@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.

@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.

@Afrikakorps

I have new ideas for this strategy.

G4 Sealion with all out economic warfare of convoys and SBR starting G1. The amount of money you can remove in first 3 turns is most of their income - lot less inf defending London. (The way you get there is up to you but new strat I want to try - buy AB and destroyer - you can also buy a trns or carry over the money. 2 subs to 106 - or if you’re frisky, one sub, and save the other to convoy 119; 2 subs to 91 to take out UK cruiser; 1 sub, 1 ftr to 109; 1 BB, 3 Tac, 2 ftr to 110 - if scramble, great! no Taranto, and most likely less ftrs to defend London… If no scramble, take planes as casualties to save BB in 110; send 1 Tac, 1 ftr to 93 to take out French fleet - any surviving planes can land in Rome to scramble; 2 SB bomb London Major IC. Take all of France and Yugo, leave Bulgaria for Italy

J1 - don’t declare war. move entire fleet with 3 fully loaded trns to Hainan, and drop a NB on Hainan turn 1. This will force Pacific to declare war immediately or else the massive fleet is sitting outside Calcutta at peace on J2 (I’ve played this out once - UK declared war immediately and arranged his 3 boats as blockers on the 3 SZ between Hainan and Calcutta. Japan eliminated all blockers using air force mostly, then NCM loaded trns and empty AC’s to Calcutta to catch planes, etc on J2)

I1 - if UK boats in 111 are now in 109 and/or 110, send your bomber in N. Italy to bomb the London AB. If the boats moved toward Canada to survive, then bomb the London IC.

IT’s G4 sealion for multiple reasons

• need to find out where the 111 fleet goes
• G2, spend $45 on inf to populate western Europe. spend rest on 1 or 2 trns (if you didn’t buy one turn one) and SB. This should encourage UK to spend all its money turn two on NB and IC in Persia - although the J1 Hainan NB may change that strat; I know it would for me.

the usual response to successful Sealion is for US to move it’s moderate fleet and loaded trns to Morroco immediately.

Plan for that. on G4, buy a sub for southern France. On I3, buy a trns if you need one, I4 take Gibralter, after US has landed on Morroco.

G5 send your entire fleet (you prob dropped an AC on G4 too) and the 9 or whatever fully loaded trns at the US fleet in 91, along with the sub from S. France. One round of combat, and then retreat to SZ 92, and slam the door behind you. you can drop German/Italian destroyers here and there to block them too, but you have enough of a head start.

London is done so med is yours. US needs to decide immediately on whether to try to liberate London or go into the med after the German fleet that is getting farther and farther away. London won’t be easy - economic warfare means there will prob be a couple inf left (tanks getting on trns) and the two Italian ftrs will be joining the party on I4

By I6, Italy should be strong enough to take Turkey and G7 you are landing anywhere from Bessarabia to Caucasus. I know you want that Cairo NO but don’t get distracted - send everything to Russia and hit them from behind.

The G2 inf splurge should help hold off Russia for a turn which is really all you need.

If UK goes Gibbastion. this won’t work. You will know UK1 if they are building up Gibralter - then you change up and go Iceland - Canada, or whatever.