Game 1 - Dallas Meetup - Chris, Brian, Robert & George - Axis & Allies Global 1940

Here's the game video from our first multi-player meetup at the Abandoned Monitoring Station in Dallas, Texas. Teams were chosen by random draw and ended up as Chris (USA, China, ANZAC) and Robert (UK & Russia) versus Brian (Germany & Italy) and George (Japan). The Axis employ the Calcutta Crush and Sea Lion strategies.
Really enjoyed the game and appreciated the strong endorsement of our house rules from the two guys using them for the first time!

[@l.t.6632]

Good game always nice to play with other people

[@brandonbruns7169]

love these vids! always interested to see the strategies being used

[@JMan9575]

Brutal Sea Lion attempts! I’ve gone up against a hot-shot British player in the past as well lol. Are you still playing actively? These round-by-round videos are my favorite kind of A&A videos. I’d love to see new ones

[@andrewkassarjian6280]

keep up the videos :)

[@BrianPlaysG40]

This is probably the last one this year, but there will be more

[@andrewkassarjian6280]

@@BrianPlaysG40 :(

[@andrewkassarjian6280]

@@BrianPlaysG40 but also :)

[@rbark220]

For the record, I did not purchase a lottery ticket on the way home after rolling all of those 2's

[@BrianPlaysG40]

rbark220 you should have

[@TheHilltopPillbox]

Sorry that the dice affected the game so much more than they really should... Have you ever done a round using the Low Luck mechanic? It usually leans heavily to the Axis for the first 4 rounds, then the Allies begin to turn the tide.

[@janfu9948]

LOVE your videos - keep up the great work! I'd love to print that map file. I contacted YG but he doesn't have the file anymore. Do you or Chris have the file available to share? Thanks!

[@wiseguy3696]

I see the Calcutta crush already on J1.

[@BrianPlaysG40]

My Germany game has not been strong this year.

[@simonlovell227]

It isn't clear on the video how strong the Sea Lion chance was but it seems it should have worked. One thing I would have done differently though, or at least I think I would have, is invading Scotland G2. You can't really lose doing that if you can defend the transport. Either the UK takes at least 1 ground unit out of London, or you have a couple more land units for your Sea Lion attack G3. Either way, it's always frustrating when bad dice defeat good strategy and it seems like that is what happened here.

[@jaydenbarker525]

Ooh that board is so nice how can I get something like that

[@BrianPlaysG40]

Jayden Barker Young Grasshopper created the image file; Chris paid a few hundred bucks to a local print shop to create the posterboard

[@plt998]

Are you planning to do any plays with General Handgrenade's tournament rules?

[@BrianPlaysG40]

I have not kept up enough to know what those rules are, but I wouldn’t rule it out

[@CobraWargaming]

What do your military bases do?

[@BrianPlaysG40]

Cobra Axis and Allies they produce either two infantry or one transport

[@devinmatthews5202]

Hey I love this game and your videos. Where did you get the tokens and the sea square to gold all your navel army on one square :)

[@BrianPlaysG40]

Devin Matthews thanks! Pretty sure those are from historical board gaming . Com

[@Menckenperson]

Brian Wassom what are they listed under on HBG?

[@nathangayner7592]

Such a shame when dice decide games. Especially so early in the game. It sounded like you all still had fun, though. That's what matters.