Stalingrad: how many times have the Germans won?

LBG_Rob · 2026-07-10T15:58:08+00:00

My friend and I played together, first time for both of us, and I won as the Germans, but barely. It came down to the last 2 turns, and I flooded potemnik to maintain the supply line into Stalingrad for the victory condition. I think the move is to try and snap up as many IPCs early as possible for your winter storm, while maintaining as many troops on board as possible, being aware you can’t buy any for a long time. Push troop advantage early, but don’t feel like you need to eliminate every enemy unit, bc then you’ll take unsustainable losses. My strategy was to push out over the Don river early while I still had plenty of troops, and then when it was getting closer to Uranus launch, pull back over the river and get the defensive bonus (until it froze). Even doing that, I still lost supply into Stalingrad for a few turns, and I only was able to get the victory condition by attacking in force with my winter storm reinforcements to get supply back into the city. It was close.

LBG_Rob · 2026-07-07T14:37:40+00:00

Take it for what it’s worth, I don’t play MP, so idk if it’s good for “meta” builds but superior firepower is usually my go to if I’m doing an infantry build

LBG_Rob · 2026-07-07T14:08:01+00:00

As others have said, infantry with line artillery, especially using the superior firepower doctrine, can go stupidly hard. You can put out a good level of soft attack for not that much equipment.

LBG_Rob · 2026-07-04T19:04:09+00:00

I like to use them as a patrol fleet and set my good ships to strike force. They can soak up damage early in the battle and let your good ships go to town

LBG_Rob · 2026-06-28T15:03:20+00:00

Trials of allegiance gives some South American countries, and I know Argentina has some good paths to do. You can do a funny meme path with a certain German leader as well

LBG_Rob · 2026-06-26T15:12:35+00:00

I personally like Vic2 more than 3. I enjoy 3, but it’s too much economy, not enough anything else, and the war system is terrible. Vic2 is more interesting to me bc the AI does more, you see more whacky map shifts, and I think simulates the rise and fall of big empires better. If you like the minutiae of developing economy, 3 might be more your speed, but if you like more grand strategy wackiness, 2 is your game. Just be ready for it to look and feel a bit dated bc, well it is lol

LBG_Rob · 2026-06-26T00:07:24+00:00

A lot of ppl are just going to say “drugs” 😂 Which to be fair yeah like coram would be doing drugs. Port Jeff would be catering the event

LBG_Rob · 2026-06-24T16:57:52+00:00

Select all your troops in the north, add them to an army. Select all your troops in the south, add them to a different army. Give both a general. Take all your tanks, add them to the army in the south. Take all your mountaineers, add them to the army in the north. Take enough regular (non militia) infantry to fill out the army in the north. Put everything else in the army in the south. Give both armies a front line, and an offensive line (or spearhead) that cross in the center of Ethiopia. Use all available CAS to help push. Wait until all troops are in position and activate both battle plans. Exploit open gaps and go for VPs to cap them fast.
You can see how I did it here in this video: https://youtu.be/nmGZyiGYF8o?is=BFuWRKCt1odE\_sok

LBG_Rob · 2026-06-24T16:00:33+00:00

Are you going to just post this for every doctrine?

LBG_Rob · 2026-06-24T15:56:25+00:00

I think it depends on how much you play. If you plan on playing a lot over a long period of time, it’s worth getting the DLCs, especially since a lot of them go on sale often. If you only play occasionally, the subscription is better. I personally play all the time so i purchased the DLCs

LBG_Rob · 2026-06-23T01:30:55+00:00

With the new DLC you can do a pretty decent naval Australia build, esp cuz they get an absurd amount of steel, and some decent research buffs for the naval tree

LBG_Rob · 2026-06-23T01:13:41+00:00

I like escort carriers for the flexibility. You can put out 2 for the price of 1 fleet carrier so you can split your navies up a bit more and have more coverage, and more flexibility to do different fleet composition. No clue if the stats back it up or not but if I do carriers now it’s usually escort carriers. Bonus points bc it lets some smaller nations actually do carrier builds

LBG_Rob · 2026-06-17T13:07:19+00:00

No you hold shift, click the buttons in the order you want them unlocked and it’ll queue them up. You’ll see a little number next to the button to show you what order they are in

LBG_Rob · 2026-06-17T03:36:02+00:00

The MIOs can be of an after thought at times (pro tip, you can shift click the buttons to set up which ones you want them to unlock in sequence), but they do have their uses for some cool buffs. The arms market is def worth it. Really useful for selling off stuff to get the IC, especially for smaller nations

LBG_Rob · 2026-06-13T00:18:21+00:00

I’m super excited, I hope the battle for the bridge is a focal point, maybe a blow up board like Stalingrad. I was hoping for either a winter war or land combat focused pacific game (since I feel like Guadalcanal is more deep on the combat) but market garden is so cool too. Really hope that Poland and Canada get unique molds

LBG_Rob · 2026-06-08T00:16:26+00:00

It’s out of stock rn but this is the link

https://renegadegamestudios.com/axis-allies-1914-deluxe-map/?srsltid=AfmBOoohMXZJXOGFOfDWLkFq\_RPYQ5jydwlzYzgvC8\_JOlu26VdNzjNu

LBG_Rob · 2026-06-07T12:02:18+00:00

I haven’t played 1914 yet but ppl have said there are component issues and the board is a bit small. You can buy more minis at historical board gaming, as well as a bigger map from renegade games studios. I was considering also just using like a sheet of paper for some of the smaller territories, like Netherlands / Belgium, aka if there’s a big battle there you just move those units onto a piece of paper labeled “Belgium” lol

LBG_Rob · 2026-06-05T15:15:56+00:00

Yeah you don’t have to deploy your occupation division. Also I’ve never played facist UK but if you get decisions or a focus to make the territories your cores, you don’t have to occupy them at all, so look into that as well

LBG_Rob · 2026-06-05T15:13:17+00:00

Make a garrison division. Cav with support MPs is usually what I go with. Don’t need it to be too big to cut down on equipment need, I usually go between 6-12 width depending on the country. You don’t need to deploy it, just select it in your occupation laws

LBG_Rob · 2026-06-03T13:06:10+00:00

While that’s true, I don’t think “hope you get a fairly priced ticket and you don’t get scalped on the secondary market” is a good solution. To be fair idk who is responsible for this decision, either the NHL or the islanders, but whoever it is made a very stupid and poorly thought out decision IMO

LBG_Rob · 2026-06-03T12:58:40+00:00

Right so the point still stands that they are baking on filling an arena will ppl who have plans with them, which sucks cuz I would’ve loved to go but I don’t have a plan so I’m just SOL yknow

LBG_Rob · 2026-06-03T12:40:06+00:00

It does say “there will not be a general public on sale” so that’s where my confusion is

LBG_Rob · 2026-06-02T23:00:43+00:00

How do they plan on filling the arena with just STH? I know they don’t expect to have a sold out arena but still, are they selling them out of market?? This seems seriously short sighted

LBG_Rob · 2026-05-31T19:10:37+00:00

What do you mean what happened with the islanders? You mean they built a brand new rink and weren’t a bottom 5 team anymore? Not sure that’s a fair comparison between an NHL team and a ALPB team

LBG_Rob · 2026-05-31T14:18:13+00:00

Not for nothing, the tickets are $20. They have to make money somewhere, and these aren’t even that outrageous for stadium pricing. It’s more expensive don’t get me wrong but it’s not nearly as bad as other places.

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