Norway on KGF

K so we’re playin no tech I’m us with this crapload of IPC’s. My bro, UK, built SA factory and 1 fig,5 inf in UK to invade WE next turn. Should I help or should I go harrass Africa, and what should I do with the IPCS (units, factories, etc.)

hahaha, oh man I was in tears, especially when I read Morden’s post.

Honestly, I believe it is best to play ultra conservatively with Russia and England and see how the dice line up.  If one Axis power ends up in an exceptionally poor position after their first round, America can then make the choice between KJF or KGF.

However, here is a run down for you:

Kill Germany First:

Easiest strategy.  Everyone is clustered around Germany so coordination is easier.  This is also much more fault tolerant then going after Japan.  However, Germany also has the most assets and the best capability of getting assets, not to mention all of their territories are land locked (comparatively speaking of course) resulting in much easier defense of those territories.  Exceptions are Norway, Algeria and Libya, but those 5 IPC can be made up for in other places if needed (and if not, 35 IPC is still a lot of money.)

Kill Japan First:

Japan’s by far the weakest power on the board.  Their territories are scattered all over the ocean and they start the game facing two moderately powerful fleets.  (UK: 2 Transports, Submarine, Fighter, Carrier, Destroyer in SZ 30 and America’s Battleship, Transport, Destroyer, Submarine, 3 Fighters and Carrier in the Pacific (SZ 52, 55, 20, Hawaii and W. USA.))  However, they also have the benefit of being scattered all over the place making it harder to take their territories (but easier to hold once they are taken.)

If facing a large build up of forces in Buryatia, Sinkiang + Industrial Complex and India + Complex, Japan can find them selves in serious trouble fast; but Germany will have much free’er reign in Europe and Africa.

I think UK needs it the most since it has the job of attacking the Germans first. UK’s IPCs are going downhill rapidly, and it can’t mount much of an offensive on ~24 IPC income.

Lately I have been going heavy Kreigsmarine.  1 Carrier is silly if you don’t reinforce it.  2 Carriers, 4 Fighters, 2 submarines, maybe another transport in there, now you are forcing England to build navy, not ground forces.  That’s almost the equivalent of removing one power from the game right there.

@ncscswitch:

PACFLT is a modern Department of Defense acronym for PACific FLeeT

I think Pan-Atlantic Conference Flight Leadership and Tactics makes so much more sense.

I move the TRN in SZ 40 with the two troops to India where if the timing is right I build an IC.

As far a s Russian troops I mass all the troops from SFE (2 INF) and Buryat (2 INF) in Yakut (2 INF for a total of 6 INF. Maybe move a tank from Moscow. It works but be advised it’s a temporary solution. It will only work a an effective barrier until Japan has a bigger force next to it.

It’s important to hold China as long as you can. The reason for this is you want Japan to have a multi front with your territories. If you hold China they will have to defend and hold French Indo-China, Kwengt…, and Manchuria, as apposed to you holding up in Sinkiang and Japan only having to defend China.

That’s what I do as far as Japan goes. Axis countries have a lot of assets and a smaller economy base. For them to have any hope of wining is to match or exceed the income of their allied rivals. In order for you to prevent that you need to contain them in a timely manner.

-LT04

1. As Russia, how many forces should you put towards Japan to halt their advance?

You cannot stop the Japs.  They have mysterious powerz  Also giant mecha robots.

No, really . . . nothing or lots.  Either you team up with US/UK to stop Japan at Ssinkiang/India.  Or you pull back to Yakut, then to Novosibirsk (you threaten both Ssinkiang and Yakut from Novosibirsk; Novosibirsk is key to defense of the East).  You can’t really ATTACK Japan, or even slow them down a lot most of the time, because Japan players that run tanks can switch the direction of their attack.  If the Japs don’t run lots of tanks . . . then it’s easier to protect the East.  But if Japan builds tanks, run away.  How do you respond to Jap tanks at Mancuhuria, or French Indochina?  Both threaten Ssinkiang.  From Frindo, they threaten India.  From Manchuria, they threaten Yakut.  So if you beef up at Yakut, they run to Ssinkiang, and then you have to pull back to Novosibirsk, then the OTHER Jap tanks grab Yakut.  Ho ho.  Japan tanks yay.

2. As Germany, how would you go about countering a KGF strategy?

Free German beer.  Also, German women are hawt.

Three ways.  Either you try to build up your fleet a bit to slow down the Allies (they have to kill your fleet before they can start landing in force).  OR you build infantry/fighters, and play defensively with your navy, forcing the Allies to keep away from the German navy.  Or you just let the Allies creeeeep up on you with their transports while you send everything to Moscow like crazy, building infantry early and late and tanks for midgame (early infantry and midgame tanks plus German air to hit Moscow, late infantry to trade W. Europe, hold Germany, that sort of thing).

3. As Britain, what would be your main path into Europe?  Do you go NOR/KAR/EEU/GER, or do you try to go through France?

France, because French women are also hawt.  Also the cooking is yum.

No, not rly.

W. Europe (France) is a horrid crack for UK because of German defenses plus S. Eur and Germany counterattack.  You can reinforce with US, but . . . well, it’s REAL messy; it’s hard to race 10+ units a turn from Germany.  Yeah, you bleed Germany, but while Germany’s bleeding, it kills Russia.

Usually I go Nor/Kar/EEu with UK.  NOT always.  Sometimes I just run London-Archangel-Moscow instead.

4. As Japan, what would be your best path for racing towards Moscow to take pressure off of the Germans?

Pokemon!

Well, J1 is pretty much set, you try to progress in Burytia and possibly Soviet Far East, you kill the US fighter in China (it can be a REAL problem), and grab India if it’s free (which it often isn’t).  For J1 build you run 3 transports, or 2 transports 1 IC if Axis bid, but I’m thinking these days that 3 transports is more sound.  Well . . . J2 you drop lots of guys from Japan onto French Indochina and Burytia.  Rinse and repeat.

I find that there is no SINGLE best path to get to Moscow.  If the Allies play defensively, you grab Soviet Far East, Burytia, Yakut.  If the Allies defend India but neglect Ssinkiang, you push through the center.  If the Allies defend Ssinkiang but neglect India, yo grab India and pop an IC there.  If India and Ssinkiang BOTH receive no reinforcements, you grab everything, run lots of infantry into Yakut/China, late midgame, then consolidate at Novosibirsk, or take Novosibirsk with infantry/fighters, and consolidate tanks at either China to threaten Kazakh/Novosibirsk, or at Yakut to threaten Evenki and Novosibirsk next round (it depends on what’s going on with Germany)

Adaptation is the key to winning!

5. As the US, do you mainly aid the brits by following them and occupying territories they leave, or do you stage your own landings in Italy or Western Europe?  Also, how much of your power do you want in the pacific to make sure the japanese dont get too big?

Harry Potter needs my help?

Usually, I find that UK take / US reinforce is only good for threatening Germany.  Actually carrying out the threat is very expensive.  It works against inexperienced German players.  I try to set up transports into Africa with US, and later threaten W. Eur/S. Eur with transports west of Algeria.  Except early Africa (marching east to Persia), though, I find that I usually keep US and UK separate for most of the early game (using UK and US to bleed off early German gains, specifically using UK and US forces to trade territories with Germany so Russia doesn’t have to expend its infantry trading with Germay).  Late game, sure, I consolidate UK/US/USSR at E. Europe, or at Persia/India, or whatever, but by that time I’ve already won.

No power in the Pacific.  If Japan wants to attack US early game, let them, that’s less Russia has to worry about.  I will build Pacific infantry/tank defense late in the game for US to forestall a probable Alaska/W. Canada landing by Japan (there’s really no other easy target in range for Japan, so attack is very likely).  But even then . . . it’s just a holding force to stop Japanese advances while I kill Germany.

Sometimes, if Germany has switched to heavy defense, I’ll switch targets to Japan late game.  With Germany mostly contained, and Russia safe, it is easy to attack Japan.