Problem is that if you don’t buy US navy then Tojo can relax and pump everything into Moscow without spending a single ipc to increase it’s navy. If the US match and try to surpass Tojo’s navy then they must spend ipc’s to counter what the US is doing. If the US completely destroys the Japanese navy they can threaten both the asian mainland or Japan itself forcing the Japanese player to spend ipc’s defending Japan and China. These are units that wont be threatening Russia.
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RE: Preferred option to stall Japanese expansion.
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RE: Preferred option to stall Japanese expansion.
@Cmdr:
yea, that is a mistake one not soon forgets!
Not sure how effectively you can SBR Japan from Stanovoj. Not saying it is effective or ineffective, saying I’m not sure how effective it is! (some people like axis_roll will assume because I said “not sure how effective…” I mean completely ineffective and go off the deep end trying to prove me wrong, hence the clarification!)
I’d say it is a pretty heavy investment from what you are describing.
21-24 IPC in Russian Infantry
- 20 IPC in British Fighters
- 20 IPC in American Fighters
- 24 IPC in American Bombers
- 12 IPC in British Bombers (?)
That’s 88 IPC (if you dont bring the British Bomber) of units tied up to do 3.5 IPC damage per bomber on average. (10-11 Dmg a round expected.)
Just to put some perspective on it. Again, I am NOT saying this is a GOOD or a BAD idea, I am only attempting to investigate further.
Hi Jen,
Basicly this tactic uses as was stated the majority of of starting units. You stack up all the USSR inf and fly usually 2 US ftr is enough + as many US bombers as you need into Stanovj. If the Japanese want to remove this threat they need to send more units in this direction than they usually want to. When you feel like there’s enough threat you simply move back 1 space with the inf and fly the ftr’s back to the Pacific for carrier duty and the Bombers can either fly home, to the UK to hit Germany or what i like to do (if theres a Manchurian IC) is move to Russia and bomb it from there. What i sometimes do with the US ftr’s is use them in what i call my Russian stack push where i stack up in either Eastern Ukr or Belorus with all i got and then flying 2 UK + 2 US ftr’s into the stack along with an AA gun. Certainly gives Jerry something to think about when i do it again into East Poland and he’s dangerously thin of inf on the front.
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RE: Preferred option to stall Japanese expansion.
Something i was trying for a while is to fly US bombers and fighters to Stanovj and Strat Bomb Japan from there. It’s a big investment for the Japanese to throw 7 or 8 USSR inf + 2 US ftrs out of there. You can if you can afford it move 1 or 2 USSR arm there and/or fly the UK ftr’s there too.
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RE: How long does a game of AA50 take?
Make sure you don’t sacrifice your game for the sake of playing fast especially on the Eastern Front as those desicions are critical to winning.
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RE: Australian Fleet
I take an inf + art and link it up with the US carrier. It sits with the US Pacific fleet and when it gets a chance threatens to take back Borneo, East Indies or Phillipines.
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RE: Question about using a friendly transport
Thanks for that, yes is a pain in the rear.
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Question about using a friendly transport
I’ve been playing that if a friendly transport is adjacent to both the territory you start in and where you get off that you can do it all in the 1 turn. Eg. I have the German transport in the mediterranean and i can move the Italian troops in the same turn from Italy onto the transport and into Libya using it as a bridge. A friend seems to think you must wait until your next Italian turn to move them from the transport into Libya. I know if the transport has to move then you must wait until the next turn. Am i correct that you can use a friendly transport as a bridge?
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RE: AA42 has been revealed….. now what?
Buy it for the pieces and that’s it. AA50 all the way!
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RE: The new sculpts
I’ll buy them just to have more pieces. I’m constantly running short of tanks for the Japanese and British and it would be good to have a variety of different looking models too.
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My take on the new map.
After playing AA50, the 1942 map looks far too basic in Europe, no nwe, no Baltic States, combining of the Balkans & Ukraines, etc means that the tactics will be much more simplified. With the extra provinces, outmaneuvering is a key part of AA50 on the eastern front. With the simplification of Europe this doesn’t seem the case, it looks to be more a who has more tanks wins game. A good thing for a novice player i suppose and it will reduce the stalemates on the eastern front making for a quicker game.
The 7 Chinese provinces are gone, along with the micromanagement of playing and attacking China. The 12 regions on the Asian mainland have been combined into just 5 . This may be a good thing and should make life a little easier for the Japanese (as if they needed easier lives) and allow them to focus more on the Pacific.
I’ll definatly buy the game (if only for the pieces to add to AA50) and give it a go.