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    • Antholin

      Antholin (Axis) vs Infrastructure (Allies)
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      I don’t know if you know about it, but there is a 2013 league that can be joined on the league setting at the top of the play boardgame page…

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      Antholin (Axis) vs Stalingradski (Allies). WW5.
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      TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Alpha 3, version: 2.8

      Game History

      Round :12

      Place Units - UK_Pacific
                  1 fighter and 4 mech_infantrys placed in India

      Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
                  UK_Pacific collect 20 PUs; end with 20 PUs total
                  Objective UK Pacific 2 Kwangtung And Malaya: UK_Pacific met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 25 PUs
                  Some Units in India change ownership: 1 fighter and 4 mech_infantrys

    • Antholin

      Antholin (Axis) vs. Infrastructure (Allies)
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      are we done with this one?

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      Antholin vs Stalingradski, round 3\.
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      All right, so I’m going to go through and hit on each point that you made.

      Egypt was obviously a hard nut to crack, as it should be. As such, the major powers of Europe were focused intently on the area for the first several rounds of the game. It was a good series of battles and helped me to lock up the Med for the rest of the game. However, I do see what you are saying in spreading further into Africa. I did attack a few times into Africa, but never with enough force to continue a push there. What I should have done was bolster defenses in Egypt with Italian troops and send larger German forces foraying into Africa. Also, the convoys from Gibraltar could easily have been brought down to other areas of Africa, while you still did not have a British fleet to oppose me in South Africa. I should have taken the initiative there, but I can’t honestly answer as to why I did not. That will be remedied in my next Axis play.

      Brazil never actually interested me much, and for several reasons. Before you had taken it with the US, I didn’t want to expend the troops and transports to that area of the board which could be easily pummeled by the East coast US forces, just for 2 IPC’s. I could not have easily sustained a force there, so I immediately dismissed it. However, I do see the point in taking it for even a few rounds as it denies the Allies money and can funnel resources away from Europe and Africa.

      Your Russia had me completely stymied, as I could think of no way to effectively counter them without sacrificing builds to other parts of the board. As I’ve explained before, I just couldn’t put up enough of a force to deal with them and I left Russia alone for too many rounds in my opinion. And I did not put nearly enough Italian forces to the Eastern front to bolster the Fascist cause. My plan with Italy was to build up their fleet, which i was pretty proud of and for them to hold them Med themselves while Germany fought on for the greater good. I like that plan, but it needs refinement and needs Italian troops in some capacity to help Germany in Russia.

      China, I find very difficult to deal with. However, I do like your suggestion of attacking multiple territories, as I have the air force to pummel them. I will be sure to incorporate those ideas into my future games.

      Well, thank you again for the break down and for the advice. I had a great game and have learned quite a bit. It is taking me some time, but I see more and more with every game I play that A&A is really a game of economy. I like to think that brilliant military tactics will win out in the end. But, no matter how many terrific battles you fight, if you don’t have the money to match up against your opponent, you’re going to be some bitter in the end.

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      German opening.
      Axis & Allies Global 1940 • • Antholin

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      Stalingradski

      Mantlefan - I’d like to take a moment to apologize to you (somewhat publicly) for picking your posts out several times yesterday. My head has cooled down!

      I was reacting to many, many people’s reactions to Alpha +.3, not just yours. After getting off the site for awhile, I realized that it isn’t that big a deal, and everyone is entitled to their opinions. We’re all passionate about the game, or we wouldn’t be here…

      Again - I apologize - and I’ll go back to being friendly in my responses!

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      Convoy question?
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      Thank you guys, that is a big help and will make the game go smoother.

    • Antholin

      Is Battle of the Bulge worth buying?
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      Well, thank you all for the comments and I appreciate the good feedback. I have been looking into it more and will certainly be picking it up. Also, the fact that it is a two person game will be easier to find another available player. I am especially interested in the idea of supply tokens and only a set number of available reinforcements. It appears that Battle of the Bulge will certainly take a different skill set and ingenuity to play through than other A&A expansions. Thanks again.

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      Holocaust Remembrance Day
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      A mighty applaud for this statement, dezrtfish.

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      A&A T-shirts
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      I figured as much. Oh well, always good to play a joke on the new guy. However, has anyone purchased one?

    • Antholin

      Nazi gold found!
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      Blah, Blah. Come on, they find the nazi-treasure every other season. You get used to that kind of message here in Austria. I think, there is not a single alpine lake left here where you can NOT dive for the gold. In fact, I do not believe the famous treasure even exists. You know, they did spend all the stolen wealth as well as the “regular” tax money to finance a big war …

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