Posts made by CorporalClegg

@Faramir
Thanks for your reply. I’ve considered this as an option too. It’s simple and easy to remember.
Damage can range between 4 and 20 though which is a bit inconsistent for my liking.
Thanks for sharing your ideas nonetheless

Thanks for posting PP. Love reading about other people’s games. Your summary was fantastic.
Sounds like it was a good match with some good ideas and awesome moments. Well done to the Allies. Good game!

@SS-GEN said in Factory Capture House Rules Ideas?:

Another rule is Captured ICs by the enemy can only build half there capacity. If IC is recaptured by a original owner or an Allie, you still can only build half capacity.

Thanks for your reply.
So in other words, a captured factory is forever limited to 1/2 production, even after recapture? Think this makes sense for the enemy who would be unlikely to match production capacity in enemy lands, but perhaps not for a player who manages to reclaim their original factory.
Still, nice suggestion. Thanks!

In most of the OOB rules I’ve seen for various versions, captured factories can be used by the new owner in their next turn.
I’m not a fan of this personally. Sure, the industrial infrastructure would be there but it would still take time to repurpose the factory and establish resource networks etc etc.

Just wondering if anyone else feels the same or has any counter arguments or suggestions.

[For Anniversary]
My draft idea would be to have factories ‘destroyed’ on capture. Indicate this by turning captured factories onto their side.
The new owner can invest in a new IC on their next turn for a reduced price of 10 IPCs, should they wish to. They will not be able to use the factory until they do so. In the same way as the standard rules for factory placement, you cannot use a factory the same turn you place it including restoring a captured factory.

If you manage to recapture one of your own factories which is still destroyed, you can restore it for 5 IPCs during purchase units and use it the same turn.
If you manage to recapture one of your original factories which the enemy has restored, it is once again destroyed and 10 IPCs must be spent to restore it.

I plan to customise my factory pieces to make original ownership easy to track, but placing a roundel under a destroyed factory will do for now.

Any thoughts? Please post!

-Clegg

@barnee said in USSR and UK/USA sharing/liberating territories:

@CorporalClegg Hi Clegg
yea very few instances of allies and russia fighting together. Heard of some air units, but that’s all I can really remember. Cwo marc probably would know more.

Anyway, using the Global game, I like Black Elk’s " Sphere of Influence" house rule. Gives a minus 10 bucks if Russia has any allied units in russian controlled TTys and vice versa. Same for Germany/Italy and Japan.

Have to use it with some Russian boost rules too, but it gives a more historical game play pattern without eliminating the possibility of “what if”

Cheers Barnee I’ll check out Black Elk’s house rules and see what I think. I was hoping to avoid an IPC reduction for Russia but maybe that is simply the best way to go. I definitely want to allow for “what if” possibilities so perhaps banning movement of units through eachother’s territories isn’t ideal. Thanks for your contribution

@taamvan said in USSR and UK/USA sharing/liberating territories:

Especially in Global, but in all versions, cooperation between the Allies is key. They defend together but attack apart. In some ways this is a weakness of the Allied team; since the Axis are on opposite sides of the world, they rarely need to coordinate together, and when they do, its usually to do something devastating and unexpected. The addition of Italy changed this dynamic quite a bit, but the Allies have to rely on close cooperation, in every version.

You could play with just 2 colors of pieces, playing Axis and Allies as one giant team. This would benefit the Allies alot, because they have more, smaller powers that have segemented, small incomes that are easy to destroy and hard to deploy real punch with. Large incomes mean game breaking strategies (stacks of tanks, bombers), small incomes just get infantry, mostly.

In sum, I’m not sure what you’re trying to accomplish unless it is to make the Allies much weaker. Russia is an intentionally and unrealistically weak power–the US and UK are absolutely required to defend and recover its territory. Your suggested change will cost russia infantry and income, as in many games, it simply has so little it cannot function.

So, what do you find unrealistic/ahistorical about the liberation rules? Our house NOs also penalize Russia for having pieces OUTSIDE its starting territory–as well as for having any other allies within–both are worth $3.

Thanks for replying Taamvan

As far as I was aware (and feel free to correct me if I’m wrong), Russia and the other allies fought the same enemy but didn’t really fight together. It just feels strange to see UK troops in Russia to me. This is why I wanted to restrict this kind of movement but this only created new issues like with liberations.

I don’t want to complicate the game more than it needs to be, and as you correctly said changing a mechanic like this will unbalance the game. Just thought I’d ask here and see if anyone has any ideas.

I would consider giving Russia +5 IPCs per turn instead of the NO (same difference), banning UK/US and Russian units from entering eachother’s territories, and implementing lend lease. But this all seems too complicated for what it’s worth.

Thanks again for your help

Which house rules do you use in regards to Soviet and UK/USA troops liberating eachother’s territories and sharing land spaces? I’m aware of the National Objectives which punish Russia if UK/USA units are present in the motherland, but I’m not personally a fan of this.

Any ideas which don’t involve NOs?

My idea so far:
UK/USA units cannot enter Russia unless it is to attack enemy forces and liberate a territory. Upon liberation, ownership is not immediately restored to Russia. The axis power’s IPC chart is lowered by the appropriate amount, but a Russian unit must end it’s movement there before the income can once again be added to Russia’s IPCs.
The same scenario is true when Russian units liberate UK/USA territories

While I think it’s a good start, it’s not perfect. What are your thoughts?
Many thanks

-Clegg

Yeah I’m up for it!

@piloto1969:

now i see how just write

:dice ndm:

n = number of dice to roll
m = number of sides per dice

and it gets like
InfantryRolling 3d6:
(2, 4, 6)

so you wanna play?

Hello Piloto thanks for your reply. I will send you a personal message shortly

Let me see if I can get that to work too…

Rolling 5d6:
(3, 4, 4, 4, 5)

@wittmann:

Welcome to the forum Piloto1969.

Corporal Clegg, please try playing Piloto1969. Might be more what you want.
Hope you two have fun.

Thank you Wittmann for stopping by and willingness to help. I might be in touch in future to see if you fancy trying it out someday.

@wittmann:

Evening Corporal Clegg.
I am in Hereford . I would play a game of Anniversary with you. Can only do via AAA though. Can you join amd we can play by forum?
There are instructions how to set it up further down the list of threads.

Hello there Wittman and thank you for your reply.

While I appreciate many like to use TripleA to play A&A, I’m personally not too fond of it as I much prefer looking at a real board. Would it be possible for me to use my actual game while you use TripleA?

Thanks for your reply.

TripleA is alright but it will never beat looking at a real board.

Im not sure how one would play by forum either but I’ll have a look into that.

I am looking for people to play with over the Internet in some way. I hope I’m posting in the right part of the forum.

I’ve recently seen people playing a game of A&A over Youtube whereby they record and upload their moves to the site for other players to follow. Because I’ve been struggling to find people to play with in real life, I’m considering giving this a go. We can also arrange to ‘meet’ on Skype (or similar) and play in real time if you fancy.
I’m not entirely sure how this will work but there’s a few things to be aware of if you’re interested:

1. You’ll need a space to leave the game set up for an extended period of time. Its hard to tell how long a game played in this way will last but I’d expect potentially a few weeks.

2. Although I’m not always free and don’t expect others to be, I don’t want to be waiting for days on end for someone to carry out their turn. Please make sure you have sufficient time.

3. I’m a bit worried that people will abandon the game Midway (pun intended). Please don’t :)

4. It would be difficult to ensure nobody cheats, especially when rolling die. I am a very honest man and expect honest play.

5. There are some house rules I like to use which we can agree to use or not.

6. I’d prefer to play Anniversary edition, but I also have 1942 2nd Ed, and Global 40 although I don’t really have the space for a full Europe + Pacific game.

7. I have about 2 years experience with A&A. I am by no means an expert but I can still hold my own! I don’t mind playing the Axis or Allied powers.

8. I am aware most players originate from the USA. I live in the UK which may pose some time-zone issues. This is why I considered using Youtube to upload moves. Obviously, this means you’ll need a Youtube account and video camera.

9. I think a 1v1 game may be best to start with but if 3 or 4 keen players want to join then we can certainly have more.

I hope I haven’t put anyone off with the basic requirements above. End of the day I just want to have fun and play A&A with others. There is no doubt more to consider logistically but I thought I’d put this out there to see if there is an interest. If so, we can work things out from there. If anyone has played a game in this way I’d love to hear about how it went.

Thanks for reading and I hope to hear back from you.

-CorporalClegg

@Private:

As Leo says ….

Because I organise the quarterly Battle of Britain in Derbyshire that he mentions (to which you are always welcome) I keep a list of the UK players I know about. Below are those that live somewhere down south.

Moltke the Youngest London/Cambridge
IcyFirefly London
kiritimati London
SpifirED London
poorstudent28 Bath
Spirally Southampton

I did put IcyFirefly and kirimati in touch with each other as they were both looking for someone to play in London.

I have not seen any of them on the forum for a while, but if you look up their avatars they may have included their email address. For example I am pretty sure that either IcyFirefly or kirimati had done so.

Good luck!

Adam

Thank you Adam! Unfortunately Derby is a bit too far for me to get to at the current time, but I do hope to make it up for a game in the future if the offer still stands.

And thanks a bunch for listing the other players, I appreciate that. Feel free to add me to your list!

Thanks again, Adam

Corporalclegg

@wittmann:

Morning Corporalclegg. Great to know there�s is another Brit here. There were two or three London players, but I have not seen or heard of them lately, I am afraid. Perhaps, you have seen that four of us meet in Derbyshire once every three months. Today actually! Most players here are in the North though.
I met Lozmoid four years ago. He was in Portsmouth. Drop him a PM. He might be able to help.
I do wish you luck in your search.
Leo.

Thanks for your reply Leo! I appreciate your help. Ill get in touch with Lozmoid and go from there. Im happy to hear that there are people in the UK that play A&A, even if we are few and far between! Youve given me some hope.
Cheers!
Corporalclegg

I’m super passionate about this game and eager to play - I just dont really have anyone to play it with.

If there are any players in the Brighton area that want to get together for a game sometime please let me know.
I enjoy Global,  Anniversary edition and 1942 2nd edition.

CorporalClegg
United Kingdom
Brighton and Hove
A&A G40,  Anniversary Edition,  1942 2nd Edition

Thanks alot