Austria was a little risky and only left 6 inf and 2 art in tyrolia to defend against italy well sending the 6 inf and 2 art in Trieste into serbia. MY first turn buy as Austria was 5 art and one plane. I left one inf in the capital for that. I as Austria was hopeing that the 6 inf and 2 art sent into serbia would be enough to take it out. I knew that the the Italian player was very conservative. so he would either turn 1 be attacking 6 inf and 2 art vs. the same force in tyrolia or walking into trieste with that force to be counterattacked by Vienna, serbia, and Tyrolia forces. This would buy me the time to get the serb force back to triests turn 2. Thus giveing me parity with the italians again. The problem was going to be I3 because Italy could then get the Rome group to venice. thus on turn 3 Germany and Austria went into Switzerland, flanking ITaly makeing Italy commit to attacking the swiss group I3 and away from Austrian land thus giveing Austria a couple more turns to pump troops into Russia. This game was some what of an outlier because CP got very good dice rolls in Africa and were still walking around it turn 6. Against an italy player that was aggressive this strat may not have worked. I think the CPs would have won this game because even though it may have been hard for Germany to take Paris with Austrias IPCs it was in a position to begin a move on Rome turn 6 and it had such a massive stack the italians probobly would have died next and then brit french U.S. would be in trouble.
Sculpts for Minor Aligned Powers
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Does anyone of you uses special Sculpts for the minor aligned powers Belgium, Romania, Serbia, Albania, Portugal, Persia and Bulgaria?
I was thinking of buying some dutch neutrals from Historical Board Gaming (Artillery seems to match) but I�m not sure if the Infantry has the same size as 1914 Infantrysculpts. The black German WW2 Infantrymen with their short guns look like dwarfs compared to the grey imperial army…
Maybe any other suggestions ?
Can�t wait to have my own 3D-printer :lol:
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Depends on what rules you’re using; is it really worth it if Romanian infantry function exactly like Russians?
I’ve though of minor nations units getting a combat bonus fighting in their homeland.
Since the official infantry are getting towards 1/72 scale you might consider HaT infantry sets to supplement your pieces:
http://www.hat.com/currentW.html
Note that Portuguesers used British uniforms - in French blue.
http://www.hat.com/Othr7/Nuno32P.html
Other figures are available:
http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/PeriodList.aspx?period=11
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I think the Dutch infantry from HBG are smaller than the infantry from 1914. Coach made them to fit in with the 1940 sculpts which are smaller.
The only difference is the new ANZAC infantry from Pacific 1940 2e. They are the right size for 1914 but they dwarf all the other nations’ infantry sculpts in 1940 2e.
I thought the infantry in the 1940 games was 1/72 scale. Are they actually a smaller scale? Are the infantry from 1914 1/72 scale?
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I’ve also been looking around for something that could work well for neutral artillery and infantry. So far the only thing that seems to fit is that WWI era Dutch artillery piece HBG sells. It would also be kind of cool if their was some Arab/Persian cavalry unit that could be used for Persia, Arabia, and Afghanistan in place of infantry.
I think Monopoly has a lot of potential. The Monopoly automobile can be used as an armored car and there is also a dreadnaught, cavalry, and artillery piece. Also, Uncle Pennybags does bear a strong resemblance to Georges Clemenceau.
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I once mocked up an Axis and Allies Monopoly board.
One thing I can’t stand, though, is that these themed editions keep the 4 original corner squares, destroying the atmosphere competely.
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The Guard House should be changed to Death Camp.
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I use the dutch sculpts for all 3 …orange = pro axis, white = neutral, light blue = pro allied
and they work perfectly
i also use the grey chips from 42.2 for nuetrals and the colored ones for pro allied or axis
the artillery matches the 1914 style and the infantry perfectly matches the smaller chips
would recommend it!
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It would also be kind of cool if their was some Arab/Persian cavalry unit that could be used for Persia, Arabia, and Afghanistan in place of infantry.
I found some nice Afghanistan Infantry:
they even sell modern terrorists:
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@Uncrustable:
the artillery matches the 1914 style and the infantry perfectly matches the smaller chips
would recommend it!
Sounds good! Does the Dutch Infantry has the size of 42 or 14?
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Depends on what rules you’re using; is it really worth it if Romanian infantry function exactly like Russians?
I’ve though of minor nations units getting a combat bonus fighting in their homeland.
I use some houserules. I let them enter the war historically, without beeing activated by Allies. Romania for example attacks AH in September 1916. (R5) (if not beeing attacked earlier) If there occurs an RusRev its finally possible to distingish the Russian units from the romanian/serbian units on the board. Romania as a minor aligned power does also generate new troops every round as long as its not defeated.
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It would also be kind of cool if their was some Arab/Persian cavalry unit that could be used for Persia, Arabia, and Afghanistan in place of infantry.
I found some nice Afghanistan Infantry:
they even sell modern terrorists:
Nice find but those prices are kind of steep given their somewhat poor quality. I have seen some of those modern terrorist figs on thegamecrafter.com.
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Arab irregulars or “Lawrence of Arabia” are regularly voted the number one most requested set for new 1/72 plastic figures.
The nearest you can get are the old Airfix Arabs:
http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=34
With L of A supposedly appearing in the Esci set:
http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=576&imagetype=2
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