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Yeah in tht situation the game would be over…unless Japan was dominating Asia.

to be honest; the map is total crap for WW1
it should be more like NWO-sized
thinking about which, that would make a perfect WW1map.

Thanks maybe my friend will take my word now if I show him those last posts of yours Rorschach. :-)

France surviving the first round attack by Germany puts up a very interesting rest of the game. Various things can happen.

1. Italy takes France on their turn making Italy a very rich country. 30+ IPCS gives them a strong I2 purchase letting them destroy the British navy in the Mediterranean Sea, fulfil their NO’s, take over Africa and the Middle East and most importantly open a new front for Russia and survive whatever America can throw at them. This makes Italy more powerful than Germany so there should be Italian intervention going on in Russia and the French coast.

2. The French open a land campaign against Germany and Italy causing trouble. Creates an opening for British and eventually American troops to land and land fighters. More importantly it takes Germany’s attention off of Russia and Italy’s off of Africa and the Mediterranean Sea. This almost gaurentees that America will invest in Japan.

3. France can build a fleet with England to land troops early in the game. This can in turn put more heat on England as Germany may build a navy as well. Puts alot of heat west and off of Russia. The Navy can later help Germany and attack Russia in two places. This navy that France and England builds may make America fully invest in Japan as well.

The last 2 of these these seem to ask for a German capture of London as a German capture of Moscow doesn’t seem possible at that point. The first looks like America will invest in the Europe side. This begs for the capture of Moscow.

In conclusion I think that the French surviving the first attack doesn’t make the Axis lose but it limits their choices.

I like!  :evil:

crap forgot to get rid of those! sigh more work on this before i can print it :(

Use the Japan crush of India coupled with a couple house rules:

1 - You cannot build industrial complexes, PERIOD in Africa or Europe. (Lets you build in the Pacific.  Ends the risk of 40 American Strat bombers in Norway crushing everything at will.)
2 - Germany gets 9 IPC to spend as they see fit before the start of the game; Italy gets 6 IPC. (Let them talk you down to 6 for Germany, 3 for Italy.)

That should evenup the odds a bit.

The Russians can go civil war. Interesting idea about the Germans getting cheaper subs and better fighters I might try to impelment those.

Each board’s territories goes to its capital, meaning if its on the Pacific map, it goes to India and the Europe map goes to London.

latter that game (the one posted above) i hit 10 out of 10 ones with germany attacking moscow. unforanitly we had to call it a draw because france and russia where dead(no units) it aly lost itas capitol! itwas a disaster they where making 55+ per turn after NOs but i was building a nother fleet to attemp selion mark3 (two other attempts faild)

I made that - I’ll put it up here in a few hours.

Each unit may only be paired with one other unit at the same time.

it depends on the timing and which country. early in the game, as germany, i would buy 2 inf and one art. later in the game i might buy the tank, mech combo to get them to the front lines faster.

First time I did a custom map that’s exactly what I did, buy a world map and territory borders.  You could try to find an loder copy of photoshop like ps 6 or 7 for much less than the current gen.

This article can teach you a lot on playing Germany especially. http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=14466.0

For the Axis to win, they need to break the Allied economic advantage. Japan should be snatching the easy territories in the Pacific and Africa and taking potshots with her battleships but the primary focus should always be Russia. For the Allies to win, they need to control Axis expansion and if they do that, they will eventually overwhelm the Axis.

My best advice is don’t make mistakes. Great strategy can be beaten with a silly oversight. Make smart purchases. Germany needs infantry early and Japan needs transports early. Look at what the Allies can do at least one round out every turn so that you won’t leave an opening for them. Use the turn order to anticipate their next move and to determine which units are already committed. Be aware of canopeners. US clears Novo/Kazakh and Russian tanks get Japan’s fighters in Sinkiang. UK liberates Karelia and US tanks from Norway support an amphibious assault on Eastern Europe.

yeah just throwing some ideas out there

I seem to remember that on Don’s old site when they were playing on a ladder, they were bidding as high as $30 to give to the Allies to even the game.

Check out tripleA, They have “the Great War” And “The Great War 1918” Available to play

@calvinhobbesliker:

How did Poland provoke the Germans into attacking?

they didn’t, they just were in between…

i like the picking targets part  :-)