Thanks for the reply.

A follow up… if I have a bunch of fighters in an adjacent land zone to the SZ where the transports are, it appears that those fighters cannot help defend the transports (and would require a destoyer to do so anyways) in the sea zone.

ALso having an aircraft carrier with 2 fighters (34 IPC!) seems like a huge investment, would 4 Destroyers be better?  Just curious… 

thx
-Martin

I agree that A&A 1942 is a super fun game.  We’re still figuring out how to beat the Axis (don’t worry we will with all the Allied Strategy I’ve been able to dig up from this forum).

I also bought Dad the HUGE Pacific 1940 edition.

The only regret I’ll have with selling the old boardmaster edition is the lack of technology tree in A&A 1942.  How much fun& strategy  does the technology provide?  Do you think they’ll add it back to the A&A Global 1940 edition.

Also the board is sooo darn tiny, thanks to the other posters for making a bigger and more readable board!

BTW thanks for the welcoming words, this seems like a great forum you have here.

thx
-Martman

Hey folks,

Another question on transports… I find shuttling troops around with transports to be a very dicey affair.  I’ve seen a few cases where I send out 2 or 3 transports with a Cruiser or Battleship (haven’t had a chance to build a Destroyer in the first turn) and then 3 or so German u-boats sink the  BB or Cruiser and then destroy all the transports at a great loss of IPC.

From this I’m taking the strategy that you need to escort every 2 transports with 1 Destroyer to counter the sub threat.  Other thoughts and or strategies for effective transport protection?

thx
-Martman

Hey folks,

So my father got me a copy of A&A 1942: Spring recently y and we’ve been playing it avidly since.  Upon receiving the game it sparked some old memories and I dug around in my closet and found a mint, un-punched 1987 2nd Gamemaster edition which I’ve never played… now my dilemma… do I keep playing the 1942 spring edition and sell the 1987 edition, or open up the 1987 edition of A&A?

Sincerely
-Martman