IMO the German Med fleet is one of the most overrated pieces on the board b/c in reality Germany cannot afford to send any troops from Europe anyway. The game is won or lost in Europe and Africa is merely a sidebar so to that end no great lengths should be taken to protect the German BB. A few exceptions are to send it to the WMed to threaten the Uk1 naval build so as to make them not build or waste a ftr to destroy a bb. However this assumes you have enough air to be able to attack all other units of the Royal Navy which is iffy at best. Another reason to spare the bb is by going to Syria on G1 along with a take of AES f/Libya this helps protect Africa and gives Germany a huge ipc boom going on into the game. However, its very difficult to say if Germany will be able to afford this in Europe without risking EEuro so in general I’d say that the best move is to simply kack the bb against the Med bb and concentrate air in the UkSz while using the transport to landgrab Cauc or whatever.
How long is one turn?
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The game starts in the spring of 1942, each time one full round is complete (all the coutries have had a turn). How much time has elapsed in “Real Time”? one month, one season? a week, a day? does anyone know?
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This is a guess, but, i think one full round is a year.
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1 Season (3 months)
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based on what? i thought that the game just leaves it open to interpretation.
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If each three months make up one turn then I find it odd how the first nine months are incredibly length with engagements while the later turns just seem to drag on.
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I don’t remember where it is actualy said but I’m fairly certain that it is indeed 3 months.
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If a turn was an entire year, the war would drag on for more than a decade.
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Well, it is not a historical based game. If Japan can blitz across Russian, the war could last 10 years.
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I came up with 3 months or 1 season as well last year. Most of my games were lasting 15 to 20 turns with a defeat or surrender, which LOOSELY equates to mid 1945 or end 1946. Remember, if the Allies needed to invade Japan proper, the war could have lasted another year or so…
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but there is no clear amount though. in reality, germany could of not built a world winner fleet in 3 months after taking russia.
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Good point Horten
Personally, I feel that the time each turn takes is variable, meaning from 1 season to 1 year or something.
But I’m just a stupid newbie anyway :cry:
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Good point as well, we may be worrying about something intentionally left vague by the game designer.
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Yep, that’s probably right
Not the most importint thing however :grin:
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I consider one turn a season. The only reason I like to know how long a turn is, is so I can compare my progress to the real war. Just something I think is fun. :cool:
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Agreed, I like to do the same. Imagine WWII fighting on into the early or mid 1950’s !!!
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We might actually have seen WWII entering the early late 1940s if American Pacific planners decided on invading each and every Japanese held island instead of pursuing their brilliant island hopping campaign. Of course, the invasion of Japan itself might of prolonged the war even until the early 1950s if not for the invention of the atomic warhead.
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I wonder if there are still 75+ year old Japanese soldiers hiding out on Pacific islands waiting to fight Americans not knowing the war ended 57 years ago???
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LOL
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If the U.S. had not insisted upon unconditional surrender, neither an invasion nor the atomic bomb would have been needed
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How do you figure?
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