Posts made by Elsaß-Lorraine

For some more hard geographical evidence (in case your group member doesn’t accept the “logic” explanation), the Bering Strait never completely freezes due to the strong currents in the area.  So it’s not like it would be frozen and easy to walk across.  You would need to jump from ice chunk to ice chunk to make it across.  Not exactly suitable travel conditions for an army.

At least the designers of the original map didn’t make everything to scale.  You’d NEVER be able to fit anything in London if that was the case…  :-)

I agree with CWO Marc that it would be better to have 3-5 generic ones rather than territory-specific ones.  Since every game is different, you never really can anticipate which ones you’ll need and which ones you won’t (except for London because that’s always a pain).

I was trying it in TripleA and it didn’t let me, so I assume it’s not legal

With most things in this game, it’s situational and not exactly suited to all styles of play.  For example, is there German air support (in the form of a fighter) in Tobruk? If there is, you would certainly not have the odds to do Tobruk AND Taranto, as you would need the tactical bomber or the Malta fighter in both fights to have a decent chance at winning, which is obviously not possible.  But if the Germans don’t send a fighter to Tobruk, both attacks are certainly doable.  A sub bid in SZ 98 will certainly help the UK’s odds in Taranto, possibly allowing them to use one fighter from London to clear out the German battleship instead of sending it to die in the Adriatic.

I do use the history feature, but that highlight key is new to me. Thanks for pointing that out!

@Fatespinner:

It is easy to overlook something in triplea.

So true.  I find that it’s hard to take into account everything your opponent does on triplea, due to the fact that you don’t see your opponent’s moves in real time like you do in a face-to-face game