@taamvan

Well, usually it will happen that you will have those fighters on US carriers, even without wanting to use it in this way. If Australia can earn around 15 - and usually that is what they can get until Japan is taking care of islands, India, China, Russia - they will buy a fighter every round or two. In order to be able to invest both in Europe and Asia, US can save some money by buying a fighter less. Effectively, if they buy a carrier and wait for two rounds, they are getting excellent defending power for 16 IPC.

With those ANZAC fighters sitting on the US carriers, it is then opportunism - let them sit back near Australia coast and if an opportunity arises, go kill those transports.

@simon33 What do you mean? You wanted to land planes there and forgot?

@martin

This combo is strong, not only due to colours, but because you really need to watch the whole Pacific - there is no safe place anymore for Japanese.

But, we could create a thread with “nasty but legal tactics”, as you called it, @gamerman01.

One that really made me angry was the fighter attack “over” the wall of ships. Let me explain. Germans were essentially locked in the Mediteranean, with my strong US fleet at Gibraltar. They had fighter on the carrier just inside Pillars of Heracles, launched the attack of a single sub to the whole US fleet of 20 ships, and on basis of that, were able to launch the fighter to sink 10 US transports, 3 sea zones away, at West Indies

Something like this:

The explanation was that the sub had tried to break through and if it would have succeeded (?!), the carrier could go through and take the fighter. I was seeing it as sending to a suicide mission - I was wrong obviously.

@666 This is getting difficult, everywhere You are a very good player, putting units just where they have to be. Italians have to run away. Mare Nostrum? Seems not… Maybe they can help with getting back Atlantic wall though?

I will try to make it fun for few more turns, maybe you make a mistake, somewhere, somehow… If not, I will try to prepare better for a next match.

@gamerman01 Yes, I understand and agree. I think these are better suited for Pacific, because US fleet does not need to be offensive most of the time. At least not offensive in big battles, they can pick Japanese smaller groups around. When defending, Allied fighters will still shoot.

@666 I am surrendering this one. Well played!

For a moment, it seemed I will be able to do something, but Germans were bogged too long in Russia, you surrendered territories, but just enough so I don’t get too much advantage too quickly.

Japan could not deal with overwhelming naval force in Pacific unfortunately, it had to show on land. In Mediterranean, you played just as you should, UK planes were always in range of everything man It was frustrating at times.

Congratulations, I would love to play you again if you found this fun?

@simon33 Do you want to turn around, you take Axis with +8?

@flyingbadger I think transports can’t be defended from the carrier (it says “warships”, which transport is not)

@flyingbadger What a carnage! Could be the biggest navy battle I fought.

3 destroyers, 3 cruisers, 7 bombers and 1 fighter.

@FlyingBadger wins, after 30 rounds and some big battles. Well played!
PtV FlyingBadger (allies) vs Nikola1975 (axis +7)

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/37263/ptv-flyingbadger-allies-vs-nikola1975-axis-7/467

@shin-ji

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What do you mean by those bumps? Are you just impatient to play, or are you actually counting them for formal reasons? I hope we are both here for the same reason - to have fun.

I would like to play more, but sometimes it’s not possible and I apologize that you sometimes wait for more than you would like to.

@generaldisarray Crap. Russians in Mediteranean. Didn’t see them.

Scramble all, yes.

@shin-ji

10 Chi inf.
1 Bri inf.

@shin-ji

Hm, you are right.

Anyway, good moves so far, you are extremely efficient fascist It’s quite amazing that it is only round 4 and what you have achieved with Italians so far.

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@nikola1975

https://axisallies.com/global-1940-second-edition-rules/

“Moving into a neutral territory is considered a combat move, and any combat must be resolved during the conduct combat phase (see ‘Combat Move‘). Before the neutral territory can be taken control of by the invading power, all of the neutral’s standing army units must be eliminated. Air units can’t fly over a neutral unless they are attacking it.”

@shin-ji

Hm, are you sure about that? I thought you are not able to fly over neutral territories.

Can you check that?

@giallo

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@nikola1975

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TripleA Turn Summary: French round 3

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 3

    Purchase Units - ANZAC
        ANZAC buy 1 armour, 1 fighter and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - ANZAC

    Combat - ANZAC

    Non Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 cruiser moved from 31 Sea Zone to 27 Sea Zone
        1 transport moved from 31 Sea Zone to 27 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 31 Sea Zone to 27 Sea Zone
        1 aaGun, 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 6 infantry moved from Queensland to New South Wales
        1 infantry moved from Northern Australia to Queensland
        1 aaGun moved from Northern Australia to South Australia
        1 infantry moved from Northern Australia to South Australia
        1 fighter moved from Northern Australia to New South Wales

    Place Units - ANZAC
        1 armour, 1 fighter and 1 mech_infantry placed in New South Wales

    Turn Complete - ANZAC
        ANZAC collect 10 PUs; end with 10 PUs
        Objective ANZAC 3 Pacific Supply Lines: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 13 PUs

    Combat Move - French
        1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to 109 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 78 Sea Zone to 82 Sea Zone

    Non Combat Move - French

    Turn Complete - French

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Savegame

@giallo

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