Sorry for the long time before reply was tied up with other things. The group is still finding itself I believe. Myself and my brother are always in the games as for the others I have had a new person to each game and had two skip a game. Winter is harder to get some of us together do too kids and hockey. I also have one that has bailed on all three games and a bunch online who show interest and then you never hear back from them or they are tied up on Sunday’s as that is the best day for me to play and they can not as they play something else. Hard to get a solid group to show up for each game……as for strong players my friend and me are the strong strategy players and often try new ideas and often radical moves that don’t always pay off but throw enemies off their game do to shock. As for the other two who show up more often, they understand the game and how to play but they both do not move…they tend to sit idle and by doing so has cost the game for their team both times. One does it because he is unsure of what to do for strategy. The other because he does not want to lose any men. So fear controls him and when he is attacked he tends to get grumpy as he knows he will lose the engagement. I have been trying to explain to him that you need to think one to two moves ahead. As in,yes you are being staked and should lose as most people attack with a stronger force so focus on defence for that fight but if and usually when you lose the territory you should not be upset as you have a plan in your head for a counter or cut the troops off move. Always think ahead. And don’t sit still all the time as your allies need you to draw some attention away from them. This game ussr got overwhelmed by Germany as the USA and the Brits did not engage them at all. More the Brits then anything. They were left alone for most of the game minus the opening. And despite ussr trying to keep things under control they just could not handle Germany and Italy since Italy was allowed to grow so large… It is a learning proses for some and only three games have been played. Hope this was not too long…

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Thanks I usually post one a month depends on holidays though. Might be a bit for the next one.

No we just play straight and no reaserch chart. Also still making a few mistakes as you saw on the video.

Hey guys this is the link for our third game this season. It was a interesting one as things were done that never happen like the USA lost San Fran! Two mistakes early were corrected as stated in the video. Let me know what you think and don’t forget to subscribe and like the video as it may get me to do more. Thanks for the view and advice. I played Russia, not the best but under the conditions I am not sure what else I could have done exempt wait a bit longer to push at Germany or not at all. Please give me a couple of ideas on this. Thanks in advance.

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCPNtt2E3WRZjjRs06Hq5pdA

I say Japan. As they really are a case of containing. If they are left unchecked they can spread quite quick due to their navy and Air Force. It requires the USA to spend quite a bunch of its income I the pacific. But a steady constant attack from the USA even if they are loosing ships every match will dwindle Japan’s offence and force them into defence. Russia and the U.K. Can work together to weeken Germany and if the USA has two turns to spend all of its income in the Atlantic nary turn one and two most games, then Germany has a hard time geting momentum. Unless the the Italian fleet survives then I would change my vote to Germany as the Italians will be a force to allow the Germans to focus on one enemy since the Italians will be covering their back so to speak. Or that is my opinion after a couple of games anyway. What does everyone think?

Yup my brother is very new to the game and is slower on understanding that you need to be aggressive. After the game I pointed out all three of those to him. As for a plan, not sure he had one really. I think he was just playing reaction game style. No real looking ahead or it didn’t seem like it. Japan was doing ok minus the Burma road then lack of force and too much sitting around sealed the fate of his fleet. That and he sit it up to the point that it just got picked off one group at a time. Thank for the info though all good points.

Well guys September is halfway done and our second game is over. It was a fun game to play as there was just two of us. It ended with a second allies win, curious? Lol
Sorry for the short last video room was tied up on my phone so it was hard to do. Let me know how the game went and if you think the axis really lost as I am not sure. My brother just thought it was all over even though Italy got Rome back and Germany had lots out west by France. Thanks for the views and comments as they prompt me to make more videos for the channel. Any suggestions on videos to do for the channel let me know and I will see what I can do.

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCPNtt2E3WRZjjRs06Hq5pdA

Rick

Hey john thanks for the coment. And I am sure we will play lots of games on it.

This is what happened to me in our first game yg. I just got overwhelmed and Japan just didn’t do enough. Had a timid player playing Japan so they sat and built and waited for the USA to come knocking around turn 6-7. Also just wasted money in China by not having the Burma road under control so the art units added up to a half decent defence for China. Lol it was quite epic really!

CWO- thanks for the remarks. Also if one wants to duplicate the whole proses took just four days to do thanks to the pictures from grasshopper so lots of work yes but all and all not as long as I would have expected.

Dafyd- thank you for the comments. For yours depending on what you are using for trays(stock trays) just add 8inches to the top and bottom and 13inches to the sides and you should be good for your border. If that helps any??

Young grasshopper- buddy your design is what made this built take only four days to do. My thanks for all your hard work that made mine that much easier. As for the stain, don’t feel to jealous, lol. You said before you took the boards off to cut out the other spots you made so worst case you could undo and stain then reattach. Although you have more stuff on your to work around. One day I may print off a one piece map but don’t need it for now.
Thanks again guys.