Grasshopper that sounds really good, but consider this scenario: Italy hits z92 by air and z93 with ships, and also takes Greece with Albanians and amphibious assault I1. Germany or Italy will have also taken Yugoslavia, so then Germany can hit z96 and z99 and land planes there to join the eastern front. Italy can then buy an airbase for Greece and go into Syria I2 with naval and air cover. Alexandria, Transjordan and Iraq fall I3, then Egypt falls after getting it from both sides for a turn or two.
I am of the opinion that to win a war, a few ships have to sink and few planes have to burn. Most of the units that I have left “vulnerable” have the same defense value as they do attack value. That said, if I roll well, I will destroy some very valuable Italian stuff, stuff they don’t have the money to replace. However, if I leave the Med via the Suez, I allow Italy the opportunity to get major NO$s and I risk the possibility of getting locked out if Italy takes Trans-Jordon. Who cares if I have the Indian ocean? thats not where the war is. I have friends that act the same way about my aggression, they say “pull back, you might need those units later”, but I know that as an Axis player, there’s nothing worst that taking away my freedom to progress. I am not talking about silly suicide runs here, sure Italy can reach many of my units spread out all over the Med and they will attempt to sink them all, but are you telling me that the axis aren’t nervous about losing planes or losing surviving ships to that second wave of British reinforcement ships coming through Gibraltar and the Suez?..… YA they are. You may be saying that you welcome such a move by the UK their first turn, but secretly, your praying to the dice gods.
It’s OK to sacrifice units as long as you will kill an equivalent IPC value in enemy units. I’ll plan to get some units killed just to take out the enemy. Japan really suffers once their 21 aircraft dwindle down to 12 or less. Italy is rough once they lack surface fleet.
@Young:
You may be saying that you welcome such a move by the UK their first turn, but secretly, your praying to the dice gods.
Nope, i’m openly praying for my oponent to do what you say….
And i invite you to play a 2-4 rounds game of Alpha 3(latest set up) against my Axis. The point being to explore your early rounds UK play vs my Axis play, not playing a long game (but we could play the entire game if you wish so).
@Young:
You may be saying that you welcome such a move by the UK their first turn, but secretly, your praying to the dice gods.
Nope, i’m openly praying for my oponent to do what you say….
And i invite you to play a 2-4 rounds game of Alpha 3(latest set up) against my Axis. The point being to explore your early rounds UK play vs my Axis play, not playing a long game (but we could play the entire game if you wish so).
I appreciate your challenge. However, I am strictly a table top player, so therefore you are right, as I choose not to prove my theory in battle, I forfeit the right to defend it. If you are ever in Toronto, you would be welcome to a demonstration.
it was not a challenge, or a pissing contest of any sort. Just a friendly proposition to explore early UK rounds positional play. Just an oportunity for one of us (or both) to learn a few things about this wonderful game. :wink:
I live in Montreal, so if i know i’m going to be in Toronto for a few days, i’ll sure pm you and try to fix an apointment for a gaming session.
:-)
it was not a challenge, or a pissing contest of any sort. Just a friendly proposition to explore early UK rounds positional play. Just an oportunity for one of us (or both) to learn a few things about this wonderful game. :wink:
I live in Montreal, so if i know i’m going to be in Toronto for a few days, i’ll sure pm you and try to fix an apointment for a gaming session.
:-)
That would be great, you would love my set-up and the beer fridge is always running (after a few cold ones, we could have that pissing contest).
This is some good stuff… my group play tested the Alpha 3 rules the week they came out, and it was a pretty interesting game. I appreciate you guys pointing out the additional changes to Alpha 3. I am looking forward to trying out this new “amended” rule set in the coming weeks.
@Young:
it was not a challenge, or a pissing contest of any sort. Just a friendly proposition to explore early UK rounds positional play. Just an oportunity for one of us (or both) to learn a few things about this wonderful game. :wink:
I live in Montreal, so if i know i’m going to be in Toronto for a few days, i’ll sure pm you and try to fix an apointment for a gaming session.
:-)
That would be great, you would love my set-up and the beer fridge is always running (after a few cold ones, we could have that pissing contest).
That’s damn funny
I tried that Med strategy that I posted earlier in this thread on Saturday, and it worked great. I caught my opponent by surprise by being so aggressive and it messed up all his plans (what ever they were). I will report later.
