Bids

[tmartin]

What are typical bids for the OOB 1940 setup?

[AndrewAAGamer]

That depends on if you really want to be the Axis or not. Bids had gone as high as $60 to be the Axis but, the Yunnan Stack Bid has lowered that a bit. I would say low $40s to low $50s is a reasonable range.

[tmartin]

@AndrewAAGamer thanks… any recommendations what to do with a let’s say 45$ bid?

[AndrewAAGamer]

Yunnan Stack = $13

• Fighter Moscow
• Infantry Yunnan

Save 1/2 the British Navy + Taranto (I am a fan of Taranto) = $28

• Fighter Scotland
• SS SZ111 + SZ91 + SZ98

The above is minimum so that would be a $41 Bid. With $4 more an artillery in Africa.

[tmartin]

@AndrewAAGamer thanks ill have to try this out

[Arthur Bomber Harris]

@tmartin the crazy thing is that the game doesn’t feel that much different even with ~40PU bid. The Allies will more easily control the Atlantic, Med, and Africa. China will be more difficult to exterminate. Moscow will survive for a few more turns.

Otherwise the Axis can proceed as normal with India and Moscow eventually falling due to the overwhelming power of Axis air power.

The game changes dramatically at 60 PUs when China becomes so powerful they can drive Japan off of mainland Asia (or least credibly threaten that).