I believe that like chess...well you should know this by now..come on..
Here are moves from E-K. Feel free to mail me if you know of any others.
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If this is not available at the beginning, hold Japan. Because Japan is so small and does not connect to China, slowly build your armies in Japan and when you trade in a set of cards - BOOM! Take your throne in China and slowly attack outwards.
Try to blitz through Congo, North Africa, West Europe, South Europe, Middle East, Egypt, East Africa and Madagascar in one turn. If you succeed, tell Tommy how.
Take control of South America early in the game. Quickly get forced out leaving all of your armies in North Africa. Ignore the fact that Africa is very poorly defended and instead make it your goal in life to see to it that you "take out as many of those [Insert Appropriate Colour]* bastards as possible." Ruthlessly taunt and harass the player controlling the [Insert Appropriate Colour]* armies and remind him that you are out for blood. Take out as much of his army as possible before being eliminated by another player. Remain satisfied due to the fact that [Insert Appropriate Colour]* is now weak enough to be conquered by another player.
*Yes..yes..this is not an *actual* colour..my if I had a penny for every time I'd had *that* gag...
This move requires two players. Communicate with the player occupying Africa if you are Europe, or vice versa; and form an unspoken treaty with cunning use of eyebrow movement and mutterings of "the Big Kelbasa". The mutterings are important. Proceed to pretend to be gearing up for a massive battle with each other, and give all the other players the shaft with a dual pronged Blitzkreig.
Play the last few games with the classic Eyebrow Manoeuvre. When the critical moment comes for the blitzkrieg attack, actually attack your ally.
A honourific to those single armies that managed to take >5 of the enemy.
No matter the territories, the armies or the mission: take the participant who you hate most and play to destroy him. You won't possibly win the game (unless you were so lucky to have the exact mission card), but you will feel much better!...
Maintain a large mobile army and just take one territory a turn. Any new reinforcements are placed with that army. The main goal is to just attack once to get a card every turn and to continue to build a large and unbeatable army. When you've amassed at least several colors worth of armies, consume the board in one turn.
Claim Scandinavia as your, "Fatherland," pile all of your recruitment on \par it every turn. Be sure to give a berzerker yell every time you roll, and attack irrationally nearly every turn.
At the start of the game, try to distract your opponent by talking to them or something while secretly stealing South America and Australasia. Then with your four bonus armies per turn, you can easily defend these continents until you have mustered an army for the attack. 30 armies can pretty much clear the board out.
See The Manoeuvre of the Eyebrow (Reprise)
Be friends with someone for years, always being trustworthy, forthright and dependable. In a game, with a bunch of strangers, act as a steadfast ally against the other unknowns/infidels in the game. When the time is ripe, massacre your friend in grand fashion, winning the game. One must deal with the repercussions for the rest of time, and always be on the look out for similar betrayals by said friend. But damn it is good to be a winner.
Watch the board carefully and try and work out what is going on.
Hold Africa at all costs.
If you are being attacked by a wildly superior enemy, roll the defensive dice across the enemy positions, thus scattering the battalions, lowering morale and causing the other players to bitch and moan about your clumsiness. While all this is going on, discreetly stick as many enemy battalions under the board as possible.
This is cheating as far as we're concerned see the house rules
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