@djensen

I’m from Massachusetts (South Coast and Cape Cod Canal areas). I started playing A&A in the mid 80’s. Played like a maniac in the mid 90’s, and then only rare times for the rest of my life, usually with people who have never played.

I own original (two copies), Anniversary, and Global.

I have no one to play with. I watch YouTube videos and finally opened up Global and set up and started reading the rules.

I love the customizations in all of the videos so I just started my own customizations.

I’ve visited this site for many years but only recently signed up.

@TinCanoftheSea

Yes Anzac needs to help. Calcutta is going to fall regardless so either abandon it for Persia or set up a six plane scramble and make Japan lose lots of expensive equipment. If you are just building infantry Japan won’t even lose a plane.

A fun strategy is to drop AB on Borneo and get two inf and at least 3 fighters on it turn one. It creates a large expensive distraction if Japan wants the money islands

I’m a big fan of @GeneralHandGrenade and I was the winner of his Viva La France contest. The French set came in the mail today so I decided to give making videos a go. I started customizing recently so I included that in the video.

https://youtu.be/6RrQi3cozDwop

@Arthur-Bomber-Harris I play every country aggressively - hyper aggressively. It’s more fun that way.

@cdatkins74 thank you. Not sure on what video I make next. I just got a delivery of tiny magnets, but my stands are trash; maybe when I figure that out I’ll make my own flight stand video.

I’m currently working on two expansion sets that will eventually get videos. I’m still trying to flesh out final details so I might make a video of what I have so far to ask for suggestions.

I also need to navigate the world of making new items for the expansions. I keep reading, “3D printing,” but that means nothing to me.

@surfer no, not usually. If I have a few big hitters and one more unit than my enemy, that’s enough for me

@Midnight_Reaper thank you. I appreciate the links especially. I love seeing all the 3D items replacing markers like naval bases and such.

@barnee I found the edit button

@Arthur-Bomber-Harris

I love the game whether I win or lose.

Back in the mid 90’s I worked with this guy and we were blood enemies. One day I just happened to mention Axis and Allies (original) and he lit up. We then became best friends and played A&A every weekend for the next year plus. We were the A&A nerds and then other coworkers insisted we teach them how to play and they joined us on weekends.

I think it took me nine months to beat him for the first time. Some of our games lasted over a month since we were just playing Saturdays. Shortly before my first win, I had him. I invaded DC with six heavy bombers, and a trn with two inf. He had 2 inf and one fighter defending. Easy win for me. He rolled his AAA and hit 5 ones - and that’s how he kept me from winning my first game against him.

IIRC, I remember games from the original, where buying AAA actually was a legit strategy - they fired at planes flying overhead both to combat and back - so SU would have all these bare territories with nothing but a single AAA

@barnee thank you, that section is missing from Pacific. I knew I read that in the past.

“You can’t move sea units through a canal or narrow strait that is controlled by a neutral territory or by a power which you at war”

• this sentence had me asking the question. Turkey is still neutral but now pro allied neutral so wanted to know if that changed anything.

“Turky begins the game as a neutral territory, so neither side may move through the Turkish Straits until Turkey is captured”

• Turkey is captured seems to answer this but it again references its neutral status. It’s that wording that made me curious.

I don’t think I’m the first to think that some of Krieg’s rulings have been rather mind blowing. This may or may not be one of them.

Krieg just popped into my last thread to tell someone what they said was very much against the rules - I’m glad he did because I was going to immediately start using it.

I wasn’t planning this but in solo game I’m playing now, I bought a destroyer J4 and then bought one destroyer every single turn after.

I realized a few turns later that the US sub convoy strategy was DOA.

Constantly reading about a destroyer chasing around sub convoys but loading up on destroyers means they will never convoy.

Italy could use a similar strategy but probably would never work unless Germany doing it from Southern France.

@Krieghund

If Japan were to take say New Guinea, is that a sneaky way to strip Anzac of both NO’s since New Guinea is originally controlled Anzac territory?

@TinCanoftheSea

Yes Anzac needs to help. Calcutta is going to fall regardless so either abandon it for Persia or set up a six plane scramble and make Japan lose lots of expensive equipment. If you are just building infantry Japan won’t even lose a plane.

A fun strategy is to drop AB on Borneo and get two inf and at least 3 fighters on it turn one. It creates a large expensive distraction if Japan wants the money islands

@TinCanoftheSea

Ceylon. But Malaya and Borneo could be fun too.

Now getting six fighters to India before Japan is the issue

@TinCanoftheSea

Just give it a try. You will be shocked how much opens up for Russia

@TinCanoftheSea

US really depends on that game. A stack of fighters can cause havoc in different ways on both sides.

@TinCanoftheSea

I’m daring Germany to attempt Sea Lion.

Russia is my turn 1 buy every game now after discovering it almost by accident one game. Russia should buy one bomber every turn after. Their vast movement makes their offense terrifying for Axis. I was able to wipe out the massive German stack on R5 with 5 SB’s and everything else (should have been 6 SB but lost one bombing Romanian factory).

Germany should smell the rat and avoid Sea Lion. If so one tactic to deploy is UK and Russia each hitting the two major IC’s every turn

These are not necessarily my common builds but some are

G1: 2 SB’s 1 Tank
R1: 3 SB’s, save $1
J1: 2 MIC’s, save $2
US1: 5 fighters, save $2
C1: 4 inf
UKE1: 2 SB’s, save $4
UKP1: Air Base, save $2
I1: 1 tank, 1 mech
ANZ1: 1 fighter
F1: LOL

@Imperious-Leader

G1: invade Yugoslavia and ping pong to Romania and leave Yugo for Italy.

Does this attack change the political situation in Yugoslavia from Friendly Allied Neutral to Allied At War Neutral?

Does this change in political situation allow for the fighter on Malta to land in Yugo turn one?

I feel like I read about this situation or saw it in a video but I can’t find this situation addressed in the rule book.

Thank you

@dazedwit

I just finished round 7 and this game is insane now

Germany captured its 8th victory city but Russia immediately captured Warsaw and liberated Stalingrad. So the war continues.