Posts made by cpadebo

I have nearly exclusively played the Axis the last few months with a very strong winning record. I can tell you there were many games I won and had little to no German air force left. Consequently, I’m not sure your question is of the right focus. As far as Germany goes you have to keep them honest by making them fight two fronts. If you do not it’s pretty much a guarantee Russia will fall. If you can keep UK strong (i.e. hold Africa) they can be a viable threat to Germany. I’ve yet to see an Allied win where UK was not strong. I’ve even seen a game won by Allies where Russia had fallen and UK was really strong.

@Brian-Cannon I disagree, Axis have clear advantage and if you look at the numbers of good players they support that. Good players win at about 70-75% as axis and 55% as allies. I personally have won ~ 10 straight as axis and I am by no means a perfect player - I’ve made plenty of mistakes.

@taamvan have any tournaments played US0?

I’ve now played the LHTR a couple of times and my conclusion is the Axis still are the favorites. Using the time constraints all the Axis have to do is take Karelia (Leningrad) and defend all their victory cities to win 7-6. It is pretty tough for Russia to stop Germany from taking Leningrad. USA does not have enough time to put their mark in the game. UK can now conceivable hold India but unfortunately they are not able to really help Russia much saving Leningrad. These games have been with zero bid so maybe the next step is to play with a bid. I am intrigued with the idea of playing USA turn 0 where USA starts game (instead of Russia) and can do everything but attack on that turn. It would make them more relevant in the game. Any thoughts out there?

Try the new setup rules listed by Larry Harris. You are onto some of is suggested changes to balance the game.

@taamvan

In the tournament in the bidding process if one bids less than 3 and is the winner do they just get the extra IPC since nothing can be bought?

@BobbaRossa

Is it A&A 1942 SE that is played? Are there tournament rules that are followed?

Rules like this?

http://smo63.fatcow.com/pdf/19422ndEDrules5302013.pdf

Does anyone know of any tournament play in the Sacramento area for Axis and Allies 1942 SE?

@taamvan

For tournament play is there a time limit per turn? Seems like with only 4hrs 45 mins to play you only get 3-4 rounds?