@Draginfut I’m in Lynchburg, but I’m super into Global 1940! I play with a buddy of mine who’s local about 4-5 times a year.

Hi there, very new to the forum, not so new to Global 1940. I’ve played maybe 8 or 10 games to completion, and have a preliminary grasp on the general Allied strategy.

My question is, how to best sink the German’s Baltic fleet? The typical fleet we have by G2, G3 is a CV with two fighters, a cruiser, 2 or 3 transports and the 3 fighter scramble. This fleet usually persists until the end of the game, constantly threatening Leningrad.

I haven’t found a good way to threaten this fleet because Denmark/Norway is constantly retaken. Any advice?

@cds Sorry for the late reply, but I would definitely be interested in playing a few games! My friend and I have played maybe 5 or 6 full games of Global, but the issue I have is that we play with a slightly modified ruleset, but regardless, I’d love to get better at a sense of the game as Axis. Most of my games have been as Allies.

@barnee Thank you! I kind of came to the same conclusion in the 24 hours it took for my post to get approved haha. I appreciate the consensus though!

@shadowhawk Thank you! I’ve also come to the same conclusion that subs+airpower is the way to go to challenge that fleet. Combining this with my plan to use subs to convoy sz97, the US will be building quite a few subs haha.

@AndrewAAGamer I agree, I like having a higher bid, but I’ve played a few games and won them with decreasing amounts of bid. We started at like 60 and I’ve won almost every game. The last one I won, I had a bid of 24 which I was okay with.

In your opinion though, if you had an 18 ipc bid, where would you place it and why?

@AndrewAAGamer Would Germany still not be able to take both SZ 110 and 111? I believe that Germany has 4 subs, 4 fighters, 4 tactical bombers, 2 strategic bombers and 1 battleship to bring to bear on the two sea zones.

If it’s split evenly, with the battleship going to the English Channel, Germany has odds on both, even with a Scottish Fighter bid and scrambling the now 5 fighters.

Are my calculations off or is it not a given that the Scottish Fighter saves a fleet?

@shadowhawk So Germany normally sends the Bismarck to the channel? Last time I was axis, I sent 2 SS and 3 fighters, 3 tacticals, and 1 strategic bomber. For the Scottish fleet, I sent the BB, 2 subs, and 1 of each of the fighter, tactical and strategic bomber. I don’t want to get too lost in the strategic weeds here though, haha.

So if I put a sub in the med for Taranto, should I put a fighter in Scotland? Is there (in your opinion) a better use for the bid?

@AndrewAAGamer I agree, I like having a higher bid, but I’ve played a few games and won them with decreasing amounts of bid. We started at like 60 and I’ve won almost every game. The last one I won, I had a bid of 24 which I was okay with.

In your opinion though, if you had an 18 ipc bid, where would you place it and why?

Firstly, I apologize if this is on the wrong part of the forum, I couldn’t find a place for quick questions.

In an upcoming game, I am going to be allies with a base bid of 14, and using the sum of two rolled dice for additional ipcs (unless I roll snake eyes, then I can reroll a die.) I was wondering where to best use these ipcs?

My thought was a sub for the med, and a DD for the English Channel, to negate any first strike. Doing more research, I see the Scotland fighter being touted, as well as a Russian Fighter to be flown to Yunnan. We’re playing G40 2nd ed, with the addition of the Vichy rule from BM3.

Any guidance or assistance would be appreciated :)

@cds How would we set that up?

@Tamer-of-Beasts Sounds good! I’d definitely be willing to play. How would we set that up?

@cds Sorry for the late reply, but I would definitely be interested in playing a few games! My friend and I have played maybe 5 or 6 full games of Global, but the issue I have is that we play with a slightly modified ruleset, but regardless, I’d love to get better at a sense of the game as Axis. Most of my games have been as Allies.

@Draginfut I’m in Lynchburg, but I’m super into Global 1940! I play with a buddy of mine who’s local about 4-5 times a year.

@shadowhawk Thank you! I’ve also come to the same conclusion that subs+airpower is the way to go to challenge that fleet. Combining this with my plan to use subs to convoy sz97, the US will be building quite a few subs haha.

@barnee Thank you! I kind of came to the same conclusion in the 24 hours it took for my post to get approved haha. I appreciate the consensus though!