Nice. Russia can always pack a mean punch. Sure when focused she will fall but it is nice to see desparate attacks burning artillery/planes and/or stall an extra crusial round:)
This is a great question. Not much really. I have played with and against very aggressive Russian play before and it doesn't seem to work as reliably as a steady defense. However, I will outline a condition in which I might take advantage of 'bad Austrian luck' as you say. If the Austrian player failed to secure Romania or didn't attack it, I would likely execute the Poland move and instead of putting a blocker in Ukraine, I would put everyone that I could in that territory. The Austrians in Romania would be unable to attack Ukraine (as it would be contested) and those in Galicia would do so at even odds with a likely counterattack on Russia's turn. This is still a risky move. The dice could go either way in that fight. Additionally, those Austrians in Galicia instead of hitting Ukraine could follow up a German attack in Poland on G1 with one of their own on Austrian turn 2. There are many second and third order affects that have to be considered for aggressive play as Russia. This only becomes intuitive with experience and multiple playing's against human opponents. All this to say, if Austria had bad luck and I was a new/newish Russian player, I would be happy they had bad luck and stack Ukraine.
Do you think the Russian aircraft will pay itself off in the long run instead of two infantry? If the CP commits a decent amount of effort in the airforce, this air unit will be useless most of the time. Or have you experienced this differently in your games? I'm just curious!
Great question. Short answer: it sometimes does not. The CP can spam fighters and drown the Russians in an air arms race. But due to the presence of so many Russian artillery, I feel it is good to have one going into R2 as Austria does not start with one and may not build one on its first turn. This will provide options for the Russian player on turn 2. Also, for every fighter the Russians build, both Austria and Germany will feel pressure to build +1. So if the Russians have two fighters you may see both Germany and Austria build three each. The opposite situation can also be true. I have played games as Russia where I build NO fighters at all until the CP are adjacent to Moscow and have only one fighter each. I then have Russia build three fighters in one turn. This nearly guarantees air supremacy for at least the following turn. I will discuss more about fighters and the East Front in the Revolution video.
Why don't you send the troops from Tartastan to Ukraine instead of Moscow? because if the Germans do attack Poland there would be a greater chance of creating a contested zone in Ukraine
Short/simple answer: Because the Austrians will go before the Russians and annihilate whatever is in Ukraine with forces from Romania/Galicia. Long more complicated answer: if the Russian player stacked everything from Moscow, Tatarstan, and Sevastopol into Ukraine and left no blocker in Sevastopol - and the Austrians had average rolls on their following turn when attacking, there is a rougly 60% chance that the Austrians clear the Ukrainian territory. Bottom line up front: the Polish move is a very risky move.
Being I'm getting the game this summer... this series is most helpful- as well as entertaining.
Great content! Looking forward to Germany's video.
Thanks for this! I'm about to play as Russia in a game and I was stressing how to hold them back for as long as possible
Nice. Russia can always pack a mean punch. Sure when focused she will fall but it is nice to see desparate attacks burning artillery/planes and/or stall an extra crusial round:)
Would you change anything if Austria has really bad luck Turn one?
This is a great question. Not much really. I have played with and against very aggressive Russian play before and it doesn't seem to work as reliably as a steady defense. However, I will outline a condition in which I might take advantage of 'bad Austrian luck' as you say. If the Austrian player failed to secure Romania or didn't attack it, I would likely execute the Poland move and instead of putting a blocker in Ukraine, I would put everyone that I could in that territory. The Austrians in Romania would be unable to attack Ukraine (as it would be contested) and those in Galicia would do so at even odds with a likely counterattack on Russia's turn. This is still a risky move. The dice could go either way in that fight. Additionally, those Austrians in Galicia instead of hitting Ukraine could follow up a German attack in Poland on G1 with one of their own on Austrian turn 2. There are many second and third order affects that have to be considered for aggressive play as Russia. This only becomes intuitive with experience and multiple playing's against human opponents. All this to say, if Austria had bad luck and I was a new/newish Russian player, I would be happy they had bad luck and stack Ukraine.
@@thegoodcaptain1217 thank you verry much.
Do you think the Russian aircraft will pay itself off in the long run instead of two infantry? If the CP commits a decent amount of effort in the airforce, this air unit will be useless most of the time. Or have you experienced this differently in your games? I'm just curious!
Great question. Short answer: it sometimes does not. The CP can spam fighters and drown the Russians in an air arms race. But due to the presence of so many Russian artillery, I feel it is good to have one going into R2 as Austria does not start with one and may not build one on its first turn. This will provide options for the Russian player on turn 2. Also, for every fighter the Russians build, both Austria and Germany will feel pressure to build +1. So if the Russians have two fighters you may see both Germany and Austria build three each. The opposite situation can also be true. I have played games as Russia where I build NO fighters at all until the CP are adjacent to Moscow and have only one fighter each. I then have Russia build three fighters in one turn. This nearly guarantees air supremacy for at least the following turn. I will discuss more about fighters and the East Front in the Revolution video.
Why don't you send the troops from Tartastan to Ukraine instead of Moscow? because if the Germans do attack Poland there would be a greater chance of creating a contested zone in Ukraine
Short/simple answer: Because the Austrians will go before the Russians and annihilate whatever is in Ukraine with forces from Romania/Galicia. Long more complicated answer: if the Russian player stacked everything from Moscow, Tatarstan, and Sevastopol into Ukraine and left no blocker in Sevastopol - and the Austrians had average rolls on their following turn when attacking, there is a rougly 60% chance that the Austrians clear the Ukrainian territory. Bottom line up front: the Polish move is a very risky move.