Posts made by bgugs

Yes IL I contacted you via pm a while back about this you said it was fine as long as I wasn’t making money on it and as long as I gave you credit if I have a credit section on the map. Not making any money and as of now there is no credit section

I am bummed I couldn’t make it this year. I have recently finally figured out how big the A&A community is in the Puget Sound Region. I will definitely be watching for these events more closely so I don’t see them so last minute

I didn’t see this until now. Depending on when you guys decide to have this I may have to cross the border if I am welcome to join. I may be a bit out of my league with you guys but that would be a part of the learning experience

I am also having this same issue. Japan never seems to skip a beat and can roll the pacific side, but the Europe side struggles for me. As Russia I feel like purchasing fighters and infantry are a good go to. It provides a good defense with some offensive potential, and more importantly offers protection for Moscow’s factory. I have found that the Luftwaffe can often be stretched thin trying to bomb/escort and also keep allied landing forces in check. My first 2 turns focus on mobile units with a bomber a turn usually. Then switching towards more air power and units in whatever russian factories I have conquered. These turns could include more mobile units or possibly defense units in France if the west is posing a threat, but that isn’t likely this early in the game. In most cases Russia still ends up with a huge stack of infantry matching the German one in numbers, and is then backed by fighters and artillery. This gives me a disadvantage when attacking and is risky to approach due to his offensive capabilities. Is there something clearly wrong that I am doing? Oh and I usually send an italian can opener of a few mech and a couple tanks and bomb ukraine and leningrad as I approach

For me it always starts out in England just as a defense for naval units or from Sea Lion. However as soon as it is clear that a Sea Lion isn’t happening I use this piece in whatever way is most beneficial. Can opening, reinforcing landing, threatening boats. Whatever opportunity presents itself.

That may be true. I think it would have been another situation where Hitler and his generals disagreed on what was most strategically beneficial. But we saw who generally made the decisions despite disagreement, so you may be right.

I am not sure whether or not Germany would reinforce Spain, or rather get in the same situation that they did with Italy. It would be very draining to fight throughout Spain. I think they would likely just hold the line in the Pyrenees over the mountain passes similar to the way they did in Northern Italy. Maybe supply some resistance groups in hopes that it drains the allies of more resources

I had no idea there was this kind of a group in the Puget Sound Region. This is an awesome find. Not sure I can attend that event but I would definitely be interested in other meetups

I haven’t played this in a while. Maybe my group missed something. It always seemed to me thought that France could easily hold its coast while running over Austria and even Prussia if necessary and then slowly over power Russia since they are making so much money at that point. I always found that Britain’s only chance was to try to run through Spain and hopefully do it faster than France gets through Prussia and Austria, then kill France from both sides. However, it has been a while and my opponents tended to also make major mistakes so that could have lead to me finding this game very one sided.

Not sure if I am too late to give my feedback by IL’s map came out great when I printed it. I don’t have any experience with the other file but I can say this one is nice.

Very little progress has been made on the game mechanics as I am waiting for pieces at HBG to be in stock before I get down to the details of things

This project is still underway. Between graduating from one school, starting grad school immediately after, and it being prime backpacking and climbing season I have been very busy. All that is left is dividing up territories on the Americas on the Europe side of the board and dividing up sea zones

That is really cool! It would be interesting to know if any survived. Thanks for sharing

Storm of Steel is a good one for sure. I am just beginning To Rule the Waves How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World

So disappointing to see IE comment on here and not have it be a release date… someday

Looks awesome. I will definitely order some of these soon. Haven’t decided yet on the land mines as I do have acrylic markers that say minefield.

Just saw this photo. It looks really fun. I hope to play it in my lifetime

Another vote for option 3

That seems like an awesome way to do it cheap. Nice work

I am a little bummed I already printed a 1940 map. Well at least I don’t have to decide between yours and Siredblood’s.