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Triple A has had time to work out bugs/kinks, as well as having all game versions.

To me, the # of games available + the AI are most important.

@taamvan said in Gen Con 2019 (Aug. 1-4):

Zombie First Day are sold out I bought in Friday 1400H. 4 day Badges are likely to sell out as the total attendee cap has been reached as a practical matter ~62000

Yeah, they sold out 2 years ago too. I got the “near sellout” email from gencon.

I hope to see many of you at Gencon.

@taamvan

Perhaps at Gencon then. Hope there is one.

@surfer

London is toast is this scenario. The allies are toast too, because after the Germans do drop transports the Japanese will take the mic you built for them. The USA will have to try to save London which is great for the Japanese.

I’m not saying a middle earth strategy cant work but this is far too aggressive. And you are not utilizing the infrastructure you already have in SA which you can transport up to the middle east.

I’m not a fan of sea lion but I would happily do so if I saw you making those purchases.

@thedesertfox said in UK Strategy -"Middle Earth":

@squirecam

Pretty much. I dont think it gets simpler than that. Either Axis power has the ability to make the US pay consequentially for choosing one side of the board over the other.

I stated earlier that having assumed Japan takes Calcutta as well as the other cities of course, all that’s left is taking Honolulu or Sydney to which the Americans by GHG’s standard will have been building mostly everything in the Atlantic. yes I know he says to also shuck units back and forward into Hawaii but that’s what the Pearl Harbor attack is for.

You don’t even need to attack. Just build for a J2 attack and stack everything in Carolines that can reach. USA cant stack Hawaii because they will get destroyed. If USA doesnt build in the Pacific they get destroyed J2 or J3.

Just eliminate this whole floating bridge stuff right from the get go.

@jonahawesome said in Global war 1940:

I just started playing Axis and allies 1940 with 6 peoples . Where do I start implementing the more complicated rules of the game and house rules after we got the basics down like phases/ fighting units

I would avoid making any house rules until your group is familiar with the base game and how it plays.

AA50 with 42 start and without NO’s is the most balanced version. Bids are usually a single unit.

@the_good_captain said in National Objectives vs balance:

Question for serious players of Anniversary:

Do you play with NOs? If you do what is the bid like?

I have found it pretty heavily in favor of the axis so generally leave this optional rule to the side but am still curious.

I play 42 no Objectives no tech and interceptor rule because it’s balanced. Playing with the NO would require a large bid.

@barnee said in Watching/Playing:

Hi @sonjingohan you can watch live games on the triplea lobby. You can also DL league games and then go through them at your leisure. https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/17147/gargantua-s-k-i-s-s-triplea-instructions

Some people play on you tube as well. You could try a you tube search here for more info.

The youtube links are just snapshots in time though. The only time ive seen live play is when Dave streamed his games at Gencon.

@jonahawesome said in Global war 1940:

I just started playing Axis and allies 1940 with 6 peoples . Where do I start implementing the more complicated rules of the game and house rules after we got the basics down like phases/ fighting units

I would avoid making any house rules until your group is familiar with the base game and how it plays.

@the_good_captain said in Anniversary Errata Optional Rule: Escorts and Interceptors:

@cernel I played three games against forum members that made a point to do this as Germany while I was the allies. After the final repetition and significant impact from the aforementioned, I had to insist on Escorts and Interceptors.

I consider it less significant than the USA bomber strategy but I’m confident enough to make it an axiom of my own axis strategy …and share it in a video, obviously.

The escort and interceptor rule is required for a fair game IMHO. Moreover, no bombing strategy succeeded in eliminating a country’s ability to build tanks and weapons during ww2, and certainly not without getting through fighter screens first.

@hauckra said in Cincinnati and Surrounding area (Ohio):

I too, would have attended that had I known it was going on.

There will be events at gencon in Indianapolis in September and the gathering will return in Spring of 2022. I’d go to the site and get on the mailing list for the future event details.

You guys just missed the spring gathering close by. But there are many players in ohio and N KY.

http://www.headlesshorseman2.com/spring-gathering.html

@surfer said in Italy and Anzac Strategies?:

Gibbastion is not so easily dismissed.

I can’t find the original post (i.e. I cannot take credit for this), and some of the details may be off due to my poor memory, but a very effective way to reinforcing SZ92 on UK1 that prevents Italian and German counter-attack is to reinforce Algeria + DD blocker in SZ94. The airbase in Gibraltar UK1 becomes optional, if S. France is not taken on G1, but probably a good idea for max insurance (detailed below)

UK1 attacks SZ96 with tac+ftr+DD–but DD cannot die.
Hold Egypt with max land units. Consider sending mech to Syria to ensure French inf remains viable, if Vichy is in play.

The DD + french units prevent Italy from sending anything besides aircraft against UK fleet (which presumably consists of 1 CV, 2 CA, 1 DD (from SZ109), 1 tac, 1 ftr–after typical German attack on SZ110)

Algeria has 1 French inf + 1 UK inf + AA from Malta + 2 inf from Scotland + 3 ftrs from UK.

Italy can

1. suicide 2 ftr + sb against fleet – assuming as @squirecam says, Germany takes S. France–but Vichy is off table. But nothing much is gained, UK would have bought an airbase in Gibraltar (as mentioned above), so the CV can take a hit and the DD + possibly tac if necessary. The Luftwaffe can’t really retaliate without Algeria. 2 sb (W. Ger) + 1 ftr (in S. Italy after G1 to “defend” Taranto).

2. attack on Algeria-- with 2 transports (2 inf + 1 art + 1 tank) + 1 sb + 2ftr at 15%. That pesky DD prevents the Naval bombard that would be devastating.

3. Attack Egypt which has 5 inf + 1 tank + 2 art + probably 1 mech since Vichy off table vs (2 inf + 1 art + 1 tank) + 1 sb + 3 bombard attacks ~ 10% attack.

Once, UK gets past the first round, the fleet can escape to the Atlantic if necessary to wait for the US to join the battle. Ftrs can go to Egypt to defend, and a factory can be built in Egypt to ensure the near term survival.

Look at the YG YouTube I posted above. Italy has odds on Algeria and UK is in trouble after round one. I don’t think it’s as easy as you make it sound.

@barnee said in Italy and Anzac Strategies?:

@anzacguy said in Italy and Anzac Strategies?:

@surfer I have never heard of the Gibraltar Defense(I am a new player). Could you explain the strategy behind it?

it’s discussed here https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/33835/why-is-taranto-raid-so-popular/30?page=2

some top players talk about it

And it doesn’t work. Because Germany should always take Southern France and Italy should either attack with a German follow up or take Algeria and let the Germans attack first.

@anzacguy said in Italy and Anzac Strategies?:

@surfer I have never heard of the Gibraltar Defense(I am a new player). Could you explain the strategy behind it?

You dont attack the IT fleet but instead sit your fleet by Gibraltar.

Look on youtube for Young Grasshoppers video where he is playing a solo game. It didnt work and UK is in trouble because of it.

https://youtu.be/JW7xMjGuLM0

@marshmallowofwar said in Italy and Anzac Strategies?:

@anzacguy That is a big question in a little sentence. I will try to answer as concisely as possible, but it is impossible to answer in specifics.

First, Italy.

Italy is the only Axis power that depends totally on the actions of the Allies to decide its course of action. If the UK does things right, Italy has very limited options.

Assuming the UK does things right, Italy can and should provide ground forces to free up German resources for the destruction of Russia. After defending itself, Italy should position itself to help with the defense of West Germany, Southern France, and Normandy (assuming Germany or Italy was dumb enough to take Normandy).

I disagree with this. If Italy is being threatened by the allies early then Germany and Japan are not doing their jobs properly. Japan can and should force the USA to build in the pacific or risk losing the game outright.

Also, giving up free income in France is a bad idea.

TripleA Turn Summary: Chinese round 5

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3, version: 3.3.0

Game History

Round: 5

    Purchase Units - Chinese
        Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed
        Chinese buy 1 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Chinese
        14 infantry moved from Kansu to Suiyuyan

    Combat - Chinese
        Battle in Suiyuyan
            Chinese attack with 14 infantry
            Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                Chinese roll dice for 14 infantry in Suiyuyan, round 2 : 4/14 hits, 2.33 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Suiyuyan, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Japanese and 1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Suiyuyan
            Chinese win, taking Suiyuyan from Japanese with 13 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
            Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Chinese

    Place Units - Chinese
        1 infantry placed in Suiyuyan

    Turn Complete - Chinese
        Chinese collect 2 PUs; end with 2 PUs
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Chinese from Burma: 1 fighter
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Chinese to Burma: 1 fighter
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Chinese regular : 1.67
Japanese regular : 0.67

Savegame

@feltmarskal

I’ll open it later and see if it happens to my computer too