Posts made by BJCard

Tried playing a game of Anniversary a couple months ago.  Seemed way too simple after playing the amazing game that Global 1940 is.

That being said, hopefully the 1942 setup of Global will get better and allow for a faster game start.

Interesting thought.  I guess those wars are ‘world wars.’

No to England on Open Borders.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: Napoleonic Empires, version: 4.0.9

Game History

Round: 2

Politics - France

Combat Move - France
            1 Marines and 1 Ney moved from Egypt to Sinai
            1 Dragoons, 5 Fusilierss, 2 Grenadierss and 2 Horse_Artillerys moved from Helvetica to Rhine
            2 Artillerys, 2 Dragoonss, 3 Fusilierss, 1 Horse_Artillery, 1 Howitzer and 3 Hussarss moved from Champagne to Rhine
            1 Dragoons moved from Orleanais to Rhine
            2 Horse_Artillerys and 1 Hussars moved from Orleanais to Rhine
            3 Dragoonss and 2 Horse_Artillerys moved from Flanders to Rhine

Purchase Units - France
            Trigger FranceSpecial: France has their production frontier changed to: productionFranceSpecial
            France buy 2 Artillerys, 1 Chasseurs, 1 Dragoons, 1 Encampment, 4 Fusilierss and 1 Horse_Artillery; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat - France
            Battle in Rhine
                France attack with 2 Artillerys, 7 Dragoonss, 8 Fusilierss, 2 Grenadierss, 7 Horse_Artillerys, 1 Howitzer and 4 Hussarss
                Neutral defend with 3 Fusilierss
                France win, taking Rhine from Neutral with 2 Artillerys, 7 Dragoonss, 8 Fusilierss, 2 Grenadierss, 7 Horse_Artillerys, 1 Howitzer and 3 Hussarss remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                Casualties for France: 1 Hussars
                Casualties for Neutral: 3 Fusilierss
            Battle in Sinai
                France attack with 1 Marines and 1 Ney
                Neutral defend with 1 Fusiliers
                France win, taking Sinai from Neutral with 1 Marines and 1 Ney remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for Neutral: 1 Fusiliers

Non Combat Move - France
            1 Artillery and 3 Fusilierss moved from Flanders to Champagne
            2 Chasseurss moved from Normandy to Orleanais
            1 Artillery and 3 Fusilierss moved from Orleanais to Anjou
            2 Fusilierss moved from Auvergne to Burgundy
            1 Artillery, 1 Fusiliers and 1 Marines moved from Burgundy to Champagne
            1 Grenadiers moved from Catalonia to Languedoc
            1 Barque, 1 Brigantine and 1 Cutter moved from SZ57 to SZ55

Place Units - France
            1 Encampment placed in Egypt
            1 Dragoons and 1 Horse_Artillery placed in Champagne
            2 Artillerys, 1 Chasseurs and 4 Fusilierss placed in Orleanais

Turn Complete - France
            France collect 54 PUs; end with 54 PUs total
            Objective Balancing Income for balanced game: France met a national objective for an additional -6 PUs; end with 48 PUs

TripleA Turn Summary for game: Napoleonic Empires, version: 4.0.9

Game History

Round :11

Combat Move - OttomanEmpire
            3 Chasseurss and 7 Fusilierss moved from Bulgaria to Macedonia
            5 Fusilierss and 1 Howitzer moved from Anatolia to Karamania
                  OttomanEmpire take Karamania from Russia
            1 Dragoons and 1 Horse_Artillery moved from Anatolia to Sinop
                  OttomanEmpire take Sinop from Russia
            1 Dragoons and 1 Horse_Artillery moved from Sinop to Karamania

Purchase Units - OttomanEmpire
            OttomanEmpire buy 2 Artillerys, 1 Fusiliers, 1 Horse_Artillery and 1 Hussars; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat - OttomanEmpire
            Battle in Macedonia
                OttomanEmpire attack with 3 Chasseurss and 7 Fusilierss
                UnitedKingdom defend with 1 Fusiliers and 1 Marines; AustrianEmpire defend with 1 Fusiliers
                OttomanEmpire win, taking Macedonia from UnitedKingdom with 3 Chasseurss and 6 Fusilierss remaining. Battle score for attacker is 10
                Casualties for OttomanEmpire: 1 Fusiliers
                Casualties for UnitedKingdom: 1 Fusiliers and 1 Marines
                Casualties for AustrianEmpire: 1 Fusiliers

Non Combat Move - OttomanEmpire
            1 Fusiliers moved from Constantinople to Bulgaria

Place Units - OttomanEmpire
            1 Horse_Artillery and 1 Hussars placed in Anatolia
            2 Artillerys and 1 Fusiliers placed in Constantinople
            OttomanEmpire undo move 2.
            OttomanEmpire undo move 1.
            2 Artillerys, 1 Fusiliers, 1 Horse_Artillery and 1 Hussars placed in Constantinople
            OttomanEmpire undo move 1.
            1 Horse_Artillery and 1 Hussars placed in Anatolia
            2 Artillerys and 1 Fusiliers placed in Constantinople
            OttomanEmpire undo move 2.
            OttomanEmpire undo move 1.
            1 Horse_Artillery and 1 Hussars placed in Constantinople
            2 Artillerys and 1 Fusiliers placed in Anatolia
            OttomanEmpire undo move 2.
            1 Artillery and 1 Fusiliers placed in Anatolia
            1 Artillery placed in Constantinople

Turn Complete - OttomanEmpire
            OttomanEmpire collect 21 PUs; end with 21 PUs total

@Uncrustable:

Either I’ve been playing wrong, or you can only scramble up to 3 planes per airbase, even in defense of SBR. You guys are talking about scrambling up to 9 planes in some scenarios.
Have I misread the rules ?

You can only scramble 3 air units per airbase to defend a seazone- but unlimited planes to defend a strategic bombing run.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: Napoleonic Empires, version: 4.0.9

Game History

Round: 1

Combat Move - OttomanEmpire
            1 Dragoons and 1 Horse_Artillery moved from Bessarabia to Wallachia
            1 Artillery and 1 Fusiliers moved from Tarsus to Edessa
            1 Horse_Artillery moved from Antioch to Edessa
            1 Dragoons moved from Karamania to Edessa

Purchase Units - OttomanEmpire
            OttomanEmpire buy 2 Artillerys, 1 Dragoons, 1 Fusiliers, 2 Horse_Artillerys and 1 Hussars; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat - OttomanEmpire
            Battle in Wallachia
                OttomanEmpire attack with 1 Dragoons and 1 Horse_Artillery
                AustrianEmpire defend with 1 Dragoons
                OttomanEmpire win, taking Wallachia from AustrianEmpire with 1 Dragoons and 1 Horse_Artillery remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for AustrianEmpire: 1 Dragoons
            Battle in Edessa
                OttomanEmpire attack with 1 Artillery, 1 Dragoons, 1 Fusiliers and 1 Horse_Artillery
                Neutral defend with 2 Fusilierss
                OttomanEmpire win, taking Edessa from Neutral with 1 Artillery, 1 Dragoons and 1 Horse_Artillery remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for OttomanEmpire: 1 Fusiliers
                Casualties for Neutral: 2 Fusilierss

Non Combat Move - OttomanEmpire
            1 Fusiliers moved from Albania to Macedonia
            3 Fusilierss moved from Constantinople to Bulgaria
            1 Fusiliers moved from Bessarabia to Moldavia
            1 Brigantine moved from SZ93 to SZ96
            1 Barque moved from SZ93 to SZ92
            1 General moved from Constantinople to SZ92
            1 Barque and 1 General moved from SZ92 to SZ96
            1 General moved from SZ96 to Sinop
            1 Cutter moved from SZ84 to SZ92
            1 Barque and 1 Frigate moved from SZ89 to SZ86
            1 Fusiliers moved from Sinop to Lazes
            1 Artillery, 2 Fusilierss and 2 Mariness moved from Kiutayeh to Constantinople
            2 Fusilierss moved from Smyrna to Kiutayeh
            1 Chasseurs moved from Hellas to Thessaly
            1 Fusiliers moved from Anatolia to Sinop
            1 Fusiliers moved from Anatolia to Kiutayeh

Place Units - OttomanEmpire
            1 Artillery placed in Sinop
            1 Artillery, 1 Dragoons, 1 Fusiliers, 2 Horse_Artillerys and 1 Hussars placed in Constantinople

Turn Complete - OttomanEmpire
            OttomanEmpire collect 33 PUs; end with 33 PUs total

TripleA Turn Summary for game: Napoleonic Empires, version: 4.0.9

Game History

Round :11

Combat Move - Sweden
            3 Mariness moved from Pomerania to SZ9
            1 Battleship, 1 Brigantine, 1 Frigate and 3 Mariness moved from SZ9 to SZ11
            1 Marines moved from SZ11 to Jutland
                  Sweden take Jutland from UnitedKingdom
            2 Mariness moved from SZ11 to Norvege
            1 Dragoons and 1 Horse_Artillery moved from Pomerania to Mecklenburg
            1 Artillery moved from Pomerania to Mecklenburg
            1 Artillery moved from Pomerania to SZ9
            1 Artillery and 1 Barque moved from SZ9 to SZ11
            1 Artillery moved from SZ11 to Norvege

Purchase Units - Sweden
            Sweden buy 1 Artillery, 1 Fortress and 4 Fusilierss; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat - Sweden
            Battle in Norvege
                Sweden attack with 1 Artillery and 2 Mariness
                UnitedKingdom defend with 1 Marines
                Sweden win, taking Norvege from UnitedKingdom with 1 Artillery and 2 Mariness remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for UnitedKingdom: 1 Marines
            Battle in Mecklenburg
                Sweden attack with 1 Artillery, 1 Dragoons and 1 Horse_Artillery
                UnitedKingdom defend with 2 Hussarss
                Sweden win, taking Mecklenburg from UnitedKingdom with 1 Artillery, 1 Dragoons and 1 Horse_Artillery remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                Casualties for UnitedKingdom: 2 Hussarss

Non Combat Move - Sweden
            1 General moved from Pomerania to SZ9
            1 Barque and 1 General moved from SZ9 to SZ11
            1 Corvette moved from SZ10 to SZ11
            1 General moved from SZ11 to Bohus
            1 Chasseurs moved from Ostra Gotaland to Svealand
            1 Fusiliers moved from Ostra Gotaland to Svealand
            1 Barque moved from SZ9 to SZ11
            1 Brigantine moved from SZ6 to SZ10

Place Units - Sweden
            1 Artillery, 1 Fortress and 3 Fusilierss placed in Svealand
            1 Fusiliers placed in Bohus

Turn Complete - Sweden
            Sweden collect 28 PUs; end with 28 PUs total

Prussia requests open borders from Austria to defend ourselves from the Turk.

You can build ships at any naval base you own.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: Napoleonic Empires, version: 4.0.9

Game History

Round: 1

Combat Move - Sweden
            3 Chasseurss, 1 Dragoons and 1 Grenadiers moved from Karelia to Ingria
            2 Dragoonss moved from Finland to Ingria
            1 Battleship moved from SZ6 to SZ8
                  Sweden take SZ8 from KingdomOfPrussia
            1 Battleship moved from SZ8 to SZ9

Purchase Units - Sweden
            Sweden buy 1 Corvette, 1 Cutter and 1 Encampment; Remaining resources: 2 PUs;

Combat - Sweden
            Battle in Ingria
                Sweden attack with 3 Chasseurss, 3 Dragoonss and 1 Grenadiers
                Russia defend with 1 Artillery, 1 Chasseurs and 1 Dragoons
                2 Chasseurss, 3 Dragoonss and 1 Grenadiers retreated to Karelia
                Russia win with 1 Chasseurs remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Russia: 1 Artillery and 1 Dragoons
                Casualties for Sweden: 1 Chasseurs

Non Combat Move - Sweden
            2 Chasseurss and 1 Grenadiers moved from Finland to Karelia
            1 Artillery and 1 Howitzer moved from Jutland to Holstein
            1 Brigantine and 1 Frigate moved from SZ11 to SZ9
            1 General moved from Svealand to Ostra Gotaland
            1 Fusiliers moved from Vastra Gotaland to Ostra Gotaland
            1 Chasseurs moved from Skane to Ostra Gotaland
            1 Barque moved from SZ6 to SZ10
            2 Fusilierss moved from Sjaelland to SZ10
            2 Fusilierss moved from SZ10 to Holstein
            2 Chasseurss and 2 Grenadierss moved from Jutland to Holstein
            1 Marines moved from Lappland to Svealand
            1 Dragoons moved from Svealand to Ostra Gotaland

Place Units - Sweden
            1 Corvette and 1 Cutter placed in SZ9
            1 Encampment placed in Finland

Turn Complete - Sweden
            Sweden collect 25 PUs; end with 27 PUs total

TripleA Turn Summary for game: Napoleonic Empires, version: 4.0.9

Game History

Round :11

Combat Move - Spain
            1 Artillery, 1 Chasseurs, 1 Dragoons and 1 Horse_Artillery moved from Languedoc to Auvergne
            1 Hussars moved from Catalonia to Burgundy
                  France take Burgundy from AustrianEmpire
            1 Horse_Artillery moved from Catalonia to Auvergne
            1 Artillery and 1 Fusiliers moved from Valencia to SZ56
            1 Artillery, 2 Barques and 1 Fusiliers moved from SZ56 to SZ62
            1 Artillery and 1 Fusiliers moved from SZ62 to Provence

Purchase Units - Spain
            Spain buy 1 Cutter, 1 Dragoons, 1 Frigate, 1 Fusiliers, 2 Horse_Artillerys and 1 Hussars; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat - Spain
            Battle in Provence
                Spain attack with 1 Artillery and 1 Fusiliers
                AustrianEmpire defend with 1 Horse_Artillery
                Spain win, taking Provence from AustrianEmpire with 1 Artillery and 1 Fusiliers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 5
                Casualties for AustrianEmpire: 1 Horse_Artillery
            Battle in Auvergne
                Spain attack with 1 Artillery, 1 Chasseurs, 1 Dragoons and 2 Horse_Artillerys
                UnitedKingdom defend with 2 Fusilierss, 1 Horse_Artillery and 1 Hussars
                Spain win, taking Auvergne from UnitedKingdom with 1 Artillery, 1 Chasseurs and 1 Dragoons remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for UnitedKingdom: 2 Fusilierss, 1 Horse_Artillery and 1 Hussars
                Casualties for Spain: 2 Horse_Artillerys

Non Combat Move - Spain
            1 Dragoons and 1 Horse_Artillery moved from New Castille to Catalonia
            1 Fusiliers and 1 Howitzer moved from Navarre to Gascony
            1 Horse_Artillery and 1 Hussars moved from New Castille to Navarre
            1 Chasseurs moved from Valencia to Catalonia
            1 Brigantine moved from SZ61 to SZ59
            1 Brigantine, 1 Corvette, 1 Cutter and 2 Frigates moved from SZ60 to SZ59
            1 Frigate moved from SZ58 to SZ59
            1 Frigate moved from SZ54 to SZ58
            1 Brigantine moved from SZ53 to SZ47
            1 Brigantine moved from SZ47 to SZ44
            1 Marines moved from Tunisia to Algeria
            1 Brigantine, 1 Corvette and 3 Frigates moved from SZ44 to SZ40

Place Units - Spain
            1 Frigate placed in SZ54
            1 Cutter placed in SZ53
            1 Dragoons, 1 Fusiliers, 2 Horse_Artillerys and 1 Hussars placed in New Castille

Turn Complete - Spain
            Spain collect 52 PUs; end with 52 PUs total
            Objective Balancing Income for balanced game: Spain met a national objective for an additional -10 PUs; end with 42 PUs

Yup, retreating is a good decision.  Thanks.

Ok, fair enough. So it is a bit of a balanced build, just a bomber or two per round?

TripleA Turn Summary for game: Napoleonic Empires, version: 4.0.9

Game History

Round: 1

Combat Move - Spain
            1 Fusiliers moved from Catalonia to SZ57
            1 Barque and 1 Fusiliers moved from SZ57 to SZ55
            1 Marines moved from Catalonia to SZ57
            1 Barque and 1 Marines moved from SZ57 to SZ56
            1 Howitzer moved from Valencia to SZ56
            1 Barque, 1 Howitzer and 1 Marines moved from SZ56 to SZ55
            1 Fusiliers, 1 Howitzer and 1 Marines moved from SZ55 to Oran
            1 Artillery, 1 Dragoons and 1 Fusiliers moved from Galacia to Oporto
            1 Artillery and 2 Fusilierss moved from Leon to Oporto
            1 Cuirassiers moved from New Castille to Oporto

Purchase Units - Spain
            Spain buy 1 Artillery, 1 Dragoons, 1 Grenadiers, 1 Horse_Artillery and 1 Marines; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat - Spain
            Battle in Oran
                Spain attack with 1 Fusiliers, 1 Howitzer and 1 Marines
                Neutral defend with 1 Fusiliers
                Spain win, taking Oran from Neutral with 1 Fusiliers and 1 Marines remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Neutral: 1 Fusiliers
                Casualties for Spain: 1 Howitzer
            Battle in Oporto
                Spain attack with 2 Artillerys, 1 Cuirassiers, 1 Dragoons and 3 Fusilierss
                Neutral defend with 3 Fusilierss
                Spain win, taking Oporto from Neutral with 2 Artillerys, 1 Cuirassiers, 1 Dragoons and 2 Fusilierss remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                Casualties for Neutral: 3 Fusilierss
                Casualties for Spain: 1 Fusiliers

Non Combat Move - Spain
            1 Cutter and 1 Frigate moved from SZ49 to SZ54
            1 Brigantine moved from SZ57 to SZ55
            1 Chasseurs moved from Catalonia to Valencia
            1 Hussars moved from Aragon to Estremadura
            1 Fusiliers moved from Aragon to Valencia
            1 Corvette moved from SZ47 to SZ53
            1 General moved from New Castille to Estremadura
            1 Fusiliers moved from Valencia to Murcia
            1 Chasseurs moved from New Castille to Estremadura
            1 Brigantine moved from SZ47 to SZ53

Place Units - Spain
            1 Grenadiers placed in Estremadura
            1 Artillery, 1 Dragoons, 1 Horse_Artillery and 1 Marines placed in New Castille
            Spain undo move 2.
            Spain undo move 1.
            1 Horse_Artillery placed in Estremadura
            1 Artillery, 1 Dragoons, 1 Grenadiers and 1 Marines placed in New Castille

Turn Complete - Spain
            Spain collect 35 PUs; end with 35 PUs total
            Objective Balancing Income for balanced game: Spain met a national objective for an additional -10 PUs; end with 25 PUs

TripleA Turn Summary for game: Napoleonic Empires, version: 4.0.9

Game History

Round :11

Politics - France

Combat Move - France
            1 Fusiliers, 1 Horse_Artillery and 1 Hussars moved from Palestine to Syria
            1 Fusiliers moved from Lebanon to Syria
            2 Dragoonss moved from Antioch to Edessa
            2 Dragoonss, 1 Horse_Artillery and 1 Ney moved from Antioch to Tarsus
            1 Fusiliers moved from Pomerania to Mecklenburg
                  France take Mecklenburg from KingdomOfPrussia
            1 Chasseurs moved from Orleanais to Auvergne
                  France take Auvergne from AustrianEmpire
            1 Artillery and 1 Fusiliers moved from Orleanais to Normandy
            1 Artillery and 1 Fusiliers moved from Orleanais to Anjou
            1 Fusiliers moved from Rome to Umbria
                  France take Umbria from AustrianEmpire
            1 Chasseurs and 1 Marines moved from Barca to Cyrenacia

Purchase Units - France
            France buy 2 Artillerys, 2 Dragoonss, 2 Fortresss, 6 Fusilierss and 2 Horse_Artillerys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat - France
            Battle in Tarsus
                France attack with 2 Dragoonss, 1 Horse_Artillery and 1 Ney
                Russia defend with 1 Fusiliers
                France win, taking Tarsus from Russia with 2 Dragoonss, 1 Horse_Artillery and 1 Ney remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for Russia: 1 Fusiliers
            Battle in Edessa
                France attack with 2 Dragoonss
                Russia defend with 1 Horse_Artillery
                France win, taking Edessa from Russia with 2 Dragoonss remaining. Battle score for attacker is 5
                Casualties for Russia: 1 Horse_Artillery
            Battle in Anjou
                France attack with 1 Artillery and 1 Fusiliers
                AustrianEmpire defend with 1 Dragoons
                France win, taking Anjou from AustrianEmpire with 1 Artillery and 1 Fusiliers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for AustrianEmpire: 1 Dragoons
            Battle in Syria
                France attack with 2 Fusilierss, 1 Horse_Artillery and 1 Hussars
                Neutral defend with 2 Chasseurss
                France win, taking Syria from Neutral with 1 Fusiliers, 1 Horse_Artillery and 1 Hussars remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for France: 1 Fusiliers
                Casualties for Neutral: 2 Chasseurss
            Battle in Normandy
                France attack with 1 Artillery and 1 Fusiliers
                UnitedKingdom defend with 1 Marines
                France win, taking Normandy from UnitedKingdom with 1 Artillery and 1 Fusiliers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for UnitedKingdom: 1 Marines
            Battle in Cyrenacia
                France attack with 1 Chasseurs and 1 Marines
                UnitedKingdom defend with 1 Chasseurs
                France win, taking Cyrenacia from UnitedKingdom with 1 Marines remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for France: 1 Chasseurs
                Casualties for UnitedKingdom: 1 Chasseurs

Non Combat Move - France
            1 Dragoons and 1 Horse_Artillery moved from Egypt to Palestine
            1 Fusiliers moved from Sinai to Egypt

Place Units - France
            2 Artillerys, 1 Dragoons, 2 Fortresss, 4 Fusilierss and 1 Horse_Artillery placed in Orleanais
            1 Dragoons and 1 Horse_Artillery placed in Egypt
            1 Fusiliers placed in Rome
            1 Fusiliers placed in Prussia

Turn Complete - France
            France collect 74 PUs; end with 74 PUs total
            Objective Balancing Income for balanced game: France met a national objective for an additional -6 PUs; end with 68 PUs

@Uncrustable:

Yeah I think BJcard missed the point

Germany should, I assume, and you did talk about it, be purchasing submarines and infantry whenever starting forces get too low, and/or an objective is near

Again I think this more shows the deficiency of AAA rather than the strength of bombers, but that’s just me

That’s not really what he said, at least what I got out of it, he was talking about 30+ German Bombers.  You cannot buy bombers, submarines, and land forces and reach a number like 30 bombers without playing 10+ rounds.

@JamesAleman:

You are assuming you can spend IPC for IPC and that also assumes if you do, you are ignoring Japan. You also need to produce transports and men at some point. You are also not including the “free” IPCs that Germany and Japan have when compared to USA in terms of starting pieces. Thats 5 fighters, 5 tacticals, 2 bombers, bb, cv, ca, 1-2 subs, vs likely zero US starting pieces since ignoring Japan is not advisable turn 1. Lets not mention the Japanese navy of 2bb,2ca,3cv,4dd,2subs and 11fighters, 8 tacticals, and 2 bombers in free pieces when compared with USA’s bb,3ca,cv,3dd,2sub,6fighters,tactical, and bomber. I always see most of the starting USA go towards Japan.

And the biggest thing is this, you never attack with bombers, unless you have enough to ensure 1 combat round, never, ever, ever unless the second round is low hits and the mission requires a “non optimum” strike.

Therefor I will not attack unless I will win and win in only 1 combat round. To do so, risks too much of your bomber force and is a desperate move.

Remember USA is fighting a two front war, they cannot match German bomber builds, without ignoring Japan slightly, and Even though Germany has 3 fronts, these bombers cover all three, so I take turns, first I capture moscow, then I capture London, then I’ll sink the fleet. Or I capture London, then Moscow, then fleet. Or I go fleet, London, then Moscow…etc. Normally axis forces are slow moving land units committed to one theater. The bombers (when preserved by starting fodder) are free to redeploy each turn after they complete there task at hand.

Each round the bomber stack grows, the threat to all three fronts grows…London must balance pressure on navy, London, and Egypt. Moscow must balance pressure on land force, bombing, and protecting its production by leaving men in the rear or falling back to the capital. USA must balance bomber forces by Japan and Germany, and still prevent Japan from getting to 60+ IPCs while containing Germany.

So yes, IPC for IPC bombers come up short, but my whole point has been Germany and Japan start with too many “free” pieces that the bomber concept creates a “shortcut” for you production to skew a normal timeline and shave turns off of a game. I literally captured Moscow on turn 5 (I should have survived with a tank and 7 bombers, but I still had a tank and 3 bombers (fighters were in africa and that was a mistake) And that was because I was not patient. If I advance over the Russian factories my task is complete, Russia is gimped, I outproduce their fodder with my own and my bombers move to S. Italy to Threaten London and Egypt while I wait for “good weather”. The speed of the bombers is why with this map and this starting set up, the game is perhaps broken.

Each bomber built in W.Germany can hit Moscow the following turn and land in Bryansk or any of the other 4 territories surrounding Moscow. Same if staged in Southern Italy…but what is killer, is even 12 bombers defending at 1’s prevents your starting pieces from being counter attacked (because the 14 Italian land units and 3 planes take the soil to land German air on), Yes you won’t remove bombers the first combat round, but they will give you 2 more hits…and force your opponent to think twice, at some point you will take off bombers to keep the 10 fighters/tacticals rolling 3’s and 4’s more times…I know defending with bombers is not wise, but on a stack that consists of 81 pieces…it will work and it breaks the battle calculator cause it will tell the ally they will lose since it takes off bombers 1st round…calling into doubt the battle calculator and the opponents psychology.

No, I get the fact that you wouldn’t attack with your bombers unless you will win in one round.  Your bombers cannot attack everywhere- even if they threaten plenty of places.  It will take a while to build up a large enough bomber force, so the Allies can have a formidable Navy by then.  With Italy supplying a turn or so of IPCs to land units, the UK owns the Med/Africa.  Have you tried an Allied Mid East Strat?

You have both England and the US building a fleet- not hard to match what Germany is building in Bombers every turn, and have the US build in the Pacific.  If Germany is buying 4 bombers/round, then that’s only 48 IPCs that both England and the US have to match (or 16 attack ‘pips’ to defend)  When your bombers are in Bryansk, there’s no threat from them against Allied Navies.  Additionally, depending on the German and Russian play it will be hard to hold Bryansk by turn 4- Even on turn 5 your bombers will be vulnerable with no German land backup.  I have this image of the German army in the east with no land forces west of Poland, only bombers (when they aren’t in bryansk).

You don’t have to beat Japan, just prevent them from winning (Prevent Australia and Hawaii loss), if you are playing a KGF game.  It doesn’t seem like Japan is going for the win if they are fighting Russia anyway- looks like they are trying to help Germany win on the Europe side.  Germany will have little land units due to all the bomber purchases;  I kind of shudder to think how easily Allied troops can get to Berlin with little land troops there.

Of course as I say all of this, I do acknowledge that this game is skewed Axis already, so the bomber strat may be working because of this.  Just trying to play devil’s advocate.  I am very interested to see how your forum games go.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: Napoleonic Empires, version: 4.0.9

Game History

Round :10

Combat Move - OttomanEmpire
            1 Dragoons moved from Anatolia to Karamania
                  OttomanEmpire take Karamania from Russia
            1 Dragoons moved from Karamania to Anatolia
            1 Horse_Artillery moved from Anatolia to Sinop
                  OttomanEmpire take Sinop from Russia
            1 Horse_Artillery moved from Sinop to Anatolia
            1 Artillery and 1 Fusiliers moved from Serbia to Bulgaria
            1 Chasseurs, 4 Fusilierss and 2 Howitzers moved from Constantinople to Bulgaria

Purchase Units - OttomanEmpire
            OttomanEmpire buy 2 Fortresss and 5 Fusilierss; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat - OttomanEmpire

Non Combat Move - OttomanEmpire

Place Units - OttomanEmpire
            1 Fortress and 2 Fusilierss placed in Anatolia
            1 Fortress and 3 Fusilierss placed in Constantinople

Turn Complete - OttomanEmpire
            OttomanEmpire collect 23 PUs; end with 23 PUs total

TripleA Turn Summary for game: Napoleonic Empires: FFA 8 Player, version: 4.0.8

Game History

Round :10

Combat Move - KingdomOfPrussia
            1 Blucher, 2 Cuirassierss, 3 Dragoonss, 1 Horse_Artillery and 2 Hussarss moved from Warszowa to Kiev
                  KingdomOfPrussia take Kiev from Russia
            1 Fusiliers moved from Volhynia to Galicia
                  KingdomOfPrussia take Galicia from OttomanEmpire
            1 Fusiliers and 1 Howitzer moved from Volhynia to Minsk
            1 Hussars moved from Latvia to Minsk
            2 Brigantines and 1 Frigate moved from SZ11 to SZ9

Purchase Units - KingdomOfPrussia
            KingdomOfPrussia buy 2 Chasseurss, 1 Dragoons, 2 Fortresss, 2 Fusilierss and 1 Horse_Artillery; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat - KingdomOfPrussia
            Battle in Minsk
                KingdomOfPrussia attack with 1 Fusiliers, 1 Howitzer and 1 Hussars
                Russia defend with 1 Artillery and 1 Dragoons
                KingdomOfPrussia win, taking Minsk from Russia with 1 Fusiliers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for KingdomOfPrussia: 1 Howitzer and 1 Hussars
                Casualties for Russia: 1 Artillery and 1 Dragoons

Non Combat Move - KingdomOfPrussia
            2 Fusilierss and 1 Howitzer moved from Prussia to Pomerania
            1 Fusiliers moved from Brandenburg to Silesia
            1 Fusiliers moved from Mecklenburg to Magdeburg
            2 Artillerys, 5 Chasseurss, 1 Grenadiers and 3 Howitzers moved from Warszowa to Posen
            1 Horse_Artillery and 1 Hussars moved from Prussia to Posen
            1 Dragoons moved from Brandenburg to Posen

Place Units - KingdomOfPrussia
            1 Fortress placed in Brandenburg
            1 Fortress placed in Prussia
            1 Dragoons and 1 Horse_Artillery placed in Prussia
            2 Chasseurss placed in Brandenburg
            KingdomOfPrussia undo move 4.
            1 Chasseurs and 1 Fusiliers placed in Brandenburg
            1 Chasseurs and 1 Fusiliers placed in Prussia

Turn Complete - KingdomOfPrussia
            KingdomOfPrussia collect 39 PUs; end with 39 PUs total
            Objective KingdomOfPrussia destroys TUV: KingdomOfPrussia met a national objective for an additional 4 PUs; end with 43 PUs