Posts made by Crazy Ivan

This sounds like a worthy project!
  Because the models are so large to the hexes you will have a problem with stacking. That is to say, how many units per hex, and what kind of units can be placed together in one hex. I glued all my Infantry to pennies years ago, ( got tired of them falling over) If you glued them to pennies, and added one or two more pennies to show a greater strength unit or multiply units in the hex. That way you could differentiate the strength of the units. As far as the Armor and other units you could do the same thing, or paint stripes on the top of the engine compartment or turrent to show how many are in the hex, and just change them out as needed. No more than three units per hex, ie; three stripes or pennies=3 units. Air units will be a bit more of a challenge. Either build some sort of a stand, ( [ ) for them that will allow them to hover over the other unit in the hex or make a house rule that allows you to place them next to the hex that you wish to support in the combat phase. Artillery can also be placed next to the hex that you wish to support, behind the front lines, where they belong.
  Placing Infantry and armor in the same hex may require the use of the [ stand that I suggested for the air units. Place the tank in the bottom and the Infantry on the top.
  Well, I hope this will work for you. Let me know how it works out.
  Crazy Ivan  :-D

I’ll have to try that, thanks.

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  This is all pretty good advice as I recall. It will pretty much be up to the dice for you now. Good Luck!
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Lets’ see, I think I used to start my bid at 5 and then stop around 20, to play the Allies. Any takers?
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  Russian soldiers were and still are very dedicated and proud warriors. In WWII, running away was not an option, the NKVD saw to that. Surrender maybe, but not running.
  I go back to the Quote from the German soldier that fought on the Eastern Front; “It was too damn big, It got too damn cold, and there was just too damn many of them”.
Don’t mistake these more or less balanced games we play as what was real in those days. Serious supply problems have always plagued armies that have tried to invade Russia. And the more men and machines that you send, the more supplies you’ll need. And Germany and its’ satillites could only produce so much, which was often not enough for what did get sent to Russia.
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I was wondering why there is no Impassable terrain in the Saharra. I love the map, though, good work.

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Hey?
  Did anybody like my idea on how to handle the Paratrooper question? Has anyone tried it? And, how did it work out for you?
A little feedback is always nice.
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Wow!
Were bombers flying around the world?
I’d love to play a game like that.

Umm, that is the only time I remember to move it.

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  This is a problem, with the tripleA program then. It will not allow ftrs to fly out past a landing platform, either a friendly carrier or territory in the combat phase. :oops:

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What you are not seeing is the difference of the cost to field 50 tanks or 50 artillary is, and that is 50 IPC more for the tanks. :wink:
  Hope that helps.

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Romulas,
Have you ever been driving to work and realized that your not fully dressed yet? :wink:
I think I’m off topic too, but I’m trying to more fully understand your telling yourself to not post on this topic anymore.
I really don’t expect you to answer here but somewhere else.  :roll:

I have both a first and a second edition game, with all the pieces painted. I’m pretty sure that I started in 1984.
I’ve played evrything except, Battle of the Bulge.

I also have completed 10 of the 27 different card types, in the business card format that you requested, but am having trouble getting it posted to this site. I’m not too savy when it comes to changing formats, etc…
Crazy Ivan

As you say Romulas, the German High command was all about the Blitzkrieg. And encirclement was very much the key to that doctrine. So, the opportunity to encircle several hundred thousand enemy soldiers was too much to resist. Besides, they must have thought that such a loss to the Soviets would be unrecoverable, and possibly force them to capitulate before winter. I would have had I been there then. Men fight, not cities.

I’m not sure if Avery is an option for me, but I will check into it.

I will post a deck of 52 special event cards this week. Have to use my work computer, as my home computer keeps kicking me off when I post anything too long.

It seems to me that a “combined arms” rule would work well here. It all depends where Germany strikes first, East or West.
C.I.

I’ll put that book on my Christmas wish list, thanks Flashman.

I played WaW once. Didn’t like it much. But I’ll give it another try if you think it is worth it.
  What do you like about it?
  Crazy Ivan