World at War game 2

DizzKneeLand33

very nice synopsis of the game, Whack.

I would add one little note that makes me love this game more than the others. In addition to the amazing battles in the Pacific, those “bombers” that were referred to above (5/2/8) cost 18 IPC’s. Infantry cost 2. So, using a ton of those planes to continually plow into ground units by themselves doesn’t make economic sense (as opposed to some other discussions about other games on these boards).

One other note: when your planes fly over aa’s, you don’t get to pick the casualties, it’s rolled on a plane by plane basis (in essence). Although that takes some getting used to, it actually makes a heck of a lot more sense than the attacker choosing aa casualties as a group….

Balancing out your naval, ground, and air power isn’t just an ethereal concept here. It is real, and if you are dead in any one of those areas, you’re pretty much just dead (minor powers aside).

Witt

Thanks Whack. I think so many of us like this game, Dizz, because it has many aspects of 1940. But then seems better. It is certainly more complex, with a wonderful map.

Whackamatt

Dizz, I would counter that losing your navy doesn’t mean you’re dead, just on the defensive. I took out the Axis fleet in the Pacific, but Hisachi and Yamamoto have both been collecting in their 60s for awhile thereafter. Even with full control of the Pacific, it can take a long time to truly crush someone.

So don’t despair if you fall on hard luck, you’ll still be in the fight for some time affecting the war.

It also encourages a nice mix of units, land/air/sea, as many compliment the other. Amphibing, inf support from planes, etc.

I also enjoy the fact that there is more back and forth, with counter strikes instead of two giant stacks and that’s it like in Global 1940. Here there has to be some counter assaults to stop blitzing. Mechs can move THREE! and if you have a giant stack of all inf as Russia, Germany can skirt around you and threaten a capital. It’s good to have a mix of 1, 2 & 3 movement units for both offense and defense.

There are a lot more tough calls that force you to look into the future. Do I buy 3 infantry that can move 1, or 1 mech that can move 3 and support? Where is my front line going to be after counter attacks, etc.?

captainwalker

We have ten players now so we’re almost ready to start.
I’m going to see if Vold will play the axis minors since he’s never played WaW before…that will put AeV on the allies side then.
I’ll post the teams after I get that settled.

Vold

That would be fine Cap’n.

Thanks for the write-up and discussion, it is very helpful!

Whackamatt

i though of an addendum for bunkers: you can only build 1 / territory / turn. So you can’t spend 60 ICs and drop 10 bunkers in a single territory. Any territory can only add 1 bunker per round.

captainwalker

the game engine only allows one per territory per turn even if you have unlimited construction selected as an option, so we won’t need any special rules for that.

Our options will be-
No low luck.
LHTR rules for carrier production
Unlimited construction with or without factory
shore bombard casualties won’t return fire ( if that isn’t what happens once we start, we’ll just keep it the way it is)

the teams have been established-
Axis : allies:
Vold Entek
captain walker Wheatbeer
Dawgoneit Degrasse
Whitman AeV
dizzkneeland33 Whackamatt

I think the axis have pretty much got their lineup planned so the allies will have to post here when they are ready to BE DESTROYED!

Whackamatt

I like the idea of not knowing who was what country.

Let’s see, do dice rolls work in PMs? I’d assume so. Time to PM my team and get to the rolling!

Whackamatt

However…not knowing won’t work because you can tell who posted the turn! lol. Unless there’s some convoluted way of making everyone log in to a common account per side just for this game.

Hmmm…

Whackamatt

Nope. Rolling doesn’t work in PMs. :cry:

Dice Rolls: 1@5; Total Hits: 11@5: (2)

captainwalker

What I meant was we won’t know initially who is playing what country.
After round one it’s all gonna be out in the open.

WorldWarAllies

Heh, not unless we share a common log in name! BEHOLD! Is this Whack, or isn’t it? mah ha ha!

DizzKneeLand33

omg…. :mrgreen:

To all of my Axis teammates (aka “The Victorious Ones”), I am very cool playing the side that no one else wants. I find them all fascinating. So just let me know which one you’d like me to take. Just thought I’d through that in while I’m on break. :D

aequitas-et-veritas

Be nice dice!

Dice Rolling 1d5:
(2)

aequitas-et-veritas

Be very nice dice!!

Dice Rolling 1d5:
(1)

Whackamatt

Don’t forget, AEV, I changed the order in a later PM. I’ll post who is what later, but right now I’ve hit my PM limit. So I guess a mass PM counts against your limit pretty hard. lol

So review my PMs for the second, jumbled order for countries.

And what do you guys think of posting via two team names so we won’t know who is what until the very end? I think that would be very cool

Entek

Dice Rolling 1d6:
(5)

captainwalker

You won’t have to post who’s playing what side on the allies unless you want to…if you do, that will give us some time to figure out who we’re going to kill first!

Is there really a limit on pms?

DizzKneeLand33

@captain:

Is there really a limit on pms?

With some of the girls I’ve dated in the past, I would have to answer that question with a flat “no”….

captainwalker

this is how this game is going to go down!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrSy–zUokA

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