Best posts made by FMErwinRommel

Facilities should become damaged when captured. Currently, the only loss resulting from capture is downgrading major ICs to minor IC (aside from ICs in China being destroyed). This primarily benefits Germany, which can gain 3 Russian minor ICs, plus 3 bases, at no cost, aside from SBR damage by Axis. I propose that captured minor ICs and bases should receive maximum damage (6 points) each time they are captured, due to battle damage or deliberate demolition by retreating enemy.

@Witt @aequitas-et-veritas Happy birthday to the both of you. How coincidental.

Now that I know about it, its okay there.

Austria mourns the lose of Zeppa. After a distinguished career terrorizing the Entente, burning Paris, London and his favorite target Rome, he pushed his luck one time too far and was shot down by AA fire over Rome. His crew wanted him to wait out the season, so he could join in the land attack against Italy. But that wasn’t his style, preferring to fly solo or with his partner Zepbe. RIP Zeppa.

@Panther also very slow accessing website and moving around site and messaging on chat room

@witt Of course, you were UK last game.
I hope you try a novel strategy instead of the same old Paris fetish.
The final jeopardy category a day or two ago was “famous ships”. The question was what ship wreck was located in 1989, 48 years after it sank and 96 years after the death of the person that it was named for. 2 contestants chose the Andrea Doria, but the current champion and I knew it was the Bismarck.

Wow, Sweden is a tough neighborhood. Both neutral defenders hit. Then the Brits weakened me for the Ruskies to take their shot. Less than half of my 16-man army survived the first turn. Good thing I take HGs along with me. Finland bulked up quickly. May have to stay in Sweden for a massage from a blonde beauty and eat some Swedish meatballs.

@colt45554 8 more hits and I received 6. You were down to 2 damaged BB’s, so I took the second DD instead. I just sank your fleet.

Yesterday was the 127th running of the Boston Marathon… Its the oldest, most famous and prestigious modern marathon. Its been ten years since the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15, 2013. The race is always run on Patriots Day, which is always on a Monday.
I commemorated it by running 3 1/3 miles around the neighborhood in my 2013 running outfit that my wife bought at the running store at the finish line, just hours before the bombing.
Being a New York born Yankee, I didn’t appreciate Boston until I ran the 2009 and 2013 marathons and experienced the hospitality of the city and the comradery of the friendly worldwide competition. That’s what made the bombing so senseless and sad.

In 2013, I crossed the finish line 23 minutes before the bomb blasts. My time was 3 hours, 46 minutes. Pretty decent for being 65 years old at the time. I felt bad for those who were prevented from finishing, after running 25 miles, because the race was halted.

@VictoryFirst No, the best powers for a newbie are Italy/Arabia/USA.
When players want an easy or quick turn, they would choose Italy/Arabia, whose theaters of operation are local. When we lost a player, we combined USA with them. USA is also a good starter position, as the early turns are just spent expanding on manifest destiny against neutrals, and the German opening gambit to Mexico (we’ll explain later). Afterwards, as USA income and units grow, it’s homeland is safe, and USA can choose where to shore up the Entente. Elrood might fill you in on playing USA in this past game.

Turk/Com requires a strong player now that the industry tech opening bid has been removed. Turks face UK from India and must try to take Cairo, while facing naval war with UK.

@dawgoneit Cousin Nicky, don’t listen to cousin George and Poincare’. They each have ulterior motives. George wants to take Norway and Oslo for himself. Good old cousin Willie has your best interest at heart.

@Elrood 20 FGs! You’re working those women to the bone. You saved 10 PU with working women. I’ll take my turn later today.

A&A’s revised rules to prevent using transports to take hits instead of combat ships, was a great improvement. But cheap ground troops are still being taken as hits instead of more expensive and powerful planes. In real life, air superiority comes first. Defending fighters intercept attacking bombers, TAC and their escorting fighters, before attacking infantry. Attacking planes try to establish air superiority before attacking ground troops. Changing this may be impractical, because of the imbalance in air forces between opponents. But as a suggestion, use the same protocol as BalMod does for Strategic Bombing Raids. Start land battles with an air battle of 1 or 2 turns, with fighters attacking and defending at 2; and bombers and TAC attacking and defending at 1. Then like SBR, AA fire comes next. Survivors would go on to join in the regular land battle. Perhaps attacking planes might have a limit on how many rounds of dice they could fire.

@djensen Thanks, I see it.

What a rollercoaster ride. Germany rolls great to start the game. Austria doesn’t retreat after early losses and is wiped out as Serbia makes a heroic defense. In great shape, but doesn’t build trenches. Then Turks roll +4.67 and take Greece for 20 cash and Serbs can’t build next turn and lost their advantage. Turks also aggressively take Basra, Kuwait and Georgia. Can the Bedouin camel cavalry come to the rescue?

I concede the game. Despite sinking the Japanese fleet and later defeating the stronger German army in southern Russia due to great dice, its hopeless. On to the rematch, where I hope that the Axis continues to win. I enjoyed the game, you are a worthy opponent. I will post my concession in the league results forum.

@Elrood Since the game accepted 2 gas, it was logical to believe it was okay. No problem. Your turn as Italy.

@barnee Thanks, it worked

My ancestry is half Italian, great grandparents. So I was rooting for them also. Witt is still celebrating or recovering from it, so he can’t take his turn today.

New Triplea engine 2.1.20365 Regular dice, no tech. Allied bid fighter in Scot & sub in sz98. GLHF Looking forward to another set of enjoyable gaming with you.