Thanks for the advice! Yeah, I really messed up on those British and French bids.
Thanks for the advice regarding the other bid purchases.
Help with Overarching Axis Strategy (Ge, Ja, + It)
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Hello all. I’m pretty new to Axis and Allies, I’ve played 1942 a couple of times but want to get into Global 1940 more now. I’m mainly focusing on playing Axis currently because I feel like I learn more about the game when having an aggressive playstyle and the Axis benefit more from that style of play. I mainly have played Japan though I do want to learn more about Germany and Italy as well. I’ve done some research about each one individually, but something that I’ve found is the conflicting interests of certain strategies.
For example, my preferred strategy as Japan currently is to launch a strong J1 attack against all of China, Britain, ANZAC, and the Americans in one big fell swoop, with follow up turns focusing on the money islands, finishing China, pushing to Calcutta, and keeping the Americans at bay with the Japanese Pacific Fleet. However, when researching for Germany I’ve heard that Japan declaring on the US on J1 puts Germany in a worse position, especially for German strategies like Barbarossa. So with these conflicting interests in mind, I’m left wondering whether going in on the US during J1 is really the best/most optimal move from a wholistic perspective from the Axis.
So, looking at the Axis side in a wholistic perspective, are there general guidelines that certain players might want to keep in mind that doesn’t affect them directly but might adversely affect the rest of the Axis? Or should each sort of focus on their own goals and just use the Allied response as a guidepost rather than what their partner(s) are doing?
Of course Italy and Germany have to work a bit closer together than Japan does with either, but I’m just asking from a zoomed out perspective what should the Axis side be focusing on as a team.
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@Krameleon Hello, and welcome to the forum! There are two very good strategy guides that have been sticky’ed related to German and Japanese strategies. They are somewhat old, but the basic battle plans and strategies explain much of what the Axis needs to do in the first several rounds. Italy is mostly a minor player, and so gets wrapped into the overall German strategy, i.e., its goals are designed to support rapid German advance.
https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/19929/germany-playbook-overall-strategy-guide/237
https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/17005/the-japan-playbook/354Good luck.
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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.
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