Allied Playbook - G40 Collection of Essays - Compiled by jacobgeo24 Nov 18-19 2023

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Very nice. I hope this is pinned.

@Cornwallis said in Allied Playbook - G40 Collection of Essays - Compiled by jacobgeo24 Nov 18-19 2023:

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https://youtu.be/htJEztSxmo8?si=pdWd1Bt5-ndgHJLX

This is something i try sometimes and works pretty good

Took a look. I liked it. Not as much as Gibastion. Gibastion has the advantage of being anti-Sealion. However, if I saw a three plane purchase, I would give it a go! I think I would land the planes in Malta. Be a piece or two down and put the fear of God in them if they divided their navy. Does that make sense?

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Yes. @Panther thoughts?

Also, as someone who’s looking for new Allied strategies to test, how should I incorporate this into my personal game (I’m playing against myself). I don’t feel like reading almost 50 pages or testing 10 different openers.

In other words, how can I come up with one good Allied strategy for my planned Axis moves (doesn’t matter what they are, but I do know them) for one game only? Thank you!

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Phew. Glad I’m not the only one who didn’t. Always feels awkward when you’re the only one who didn’t read everything.

I’ll probably just do the first article’s ideas. They have my head full enough already. 👍👍

@crockett36 said in Allied Playbook - G40 Collection of Essays - Compiled by jacobgeo24 Nov 18-19 2023:

@Cornwallis said in Allied Playbook - G40 Collection of Essays - Compiled by jacobgeo24 Nov 18-19 2023:

@jacobgeo24
https://youtu.be/htJEztSxmo8?si=pdWd1Bt5-ndgHJLX

This is something i try sometimes and works pretty good

Took a look. I liked it. Not as much as Gibastion. Gibastion has the advantage of being anti-Sealion. However, if I saw a three plane purchase, I would give it a go! I think I would land the planes in Malta. Be a piece or two down and put the fear of God in them if they divided their navy. Does that make sense?

It would be too close without the planes in Alexandria.

I think I would skip 106 and send the destroyer to 92.

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Agreed (and success, you got pinned).

@jacobgeo24 You are welcome. Thanks for your efforts.

@crockett36
I´ve tried the gibastion before but then italy gets a good chance of taking the NO in the middle east (landing 2 tpt in syria). Or even egypt on I2.
Plus you can´t unite the UK fleet with the Pac fleet.
My goal is to built and hold a minor in egypt UK1.
The gibastion is vulnerable too bc you need to stack Algeria to prevent italy from taking it.
In my plan you need the UK fightrrs on Alexandria to pair up with the Italian troops in Tobruk plus their airforce. If you land them at Malta they get a fair chance of destroying alexandria.

@Cornwallis without an Allied bid, I view Gibastion as too risky. Something goes wrong and Egypt will fall. Game over.

I also think a factory in Egypt on UK1 would trigger Sealion assuming average dice rolls on first turn. If the money isn’t being spent in London, the Axis needs to punish the bold/foolish decision.

@Arthur-Bomber-Harris i´m not a fan either. Watch my video here above.
Not doing taranto keeps 2 extra fighters on London. A buy of 5 inf there (plus the minor) is even strenger than the 6ind and fighter standard by.
The opening is not as aggresive as taranto but consolidates the forces for a strike on UK2 or 3.

@Cornwallis so many questions? In the video, you did not appear to be English. So why Cornwallis?

Seriously though, I don’t know why I have to garrison Algeria, Algerian snake? German planes land there. There’s an effect to all of that. The loss of a substantial part of the German Air Force. The more likely scenario is a one two with the Italian navy taking the lead. This inadvertently saves Egypt.

As I said I will be giving it a try, minus 106.

@Arthur-Bomber-Harris said in Allied Playbook - G40 Collection of Essays - Compiled by jacobgeo24 Nov 18-19 2023:

@Cornwallis without an Allied bid, I view Gibastion as too risky. Something goes wrong and Egypt will fall. Game over.

I also think a factory in Egypt on UK1 would trigger Sealion assuming average dice rolls on first turn. If the money isn’t being spent in London, the Axis needs to punish the bold/foolish decision.

I wonder if you have a WAG as to how often things go wrong. Could you elaborate? If you mean dice rolls, could we consider this like Paris for the Germans? Every time that happens, everyone seems fine with a restart! No harm, no foul.

What bid items would entice you to do Gibastion? I consider it analogous to Malaya for the Japanese! A nice forking move. But I am open to change. And operation ricochet is all about surviving to turn 5.

@crockett36 at the very least, I like having a Scottish fighter to keep one of the UK fleets alive. An extra art in Africa goes a long way to destroying the Italians in the horn. Finally, an extra UK Sub or two is invaluable in cleaning up the sea zones on UK1. Hence 20-26 PU bid spent for UK sets the up well for doing Gibastion.

I think the oob side of this site ought to reset zero to the bid of the previous year’s tournament champion. Who’s with me?