Posts made by csaw_1988

@simon33:

You could also bid a factory if that’s what you think is a priority.

This is true but I assumed that a bid must be spent on units and not factories.  Plus I still think it is best to save the money until you know what Germany is going to do. I mean if I place a factory on Egypt with the bid I feel like that is just asking for a sea lion feint while Italy bull rushes Egypt.

I mean it is no secret that the allies are generally being reactive instead of proactive early.  I am having a hard time seeing why giving your self the most flexibility is a bad thing.  It seems to be well established that the bid is best given to UK.  As far as I see it UK has 3 objectives that it should focus on early.  The first and most important is preventing sea lion.  The next would be protecting Egypt and finally the last would be establishing dominance in Med.  You could argue about whether the last two should be flipped but both are important.  At the start of the game it is not clear how much focus each objective needs.  However, after the first round it becomes much easier to guess how much will need to be spent for each objective and once they are completed UK can now focus on getting troops on Eurasia.

I know that with a bid of 20+  you can give your self good odds to attack Ethiopia , Tobruk and Taranto but 2 of those three battles need to go in your favor otherwise it spells disaster and that to me is a bad risk to take unless I have 90% plus odds. The benefit of this plan is its flexibility and that it allows you to maximize the use of the bid.  I mean that 12 IPC saved could be either 4 extra inf on London round 2 or an extra factory on Persia/Egypt and you will not know what is a better to have at the start of the game but you will know by the end of round 2.

@wittmann:

I am not sure it is a good idea, either.
You need units on the board and in the Axis’ way. Mess up Italy on land as well as at Sea.
Perhaps, uou could give the UK one IPC, so it can buy 3 Inf and 2  Fts.

My reason for saving the bid is that it allows me to safely purchase factories for ME as early as possible while at the same time spending the least amount possible to prevent sea lion.  Some one mentioned using the bid to place land units on UK but I feel like that not an optimal use of resources since that only accomplishes one of the objectives. If you save enough you can buy two in round two for both Persia and Egypt.

I believe that it is best to save the money until Germany has shown it’s plans.  Spending the rest of the bid on land units in med will be a waste if Germany goes sea lion but any land units purchased for England will be wasted if they go for USSR.

If you are able to purchase a factory a turn earlier because of the money saved from the bid that means you end up with the at least the same amount of units as using the bid to purchase the land units.  The major advantage though is you will know what is more needed after Germany’s turn if it is saved where you will have to guess if you spend it before round 1.

No scramble.  Good Luck

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I am wondering what everyone thinks about saving most of the bid the allies would receive instead of placing units on the board.  Most games I have played lately start with a bid of 12-20.  Lately I have found myself only spending 6 of that on a sub and then banking the rest for UK London.  I really like the flexibility this provides since I have been able to use the money saved to buy factories in Persia and Egypt even earlier or make sea lion even harder if Germany is showing it.

As UK I usually do not play very aggressive on round 1 and avoid the Taranto raid. Most of the time I opt for stacking sz92 instead with an AB on Gibraltar. Then with the extra cash saved up use it to either fortify London or build factories in the ME basically a round early.  So far the strategy has worked in a couple of games but I am wondering what everyone else thinks.

What are your thoughts on this?  Do you think it goes against the spirit of the bid or is it fair game?  Also, is it foolish to not use it on troops right away?