Posts made by Flying Tiger

On the setup it shows UKE as 29 and UKP as 16

I only count 15 on the board for UKP. Also it seems west India is a part of UKE? How does this make sense?

Am I missing anything?

It’s real b**** when you need to place more than 3 units in your capital to fend off the attack you know that is coming.

I can see why the major is in n. Italy. They should have put the border south of Rome though.

This is a great game though. I love what they have done with nuetrals. Logically sound mechanics. I have yet to play Pacific or Global. Europe by itself rivals AA50. I can’t wait to try to be Axis powers.

I was the Allies and my Father-in-law was axis. He pulls off sealion on his 3rd turn I think. I was not seeing it as a real threat like I should have. Nice move, he held it for the entire game(9 rounds). I never took it back from him and I defeated him with only Russia and USA. He is not the greatest player but he is not that bad. I consider myself good but not great. This is a tough game for the axis to win.

I do have a question though. Why aren’t the major industrial factories located in Berlin and Rome? Why are they in Northern Italy and West Germany? Seems a little off to me.

What damage markers? That is another question….where are the damage markers?

We could have just placed them on top of the printed base/factories I think. I would have preferred them printed.

Just wondering why they did not just print these starting units on the board? What is the point of cardboard pieces?

ordered it today

I thought for sure I would getting hammered by you guys today. That is not the case. Thanks for all the good, level headed replies. Of course I’m going to get it, I always was. How can I resist? If I am on this board, I am a big fan. I wanted to see if anyone thought it was too overwhelming. I absolutely love AA50 but G40 scares me a bit.

Convince me. I liked Revised. AA50 gave me that little bit of extra dimension that I wanted without going overboard with too many units and rules to follow. Global40 seems almost as if there is too much complications(rules). I don’t particularly love the “if a fighter is matched up with a tank…blah blah blah”. Look I know I can easily learn the rules but every time a new “global” game comes out a little more is added to the game. The last thing I want is for it to turn into one of those Avalon hill games with a paper map and paper counters with tons of charts and shit. Those games sucked.

So could someone just give me a summary of the differences between AA50 and G40? Convoy zones etc…
Or should I just say F it and just spend the $120?

@squirecam:

@Flying:

I really am not sure where to put this where everyone will see it. I see alot of events are held back east but nothing in southern California.

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Wow, thanks alot. I noticed it only shows AA but not what version. Which one will be played and what is your estimate of how many people will show? I realize you may have no idea but I figured I’d ask.

Also, $40 registration seems steep but is that the norm for all these conventions around the country?

I really am not sure where to put this where everyone will see it. I see alot of events are held back east but nothing in southern California. I was just wondering if there is ever anything going on out here or is the weather too nice and the women too beautiful to worry about some stupid board game like AA?

HOW MANY PEOPLE HERE FROM THE LOS ANGELES AREA WOULD BE INTERESTED IN A FACE TO FACE TYPE OF EVENT?

Here is an idea I still think will work…

Things we know
1. Japan is a monster.
2. KGIF seems to be the best way of winning the war as the Allies. This equates to not much of a pacific campaign because there is not enough $$ for the Americans to go east and west.

If the American NOs were changed to
-Collect 15 ipcs if the allies control 3 of the 4 territories…Alaska, Hawaii, Wake Island and Midway.
-Homeland NO is deleted (east, west, central USA for 5 ipcs)
-Add American destroyer to Hawaii

What would this do?

• Extra destroyer would force Japan to go all out on Hawaii instead of attacking WUSA ships.
• America would have a large value NO close enough to reasonably defend. This would put American ships in the pacific for sure. This would lead to a pacific campaign, even if limited.
• This would also get America closer economically to the Japanese.
• There would be enough $$ to go east and west. 53ipcs to America each turn as long as they have this NO.
• Since axis have advantage OOB this will put the allies on an even level with the axis powers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmBo8q0akGo&feature=related

Did you see this? probably.

Oops, yeah just saw it on another thread. Still funny as hell.

Simi Valley, California 13 years

Originally Chillicothe, Ohio

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@Flying:

@OctavianNT:

So what is this “optimal” strategy?  Are you tank rushing to Moscow with Japan, or are they knocking out UK/US IPCs in India and the Pacific?  Is Italy simply building up defense in France, or are they more aggressive moving into Russia?  I often try to punch holes in the Russian lines with Italy so the German can move more freely, but have not had much success.

It is much better to punch holes with Germany to let Italy have a crack at russia. Weaken Russia in the south and hit the caucus with a couple of loaded Italian transports really puts Russia in trouble.

If the Allies are ignoring Japan then move about half of Japanese fleet to the Med(taking India along the way) and allow the Italians to take Africa at the same time. Without the extra fleet protection Italy is doomed.

We’ve found it to be the other way with the ‘hole punching’ described above:
Italy is the can opener to allow a stack of German tanks to take Moscow / Caucasus

Doing this leaves Africa to the Allies doesn’t it? Can a lower income Italy do this? What do you do, stack up tanks and infantry for 4 rounds then attack Russian territories? I can definately see this working though seems like a more risky strategy than going for africa/middle east.

When I say using Germany to let Italy have a crack at Russia I mean the Caucus not the Russian capital.

@OctavianNT:

So what is this “optimal” strategy?  Are you tank rushing to Moscow with Japan, or are they knocking out UK/US IPCs in India and the Pacific?  Is Italy simply building up defense in France, or are they more aggressive moving into Russia?  I often try to punch holes in the Russian lines with Italy so the German can move more freely, but have not had much success.

It is much better to punch holes with Germany to let Italy have a crack at russia. Weaken Russia in the south and hit the caucus with a couple of loaded Italian transports really puts Russia in trouble.

If the Allies are ignoring Japan then move about half of Japanese fleet to the Med(taking India along the way) and allow the Italians to take Africa at the same time. Without the extra fleet protection Italy is doomed.

I was thinking of getting both games when AAE40 comes out. Business wise it would not make sense to not still be printing AAP40 just as AAE40 comes out. But who knows?

@Brain:

Well I like the new rules anyway.

Just thought of something….if the global game has the USA at an ungodly amount of income then they could be producing too many bombers and then they could SBR Germany to nothing pretty fast. If that is the case then The new rule is actually needed for balance or it could get out of hand. We’ll see.

@Canuck12:

@Army:

Can a land unit move one space and then be loaded onto a transport all in one go?

Additionally, the US is going to be making mega-wads of cash and will have to be smart about placement on only 2 or 3 industrial complexes. in AA50 it was no big deal, you could do an entire build in the east, but in the new game when you have 100+ IPCs to spend, you’re going to have to be careful about where you decide to build your equipment. If its all built in the east it better be 12 bombers or you’re wasting a lot of money just to focus on in the European theatre.

It seems to me that the logistics of the 10 unit IC and the fact that the US should have adequate resources to deal with BOTH theatres should negate the necessity for a forced split of income. Additionally, I beleive that the need to contain Japan will be greater in this version.

Hmm, possibility of 100+ ipcs per turn for the US. So that means a possibility of tons of bombers. So now it does seem the escort/interceptor rule is REQUIRED or SBR will get out of hand. But who knows how they are going to work it with the US?

@Brain:

@Flying:

@hyogoetophile:

I agree that basically you want to strat bomb if you can afford to at least send about twice as many escorts as there will be interceptors – and if you want to trade fighters for fighters. And yes, the old guideline seems to apply: If there’s a real battle, you probably want to be in that instead.

Exactly what I am saying. At least someone has math skills. So what is the point of it then? It would be moronic to attack against defending fighters. It’s very comparable to using only infantry to attack infantry, practically #1 on the no no list. So basically this will reduce the amount of SBRs which will reduce the game experience.

I majored in math. This is not a question of math skills. This is a question of realism.

OK I just want to get this straight. When the Allies sent up Bombers with escorts to bomb industrial centers, on average they lost more in value(fighters/bombers) than Germany lost in industrial production and defending fighters. As long as we are using realistic rules then I am all for it. Thanks brain damaged.

Yope, I gotta know, How will this work? The Global game will have Pacific and Europe split income for America?
It’s 50 for Pacific now. Damn, what will total income look like? 120?
Will there just be a minimum amount that must be spent per theater and then a portion that you decide to divide between them?

This was probably the obvious way to make the game global. But USA’s income will have to be huge to pull it off.