http://www.straightnochaser.org/Ballad of Bilbo Baggins.mov

I say if we need to start a poll on Apolaris’ little film here. LMAO. WTF?! That’s HOT!

PBEM? I’ve never played before. Not exactly sure how it works. I’ve studied discussions on here to try to decypher it somewhat, but maybe I’m just too lamen. I’m afraid it’ll have to be explained. I’m only online at work. I don’t have internet at home. I’m afraid I won’t be able to respond fast enough or often enough for most opponents.

I totally agree. I only attempt these scenerios for the love of the game. Since I’m playing an AI that will seemingly never change…why not try something new? What fun is it to annihilate another player the same way everytime? What appreciation is derived from beating someone that you knew you would beat from the beginning? Victory is much more sweet when odds are overcome.

Yes, it was against the “Dopey AI”. I have no other opponents to play against. None the less, it did happen. England routinely built a carrier and fighters until I moved my navy up to restrict their production to only transports (which were easily destroyed each time) and infantry. But, by that time I had produced enough infantry to continueously attach England with all that I had until it was depleted. And the US fell quickly after that (I wasn’t exactly watching the US that closely, but I assume they were pushing the Pacific theatre). I didn’t say it was the best strategy. I said it was a different scenerio. Were we not talking about different First Turn Builds for Germany? “why this never will happen” …but you already knew that, didn’t you?

I regularly play thorugh every country (AXIS or ALLY) to work every scenerio imaginable. Last time I played Germany, I built 1 Transport and spent the rest on Infantry beacause I wanted to take out England first and then the US, just to see if they could be taken down before Russia. I relocated all navy below SEu (and later built a sufficient navy to stop England from producing a navy) and relocated my ground forces to EEu to hold off any attacking Russian forces. I sent my fighters and bomber to destroy England’s navy every turn until I was able to move my navy in and load up transports for invasion. I spent most of my time re-enforcing Africa to secure IPC’s. It seemed to work well. Japan struggled for a bit with Russia, but eventually wore her down.

Kar. should be taken the first turn, but only to partially delete it’s forces. Only as a blitzkrieg secondary effort to move your armor and fighters to Moscow. Destroy the UK navy all that you can also on the first turn. The Allies pose no threat in WE if you leave your forces there. Moscow can be taken in Round 2.
See:
http://axisandallies.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3420
It worked for me. With alot of luck. Depends on the option you play with also.
~Tyranny