@aadudecphdk1981

On Amazon UK, I was able to find the game sealed and shrink wrapped for only 130 pounds! This is compared to the normal (rounded up) 500 US dollar price on Ebay-I was able to ship it to a friend’s house in Scotland and from there sent to my place. Unfortunately that was the last copy, so I can’t help anyone else with this-still, keep looking and you should be able to find it eventually! It took me a long time, but I was able to find it!

@witt

I believe that they could have captured Tripoli-however, if Germany launched an all out Mediterranean campaign instead of Barbarossa, Germany would have been able to regain the initiative due to possibly an entire Panzer Army being sent to Libya, or if not possible, Tunisia (historically, Germany made quite good negotiations with Vichy France to get them to join the war on the Axis side, which only stopped after the failure of talks with Spain), crossing the Mareth Line. In the end, Germany would have won especially as they would not have needed to invade Crete (if the British did not move troops to Greece, they wouldn’t garrison men off Crete), allowing for an assault on Malta, and Hitler, summoning all of his “diplomatic strength”, would convince Franco to invade Gibraltar. In the end, the Suez would have fallen. And if the Panzer Army couldn’t reach Cairo, Hitler would also have been able to convince Turkey to join the Axis, or invade Cyprus, which either way, would allow Germany to move into Syria and Iraq, driving from the east to the Suez.

I’m so happy. I voted Stalingrad, but still we are getting a new Axis and Allies game. I’m sure Larry Harris passed the torch well. I hope that this community will like this game, and it won’t be controversial.

@kaleu

This is all true.

Firstly, it’s possible that Hitler could have restrained himself for the moment and go against the Mediterranean, a decision support by Raeder and Goring.

Secondly, the main reason Franco was so toxic was that before Hitler’s meeting with Franco, he sent Wilhelm Canaris, a secret member of the German resistance movement, to negotiate with Franco, and Canaris said that he though that Germany was going to lose the war and Hitler was planning to move to the east (it’s said that Hitler was actually going back and forth between the Mediterranean and the Soviet Union). If Hitler really committed to it, he would have been more forceful, and Franco would have relented, especially if the Battle Of Britain had not concluded yet. If Vichy France entered the war, Hitler might have been able to mediate between it, Italy, and Spain about North Africa.

Finally, a similar situation could have appeared with Turkey, where if Hitler really did everything possible to convince them, it might have worked out. If it didn’t, Germany could use their paratroopers (as they would not be beaten up at Crete, due to the British heading for Tripoli) to possibly take Cyprus, depending on the result of an airborne invasion of Malta. Due to no British intervention in Greece, there would have been no disaster at Cape Matapan, and Italy’s navy, along with a Luftwaffe not burdened with commitments on the Eastern Front, could have swept the waters around Cyprus (as likely as not), and launch an amphibious invasion if paratroopers alone can’t cut it. If Cyprus is taken, a leap into Vichy French Syria would be in order. From there, Germany can launch a massive offensive against the Suez Canal, which Britain cannot hold with an attack on two fronts. Additionally, Germany will have support from Iraq, which won’t be destroyed with direct aid from Germany and Italy.

@nolimit

I also have an idea for another Soviet national objective:

5 IPCs if the Soviet Union controls 6 Chinese territories. Theme: aid to the Chinese communists and establishment of a Communist Chinese government.

@The_Good_Captain

Yep. Along with discussions of how many men a unit represents.

@dsumner

As someone who’s never seen a Global War game before, this is a historian’s dream! Poland is so detailed! Railroads! Are those sea lanes I see? Jungles? Even mountains that aren’t the Himalayas!

Have you ever heard of the book called If The Allies Had Fallen? It examines many what ifs of World War 2, with all of them very grounded in reality. A lot of the chapters are written very differently, from basically scholarly analysis to what the history books would have said had the timeline changed in the way described. If you had read the book, what do you think? Thank you!

@nolimit

Oops, sorry! My mistake…

The reason I hoped to do 15 victory cities is that the Axis will have to build up a big navy, instead of just doing an all continental assault, perhaps we can make it a 13 victory cities required win, as that will require at least an Operation Sealion which, without a Japanese navy to worry about, the Americans and British can completely focus on the Atlantic, which will lead to epic naval battles.

I think you should make so if China has all it’s territories captured, and the Allies control Africa (excluding strict neutrals), that combined, should be a substitute for capturing an Axis capital-it still won’t be an easy fight.

Another insane idea that I have for you is to have the US join the Axis-how you will balance this is your choice (also, please tell me how many rounds it will take for the Axis to win with only the US with the Axis).

@Krameleon

Welcome!

One thing to keep in mind is that the Axis only need to win on one side of the board.

This means, that if a Japanese strategy is good enough, even if Germany gets their butt kicked the Axis might still be able to win if Germany buys enough time for Japan to win.

It’s still risky, of course, as an increase in IPCs on the Europe board can translate to an increase in units in the Pacific, but it’s an option and a far more viable one than the equal version for the Allies.

Personally I’m not a fan of J1 or G1, but that is more out of principle than practicality.

I found this cool J1 video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRi3aIsj8P8

Important note about this video:

There are some astericks in the video, and it is not explained what they mean. I have gotten information from the maker of the video what they are, however.

The only thing that can/will stop this J1 attack is if the Soviets stacked all 18 infantry in Amur.

In that case, both I and the maker of the video strongly advise not to do this strategy (I learned this the hard way, trust me, it’s painful to watch). I recommend, if the Soviets declared war, to attack that stack. Air units, landing back, can defend Jehol and Manchuria from the Mongolians.

@Arthur-Bomber-Harris

My next game as the Allies I’ll have a 14 IPC bid. Hopefully even without an artillery in the Far East the fighter and infantry purchase will work.

@AndrewAAGamer

Agreed. Perhaps you can add that to your warfare principles. From personal experience (I don’t play with bids so can’t comment on the beefed up version) I can say that if the Soviets intervene heavily in China, Japan is definitely at risk of losing their ground on the continent (doubly so if the UK intervenes early).

I’ll definitely try this strategy.

@Cornwallis

I can agree that the US splitting their forces doesn’t really work. Not sure who the overall question was for, or if it was for the whole group.

@jacobgeo24

No worries. I look forward to your gsme reports.

@Aymes

Assuming you’re serious:

Well, it’s an AI’s (one who frequently gets a lot of the finer details of more obscure stuff like Axis and Allies wrong) word against, you know, the actual rules.

In other words, yeah, the manual’s right.

@Panther @Krieghund I’m correct, right?

@gazza

You do need to make a new post in the “Platy Boardgames” subsection.

@The_Good_Captain

UK Turn 2 Complete 1914 Game 8.tsvg

@The_Good_Captain

Game History

Round: 2

    Puchase Units - British
        British buy 2 artilleries and 8 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - British
        2 artilleries and 3 infantry moved from Afghanistan to Persia
        3 artilleries, 1 fighter and 4 infantry moved from India to Persia
        1 cruiser moved from SZ 19 to SZ 17
        1 infantry moved from Portuguese East Africa to Rhodesia
        3 infantry moved from German East Africa to Rhodesia
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to Rhodesia
        1 battleship and 1 transport moved from SZ 26 to SZ 28
        1 infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Belgian Congo
              British take Belgian Congo from Germans
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Egypt
        2 infantry moved from Egypt to SZ 17
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from SZ 17 to SZ 16
        2 infantry moved from SZ 16 to Spanish Morocco
              British take Spanish Morocco from Neutral_True
        1 cruiser moved from SZ 17 to SZ 14

    Combat - British
        British creates battle in territory SZ 18
        Battle in Persia
            British attack with 5 artilleries, 1 fighter and 7 infantry
            Neutral_True defend with 1 artillery and 3 infantry
                British roll dice for 5 artilleries, 1 fighter and 7 infantry in Persia, round 2 : 8/13 hits, 6.83 expected hits
                Neutral_True roll dice for 1 artillery and 3 infantry in Persia, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 2.00 expected hits
                3 infantry owned by the Neutral_True, 1 infantry owned by the British and 1 artillery owned by the Neutral_True lost in Persia
            British win, taking Persia from Neutral_True with 5 artilleries, 1 fighter and 6 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 10
            Casualties for British: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Neutral_True: 1 artillery and 3 infantry

    Combat Move - British
        2 infantry moved from London to Yorkshire

    Place Units - British
        2 artilleries and 8 infantry placed in India

    Turn Complete - British
        British collect 36 PUs; end with 36 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Neutral_True regular : -1.00
British regular : 1.17

@The_Good_Captain

Game History

Round: 2

    Puchase Units - French
        French buy 8 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - French
        2 artilleries and 6 infantry moved from Picardy to Belgium
              French take Belgium from Germans
        6 artilleries, 1 fighter and 18 infantry moved from Lorraine to Belgium
        2 infantry moved from Burgundy to Piedmont
        8 infantry moved from Paris to Picardy
        1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 3 transports moved from SZ 2 to SZ 14
        2 infantry moved from Morocco to SZ 14
        2 infantry moved from SZ 14 to Portugal
              French take Portugal from Neutral_Allied
        1 infantry moved from Libya to Egypt
        1 battleship moved from SZ 17 to SZ 14

    Combat - French

    Combat Move - French

    Place Units - French
        8 infantry placed in Paris

    Turn Complete - French
        French collect 28 PUs; end with 28 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

@gazza

Thank you. Do you need mine?