Free French and BEF Mod

@adaptation:

I would say the main issue is that America is too good in a FFA. Unless you split the map ‘‘a la risk’’, but then again whoever gets the US is still too good.

The US can is not as much of a threat in a risk type setup as you might think especially if you downgrade the IPC value of the 3 territories to half the original value and upgrade the IPC value of the rest of the VCs to 4-8 IPCs each.

Plus North America is sea locked just like in G40 so it takes longer for whomever gets the US to be able to attack. So the defender gets at least 2 extra rounds to build up units.

I take S France on G1, risking taking higher losses in the battle for France, then never make any German Navy in the Med as Uk is always just too strong and I fear losing the new units.
Without an Air Base any German builds seem doomed, but I cannot afford to blow 15IPCs making one when the ultimate objective is Russia.
UK well played is the death knell for Italy.

But it does cost you the 10 IPC NO, so until your planning to go to war with the US consider the IPC value of FIC to be -8

The “only” is implicitly on page 20 of the Rulebook, as that is the only place in the Rulebook that taking control of an allied power’s territory is mentioned.  In the absence of any other rules regarding taking such control, one may assume that it’s the only way it can be done, since no other provision is made for doing so.

The +1 was Larry’s newest add on, the Beta.  I was trying to figure out how to make the new fellas stick out myself.  Probably just should remove it.

Think I forgot the AA Gun on the West Coast BTW

What French units have you purchase? and why?

I am looking for stuff like:
-purchased an AA gun for France (or Fic) for the large air units about to take it back.
-bought an art for can opener move.
-bought a tank for FIC to blitz empty China territories.

This game can take many twist and turns (pun intended) that French builds in late game can be anything.

(NOTE: this thread is not about what you did with the starting French units. This is about AFTER France is liberated, gets IPCs, THEN has a turn WITH $ to buy stuff.  If you have not progressed that far in a game, please just read and do not clutter the thread.)

@Krieghund:

It was felt that the number of French troops that were in the region didn’t warrant a full infantry unit.

Okay, that makes sense.  Thanks Krieghund.

@RedHunter:

@calvinhobbesliker:

I think in Poland, the calvary was attacking German inf, and then tanks showed up.

You would be wrong to think that. Polish calvary and German tanks never clashed. The Polish horsemen ran like hell when they saw tanks because they weren’t insane.

You just finished me sentence.I did not mean to imply the cavalry decided to fight the tanks.