Land three American transports loaded with 3x infantry and 3x tanks in Africa and along with the assistance of the Brits and some token French forces, the Axis will never ever control all of Africa! An Allied player that allows this is defeinitely doing something wrong! ( I agree that Africa is a relative sideshow, but you simply cannot allow the Axis to take ALL the African IPCs!)
The Us can send three tanks to Brazil and pick up the three men there.
Yeah. Trannies can become useless at various stages in the game (ie when they get killed).
Look. The few players who seem to indicate Axis victories don’t seem to have tried Sealion. I’m starting to think that it is easier to take 3 SU cities, Paris, and Cairo. I’m gonna do the usual two transports and a carrier G1 on the weekend, but then, it’s Major IC in Romania and men and artillery until we take Moscow. Hopefully the Italians can slow down the US long enough for the victory, given they should still have most of their fleet.
Someone dared to suggest this in a early thread about German ICs.
Hear my thoughts:
I think there is merit to considering this, maybe a G2 build. Gonna give this a chance on the weekend. At this stage, I’ll try anything.
My bad. Italy goes after UK, so no can do defending G2 movements.
30% of a Powers total IPC buys 1 roll for random tech (max 1 per turn). I might give that a go. Advantages small countries that may not be able to take advantage of the tech, and stops large powers from going crazy. No diminishing returns. Maybe yanks can’t purchase until at war.
I2, you can feasibly get three planes to Scotland.
Does this have implications for Sealion, or, as another has dubbed,“Operation Scotland Lion?”
Can mean that anything you land in Scotland G2 will survive. Might mean you don’t need as much to take England on G3.
Maybe not.
What happened to the US Navy?
Yeah. It’s hard. It seems like the way to win is to not make any mistakes and throw everything you have at Russia and keep throwing it. You’ll either win before the Yanks have a chance to take somewhere back, or you won’t. I’m getting the feeling that if the Axis hasn’t won by about round 7-8, they won’t. I don’t think taking England is a viable option if it doesn’t happen G2. It just detracts too much from the Soviet Front.
What happened to the Italians planes? :?
I thought D-Day tended to have pretty predictable outcomes.
A minor IC in Finland can help the Northern assault and help repel an invasion of Norway.
I see where you are going with this. Certainly one thing I need to keep an eye on. I would expect ample infantry to be transported to Egypt throughout it’s turns. But that pesky NB and minor IC in South Africa does cause some interesting challenges.
It also occurred to me that one could replace the purchase of destroyers with already existing ships when it comes towards the end-game (ie preventing bombardment of Italy with the battleship, etc) potentially saving much money.
Great advice! Keep it coming.
Also, if the US for some strange reason doesn’t head to the Med , Italy can then just start building infantry to head to the landing grounds.
Seeking some views on a strat I will play out as the axis next weekend.
The Italians will build quite a few destroyers from about I3. The sea is that you use the destroyers to block the yanks and probably defend transports. It is based on the premise that often, you just need to hold onto Cairo just long enough to take Moscow, or if you have taken London, Stalingrad. This also assumes that the British sent their Gibraltar units back to England.
I don’t think that taking Egypt should be the first priority. Probably the second. I think it is important to initially take care of setting up Italy and preparing for the US fleet to arrive. This includes:
Clearing the Med.
You don’t want Allied ships in the med. If you take out the French ships, and don’t have the British Cruiser in the Med, only the plane can threaten transports. Get an NO. You might have to thing about closing off the Suez by taking Trans-Jordan, if possible. Once you have the Me clear, you have free reign over that area until the US come.
Defending the Gibraltar Strait.
I think defending the Gibraltar Strait is important if you are going to slow down the US Fleet. I think you want to, as soon as possible, take Gibraltar and Morroco and have some infantry ready to take them back if they are lost (artillery and planes their eventually could be useful). You won’t be able to do this many times, but even if you only mange it once, you might have delayed the US strat by one turn. If you own the Strait, you might be able to sneak out a destroyer that can bused to block in the Atlantic. You should try to kill French men in North Africa, so they don’t stack. I think using two mechs and a tank to take out Tunisia I1 is a good idea.
Activating pro-Axis neutrals.
Discuss who gets Bulgaria with the German player. You may have a chance to activate Iraq pretty early if you choose to take out Syria with a tank (and maybe a man).
Cairo.
You need to take Cairo, and you will.
Destroyers.
Once you have done most of these or are about to have done these, a few destroyers might be called for. If the US heads for Gibraltar, you can use them to block several times.
If you can get one out, SZ 91 means the US can’t bombard Morocco or Gibraltar.
Next, you can block the fleet at 92. You only need to do this if you can’t take back Morocco.
Then, if they hold the Gibraltar Strait, you can block in SZ 93 and 94. Fter that, you canb prevent bombardments on Italy by leaving a detroyer in 95 and one in 96. This also prevents them taking Egypt.
There are other battles destroyers would be useful to prevent bombardment.
By my calculation, Italy would need at least six destroyers to fully take advantage of this strategy. That’s 48 IPC over roughly I3-6. That’s a fair bit. But if you think about how much Italy is earning, and don’t waste troops taking over African territories that the US or Britain will just take back, it could be alright.
Would be keen to hear if anyone has tried this or has anything to contribute.
Thanks.
I think 1) is no. I’m pretty sure the ANZAC plane is cargo and goes down.
So, Japan has to, in no particular order:
i) defend itself against the Russians
ii) take India
iii) take DEI
iv) scare America
Any thoughts on timing/placement, of a mainland IC. I’m thinking maybe wait until you take HK, or Malaysia and put it there. Transports can put men into Northers Asia to kill a few Chinese and defend against the Russians.
So major builds early on are transports and maybe subs and some men to fill the transports.
Does this seem right. I’ve gotta smash this guynext weekend. I’ve been talkin’ way too much smack to lose.