Posts made by ericwool

   Purchase Units - Germans
        Germans buy 10 infantry; Remaining resources: 2 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Germans
        1 infantry moved from Algeria to French West Africa
              Germans take French West Africa from British
        1 infantry moved from Libya to French Equatorial Africa
              Germans take French Equatorial Africa from British
        1 battleship moved from Central Mediteranean Sea Zone to West Mediteranean Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from West Spain Sea Zone to West Mediteranean Sea Zone
        1 bomber moved from Germany to East Canada Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from West Europe to North Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from East Europe to North Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Germany to North Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Finland Norway to North Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Ukraine S.S.R. to East Mediteranean Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from Baltic Sea Zone to North Sea Zone
        1 transport moved from Baltic Sea Zone to North Sea Zone

    Combat - Germans
        Battle in East Canada Sea Zone
            Germans attack with 1 bomber
            British defend with 1 transport
                Germans roll dice for 1 bomber in East Canada Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 transport in East Canada Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
                1 transport owned by the British lost in East Canada Sea Zone
            Germans win with 1 bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
            Casualties for British: 1 transport
        Battle in East Mediteranean Sea Zone
            Germans attack with 1 fighter
            British defend with 1 submarine
                Germans roll dice for 1 fighter in East Mediteranean Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits
                1 submarine owned by the British lost in East Mediteranean Sea Zone
            Germans win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
            Casualties for British: 1 submarine
        Battle in West Mediteranean Sea Zone
            Germans attack with 1 battleship and 1 submarine
            British defend with 1 battleship
                Germans roll dice for 1 submarine in West Mediteranean Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 battleship in West Mediteranean Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 battleship in West Mediteranean Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                1 battleship owned by the British lost in West Mediteranean Sea Zone
            Germans win with 1 battleship and 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 24
            Casualties for British: 1 battleship
        Battle in North Sea Zone
            Germans attack with 4 fighters, 1 submarine and 1 transport
            British defend with 1 battleship and 1 transport; Russians defend with 1 submarine and 1 transport
                Germans roll dice for 1 submarine in North Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 4 fighters and 1 transport in North Sea Zone, round 2 : 3/4 hits, 2.00 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 submarine in North Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 battleship and 2 transports in North Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                1 transport owned by the Russians, 1 submarine owned by the Russians, 1 transport owned by the British, 1 submarine owned by the Germans and 1 transport owned by the Germans lost in North Sea Zone
                Germans roll dice for 4 fighters in North Sea Zone, round 3 : 1/4 hits, 2.00 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 battleship in North Sea Zone, round 3 : 1/1 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                1 fighter owned by the Germans and 1 battleship owned by the British lost in North Sea Zone
            Germans win with 3 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 20
            Casualties for Germans: 1 fighter, 1 submarine and 1 transport
            Casualties for British: 1 battleship and 1 transport
            Casualties for Russians: 1 submarine and 1 transport

    Non Combat Move - Germans
        1 bomber moved from East Canada Sea Zone to West Europe
        1 infantry moved from South Europe to Central Mediteranean Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from South Europe to Central Mediteranean Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Central Mediteranean Sea Zone to Libya
        1 infantry moved from Central Mediteranean Sea Zone to Libya
        1 fighter moved from East Mediteranean Sea Zone to East Europe
        1 fighter moved from North Sea Zone to East Europe
        1 fighter moved from North Sea Zone to East Europe
        1 fighter moved from North Sea Zone to West Europe
        1 armour moved from West Europe to East Europe
        1 infantry moved from West Europe to Germany
        1 armour moved from South Europe to East Europe
        1 aaGun moved from South Europe to East Europe
        1 armour moved from Germany to East Europe
        1 armour moved from Germany to East Europe
        1 infantry moved from Germany to East Europe
        1 infantry moved from Germany to East Europe
        1 infantry moved from Germany to East Europe
        1 infantry moved from Germany to East Europe
        1 armour moved from Ukraine S.S.R. to East Europe
        1 armour moved from Ukraine S.S.R. to East Europe
        1 infantry moved from Ukraine S.S.R. to East Europe
        1 infantry moved from Ukraine S.S.R. to East Europe

    Place Units - Germans
        2 infantry placed in South Europe
        8 infantry placed in Germany

    Turn Complete - Germans
        Germans collect 34 PUs; end with 36 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans : 0.50
British : 0.17

Anyone can set up a public game for others to join. If we can agree on a time, I’m happy to create a game for us. I’ll call it “Aces Wild” so you know which to join if there are multiple games available. Take a look at the preview tab and try out a few moves. Some things aren’t completely intuitive, like using transports. It all makes sense once you see how the creator of the site set thing up, though.

Thanks for posting the videos. Do you play on gamesbyemail? If so, I would love to play a series of games and test out your theories.

Do any of you find it cheap/annoying when an allied player lands on Spain in order to establish a Western front against Germany?  This has been a common tactic of mine, and I had a gamesbyemail player call it cheap just recently.  I haven’t seen that strategy criticized before, so I’m curious if others share the opinion.

As a relative newbie, I’ll second the opinion that this section should carry the title “classic.”  Those of us stuck in the 80s (there are more of us than you might think!) find the title “2nd edition” meaningless.

I can offer a really useful and detailed response for classic (2nd ed.), but I haven’t played First Edition. Are the two similar enough that a 2nd edition example would be helpful?

One more I thought of is when a player abuses the technicalities of retreat rules. If I understand the rules correctly, you can attack a country from two sides and then retreat all units to one of those sides.

So if a German player marches 40 infantry to Ukraine and the Allied player threatens Berlin by piling units into EE, the German player can attack from both Germany & Ukraine then retreat all units to Germany after one round of combat.

The big one for me is rolling for weapons development early on. It makes the game so much more dependent on luck rather than skill. I don’t mind if someone realizes they’re losing and takes a crack at getting heavy bombers, but attempts in the first few rounds are annoying.

As for ignoring Japan with the U.S., that just seems like good sound strategy to me. The Americans can do a lot more against Germany.

Do you ever plan, from the outset, to send a combination of planes and ships to attack the American/British Navy in the Atlantic?  I’ve found this to be the most effective way to get Japan directly involved in the game rather than just nibbling at the edges.  The plan requires a skilled defensive strategy with Germany, likely with 100% infantry purchases.  It has worked well in my recent games, however.

Japan must accept that it will not significantly pressure Moscow, but it can still easily build enough infantry to take and hold SFE, Yakut, China, Sinkiang, India, and Persia by turn 6, while building 4 new fighters in the process.  On turn 7 the Japanese air force flies from Persia to Europe, and the ships have just arrived at Brazil from the Cape of Africa.  On turn 8, the successful destruction of the entire Atlantic fleet should be likely.

It doesn’t tilt the game in favor of the Axis, but it does increase their odds substantially in my opinion.  Is there a fatal flaw to this plan that I’m missing?

Sorry if this is covered in an old thread.  I’m coming back to the game after about 15 years!

Before I had kids, I had friends available for face to face games, which was amazing.  Now that I’m coming back to the game after a few years, I really didn’t know where all these online options were.  So thank you for linking those stickies.  It’s REALLY nice not to need to sift through a dozen pages of old forum posts to find this  :-) I’ll probably try both the email and tripleA options.

I still don’t want to give up on finding the occasional face to face opponent, however.  I’ll bite the bullet and learn some new versions eventually, which will allow me to participate in my local meetup.  Nothing will kill my nostalgia for classic, though!  If anyone in the Seattle area come across this and wants to meet for a classic game, drop me a line: ericwool@gmail.com

Thanks for the reply.  This would actually be my first time using gamesbyemail, so let me get on there and get a feel for it.  I’ll let you know when I start a game.  Looking forward to it!

I know most active players have long since moved on to new editions, but I would love to find some new foes for classic.  Who still plays?  If you do, what general region are you located in?  I’m in the greater Seattle area.