Alternative balance solution to bidding

[Gargantua]

A friend of mine told me about an alternative bidding system geniuses when he plays with his group.

Instead of ipcs,  they bid 1-4 and the number represents how many units the allies can selectively remove from the axis setup.

Interesting concept!

[Witt]

But that could be 80 IPCs, if you remove all 4 Battleships.
Do the Axis ever win if the bid is 3? I realise no one would bid 4 and win.
And how do they decide who bids first? Is it written on paper in secret?

[cyanight]

You could take Japan’s 3 transports.  I’m pretty sure that would stop the round 1 DOW.

[erwinrommel]

Id much rather remove a german battleship and bomber than bid two subs myself. So my bid would be 2.

[Witt]

@cyanight:

You could take Japan’s 3 transports.  I’m pretty sure that would stop the round 1 DOW.

Nice thought!
But I love money and 3-4 Battleships….

[KaLeu]

The rules say that industrial complexes are units, too. I know just the four targets I’d pick.  :-D

But if I can’t have those, then I’d take the German and Italian BB and the two German bombers. Royal Navy lives, Taranto is a lot easier too, so the US needs to do very little in the Atlantic I’d say.

[Young Grasshopper]

I think the whole bid system might work better as is, if there were an American battleship added to the setup in sea zone #101.