[Global 1940] 2nd Revised Setup For France

@FranceNeedsMorePower

British Expeditionary Force. I was referring to the real life formation.

I don’t think we should add a French infantry, they didn’t really exist there at the time. I’d like to imagine that the infantry in Syria, when moved down to Egypt, would represent the historical Free French forces in Egypt.

@FranceNeedsMorePower I’ve enjoyed reading this thread. I like the idea of adding even just 1 UK infantry to Normandy, but I am not so sure about adding to Paris. That territory is designed to fall G1 or else the game is wildly altered, and I think that while making France a little bulkier isn’t bad, it needs to be done elsewhere. I like adding the following from what you two have said:

• 1 UK inf. to Normandy,
• 1 or French inf. to Indochina
• 1 French destroyer in SZ 36 next to Indochina
  1 French transport in SZ 105, right off the coast of Bordeaux. This is undefended, but to take it out the Axis need to spare a ship or plane sorely needed elsewhere in round 1.

@FranceNeedsMorePower Italy already is shafted in this game. Adding Allied units to Africa is just one more nail in the coffin and makes that theater even more unbalanced, IMHO.

@FranceNeedsMorePower But if you put the transport in 110 then it will just be sunk with the rest of the fleet without Germany having to use any resources to get to it. It is entirely pointless in 110.

Also, moving all the UK units to Normandy makes Paris a soft target, and Germany won’t lose any more than a few infantry. They’ll just take Paris turn 1, and then throw their air force with a few infantry at Normandy turn 2. I like keeping the 2 UK units in Paris there.

@FranceNeedsMorePower

I think that works.

I don’t think there should be submarine in New Hebridies out of historical accuracy.

To make up moving the British units to Normandy Bordeaux the units in that territory should move into Paris.

The French transport in sea zone 105 is probably a better idea for Tamer of Beasts’ reasons.

@FranceNeedsMorePower That does sound fun but you still have the problem of Italy being underwhelming in the first place. I hesitate to add anything to France that could impact Italy in any meaningful way. Doing so would require an Italian change in setup, and if I understand correctly, the goal here is a little more excitement and possibly balance, not redoing the whole game. Changing the Italian setup because you changed France’s (beyond slowing Germany down) is more of an alternate edition than a house rule.

@FranceNeedsMorePower My honest answer is that I think you are taking off more than you can chew at once. I suggest playtesting this in phases. Start with making minor adjustments to France (like the ones I suggested or similar). If that makes you happy-great! If not, then slowly add changes.

It seems right now that you are a little too eager to change everything, and I fear you will wind up disappointing yourself and never settling on anything.

Just my two-cents, but those are my honest thoughts. Start simple and give France a low-impact option or two.

@FranceNeedsMorePower Making the cruiser in 110 a BB wildly upsets the naval battle G1. While I respect the goal of powering up France, I stick with my previous comment about starting small. This move would take off at least 1 or 2 planes from Germany and likely preserve the Royal Navy elsewhere, causing later game shifts.