Axis & Allies Battle of the Bulge FAQ

@Chidori:

@Yavid:

The easiest thing to do is after Germany’s turn count had many Victory points worth of territories they control and that’s how many Victory points they have.

Ok, so that means points DO NOT accumulate. Whatever point hexes Germany controls at turn end is what victory points they have. They have to control 24 points worth of territories to win.

You posted while I was posting. You seem to have it now.

If you hold a four point city for two turns it only adds 4 points one time. It does not add 4 points every turn.

Two ways to figure it:

At the end of turn subtract cities retaken by the allies from your previous turn’s total and add newly conquered cities to your previous turn’s total.

OR

@Yavid:

The easiest thing to do is after Germany’s turn count add how many Victory points worth of territories they control and that’s how many Victory points they have.

ok so it got here today. I’m re-reading the rule book and things are looking good. I’m answering my own questions at this point. Things I could never figure out I’m finding the answer to and understanding the rules. I think my hang up before was the title Axis and Allies and the combat system is nothing like it.

Thanks. Never said I wanted the Allies to win!
Have had Allied victories, just not the last two. My wife was unlucky.
Never thought of defence in depth though. Having a stop line like you described. Will look at it later tonight.

@LuckyDay:

@frimmel:

Football analogy – the greatest defensive front four in the history of the NFL combined with the worst secondary in the history of the NFL will win how many games?

was that a crack against the Detroit Lions?

if not, can I make one?…

:lol:

Not a crack against any particular team but cracks against any team from that state up north except the Spartans are okay with me.

:|

Okay, the Spartans are game but lay off Dantonio.

Go Buckeyes!  8-)

I was indeed mistaken each trunk counts as 1 unit as opposed to trucks working like supplies. You are not allowed an unlimited number of trucks per hex.  :oops:

You would have to land supplies at the beaches and move them to the front line units. Units would have to be able to move out of zones with other units. The whole “locked in combat” aspect of D-Day is not in keeping with most of the mechanics of BOTB.

You can but it has not been playtested with the map. The ideas have been playtested and they work very well in other games. I am working on changes on the air power thing because its not historical. Both sides had limited air power for each day of the campaign and i plan on spreading out the pain of allied 3/9 planes for the last 4 turns of the game , while i feel many games will progress with the statement " if the germans dont get far by turn 4 they should resign" I want to take the same number of air allocations but spread them out over all the turns ( except no allied air allocations on turn one).

So what im saying it go ahead and post but let me email a better version first  to you with these new changes. Ill have it by tomorrow.