Axis and Allies board game help?

Question

I am playing as the Allies against my dad. I was thinking that you could possibly wipe out an entire countries money with one swipe of Strategic Bombing Raids. Si I could sent 6 bombers into Berlin (heavy bomber technology) and wipe out all their money on a lucky roll. But I thought of this: you either add up the total damage of your bombers, and divide by two, or you just take the amout of damage the country is worth.

So if all 6 of my bombers rolled 2 6s, that equals 72. But with my new rule Germany would either lose 36 IPCs or 10 (since Germany income value is 10). Do you think that Strategic Bombing can be too powerful?

Also for strategies fro the US, should I put an Industrial Complex in China or Sinkiang?

Any tips for US, UK, and USSR?

I thought that UK should use fighters and bombers first turn to kill German U-Boat in the Atlantic.

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Answer 1

Strategic bombing should cost Germany the 72 IPC (or what they have left).  Heavy bombers are a very powerful tool to use to help you win the war (as what was done in real life).  Getting heavy bombers is very risky as if you do not make the initial roll to see if you get a new technology (1 in 6) you just lost your money that could have been spent on units.  After that you still need to roll to get the heavy bombers (also 1 in 6).  Then you still need to spend the IPC to purchase the bombers.  In all this time you are not able to buy many of the forces to defend or reinforce territories.  Once you buy the bombers, you have to hope that they do not get shot down by AAA.  In all this time, you have to hope that the Axis is not able to capture enough territories to win the war.  I have spent more than a few games without being lucky enough to either get technological advances or heavy bombers.

Regarding putting an industrial complex in China or Sinkiang...It depends on how Russia holds up to Germany's attacks and how Japan does in its attacks into Asia.  I would recommend Sinkiang only if Russia does very well and is able to allocate forces to its defense AND Japan loses too many forces to be able to force an attack into Sinkiang.  I guess it comes down to seeing how things are going as if it is taken, Russia is in trouble with Japan being able to place reinforcements close to the front.

There are many tips on the internet for playing the Allies, but I usually recommend using the US and UK to send whatever reinforcements (I usually send planes for added firepower on defense) to Russia.

I usually kill off the German Northern and Atlantic fleets so that the UK and start sending troops to Europe.  The Med German Fleet I usually destroy when the opportunity presents itself and it will not compromise the current plan of action.