Posts made by RougeOne

Hey everyone

I have played G40 but am interested in 1914 what are some reasons you like it more than other AA?

Sadly my regular partner is not available most the time so I find myself playing against myself. Usually in order to make it interesting you have to make a plan with each nation or you are going to be biased. It is very hard to not be biased in this game especially if one nation is doing exceptionally well. I find that the first 2 rounds are super boring because of how scripted it is. I’d imagine playing risk with yourself would be hard, and usually if I am playing by myself I an driven insane after about 6 rounds.

@Cmdr:

Italy needs a transport to take Malta, true.  However, you should have 1 or 2 transports left anyway, more than enough.  So you don’t hit N. Africa that round…you pull 5 IPC away from England for virtually the entire game and make the entire sea safer for your fleet (no LZ in Malta for British/American aircraft.)

The opportunity cost is worth it, in my opinion.  Survivors from there can be offloaded into Africa round 2 anyway.  (odds are good you only have 1 transport Round 1 anyway, right?  So INF + ARM + Bombard should win in Malta)

Don’t forget, you cost the British a transport to retake it, and they have to be able to get a transport in there (in which case, again, I humbly suggest Italy is no longer a threat at that point anyway!)

Usually I do the Taranto Raid so it would have to work with 1 transporr and malta is where you land your Airforce after taranto. The only way you could take Malta on turn one is if you scrambled against taranto leaving Britain with a bomber in malta. Then I guess you could take it if you brought in your bomber and was able to get a bombardment with the cruiser.

@WILD:

@RougeOne:

@WILD:

Agreed (see edit).

Again you can make lone SBR runs on W Germany and Paris from London, and return to London (w/o going to Malta). The problem is to bomb W Germany you generally need ftr escorts.

Were are you planning on landing the escorts?
If you have enough bombers escorts are just a luxury.
Example if you have 11-12 bombers bombing western germany, intercepting with 3-4 German fighters that usually sit on western for 2-3 rounds isn’t worth it. You would probably just hope the AA guns would work

Ok, I thought you were talking about UK/US both having like 3-4 bmrs each, and SBRs on West Germany would be pretty risky w/o escorts (because of interceptors). I didn’t realize you were talking about a 10 bmr force for each of the allies. With 10 bmrs they are basically escorting themselves, so there isn’t much need for additional ftr escorts. Especially now that interceptors were also reduced to rolling at 1 in the dog fight (I liked it better when interceptors fired at 2).

Don’t get me wrong I like to project air power in the Med, and I think that smacking W Germany with 10 bmrs would be pretty awesome. Just don’t know if I would spend the IPCs for an air base on Malta to fly back-n-forth. There still isn’t a need to risk bmrs at Malta, because you can SBR from London and return.

Great though about overwhelming the Luftwaffe keeping them grounded with a huge bmr force (i like it).

Yeah maybe Malta isn’t worth it but it is cool to have a stack of bombers flying back and forth. And it is a huge investment so maybe this would be a late game strategy after a KJF once the USA can focus large amounts of money on Germany alone and when the UK has more money.

@Cmdr:

Note:  Having Italy take Malta also pretty much ends the British chances of getting that NO in the Atlantic.  If they do manage to get it back, the game’s probably lost for the Axis anyway, IMHO.

Always try for Malta with Italy in my games.  Lightly defended, easy to take, really hard to get back (and if England does, they are using a turn for it instead of using troops elsewhere.)

The only problem is that you need a transport. Have a stack of bombers within range makes that hard.

@WILD:

Agreed (see edit).

Again you can make lone SBR runs on W Germany and Paris from London, and return to London (w/o going to Malta). The problem is to bomb W Germany you generally need ftr escorts.

Were are you planning on landing the escorts?
If you have enough bombers escorts are just a luxury.
Example if you have 11-12 bombers bombing western germany, intercepting with 3-4 German fighters that usually sit on western for 2-3 rounds isn’t worth it. You would probably just hope the AA guns would work

@WILD:

First you can make lone bombing runs on both W Germany and Paris from London, then return to London (hitting N Italy doesn’t get you much IMO). So there isn’t a need to fly to Malta and spend income on an air base for a return flight unless you have another motive.

Lone bmr runs on Paris (or N Italy) might be possible w/o escorts, but SBR on W Germany w/o ftr escorts probably isn’t happening too many times as the Germans generally have some ftrs there. I could see a one time shot with both US and UK bombing W Germany if the Luftwaffe is out on a mission, but probably not multiple hits over 2-3 turns (Germans will wise up fast). You need to have have ftrs join your SBR in most cases which is difficult. You need to have already made a landing in Europe/Norway giving you landing places or use a carrier(s) to get ftr and tacs into SBR runs on W Germany.

Hitting Paris and maxing it multiple times with bomers only might be possible because of lack of German air power there. It could be worth it just before a Euro landing to force the Germans to spend some income when setting up defense. SBR on N Italy wouldn’t get you much IMO because the Italians don’t really need that major anyway, they will just produce their 3 units in Rome lol.

On a side note often times the Italians will leave N Italy weak to max def Rome against invasion allowing the UK to easily land in N Italy. But again even if Italy gets it back dropping it to a minor really doesn’t effect Italy much because I’ve never seen the Italians build more then 2-3 units up there lol.

Yeah north Italy isn’t the best target but sometimes they will build mech or tanks to get in to Russia.

@Hunter:

Try to at the minimum tactical bomb the air base on Malta. If you can, have Italy take Malta. In my experience, Malta is important and which side controls it has control of the med. You are right about the bombers retreating to the UK. Also sea-lion is a good idea if all they are doing is building Strategic Bombers and Infantry. Just make sure you can hold London. Just take Malta and your problem is solved(Except for France, can still be hit if Air Base is in Gibralter.

A UK factory in Egypt is probably essential to this plan to hold Malta.
And I actually did not mention what the UK would buy I was thinking that the US save US1 and then drop down a large bomber buy turn 2. The UK would be responsible for holding Malta, making sure London is safe, contributing 1 or 2 bombers per turn. Also if the UK can afford it maybe a sub or two to convoy Italy.

I was thinking of ways to utilize US and UK bombers in the Atlantic when I noticed that you could bomb Western Germany, Northern Italy and France by taking off from UK and landing in Malta. You would have the UK build an Airbase on Malta, and then you could have bombers bombing back and forth from UK to Malta and back bombing three important factories along the way. And it’s not just factories you could hit, any Italian Fleet in 96, or strafe any weak territory making sure that the Axis have to be honest with their defense. If the Germans try to pin you down you just fly back to London where you have a nice infantry shield. You could also target large stacks of German bombers if they are not careful.
Please reply with comments

@MeinHerr:

@RougeOne:

@MeinHerr:

And I did forget one last - but not the least - crucial point , that all the veterens of Axis and Allies Global can attest to……
**Egypt is a victory city!

European victory for Axis hinges on getting London or Egypt  - before  OR after Moscow falls.**

Lots of mediocre players focus on getting to Moscow early…. and they may end up getting it…  but the game is lost by the time they get Egypt…

If Axis bags Egypt early enough, obliterating the standing Allied army there… and getting a mIC in the bargain… even at the cost of 8 planes… they have a high probability of winning the game.

The pressure will be on the US and UK to play very accurately.

Too much US in the Atlantic… Japan could win.

The fall of Egypt , puts inordinate pressure on India and Middle East… that is the unique point of this play.

Every play has its counter… there is no single " silver bullet "  solution…  and iam sure RamRod will also have its counter.

Its a play that , IMHO is still worth playing as it forces Allies to play with little room for error.

Hope folks try it out.

• Ramdas Vaidyanathan  aka Mein Herr

Sorry but I have heard enough of this garbage. Marsh has already proven that you cannot take Egypt without sacrificing all of the German Airforce. And any sane person would choose to have the airforce rather than Egypt. I would gratefully trade Egypt for the luftwaffa and I am sure most people would. You have been proven wrong so at this point the only resin I read this thread is because of your outrageous posts. This debate has already been won by Marsh.

As previously mentioned, planes lost were 3-4. Not all of Luftwaffe.  There is a difference.  A loss of 8 planes is an even trade.

The Option to either go for Egypt or Not , depending on how well it is defended on UK1 , is upto the Axis players.  This should be decided on Italy Turn 1.

If Taranto is not done, as this would have to be the case for the best defense of Egypt, there are lots of things Italy can do…as mentioned in my previous posts… as it has a combined navy to work with… with 2 TRs… that it otherwise would not have.

If Taranto is done, Egypt is in the hands of Axis.

As Italy,  having to choose between having a navy, or having Egypt with a freebie mIC on I-2… the latter is always the better choice.

I thank you for your compliment.  You have seen 2 months of action having joined may 2016.  Do hope in the future you do present your mainstream-acceptable novel ideas to help add new twists to this nice game.

I may have joined in may but even with my limited experience I don’t agree with your strategy. And the strange thing is I actually do enjoy radical strategy’s but your strategy is just a glorified Egypt strafe which has been discussed before. And I have shared my ideas but the only reason there not as popular is because it’s not controversial, most people think it’s ok. You can check out my Allied Strategy thread. Its just basic effective strategy’s that have worked for me.

@MeinHerr:

And I did forget one last - but not the least - crucial point , that all the veterens of Axis and Allies Global can attest to……
**Egypt is a victory city!

European victory for Axis hinges on getting London or Egypt  - before  OR after Moscow falls.**

Lots of mediocre players focus on getting to Moscow early…. and they may end up getting it…  but the game is lost by the time they get Egypt…

If Axis bags Egypt early enough, obliterating the standing Allied army there… and getting a mIC in the bargain… even at the cost of 8 planes… they have a high probability of winning the game.

The pressure will be on the US and UK to play very accurately.

Too much US in the Atlantic… Japan could win.

The fall of Egypt , puts inordinate pressure on India and Middle East… that is the unique point of this play.

Every play has its counter… there is no single " silver bullet "  solution…  and iam sure RamRod will also have its counter.

Its a play that , IMHO is still worth playing as it forces Allies to play with little room for error.

Hope folks try it out.

• Ramdas Vaidyanathan  aka Mein Herr

Sorry but I have heard enough of this garbage. Marsh has already proven that you cannot take Egypt without sacrificing all of the German Airforce. And any sane person would choose to have the airforce rather than Egypt. I would gratefully trade Egypt for the luftwaffa and I am sure most people would. You have been proven wrong so at this point the only resin I read this thread is because of your outrageous posts. This debate has already been won by Marsh.

Lately I have been attempting a KJF strategy but it seems like america can barely do anything against the Japanese until round 5-6 and by that time Japan has enough money to defend itself. How do you successfully do a KJF?

I visited there one month ago. What a beautiful city

@WILD:

RougeOne, most of what you said sounds pretty good, with the exception of UK DOW on Japan UK1 for the reasons others have posted. Having the Russians push into China with fast moving units and air will help the Allies in the Asian land battle. You really want to bulk up def in China, and the Russians could head back once things are stable (try not to get them killed). You might even consider having the Russians (or UK India) send an AA gun into China, but that could be problematic if you can’t get the Siberian AA guns to Moscow in time. You basically want to turn China into a meat grinder to chew up Japanese ground units.

Just as a side note, I like to buy a ftr every other round for the Russians so I can attack any weak spots the Germans might have, or to trade one of the ICs I may have lost w/o losing much of my valuable inf/art. When sending units into China, you have to decide if they stay, or when to bring them back (in time for the Germans). You should also have some UK ftrs on standby to get to Moscow if it is just to stall the Germans for a round or two.

I have DOW on UK2 at times, but only if I can kill a handful of Japanese ground units. This means that the Japanese would have not DOW J1 or J2 (rare these days) and have some units near your front lines like maybe be battling for Yunnan. I will typically buy a couple mech for India on UK1. I like to have a bit of a mobile force so I can move into China w/o being caught on the coast in Burma (easy to Amphib). That way if the Japanese are dragging their feet and didn’t DOW by J2, on UK2 I can use my mech and any inf in Burma/Shan to sweep into Yunnan w/some air power to smack the Japanese stack, or to reinforce it.

I also like that you do the responsible thing and have UK add def to London on the first buy. As you gain more experience you can experiment with that, maybe even bait the Germans into attempting a Sea Lion. Sucker punching Italy UK1 is also good IMO.

Thanks a lot for the help. One of the reasons I buy defense on London UK1 is because it limits Germany’s options. Even if germany never attempts sealion, A nice army of 10-11 infantry on Britain is always a good idea in case you ever need to land units quickly in Europe. Turn one is the only turn I have were I am not building factories or building in factories so that’s when I build my army.

Their is a board game convention in St. George utah Aug 5-7. I will be their along with 1940 Global 2nd. And the best part is the FREE FOOD

@Arthur:

Japan doesn’t have to worry about the United States until round 4 if the UK declares war on turn 1.  Therefore they can have a large force in Kwangsi along with the Navy in the adjacent SZ 36.  With a Naval Base in Hainan, Japan can threaten to use their forces to attack Yunnan, Burma, or India.  The massive airforce adds power to the threats.  At that point the UK will be forced to retreat their forces to India; China will either make a stand at Yunnan to reduce Japanese ground forces or retreat to avoid a massacre.

I have seen times where a UK2 DOW makes sense.  The only way that a UK1 DOW makes sense if Japan had a horrible foray into Russia on J1.  It usually is impossible to have the Allies hold Yunnan on J2.

I didn’t realize the situation with the U.S attacking on turn Four because almost every fame my opponent chooses J1 or J2 so maybe I should change. Thanks for helping with my strategy. I am still a new player and I would appreciate it if you helped out my strategy in any way you can.

NOTE Not every game I will just this strategy but this is my go to for turn one.

Russia
Buy 5 inf 2 art 1 tank 2 mech
Declare war on Japan
Move forces towards western Ukraine and Beralus
Move 115 ships to 116
Move sub from 127 to 112
Move the vyborg and karelian men to Leningrad
Move fighter and/or tactical from Moscow to Yunan
Move tank and mech from Volgograd to sikang
Move the Eastern army back one space except for the troops in buryatia
Place 2 inf and 1 art in Leningrad and Ukraine put the rest in Moscow
Philosophy: help China kill Japan with the other Allies while stalling and strafing the Germans

USA
If not in war then place 2 carriers and a battleship if I am in the war place 1 carrier, 1 bomber, 1 destroyer, 1 sub 1 transport and one 1 inf
Move forces close to Japan
Place everything in western Germany
Philosophy, KJF then swing around with all the allies towards Germany

China
Save money
Take back Burma Road if it Japanese take it
move forces towards Yunan 
Philosophy: Annoy Japan

U.K
Buy 6 inf 1 fighter and 3 inf 2 artillery
Declare war on Japan
Do the taranto raid
Ethiopia attack
Mop up the  German battleship if still alive
Move Canadians over if possible
Pull the men in Alexandria back
Move the south Africans up
Walk into eastern Persia
Move Indians towards Yunan
Place everything in the major factories
Philosophy: Beat up Italy first while preventing sea lion
Philosophy: fortify China with the Indians

Anzac
Buy 1 inf 1 transport
If J1 then take DNG If not at war then take java
Move planes to Sydney move ships to 54

France
Move Syrian dude towards Cairo along with the west African
Move the destroyer in 72 to 81
Philosophy do what you can to be a road bump with your dead carcass some call a country

@Leatherneckinlv:

Would you play in Las Vegas? I am a huge fan of global 36 from HBG as well….some kinks in the game that need to be ironed out

Maybe

@Wolfshanze:

I don’t suppose you’d pay a visit to Pensacola, Florida?  Lolz… all my opponents vanished for the summer… I’m staring at a very cool set of modified maps and extra unit bins and nobody to play against!

I wish

I was just looking at the board and I noticed that Greece is Prime Real Estate for the allies. It borders three sea zones has a built in garrison, an IC can be built there, fighters can reach moscow, bombers can reach london, if you are planning to take Spain you are poised to take turkey not to mention you can protect three seazones with an airbase. The only problem would be holding it. Thoughts?