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@commando-brado Players choose their own casualties.

I still use Online Dice whenever I want to show rolls to my group without us being together. The dice roller online keeps things simple and has that old-school vibe I like. Plus, being able to link the results is handy for keeping track or checking back on past rolls during longer games.

This game has been sold.

Thank you Commando Brado for the 2 games. Awesome and fast service.

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Thanks Barney. Will need to wait 12 hours to check, as I am an idiot and my wife will need to do it and she won’t be free until late tonight. Will report back when she has tried it.

Yep, it’s fine.

I know Krieghund has addressed this topic, but IIRC he was silent on whether it was intended or not.  Which leads me to believe it was not.  :-)

Not that it matters.  The rule is what it is.

@Herr:

Thanks for the debate and the clarification, gentlemen - Krieghund especially. No intentional overbuying, then. Vanished are my hopes to have a somewhat evil rule exploit named after me….

Keep trying, you may get there someday!

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No worries… Sorry to hear about your computer.

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Ah, shame that. Well a tip of the hat to your gentlemanly self. Good day, sir.

I have lowered the price to $25.

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I think the Italian navy did have some beautiful ships(but then I am biased!).
I don’t seem to have the time, but will try and look soon.
I am probably happy to get Amerika and not FA, for the sculpts really. Not sure I will ever get to play the game much.

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Afraid not Commando Brado. If the Carrier retreats, the Air units splash into the sea.
Unlike ground or naval units, When an Air units retreats from combat it remains above the territory or in the SZ until non combat. It is now it must leave the hostile SZ or territory. If it has no movement left and no Carrier upon which to land, it crashes.

@Commando:

During SBR runs, if a defending Fighter Interceptor(s) is hit during the Interception battle phase, before the SBR run is conducted, the hit Fighter Interceptor doesn’t fire back? If so, that’s a really stupid rule…

It is attacking escorting fighters which get a hit @1 preemptive. If the case, then a defending interceptor (defending @2) is immediatly removed from play.

In 1942.2 OOB SBR, this way of doing is more historically accurate but statistically less interesting from an attacker POV vs Global 1940 SBR.
Follow the link:
1942.2 Strategic Bombing Raid- SBR, Bombers and escorts, Interceptors vs G40
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=33184.msg1258994#msg1258994

I’ve played about 30-40 games, and won against some other pretty experienced players. Axis is favored on this map. My personal view is that a bid of around 7-11 is fair among experienced players. This is a newer game, so it’s not surprising that people haven’t come up with an exact amount.

Among beginning players, this bid probably needs to be bigger because players don’t recognize deadzones and leave pieces in the open. Germany has many more offensive pieces than Russia, and Moscow is at serious risk of falling early if Russia loses a stack. This is less true if Germany loses a stack because 1. germany starts with more pieces (compared to Russia), and 2. UK and US aren’t a threat until round 4.

There’s already great threads on bid placement to have the most impact. I won’t go into depth, but inf in cauc, karelia, egypt ; uk sub off egypt or india are likely have the most impact per IPC bid. Among beginning players, I would probably give uk 1 inf in egypt and ~6 infantry for russia in moscow. That’s my suggestion for a dynamic game among beginners of approximate skill.