Game 1 Playthrough - Brian & John Doe - Axis & Allies Global 1940

Back in action! Brian takes on an undisclosed opponent using G40 2d Ed. OOB rules. Axis attempts to implement the Gargantua Sea Lion and Calcutta Crush, both on T3. Tune in to find out how it goes.

[matthewshore]

That game was over at the end of turn 2. Your definitely leagues ahead of me in strategy that’s for sure!!

[erozionzeall]

That was a really quick capture of Calcutta 😮

[christopherwilson]

Good to have you back. Enjoyed as always.

[mikedearing]

I seen your German battleship in zone 110 turn 1, buying an air base for Holland turn 1 and landing 3 fighters in Holland might have saved the German battleship and the battleship might have saved the 10+ transports. My first German build was 2 transports and the airbase for Holland. By sinking the Gibraltar cruiser and adding the 1 German fighter to southern Italy, the Tornado raid seems more difficult because the now well defended German battleship must also be sunk.

[alucard]

07:30 UK has two fighters to scramble against the amphibious assault. Good odds against a fleet with just a cruiser or did Germany bring some planes into that seazone instead of London?

[xyphertyme]

Oof, i've done a quick takedown of GB in 1942 A&A, but didn't think it would be as viable in 1940 due to higher naval presence. Also that was a fast hit on Calcutta.

[ajknaup]

11:36 Which ships would you've built to sheild your German transports?

[Henasy]

Well done Brian, i'd argue that the Allied player didnt do himself any favors. China needs to get aggressive in yunnan to alleviate that landing spot on J3, some interesting purchases in London.

But hey, take what your opponent gives you

[samuelzhao]

Wait, why did UK move its DD from SZ37 on UK2?

A blocker there would've kept 3 loaded transports from Calcutta. Since I see only 1 Tank survived in Calcutta, that would have directly translated to at least 6 lost Japanese aircraft - certainly worth the price of a destroyer. Alternatively, Japan could delay another turn, but that's another turn of purchases for Calcutta, which should also translate into more Japanese planes lost over Calcutta (admittedly not as many as 6, but certainly at least 1 or 2).

Edit: I see you addressed this.

[SethLoganatbgg]

Seems to me the Allied player is very passive, just letting everything happen to him. Waiting for what exactly?

[gabrielmc]

I know I am late to the party but Calcutta and London lost in a single turn? I'd have to resign after that. Germany will turn all of its attention towards Russia and Japan is now unmatched in the Pacific. America should have rushed for Japan when it was left empty. Unless it wasn't at war yet

[El_MaNgInA]

Looking good. Let me know if you someone to roll 2's.

[nolimit]

I was wondering why India fell so fast, the Brits might have delayed it but Japan could've taken it over eventually anyway! It's pretty hard for the US to get anymore aggressive in the Pacific, particularly when London falling and the US have to commit more units if they're ever gonna liberate London!!!

[jason-spnb]

There's a couple of different ones which ones the best one?

[dennissteubing]

the Ural Mountains ARE NOT IN UKRAIN/LENINGRAD/the Bog land in between those two. .... those american schools teach shit. the URAL Mountains are wayway behind moskau, half way between moskau and mongolia.... and not infront of stalingrad.... in nearly every single video of yours you call the russian first defensive line "the ural line of pain". I feel triggert by such bad geography. Also it makes 0 sense. If the Urals would be where ur thinking, the Russian Empire would have never felt the need to expand as far west as it did. The reason for this west expansion was to create as much defensive depth between a western front, and Moskau. Since eastern europe is pretty flat and with only few natural defensive obsticals, having as much defensive depth was all russia could go for. If the Urals would reach from Leningrad to the Krim, the Russians would have fortifiet this mountain range, and concentrated on expansion in asia, never feeling a need to go more west than this nicely defensive "from ur imagination" created "mountain range".