In a recent game I played as the Allies and let a buddy tackle the Axis. He shortchanged himself by underbuilding at the southern France factory (he was intent on helping Italy with Germany) but only built a cruiser, sub and transport there (and moved the DD over)
The UK attacked this fleet, killing a German DD, CR, TRN and Italian CR and TRN.
He was quite mad, but learned an important lesson. The UK can NOT let the Germans get off cheap and flood Africa with Germans. I had to kill it.
After a few rounds we discussed that he should have bought a carrier or airbase for southern france if he wanted to go that route.
Imagine a purchase such as that as German forces swooping in and taking over the Vichy French navy (not really building ships in the med, but paying to steal ones already there)
The game is still ongoing, but as a warning to Axis players, don’t try and be cheap about helping Italy, or the UK will attack and kill that fleet. (unless you kill that UK Carrier)
It’s good more brit power was added to the med IMO. I beleive the setup we have is actually the Alpha 2 one (might update, but none of us is too keen on the AA gun change)
It looks like the DD in 92 got upgraded to a tac and the sub in 99 moved south to 98 while a DD and trn got added there.
It seems that germany still has decent odds for a med wipe (or at least blocking the 98 fleet from going anywhere in combat move the UK turn.), but it was too easy before.
It’s a cool challenge for the Germans that yugoslavia starts out italian and thus ineligible for the German factory.
It is seeming to be the best option for germany to move its Med DD over to 97 on G1 to protect the Italian BB from the UK sub.
Yugoslavia is italian, but Germany starts with the south france factory.
And take this advice: don’t resist the AA gun rule change. It makes the game a LOT better.
Perhaps we didn’t play it enough, but we agreed that it seemed that the ability for AA to take hits only helps people who want to turtle.
Well whats 3 more hits you can soak with your AA guns in a grand battle invovling like 50 infantry 10 tanks and 5 planes.
More AA guns allows the attacker to use them as a mobile umbrella for his forces from being retaliated against with just a zillion planes and a few land units.
Germany should always bring some with them in to Russia, it makes the USSR hesitate when commiting its air power in a spoiler attack.
This also works vice versa.
Is anyone working on a triplea version of this?
Is anyone working on a triplea version of this?
Not that I have heard. Honestly you could do it yourself if you had the time, just fast forward through the first turns, then use edit mode to delete and add the units you need.
yea I was messing around with it just now sure looks like a pile of russian units have you tried it?
yea I was messing around with it just now     sure looks like a pile of russian units   have you tried it?
I have, and it’s great. It looks like Russia has a lot, but Gerry has a lot more right on the front lines, and call kill a lot easy.
cool I’ll have to give it a go
If Russia backs up to moscow, it can hold it almost without doubt. Problem is. A mega stack in moscow will get pinned, and germany will be able to nibble at Stalingrad and the whole southern Soviet breadbasket.
It is ok to have a monster stack in Russia if Germany is collecting 90 IPCs and Russia is collecting 12 IPCs and you are hitting them with 2 bombers a turn.
This setup isn’t just about reaching for the jugular. Economic suppression of the enemy is the key to victory.
right on has there been any decision on the japanese chinese infantry situation?
If you want to play it safe give China 2 more infantry in Sikang, and remove two Japanese infantry from Anwhe.
This won’t change that much, but might give China one more turn of before it is totally neutered (reduced to one stack & one territory)
It seems that the Chinese front goes ahistorically lopsided on J1
Perhaps Japan shouldn’t be ass deep into China already……that is being considered as well.
I assume malaya and kwangtung still have their naval bases?
Yea, if they are missing, my apologizes.
no worries the more I look at this the better it becomes excellent work
are the Philippines supposed to have a naval and airbase? or were they intentionally left off?
Also supposed to be there.
No bases were removed (from 1940) but some have been added.
thanks! wasnt sure. btw, keep up the excellent work. really, this mod is the best ive seen, its fantastic. please make more.
There is a tripleA file somewhere in this thread.
