantry move 1 territory into position.  Thus for G3, the transport can be used again to amphibiously assault Russia and the Bulgarian infantry can be used in the first attack.

Rule question:
Is it really possible to make an amphibious assault on Finland on G1, considering you haven’t declared war on Russia yet. Can you share SZ115 with russian BB and T without it being a wardeclaration?

Yes, Finland is a pro-axis minor, so technically it’s not an amphibious assault. Taking over countries that are on your side, happens in the NON-COMBAT phase.

Sharing a sea zone is not a declaration of war. However, if you intend to right away amphibiously assault, say Novgorod, then naval combat would occur as technically you are supposed to declare war BEFORE the biggining of the combat move sequence. If the German vessels are only there to land troops in (pro-Axis) Finland, they can share the sea zone with Russian vessels without any problems (as long as they’re not actually already at war with Russia of course…)

Its no Amphibious assault like Koningstiger made clear,
you simply unload your troops in the non-combat phase
so no conduct combat phase takes place…

My G1 I like to clear the UK navy except for the BB and CA. I focus on killing destroyers so I have subs to hit the rest of the fleet G2. Leaving the BB is bait to encourage the carrier to head north to defend it. Sometimes the UK will kill its own fleet for me, by sending the BB against my BB fleet(bait) which lets my subs/air finish it off G2.

I build a sub round 1 to make sure UK does not get the NO, and 6 Mech. Round 2, 1 sub to keep USSR from gettin NO sz 125 later plus all mech.

Since I did not use all my air on the Navy, I take France more often than not, using 5 armor and everything next to it, minus 1 Mech to protect my bomber/air force landing in Belgium.

I hit USSR round 2, and do a bee line(4 spaces from front lines, southern marsh route) straight for Moscow, picking up the others easily after a G6or7 capture of Moscow. I use almost all Mech builds first few rounds and my air power to make this happen. (I do not use a factory in Romania/Slovakia as that buys my first 12or30 mech) [You start out with 18 infantry, 3 armor and 5 artillery that can be in position for the G2 offensive, French armor catches up by G3 with the mech builds]

[12 or 30 mech: refers to the number of infantry a forward factory represents vs the number of infantry I can turn into Mechs for 1 dollar more that was saved by not spending 12 or 30 IPCs on a factory. Later mechs will cost more then infantry, but I will have saved time and gained board position with the 4/7 Mechs that 12/30 represents. This is favored as I believe E40 is a race to 8 cities. I produce 6 mechs vs 8 USSR units on average, but tip the scales early enough with starting air and armor]

Man I cannot wait to try these gambits out! Too bad I’m gonna be knee deep in homework and studying by the time I get the game (school starts 8/19 for me).