@djensen

I’m from Massachusetts (South Coast and Cape Cod Canal areas). I started playing A&A in the mid 80’s. Played like a maniac in the mid 90’s, and then only rare times for the rest of my life, usually with people who have never played.

I own original (two copies), Anniversary, and Global.

I have no one to play with. I watch YouTube videos and finally opened up Global and set up and started reading the rules.

I love the customizations in all of the videos so I just started my own customizations.

I’ve visited this site for many years but only recently signed up.

@Arthur-Bomber-Harris I play every country aggressively - hyper aggressively. It’s more fun that way.

I’m a big fan of @GeneralHandGrenade and I was the winner of his Viva La France contest. The French set came in the mail today so I decided to give making videos a go. I started customizing recently so I included that in the video.

https://youtu.be/6RrQi3cozDwop

@surfer no, not usually. If I have a few big hitters and one more unit than my enemy, that’s enough for me

@cdatkins74 thank you. Not sure on what video I make next. I just got a delivery of tiny magnets, but my stands are trash; maybe when I figure that out I’ll make my own flight stand video.

I’m currently working on two expansion sets that will eventually get videos. I’m still trying to flesh out final details so I might make a video of what I have so far to ask for suggestions.

I also need to navigate the world of making new items for the expansions. I keep reading, “3D printing,” but that means nothing to me.

@barnee I found the edit button

@Midnight_Reaper thank you. I appreciate the links especially. I love seeing all the 3D items replacing markers like naval bases and such.

@Arthur-Bomber-Harris

I love the game whether I win or lose.

Back in the mid 90’s I worked with this guy and we were blood enemies. One day I just happened to mention Axis and Allies (original) and he lit up. We then became best friends and played A&A every weekend for the next year plus. We were the A&A nerds and then other coworkers insisted we teach them how to play and they joined us on weekends.

I think it took me nine months to beat him for the first time. Some of our games lasted over a month since we were just playing Saturdays. Shortly before my first win, I had him. I invaded DC with six heavy bombers, and a trn with two inf. He had 2 inf and one fighter defending. Easy win for me. He rolled his AAA and hit 5 ones - and that’s how he kept me from winning my first game against him.

IIRC, I remember games from the original, where buying AAA actually was a legit strategy - they fired at planes flying overhead both to combat and back - so SU would have all these bare territories with nothing but a single AAA

@barnee thank you, that section is missing from Pacific. I knew I read that in the past.

“You can’t move sea units through a canal or narrow strait that is controlled by a neutral territory or by a power which you at war”

• this sentence had me asking the question. Turkey is still neutral but now pro allied neutral so wanted to know if that changed anything.

“Turky begins the game as a neutral territory, so neither side may move through the Turkish Straits until Turkey is captured”

• Turkey is captured seems to answer this but it again references its neutral status. It’s that wording that made me curious.

I don’t think I’m the first to think that some of Krieg’s rulings have been rather mind blowing. This may or may not be one of them.

Krieg just popped into my last thread to tell someone what they said was very much against the rules - I’m glad he did because I was going to immediately start using it.

I was chewing on some new ideas for G1. I decided to set up the board and roll it and see how it works.

Like a butterfly flapping its wings in America causing a tsunami in Japan, that one change caused four other countries to make unusual turn one buys, and weird areas of the board seeing play.

Quite a few things I’ve never seen before have happened in first 3 turns. Italy invading Ireland may be my favorite of all time.

I’m about to roll G4 and figured I’d finally share so you guys can follow my live updates for rest of game. I’m ripping multiple vids daily

I want to post some of the really weird stuff but I prefer you watch it.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC5zN4iV9YdFU6X6EfJPQZ9WDaXFzba9w&si=ABtGp6EgUzMapSyD

@teslas

Send subs to take out UK cruiser in 93

Kill the boats in 93 G1 and land the planes in Southern Italy. 2 German planes (if both survived attack on French fleet) now available to scramble against Taranto.

G1 - don’t land any planes in West Germany (air base) and leave the 1 trns you start with unprotected in SZ 113. The only thing that can hit the unprotected trns is the UK bomber. If they take the bait (lots of people can’t help but go after unprotected trns), then that bomber can’t take part in Taranto.

Italy needs to land in Syria turn one. ignore Egypt. You can take Egypt later.

If UK using Gibastion strat, Italy will have 2 good options on I1

1. If you would like to do a Sealion, send your entire fleet to Syria and land your two tanks/two inf on Syria. UK will cross the med with their planes and prob their boats too. Germany buys a bunch of trns next turn and UK too far away to do anything about it.

2. If you are not planning on Sealion, send your entire fleet to Syria and land troops on both Syria and Cyprus. Cyprus will prevent the ftrs on Gibraltar for attacking your boats. Cyprus will most likely deny UK NO for rest of game so that’s good too. (this assumes UK didn’t activate Greece).

hmmm, UK should activate Greece turn one if doing Gibastion. planes can land there if Cyprus taken

@Krieghund

UK1, the SZ 111 fleet was spared. Germany dropped an AB in Holland with 3 ftrs, 110 is empty.

On UK noncombat phase they move the 111 fleet to 110.

Can the Germans scramble?

Reading the rule book and this forum it seems the answer is no, since it is non combat. Rule book constantly mentions combat over and over so I assume you can’t scramble during noncombat.

Seems weird but that’s how I am reading the rules.

The pandemic was awesome for Youtube with all the Youtube wars going on.

would any people like to join me in a new version of Youtube wars?

Do you prefer amassing one large army and plodding along territory by territory?

Or do you like to split your army up into a bunch of smaller armies?

Or is it situational - some times large army, sometimes smaller armies? or some weird combo of one large army, one small army, etc.

If so for any of the options, what drives your decision?

@Black

Interesting question. NO is about the start of war. What happens when the war ends?

@dazedwit

G2 send the 2 subs from 91 with a plane to take 109 and then convoy for up to $8 to go with the $3 from Canada

G3 buy a bunch of trns.

I3 bomb the AB

@barnee thank you, that section is missing from Pacific. I knew I read that in the past.

“You can’t move sea units through a canal or narrow strait that is controlled by a neutral territory or by a power which you at war”

• this sentence had me asking the question. Turkey is still neutral but now pro allied neutral so wanted to know if that changed anything.

“Turky begins the game as a neutral territory, so neither side may move through the Turkish Straits until Turkey is captured”

• Turkey is captured seems to answer this but it again references its neutral status. It’s that wording that made me curious.

I don’t think I’m the first to think that some of Krieg’s rulings have been rather mind blowing. This may or may not be one of them.

Krieg just popped into my last thread to tell someone what they said was very much against the rules - I’m glad he did because I was going to immediately start using it.

@dazedwit

G1 AB goes on Holland with 3 ftrs to, “protect” the surviving BB. It’s really just a challenge to UK for a fight. They can def take out the BB if they want, but at the cost of their remaining boats and some/all planes. And there is the sub convoying in 109 that needs to be dealt with.

G3, take Scotland with your 3 trns and boats. G4 take Ireland along with London to eliminate all landing spots for US bombers.

The AB in Holland will “protect” the BB, and then will protect your boats from US AC planes after London falls.

I feel like if I were the allies seeing this strategy, all kinds of bells and whistles would be going off, but I can easily see most players playing right into what you want them to do - because in theory it makes sense to do it.

Again, if UK goes Gibbastion, this won’t work and you will change course by G2.

@gamerman01

I’ve seen some real surprise answers from Krieg on here so I want to know what the rule is.

I looked at the rule book before posting this. I only have Pacific rule book (Atlantic walked off somewhere). I swear there was a section on straits/canals but I can’t find it in Pacific.

My memory of the section was it using the term, “strict neutral,” as to why you couldn’t pass through the Turkish strait.