Note on the Ruhr: It is not necessarily dangerous for the Allies to invade the Ruhr. Several times I found that, due to Germany's laser focus on the Eastern Front, the Allies sometimes moved into the Ruhr, overextending themselves and allowing a painful counterattack by German forces. Keep an eye out for when a full scale (that means no 1-2 infantry walk-ins, I mean most of the stack) Allied invasion of the Ruhr would devastate Germany's economy and when it would be a brilliant opportunity for the German war effort. This applies to both the Central Powers and the Allies.

Thanks very much for the new video! I always look forward to them. They are of very high quality and are much appreciated. (y)

15:30 well said 🙏

Great video again! I appreciate how you focus on clarity, conciseness, and coming to the point, unlike other people who are just rambling the entire video. Very appreciated! Small question: what do you think about an early France push into Switzerland (turn 4-ish)? I tested this in my solo game and this move combined with the Italians moving into Tyrolia looks very deadly. Have you ever come this across in your games?

@thegoodcaptain1217

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Regarding the French push on or around turn 4ish - I've seen a little of this, yes. I can't say it made things more or less interesting than they already are on the west front. An Italian push into Tyrolia can be dicey in the sense that whatever was placed in Vienna as a purchase on the previous turn is now able to attack the Italians immediately the turn following. A savvy Austrian should be able to make a decent fight of that. Of course the French and Germans will have a say in this move as well...

I have seen the Germans go into u-boats, more or less some uboats early and many infantry (apart from a few early fighters). It was surprisngly effective (no all out bringing the US in off course). The British/French/US got very worried gving the OIttomans espcially breathing room. Also it did affect Italy now being VERY concerend about Austria pushing in or able to push into Italy. The US did build a navy to fix it buit that did slow US and UK down help > France.

@thegoodcaptain1217

7 ай бұрын

There's just no money in the water though and the Entente have the balance of the board economy. They also have more boats at start so the German player would have quite an uphill climb with this strategy. I can't imagine how even between inexperienced players this didn't end in an Entente win.

I have a question for AaA 1914 but i wasnt able to post it on those videos. If you capture a territory(for example, if germany captures a russian territory) would germany have to leave an inf on the captured russia territory to keep it or would it still be germany's if he took all his people and moved them off and russia didnt have any people there?

@thegoodcaptain1217

Ай бұрын

It remains German until recaptured by Russia or another Entente power. You do not need to leave a piece on the territory in order to retain control.

@perryhastings590

Ай бұрын

@thegoodcaptain1217 thank you very much! The rulebook isn't super clear on that since I think there's a line that says you have to leave a person in territories but I think it's referring to contested territories if the RR happens

@thegoodcaptain1217

Ай бұрын

@@perryhastings590 right. That’s true and a non-intuitive rule. Contested territories after the revolution require the presence of at least one CP infantry at all times. A bit strange.

Thank you verry much like always! Just a short question since you mentioned Swiss in the later stages of the game: Do the Netherlands have any relevance in comparison to Swiss?

@thegoodcaptain1217

Жыл бұрын

Great question and I deliberated on spending time discussing that territory (and Denmark). However, in my experience, the vast majority of games see no invasion of either country. In general, this is because they are located away from the middle of the board where the balance of the fighting seems to occur. The simplified explanation for this is that if either army went to the north edge like that, the opposing army can own the resource rich areas in the middle and gain an economic advantage. There is a heavy incentive for both sides to stay towards the middle of the board on the west front.

@AChannelThatDoesNothing

Жыл бұрын

@@thegoodcaptain1217 Yeah, I only seen those two countries being invaded towards the end when the Central Powers already effectively won.

Hi I couldn’t find the rule in the rule book about creating a hostile sea zone without having to engage the enemy navy. I probably just missed it but do you remember what section of the rules that is in? Great video by the way!

@thegoodcaptain1217

7 ай бұрын

First sentence on page 20 under Sea Combat: "When you have warships (not transports) in a sea zone containing enemy ships, you can elect to attack them or not attack them."

As usual in axis and allies(and real life for that matter) Germany has to put the team on their back.

Isnt it 42 potential IPCs? 35 to start, 3 for poland, 2 for belgium, and 1 each in nigeria and belgian congo?

@thegoodcaptain1217

8 ай бұрын

Correct. Otherwise, if the Russians stack Poland, it's 39 as per the example at 24:23.

@Beltayn7272

8 ай бұрын

@@thegoodcaptain1217 I was forgetting we had some holdover IPCs.

Question, can Germany invade the Uk from SZ4?

@thegoodcaptain1217

5 ай бұрын

SZ 4 boarders Scotland. Scotland can be invaded by Germany so yeah.

@eazyanimation

5 ай бұрын

@@thegoodcaptain1217 is this a strategy that has been explored before? Or is it just crazy? 🤣

@thegoodcaptain1217

5 ай бұрын

@@eazyanimation not sure what the strategy would be. I’ve seen it done maybe once in 70 games - the circumstance was that no entente units were within range and the sz was open so Scotland went down for two turns before it was recaptured.