Axis & Allies Revised - Tips & Strategies

It is impossible to get a naval fleet from Japan to America or visa-versa in one turn. So, if you’re not interested in invading at the moment, but don’t want to be overrun; instead of getting into a race to develop the biggest navy simply bulk up on bombers and fighters. Not only are they less expensive to produce, but they have a longer range and since the ships can’t get there in one turn you’ll have at least one shot at them before they can even reach you.
You probably want to have some navy so they can’t just drop troops and attack in one turn, but will have to kill off your navy first. Plus this will give your planes a second shot at them.
This lets you defend your backdoor while committing most of your resourses elsewhere.

For the aallies to have a legitimate shot in this game they have to work together on the same they need to either adopt a KJF(Kill Japan First) or KGF(Kill Germany First) Should they decide to split their attacks and hit both powers at the same time… they will find winning a difficult thing indeed.

As the war machines build up, battles can get bigger. One way to speed up the game is to buy multiple colors of dice. five different colors works best such as Red, White and Blue, with Black and Yellow.

Once you have placed all of your units on the battle board, select a different color die for each column, so red for Infantry, blue for battleships, etc. Then roll the correct number of dice per the units assigned to that die color.

Sort the dice, check the hit value needed and assign all your hits at once. Not only does it speed up battles, it makes it more fun to literally roll a bucket of dice all at once!

Axis & Allies Double Blind
Scenario Rules
The scenario will be utilizing Axis & Allies Second/Third Edition Rules plus the following. There are three game boards in use. One private board for each side and a common board.

Each private board contains ONLY the forces of the particular side. The common board contains last known position of both sides.

Initial Setup
Each side sets up on their private board as indicated in the rules.
Each side (not player) may then purchase an additional 12 IPCs. The units purchased MUST be placed on an area which already contains at least one friendly unit. IPCs may be saved.
Each side (not player) may then make ONE non-combat move. One area is designated and all the units may independently perform a non-combat move.

Movement and scouting
There are several ways to learn the actual content of a map section. 1> Use some type of aircraft to scout the land section 2> Enter a land section during combat movement

All Combat Movement must be completed on the private board BEFORE any opposition forces will be set up on the common board. Exception: Blitzing armor will make the BLITZ move after learning the area is unoccupied. All Blitz movement will be completed on the private board BEFORE any apposing forces will be set up on the common board.

Units remain on the common board until
1 > A subsequent entrance/scouting of the land section 2> The opposing side asks for the units to be removed.

Aircraft Reconnaissance
The Action sequence has a step added for Double Blind Play. Air Reconnaissance

Air Reconnaissance is after Purchase Units and Combat Movement. During Air Reconnaissance any air unit (Fighter/Bomber/Reconnaissance) may fly a route (up to its maximum range) from a controlled territory to a controlled territory.

If the flying unit is a fighter/bomber unit ONE area from the route may be scouted. If the flying unit is a reconnaissance unit EVERY area on the route may be scouted. The entire route must be designated before executing the scouting procedure.

Scouting procedure:
1 > Any AA guns in the scouted area may fire at the plane.
2> If there are surviving planes the contents of the area is placed onto the common board.

Air Reconnaissance units cost 12, may not attack, defend with a 1, and have a range of 6. They may NOT land on aircraft carriers.
Propoganda

Players may conduct propaganda. They can purchase mock units for ½ standard cost. These are placed on the map in any allied territory. These units will only be revealed to enemy air reconnaissance units.