Posts made by Afterword

@barney:

I remember seeing people play that way on the triplea lobby. Spices things up.  8-)

When do they introduce the tech? First turn or second?

That’s my concern too, but if the USA distracts Japan, then Britain should be able to send tanks to the Caucuses reasonably quickly.

The way I play Germany, the Germans tend to have a large airforce to destroy any Allied navy in the Atlantic. If the Germans do squander their air force and don’t keep it up, then Britain would be able to use its IPCs to build a fleet to land in Norway or something.

The other thing is that this denies Germany/Italy the African IPCs, so it does help contain the Germans.

I’ve been considering a minor variant: What about 1 free technology per nation at the start of the game?

At the start of the second turn*, each nation chooses a development track, rolls a die, and gets that random technology.

Additional technology could be researched as normal.

I’m thinking this would make for some interesting games, and I like the tech options in Anniversary and feel like tech is usually developed so late that it’s hard to use much.

*The first turn is critical, and the Axis getting Heavy Bombers or Long Range Aircraft on the first round would be nuts. So random tech on the second turn.

Moderator’s edit: Added tag [Anniversary] to title.

Thinking about the British forces in Anniversary 1942 set up, which I have played three games of so far. Unlike in Revised or 1942 (First Edition), the Brits aren’t in a position to immediately lose India instantly anymore on Turn One or Turn Two. In addition, they keep some of their navy since they go before Italy.

So here’s my thought: First turn, Britain builds an IC in South Africa and an IC in India. Neither of these territories can be taken realistically until Turn Three anyway (due to Japan’s severe lack of transports). If Italy ignores Africa, then South African tanks can join the fight around India. If Italy does fight in Africa, then it will be a pretty even match. Any extra IPCs would go to fighters/bombers in UK, even if that means saving IPCs turn to turn.

I realize that this probably means that the US will need to focus more on Japan, but once the Japanese navy is toasted, then the Brits could use India as a base to take islands.

Thoughts?

A couple of my nation boxes were slightly bent as well, but not enough for me to be worried about it. It’ll happen eventually.