Hello everyone, this Friday, my friends and I are getting together and having another tournament. It has been a long time since we have done this, since December 15th in fact, because we all have been busy with high school and things like that. Finally, this Presidents day weekend, we all have a long time off from school and are getting together for another game of Axis and Allies. We are planning on playing many games over the whole weekend from Friday to Sunday, and it will be a great time. I am very much looking forward to it.
This time, I am taking the Axis in a OOB game of G40. If you may recall, last time I took the Allies in OOB so I am a bit rusty with the Axis but I have been making general opening plans for my game. I am taking on both of my friends who are playing the Allies in a 2 v 1 matchup.
For Germany, I am employing a common strategy that I have come up with that has shown great success in past games and mirrors other common Germany opening strategies. I will take out Paris with all that can reach, attack the 110 and 111 fleets with allocations of forces taking a full scramble in each into account, taking a shot at 106, and sending an attack into Yugoslavia.
My aim is to attack Russia on a G3 and I am to have between 32-36 infantry excluding Finland, around 15-18 tanks, between 4-8 mechs, and 8 artillery ready in the invasion force with one army stationed in Poland and the other in Romania. I aim to get to Bryansk around G5 for a battle in Moscow or a drive south to the Caucuses around G6-G7. I also will aim to get air power there in time, perhaps a fleet of Bombers and surviving tacs and fighters from G1. The troops in Finland and Norway will be more reactionary, seeing if I want to send them into Karelia or keep them there or transport them out into Poland before the invasion of the Russia. That is my general plan for Germany, and around turn 5 they can start spending more in the west to defend against the western powers wherever they may be in the Europe half of the map.
For Japan, I am going to be doing The Good Captains J1 attack and J2 movement. Depending on what the Allies do, we could be looking at a J3 push into India, or the more standard capture of the money islands. Not sure what the Allies will do with the USA, we shall see if they go Pacific or Atlantic but not sure. I plan on just using air and infantry to demolish China, but to be wary of the Russians in the Far East. We really shall see where to go with Japan after J3, whatever place looks appealing to attack but keeping mindful of protecting the homeland depending on what the western allies do.
Now for Italy, this is very dependent on what the Allies do. I am not expecting a Taranto raid and I don’t think my opponents know about Gibastion, so I expect my ships in Malta to be gone, with the British fleet to escape to the Red Sea. I know no Taranto is possible because my opponents always full scramble during G1. Now I plan on just trying to clear the Med, taking Egypt and Southern France, and taking Jordan to stop the passage of the English fleet back into the Med. I will see what to do in East Africa if they aren’t destroyed and I will launch attacks in Tunisia and Alexandria, aiming to get my bonus for North Africa maybe on I2, with the purchase of a transport and an infantry on I1.
If there is a chance for Egypt, I’ll take it and maybe a sneaky capture of Gibraltar for the bonus. If Italy looks like it won’t be able to handle Africa, I’ll be pumping out infantry to sandbag the Atlantic wall and soft underbelly to prevent Allied incursions. I might send some fast movers to the East as can openers too and to boost the economy a tad bit.
Well that is my general plan. I would love to hear feedback on it and if anyone has any suggestions, feel free. I have been testing my strategy on Triple A and I’ll send some screenshots of what my plan looks like to show how it has worked out so far and to help better visualize it. Thanks and have a great day!
