Russians in Ethiopia

[zooooma]

I took the Ethiopia and Somali with Russians last game. To save time, they hopped on a British transport after taking Iraq.

Russia had lost most of their territories. Japan had taken most of East, and Germany was in all the factories except Moscow.

The African territories, plus Iraq, Norway, and Finland, were providing Russia with 8 IPCs plus another 15 in national objectives. Seven British fighters in Moscow held of the bombing raids, and I think the extra income made the difference for Russia to hang on until the Allies turned the tide.

If the game had continued, I was likely to pick up Tobruk too!

Has anybody else gotten good bonus money for Russia from Italian Africa?

[barnee]

@zooooma

Hi

Yea it’s fairly common. I see it in League games anyway. I think it’s a good idea. Doesn’t usually take a big investment. Nice to get Iraq too, which requires more dudes and some like to leave that for UK to build another Fctry.

Also why some won’t attack Ethhiopia/Somalia. Either wait for them to move out or if they stay, you need a larger SSR force, although UK could whittle it down with strafe attacks using the BB.

[zooooma]

I figured it was probably fairly common.

We were late to the game upgrading to 2nd edition, and are still discovering things. 🙂

[barnee]

@zooooma

That’s more than half the fun discovering it on your own :)

[zooooma]

@barnee said in Russians in Ethiopia:

@zooooma

That’s more than half the fun discovering it on your own :)

It really is! And I impressed my playgroup too.