CAN GERMANY WIN?????????

I don’t think that Germany is overpowered in the game, I was just pointing out that they have a very large military buildup at the begginning of the game. They clearly need this in order take advantage of early game action. However, anyone who plays the Allies correctly should have a very good advantage against Germany starting in mid game.

Yes, a Stalingrad expansion would be sweet.

You can prevent the Allies from strongly reinforcing Russia with fighters by threatening Vyborg and Leningrad early.  The only efficient way for the Allies to get fighters to Russia is through Leningrad, a distance of 4 from UK.  Fighters built in the US on turn 1 land in UK on turn 2 and Leningrad in turn 3.  They then join the Russian stack in Belorussia on turn 4.  You have until then to make sure you have enough forces forward to ensure that the Russians can’t stand in Belorussia even with all the extra fighters.  Further, funnelling fighters through Leningrad means the Allies have to divert ground units from Belorussia to prevent everything from being lost.  If so, the German player gets to choose which battle to fight, Leningrad or Belorussia.

The other thing you can do is try to get the Allied player to divert fighters to the Battle of the Atlantic by using you subs in sea zones where it disrupts the flow of fighters to Leningrad.

If the Allied player has been able to get 7 or 8 extra fighters to Russia by turn 3 or 4, Germany is probably doomed, so a combination of pressure and diversion usually prevents the fighter build up.

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Game History

Round :1

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 3 artillerys and 4 infantry; 0 PUs remaining

Combat Move - Russians
            1 armour and 3 infantry moved from Archangel to West Russia
            2 armour, 1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Russia to West Russia
            1 infantry moved from Karelia S.S.R. to Archangel
            2 infantry moved from Karelia S.S.R. to West Russia
            1 fighter moved from Karelia S.S.R. to West Russia
            1 fighter moved from Russia to West Russia
            1 armour and 1 artillery moved from Caucasus to West Russia
            2 infantry moved from Kazakh S.S.R. to Caucasus
            1 infantry moved from Caucasus to West Russia
            2 infantry moved from Novosibirsk to Russia
            2 infantry moved from Evenki National Okrug to Russia
            2 infantry moved from Yakut S.S.R. to Buryatia S.S.R.
            1 infantry moved from Soviet Far East to Buryatia S.S.R.
            1 submarine moved from 4 Sea Zone to 2 Sea Zone

Combat - Russians
            Battle in West Russia
                Russians attack with 4 armour, 2 artillerys, 2 fighters and 9 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 armour, 1 artillery and 3 infantry
                    Russians roll dice for 4 armour, 2 artillerys, 2 fighters and 9 infantry in West Russia, round 1 :  4/17 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery and 3 infantry in West Russia, round 1 :  4/5 hits
                    4 infantry owned by the Russians , 3 infantry owned by the Germans and 1 artillery owned by the Germans lost in West Russia
                    Russians roll dice for 4 armour, 2 artillerys, 2 fighters and 5 infantry in West Russia, round 2 :  6/13 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 armour in West Russia, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    1 armour owned by the Germans lost in West Russia
                Russians win, taking West Russia from Germans with 4 armour, 2 artillerys, 2 fighters and 5 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Germans: 1 armour, 1 artillery and 3 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 4 infantry

Non Combat Move - Russians
            1 aaGun moved from Russia to West Russia
            1 fighter moved from West Russia to Caucasus
            1 fighter moved from West Russia to Caucasus

Place Units - Russians
            2 artillerys and 2 infantry placed in Caucasus
            1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in Russia

Turn Complete - Russians
            Russians collect 26 PUs; end with 26 PUs total

Territory Summary for Russians :

Soviet Far East : 1 infantry
    Archangel : 1 infantry
    Caucasus : 1 aaGun, 2 artillerys, 1 factory, 2 fighters and 6 infantry
    West Russia : 1 flag, 1 aaGun, 4 armour, 2 artillerys and 5 infantry
    Buryatia S.S.R. : 5 infantry
    Russia : 1 artillery, 1 factory and 6 infantry
    2 Sea Zone : 1 submarine

Production/PUs Summary :

Russians : 26 / 26
    Germans : 38 / 40
    British : 30 / 30
    Japanese : 30 / 30
    Americans : 42 / 42

A&A Forum : http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=1987.7#msg32241

The most effective way I have found to defeat Germany is to build only bombers every turn with the USA and bomb them arround the clock. Also land US infantry in morocco on turn 1. Make artillery with Russia instead of infantry because you already have plenty of those and having massive numbers of 2’s is better than 1’s in a counter attack.

I’d like to try the free for all rules. It sounds very cool :P

if the allies don’t start building transports then germany has no pressure on the fatherland and can build a 10 turn stack if he wants. Transports are needed even if you never invade france so that germany stops building men and builds tanks. at that point you know how many turns it is to moscow, and you can transport into leningrad, convert, and be ready for the belocounter

sorry for runons I hope this helps

way to much fun for me :D