4. A lot of our games end in a similar fashion. London, Tokyo, whatever that Japanese capital on that island is, and the US capitals remain in their owners possession. In other words, whoever controls the entire European and Asian continent mainland wins. I’m fine with that outcome, except that it happens every single time. What kind of other strategies are there? I once built up a decent German navy and accomplished a landing in Canada while Japan landed in Alaska. But both those forces were destroyed and only served to distract the US for two turns. So what I’m asking, are there any other more interesting strategies to be tried? Like a Sea Lion, or capturing the Japanese home islands (or even taking the US)?
In other words, the game is about Moscow or Berlin falling first. There isn’t much it can be done regarding that. It is really a matter of geography that makes it impossible for the Axis to win by conquering Washington or London instead of Moscow. A Sea Lion against the UK is impossible unless the UK player makes serious mistakes and a Japanese invasion of Alaska is usually a mere distraction.
It is possible, however, to go for a Pacific strat where the Allies try to get the advantage over Japan and kick it out of mainland Asia and the money islands (DEI, Borneo, Phillipines) while keeping Germany at bay from Russia. It is also very risky though and hard to pull, if the Japanese player knows how to deal with it.