Review of my first played Global War 1936 V. 3 game

@chris_henry more to come but a quick comment here: I feel like I’d rather focus on the meat of the war rather than worry about any “spice” that may be available in Latin America . Playing the expansion haven’t really ever seen the Comintern invest in Latin America, it seems really not worth it. So I think sticking with the “meat” of the game is better. And your spice is more like “fat” that needs to be trimmed! Ha

@bretters Haha fair enough! I just like to have something happen down there rather than nothing!

I actually have yet to be the Comintern in any of our games, but I would love to try some of these things with them when I get the chance!

@chris_henry
If a 1 or 2 isn’t rolled for LAW (these rolls only happen once a year btw) no action is happening , expansion or not lol.

@chris_henry yea you gotta get a chance to play as every nation for sure!

@bretters

If a 1 or 2 isn’t rolled for LAW (these rolls only happen once a year btw) no action is happening , expansion or not lol.

Haha while very true, to me it’s better than no possibilities of anything happening!

@chris_henry yea you gotta get a chance to play as every nation for sure!

I really have been wanting to play them! The general consensus from these boards have been to have your weakest/slowest learning player play as the Comintern for a while until they are comfortable. So that’s what we’ve been doing haha. We typically play with my dad and my brother and myself. So my brother and I have basically flipped between being the Axis or the Allies, and have left our dad to be the Comintern until he gets it down a bit better. But I just think it would be a lot of fun to be the Comintern and try some things!

@chris_henry @chris_henry yea the Comintern is fun because you can play either side / stay neutral (potentially) . My highlight with the Comintern was hitting a neutral Romania in July ‘39 and then yugo the next turn and northern Italy and Rome in the subsequent turns!

@bretters Hitting Romania in that way is definitely something I was wanting to do as well! I know it’s not an uncommon thing to do, but I think it still catches the Axis a bit off guard when it’s done haha.

@chris_henry I’ve been the only person to hit Romania in our group of 5 …

@bretters That surprises me a bit! I think when I first got the game I would have balked at making that move. But the more we’ve played, and I’ve read strategies on the boards here, I think it’s a very viable option. Maybe not necessarily a guarantee you have to do it every game in order to do well, but I think it’s one that should totally be on the table by anyone playing them!

@chris_henry yea next game I play at the Comintern I do want to prioritize attacking Romania in July 39 (if not aligned to Germany yet) and to attack other neutrals adjacent to me so as to not invoke the possibility (justification) for the allies to declare war on me (like I did before when I attacked Italy after going through Romania) and if war erupts between Germany and I , at least I will have taken Romania from them ($9 swing) -$3 NO for Germany $3 territory and don’t forget about the units Romania gets if they align the country … .

@bretters Totally agree! It’s something I would need to debate in game if I want to risk however many troops it might take to defeat Romania. But just as you said though, taking it at the very least robs Germany of those units to do with as he pleases, and it does give a small economic boon for a while there!

@chris_henry russia can put its whole force or most of its force against Romania in July '39 its not a big risk to attack it based on the combat against the neutral troops alone.

@bretters Very true. I just meant if like maybe the Soviets had already attacked Finland or something, and lost too many troops and were now worried about the Germans. Something like that. But yeah, I think there’s a lot of instances where attacking a neutral Romania early on can make a ton of sense!

@chris_henry July ‘39 is the first turn Russia can make an attack …. So it’s not a question of if you have attacked Finland or not … you decide how you attack on your first opportunity…. And you need to attack Romania while it’s neutral before it turns German, so if you aren’t attacking in July ‘39 I don’t see it happening.

@bretters Oh true! Sorry, wasn’t thinking about that part of it!