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I am new to this game and yesterday was my second time playing. I am also new to this site so i'm not sure if this is the place to post this topic. Anyways, i was wondering if anyone has any advice one what I shoud do. I am green and my cousin is blue. It was a four player game and we eliminated 2 other players and it took more than 5 hours. Anyways, thanks in advance for your advice. o ya and the reinforcement counter is up to 40, but i dont have any paired up cards

You certainly have come to the right place. This is indeed the place to ask for help on strategies.

Blue seems to have the advantage and also you get 40 when you have cards, you don't have a set which means you are in a weak position. At 40, a player can significantly destroy the other and gain the other hand. You didn't mention what is the situation with cards for Blue. Has he just cashed in. How many cards does he have?

Using standard rules, you probably get 12 armies to place in. Usually, you should focus on the concentration of armies of your opponent. That way, you reduce his options so then he cant take the initiative with a large army to attack anything. In addition, he can become demoralised having lost the big bulk. So in this case, try to reduce the 35 armies in place and go from there.

If you go for NA, you may also be able to reduce the number of your borders 2 three and protect a large number of your territories. The continent bonus is not really important at this level, what matters is to be able to manoeuvre and reposition and let the other guy think you are more powerful than you are. He may attack Africa or Europe, but you have since strengthened your position in other part and can count on it in the next round.

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Let me also give you some opinion:

That large army at Alberta is your great problem now.To counter this threat,you'd better launch the 'strategic withdraw",evacuate CA's 12 garrison to North Africa.This cede NA to him,but also concentrate your power.Moreover,it prevent him to capture SA or sack Africa(Otherwise,your 22 troops will burn Australia down if his Asian troops sack it.Or both NA and SA will be left defenseless if he attack North Africa with that grand army) effectively.

When you cash cards,it's time for you to counter-attack.Your primary target is undoubtly NA(Your opponent need to divide his troops in three to defend this continent,thus you can easily nail it).If you can dominate NA and even Europe in most parts,you have already secure the victory yourself.

thanks for your replies, ya he just cashed in and placed the majority of his troops in alberta, he has 2 cards left (i dont know wat type of cards) and i have 2 canon cards. We had to pause our game becuase it was over 7 hours long, but he was about to go on the attack before we paused