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Balancing Bids… using Time as a part of the Bid

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We do Portland vs Seattle every year. No reason we can’t also do Vancouver vs Seattle each year…
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It is in the works. Gargantua and me are on it…
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@Marshmallow:

We do Portland vs Seattle every year. No reason we can’t also do Vancouver vs Seattle each year…

My family has a house in Vancouver. We’ll be up there in late August. Big basement, plenty of room for war games. Garg and I may put something together. Will let you know if you something comes together.
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Saving majority of bid for allies

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@taamvan:

I should clarify n correct my past comments re how the bid is used in tournaments;Â In tournaments; you can only buy units with the bid.Â You cannot buy bases or factories (right away), and you cant save money.

However, at Gencon/Origins/Smorey Swamp TN, you can put all the units in one square.Â Â This apparently didn’t come up in the earlier tournament in 2016, but no-one there objected to putting the higher bids all in one square in 2017, which is not really a problem in most editions but it adds some choices when the bid is higher.

42.2 average bids 7-12 to Allies
G42 average bids 0 to either
Classic automatic bid of 9 to Axis
G40 no tourney bid that I know of but bids average 8-20 in league

Since the bid is a house rule, you can apply it however you like.Â Â The bid should be a game changer.Â Â The bids that place a fighter into the German open or a sub (or 2) into Taranto change the game and change blowout battles into more equal contests.

That is interesting that in tournaments you are not allowed to save money.

Like I said earlier, the main reason I like to save most of the bid has to do with the fact that the UK will know where it needs to focus its resources much better at the start of its second round compared to round 1. Although I will admit a sub for the Med and fighter on Scotland is very good value and tough to beat.
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First time playing Germany

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@wittmann:

Thanks for finding time for the write up. 1940 is a game you can play 100s of times and still not master it, so don’t worry if you feel you could improve on Germany. Will just have to play again!
It does sound, however, like next time you will have to hire the room until 6am and take turns sleeping under the table.

Lol are you on the level?
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Modified production units for balance

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@Baron:

@Young:

Actually, scrap that… I love the simplicity of building new factories on victory cities only. However, I did use your fixed setup idea for a few things and changed how factories are downgraded, checkout the changes to the profiles in post #1.

As far as I understand, you cannot buy any Factory.
But, is it possible to the initial owner to upgrade an IC to his former status once it has been downgraded in a Major Factory due to an earlier conquest?
If not, then there is no need to provide the price of any Factory, this should be deleted to avoid ambiguity.

I have since moved this topic to house rules, there you will find an updated rule discription that will answer your questions… I’m getting very excited about this idea and I’ll be making a YouTube video this weekend explaining it.

http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=34493.0
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What Makes For The Most Balanced Game?

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How a cheaper Navy helps the allies is this. The US comes in after turn 4. With a cheaper navy, namely transports, Japan could be a real threat to Australia, forcing the US to pay attention to it, making it historically accurate.

The US paying some attention to Japan helps the Germans.

Lastly, IMHO, the game is close enough that these changes don’t ruin the game. But seeing your point, to go along with this, you would also have to fix the sub problem which is horrible. The advantage Germany had in the beginning of the war with their subs just doesn’t exist in the game. They need to make the subs more stealthy, like rolling the dice to locate them before attacking them, (destroyers would have a better chance than other units) and greatly expanding the areas they can convoy. Also giving the Germans a wolf pack advantage that the US copies and made use of much later in the war against the Japanese.

This whole incredible aspect of WW2 was somehow left out of the game. A real shame. That would bring some balance.
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American Pac-Strat: Why Alpha +2 is not a balanced game!

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I dont know if this is off on another subject but I wanted to post the results from this weekend…… the Axis have another victory! Barbarossa on G3. They had better rolls at most of the key battles A couple of different rolls at a few of the key battles and It would have been diff. Especially in sea zone 6 for me, Oh well what can ya do. Next time It will be different
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Global is a true game of skill - the balancing factor

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Hehe - great posts, Sarge. Good thoughts.
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Simple idea for game balance

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i think it is a great idea larry.

it helps balance the game by making it easier for axis to win and it has the added benefit of helping to reduce all usa cash being diverted against one axis power.

for those worrying about realism, there is plenty to worry about, but this is just as realistic as any other rule.
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Pacific Changes, and how they could affect global balance, DOW, and other things

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I don’t think I’ll apply any change to pacific in the Global Game. And I bet I won’t be playing stand alone pacific '40 after euro 40 release, due to global playing.

But I’m sure I’ll like more the stand alone pacific 40 instead of the europe 40! So I guess I’ll apply the new adjustement only in the stand alone pacific.

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