Phil, Darryl and Bruce played as the axis versus Allies Alex and the two Mikes.
We used the new prelude cards which proved an interesting addition helping some nations get a start early with deployment and others such as Britain or Germany prepare some cards in readiness for war .
Then the war started . Italy created an African and Mediterranean empire whilst Germany and Russia faced off each preparing for war rather than fighting for a very long time .
Japan got quite a slow start whilst the British empire reigned supreme with both Africa and Australia and knocking Japan out of China.
America prepared for the later war and began to expand in the seas around the Pacific.
Eventually Italy knocked the British out of India and moved into France so as to allow Germany to concentrate on Russia and Japan on Britain.
Coupled with raking in most of the axis vp this proved too much for America who switched theatres rapidly to Europe.
Then America and Britain teamed up to destroy the Italian empire. This forced Italy to expand towards the Balkans and the Ukraine instead in support of Germany. Eventually Germany was able to take out Moscow but was exhausted in the effort to do so . The allies both landed in France and began hurting Italy with economic warfare . About thirty points told over the war with 27 from the USA right at the end when Italy was out of cards . That’s a lot of vp down.
However between them and plundering Russia and a resurgent Japanese the axis where just able to hang onto their middle game lead in the final turn . They never managed the thirty point vp gap win because of USA economic warfare but they did win on VP at the end of the final turn.
Was fun.
Next we played ticket to ride asia which is a team game . This was a great new twist on an old classic .
Two mikes got a nice long train route bonus and Alex and Darryl missed out on their last ticket when two mikes ended the game . However Bruce and Phil were able to complete the most tickets including a nice high scoring route to grab victory with the bonus points from the most tickets completed.
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