From my experience, I don’t think the rulebook is very overwhelming. I started playing Axis and Allies a few years back when I entered the 7th grade and didn’t feel intimidated by the rule book. That being said, there were still some obscure technicalities that my father and I didn’t understand. However, as long as you have ONE experienced person playing, then you should easily be able to help guide the others. Learning the gameplay is very easy. Learning tactics and strategy is what will take time. As an experienced player trying to get a newbie interested, I advise you to not kick their teeth in the first game. Try some fun new strategies that normally wouldn’t work against an experienced player and just play a very casual game while the others get into the motions. After a few games, everyone should be on the same level.

Has anyone painted their early war Russians yet? I’d very much like to see some paint schemes for those.

So my latest strategy with the Allies was highly experimental but successful. First off, let me say that many house rules were used. We’ve never used house rules before, so we just recently began the journey of spicing up the game. The most notable house rules we used in this game were the Neutral Block rule, transport trucks, transport planes, and a Generals rule (Japan, Germany, U.S. , Russia, and U.K. each get randomly selected commanders with different perks) Now, onto the strategy that I call “Operation Roaring Bear”: At the beginning of the game, I sent 2 Russian infantry south. Britain bombed out Iraq, so Russia marched one man into Persia and Iraq at the same time. In Africa, the U.K. used aircraft to destroy the Italians without taking their territory. Russia was able to take all those normally useless Italian territories and turn them into sweet sweet 3ipc bonuses a piece. At the same time, 1 Russian infantry boarded a British transport and sailed to Brazil. The Americans used a handful of heavy bombers to destroy all the South American armies, and the Russians collected a nice chunk of change. It was pretty hilarious to have Moscow entirely surrounded and still collect enough money for 10-12 infantry per turn. Then after the Germans failed to take the city, the Russians steamrolled across Europe.

What are some of the craziest, out of the box, and/or most unusual strategies that you’ve tried? Was it successful? I’d like to have a fun chat with some fellow risk takers about crazy Axis and Allies hi-jinks. Don’t forget to mention any houserules you used in your game that had a big impact on said strategy.

My craziest game was actually on A&A50. I was Axis, Germany and Italy were both defeated, but Japan conquered Moscow, at least half of Africa, all of America, and was poised to strike London in 2 turns. Allies surrendered  :-D

Sacking Washington is always something to be proud of  :-D it’s only gotten more difficult with the rule changes.

I’m in a game right now as the allies, and Soviets have taken Iraq, Persia, Brazil, and DEI  :lol: Axis player refuses to see the writing on the wall though, so I’ll have to teach him to read  :evil:

The title says it all folks. I was playing my best friend in yet another game of Global. He was actually playing my father, who surrendered, but out of pride or smugness, I took a look at the board and told the Axis player I bet I could beat him if I took over my father’s situation. It was pretty bleak, as the Axis were winning on all fronts and the Allied forces were displaced and could not muster an immediate offensive. And I’m proud to say, that after 2 more days of hard playing, the Axis surrendered  :-D Anyway, this got me thinking; what are some of your guy’s come from behind victory stories? I find turning a sure loss into a definitive win to be more exciting than just a straight blow out from the beginning and I’d like to hear some of the awesome stories you vet players could tell.

I’d like to add to this. Does a sub also count as an escort? I always assumed an escort had to be a surface warship. But if that’s not the case, then I can utilize this in the future.

I think noncombat would be the best way to utilize this. Can’t think of a specific example at this exact moment, but something along the lines of linking up some land based planes to merge into a carrier task force.