Weasels in Alaska - A Hypothetical

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  What loser buys a BB on turn #1 !!!
  I mean, they are so going to lose.
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I dunno, in a KJF it might not be that bad an investment.

Personally, I think Carrier, Submarine is better, but an extra BB could really be worth it’s weight in plastic!

@Bean:

I find the US to be extremely annoying to play when Germany starts off with a 2 tran or car build, then you as the US have to build some assault navy to take it out, then Japan lands in Alaska. Your shuck is quite possibly ruined for 1-2 extra turns.

Why buy navy to take out the Germany navy?  Use ftrs, the extra $2 cost is worth it, and they can be used for more than just naval warfare, like hitting the Japanese inf in alaska if needed.  Use the transports as fodder in the naval war or just lose a ftr or two, you can replace them quicker (range of 4).

@Bean:

I’m talking like between 1-2 subs, which provide fodder also if Germany decides to attack with their navy. If you build extra fighters then you need extra carriers to act as defense in the water. Also, the extra 2 IPCs does add up, you can only build 1 car + 2 fighters with 42 IPCs, but you could build 1 car 2 sub 1 tran with 42 IPCs.

I guess the question would be how many ‘other’ capital ships do the allies have besides the typical 1 UK BB (sometimes an a/c) and the US BB from the pacific. Recall that there’s also 2 US DDs in that mix as well.  With enough transports, shouldn’t that be enough against a German fleet?

I guess it depends on if the Med fleet was able to join the baltic fleet in the Atlantic.

Your point is valid as there are lots of factors to decide what is ‘enough’ navy…

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@Bean:

I find the US to be extremely annoying to play when Germany starts off with a 2 tran or car build, then you as the US have to build some assault navy to take it out, then Japan lands in Alaska. Your shuck is quite possibly ruined for 1-2 extra turns.

Why buy navy to take out the Germany navy?  Use ftrs, the extra $2 cost is worth it, and they can be used for more than just naval warfare, like hitting the Japanese inf in alaska if needed.  Use the transports as fodder in the naval war or just lose a ftr or two, you can replace them quicker (range of 4).

Furthermore, America has 3 Fighters and a Bomber at the start, in most games, which can be used on USA 3 to sink the German Med fleet at no additional cost.  (Possible 4th fighter if Pearl is not sunk.  Very rare possible 5th fighter in China isn’t taken.)

I think the cheapest and easiest way to deter a Japanese Alaska/Wcan assualt is to just start your shuck from Wus on US 1.

I usually buy 1 AC + gound units (maybe 1 ftr).  Round 2 add another trn and more ground units (again maybe another ftr).  And after that it is smooth sailing.

I do go to Afr on both US 2 and US 3 so I’m not really concerned about 3x3 or 4x4.  I can add trns later with my excess cash each turn and place directly in Eus at that time if I want.  But I typically use my Wus shuck to set up a potential mid game Pac shift.  Now Japan must worry about me taking her isalnds instead of me worrying about her.

Ya know, DM, I have not seen a need for an American Aircraft Carrier purchase prior to Round 5.  Until then you are working with the British fleet anyway, so the extra carrier really doesn’t help much.  However, after this point, England’s consolidated their fleet in home waters and you’ll need a little more defensive punch so you can split the fleets if you want too.

@Cmdr:

Ya know, DM, I have not seen a need for an American Aircraft Carrier purchase prior to Round 5.  Until then you are working with the British fleet anyway, so the extra carrier really doesn’t help much.  However, after this point, England’s consolidated their fleet in home waters and you’ll need a little more defensive punch so you can split the fleets if you want too.

The US AC protects me for any type of German naval shenanigans as well as an eventual move to Sz 14 or something.  And it can be deadly in wiping out an expanded German Med fleet in the wrong sz if you follow up with AC + 2 ftrs on US 2.  Anything in Sz 13 or 14 is then toast.

Possibly, though, I never have problems with the Germans getting out of the Med through SZ 12 anyway.  SZ 34 is a different story, Mr. German blitz on Australia!

BTW, you gunna post a round in our game? :P

I’m not relying on them to build a carrier.  I am patiently waiting for their Carrier to sail home.  It should be there on Round 3.  America can wait 2 more rounds to build one, or they can build one on Round 3 and move it into position on Round 4.  Though, to be honest, Round 5 is normally my choice because I want as much in Karelia as possible before spanking the Germans in the Southern Europe states.

I’m not exactly “waiting” for 4 rounds.

For rounds 1-2 I am dumping in Africa with America.  Rounds 3 and 4 I am landing in Norway with America.  Rounds 4-20 I am landing in Karelia/Archangelsk with just myself while America lands in W. Europe or Africa/Southern European States/Caucasus depending on the situation.

The point is, why waste 16 IPC on a carrier you already have?  Why not work around the minor inconvenience of not having it while waiting for it to arrive while achieving secondary and tertiary objectives and then going for primary objectives?

Yes, but without Africa, taking Europe is much harder.  Germany’s pulling in 45+ IPC which is more then Russia and England together.  If you liberate Africa Germany’s pulling in 35+ IPC which is less then Russia and England together.  Not to mention, if you use America for the liberation of Africa, you can still send British forces to Russia to help defend meanwhile, staging the American fleet in SZs 12 and 16 forcing Germany to defend Ukraine, Balkans, S. Europe and W. Europe.  That’s a lot of places to defend adequately.

Not really.  It might take 3 rounds to finally over power the combined forces of Germany and Japan.  Actually, it USUALLY takes 3 rounds of loads to finally out stack the combined German/Japanese defensive forces in Africa.