Posts made by Bigtiti

the french or the russians are already pushing quite hard on the german frontline. you can hardly spend anything on fleet. should you spend on fleet, the brits can match more easily. or use American ships to reinforce that navy. ottomans fended the brits off quite some time actually, but they can’t stop 'em. certainly when the first tanks come rolling in, then it’s GO for the ottoman empire and their 19 IPC’s go straight to UK.

@Texas:

How much does the UK spend on navy in your games?  What do the Ottomons typically do?

the ottomans try to draw time: try to contest territories, claim bulgaria and perhaps sevastopol/romania lightly. best O1 i did was neutralising the russians in mesopotamia strong enough so british forces couldn’t counterattack, and forcing Brits on Tranjs-jordan to retreat. the UK spends nothing on navy, unless a transport or 2. the french battleships are sufficient for guarding the navy.

@Flashman:

Maybe an Austrian swing south via Sevastopol to help the Turks take India?

the Brits produce double of ottomans (before taking their territories). and if those austrians first have to neutralise moscow, it will be much to late.

very well, but i prefer ingame tactics. and it doesn’t solve anything this new SM: there are still thousands of Brits with milions of IPC’s.

how do you prevent the UK from becoming a +60 IPC menace? they are in our games the ticking clock: the CP’s have to win before the Brits come all the way from India to Vienna/Berlin etc. the ottomans can be easily pushed aside, certainly with air superiority and tanks. the german african forces can be removed from play in the 3rd round with some extra landed forces. france can hold on its own, and even so: there are enough canadians and starting UK forces with accompaning french naval fleet.

i’m normally not a praying man, but if you’re out there… Help me, Superman!

@vonLettowVorbeck1914:

@Frontovik:

i still prefer my version: you can only move through your original home territories that way. you can use those of your allies aswell, but you’d need to move to the new railway network. so troops from berlin move from berlin tot munich G1, G2 they move to tyrolia, G3 they can move to budapest (and stop), G5 they move into serbia or romania, even if it’s austrian controlled etc. so it gets troops faster to the front, but not to the battleline (i can imagine quite well there weren’t that many efficient operarating railroads in Western-Flanders by the fall of 1918)….

I am not saying I would be pushing this one over all others, but do you think it would be better to have them stop as soon as they enter a different ally’s territory?

Germany could move through any Grey it controls, and then once it got to Austria, it would stop in that territory. The next turn, it could move through green until it got to a turquoise or back to grey.

Heck, the CP could even do this in Russia without it being too abusive. They could move through as many CP controlled Russian territories as they like, but once they get to a different color tt, they must stop.

It’s a little bit faster than what you posted, since it allows you to take one step in the different colored territory.

indeed, same thing. it sounds better than the ‘original’ strategic movement’
but i would discount enemy territories; sound more fair. you can say the russians used other railroadsystem (they were broader) and the other systems have been FUBAR’ed.

i still prefer my version: you can only move through your original home territories that way. you can use those of your allies aswell, but you’d need to move to the new railway network. so troops from berlin move from berlin tot munich G1, G2 they move to tyrolia, G3 they can move to budapest (and stop), G5 they move into serbia or romania, even if it’s austrian controlled etc. so it gets troops faster to the front, but not to the battleline (i can imagine quite well there weren’t that many efficient operarating railroads in Western-Flanders by the fall of 1918)….

russian strategies would be suite important…
if the CP had a chance.

but i think most people will just assault the ottoman cruisers, take mesopotomia and consolidate on the ukraine, possible activatr romania with an infantry

@BJCard:

Yes, I agree.  If Paris can not be taken than the CPs cannot ever win.  Its not like London is possible to take- you may as well try for Washington.

This is why I think Paris needs to be taken as early as possible - France is weakest in the beginning and only gets stronger as England and/or the US starts plopping men down there.Â

I am still experimenting with the Paris or Bust theory- the ‘long term economic plan’ doesn’t seem to work when the Ottoman is losing to the UK and France has millions of infantry to attack.  It’s hard enough to take Rome before the US gets there (I have yet to do it!- the US seems to get there in the nick of time).Â

so far i have concluded: rome can quite easily be taken by austrians, either very soon or as soon as tanks are coming in, depends on your investment. it’s fact france is weakest at start, but i believe germans are not powerfull enough to take them ‘like a blitz’. it’s going to be a big massacre that will take many rounds, too many so russia can pound on the other front. i think germans need tanks to negate the allied air superiority

@BJCard:

I am starting to believe in the “Paris or Bust” theory… if you don’t get Paris by the time the US gets into the war in a big way then perhaps you’ll never get Paris.Â

If the UK is tied up spending money in India… then that will be the weakest France will ever be.

Paris cannot be taken. even in worst case scenario, there’s an entire stack of frenchies guarding it and Britain can toss in 8 fighters per round after Ottomans are rolled up.
perhaps with tanks and a long term economical victory (but do not ask how that can be achieved) it can be done, but still. paris or bust hardly works. please prove me wrong cause i think it’s a pity

ottomans first is the most logical way to go aswell: they’re the weakest, it shifts the economic balance towards allies even more, and france can hold out on its own in western front. and when you take constantinopel you can push through ukraine and balkans with more than 15 men a round.

@Flashman:

Furthermore, in my first game a large Austrian army got trapped in Moscow, unable to move because it had only one infantry left (with a large stack of artillery and a fighter).

My suggestion that the CPs have to keep a unit in controlled OR tt reflects the fact that the Germans had to keep over a million men in the occupied tts to stop them defaulting to nationalist control.

I would consider extending this condition to ALL controlled occupied tts.

@WILD:

You don’t have to keep a CP inf on an ORT that you control, so why do you need to tie-up valuable units in these shared territories when a CP control marker would suffice. There really is no reason to have a CP inf left there, those inf are needed elsewhere.

then i would like the same rule for allies aswell, and for entire africa too if you want to make it a proper rule –> can’t be done. but i have to say the germans and such should have the choice to withdraw all men from these contested territories

it shows nothing

that are tactics…
where is your main focus: russia or france?
combining france with italy conquest might be good idea (so combined with austria)

@BJCard:

An attack on Romania may be a better move.  Would you rather the Russian’s activate them and have a giant stack there?

between galician and serbian stack, i think romania can be made into a deathtrap. certainly with aditional air support.

i think spain will be target number 1 for USA, they can use build-up in portugal…

leave greece alone…
budapest advances full force versus Serbia, you must take the country in 1 try.
amasse forces in galicia from austria, bohemia and of course galicia itself.
assault venice: you can take a lot of units down if you assault first. use forces from tyrolia and triest.

round 2: you can use serbian forces to assault albania should it be necesary, but i advice a strong push into romania coming from both galicia and serbia.
nex austrian forces can be moved into triest to takje out albania, or leave it to the ottomans.

will the Brits  be able to reinforce the middle-east?
can they produce in india or egypt with other words… ?

might be a stupid question, but with Belgian and portuguese colonies… do they get troops aswell if invaded? So 1 INF 1 ART per country (moz, ang, congo)…

or build out a massive navy, or conquer balkans. so many possiblilities ^^