Posts made by gamerman01

The Blitzkrieg just got much nastier!!!  :evil:

Nope - even unescorted TRANSPORTS can waltz right by subs in combat movement.

@bbrett3:

@Brain:

Has anybody actually tried EVONY

Ironically all the _super_lonley guys out there are gettin’ whiney about it 'cause the girls aren’t even featured in the game

not that I would know……  :roll:

Ah, yet another example of sirens luring unsuspecting sailors to their demise…

@souL:

When you’re playing a tech game, the bomber rules the day.  All of the most out of control upgrades involve bombers in some way or exclusively the bomber.

An excellent point.  It is smart to build bombers before even getting the breakthroughs because there are THREE techs that boost bomber capabilities, and all of the are very significant!!  If you have all 3, look out world!!!

Good points, Bel.  But as I said in my first post here, Strat bombing is not as effective in this incarnation of A&A.  You forget that in Revised, the damage limit PER BOMBER was the IPC value of the TT.  In this one, double the IPC value is the total damage limit.  If a factory is maxed out in damage and isn’t repaired, it can’t be damaged at all for a turn.  Also, your math is correct, but you leave out the other opportunities that bomber may have.  Many times bomber support on a battle is more effective than a SBR, especially because usually in the battle the Bomber has a 0% chance of being lost.  Those are some of the reasons I don’t see that much SBR in this game.

Heh - I know what you mean.

Well there are TWO now, so which one are you claiming?

I don’t think there’s such a thing as changing ABattlemap view settings.  I’ll try changing the video settings for my computer maybe.

IL changed his avatar!  :-o

I second what A44bigdog said.  Once I looked into Play by Forum I found out it’s easy.  Download ABattlemap on this site (a very pretty looking A&A50 map) and start playing already!
Nicky, I know SE Iowa is a little far, but it depends on how desperate you are.  I have the AA50 board game - it’s all set up for 1942 right now - so let me know if you want to come on down!  It’s Labor Day weekend!  :-D

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/01/poland.ww2.anniversary/index.html
I thought it classy that the leaders of Germany and Russia were at the ceremony.  Also, that the leader of Germany said “we” when referring to German aggression starting the war.

Got it, and agree - thanks a lot, guys!  That’s all I see in the rulebook too.

@gamerman01:

OK, that’s big.  Hasn’t come up in one of my games yet.  Can you tell me where to look in my rulebook in case an opponent questions my clever moves?

OK, I’m home with my rulebook and I find nothing about “embattled” zones and nothing to prohibit movement through an area that was just cleared in the Combat phase.  My arsenal of strategies just increased, I suppose.

New question!  The way the map is drawn, it appears that Panama borders the EUSA.  Of course, in real life geography, there is a lot of Mexico between the smaller Central American states and the USA.  Also, Panama appears to border SZ10??  So is this a major departure from prior A&A games where you had to go through Mexico to get from Panama to EUS?  I don’t recall this question being included in the official errata.
Thanks a lot.

Wow, I’ve really been playing wrong then.  I thought a DD (or any other lone surface ship) could stop a massive fleet from moving 2 zones, but it can’t.  They can just sink the lone boat and then advance through the zone to a second zone as long as there are no hostile surface ships in the second zone.
I’m gonna check my rulebook and errata immediately when I get home.

OK, that’s big.  Hasn’t come up in one of my games yet.  Can you tell me where to look in my rulebook in case an opponent questions my clever moves?

(Continuing my post here because of the annoying scrolling problem)
A few observations - Japan can pretty much permanently deny UK 2 of 3 NO’s by securing Australia and Japanese original territories.  Also, the 2 USA Pacific NO’s can easily be denied.
I play by Larry’s suggestion of no new Island complexes.  This helps blunt Japan’s samurai sword a bit in '41.  If not for this alternate rule, I would always build IC on East Indies J2.  Because of no new Island complexes, my opponent is not dealing with a Jap assault from the South on Caucasus yet, and I am not taking all of Africa as rapidly.
Anyway, it would be cool if you guys reviewed this PBF game (on the first page right now) and review how things went for Japan in the first several turns and what the Allies did.
My opponent was smart enough to not try building any IC’s with the UK.  However, he ran from the Pacific with the USA to go after Europe hard.  It would be great to read your thoughts, ideas, observations.  As for me, this just confirms my perception that Japan is an out of control Godzilla in '41, which is why I prefer the '42 scenario.

Back to the original topic, about stalling Japanese expansion.  I guess I’m not offering a way to stall it today, I’m just going to give another anecdote about how Japan is unstoppable in the '41 scenario. 
I am playing a skilled opponent on the forums right now.  It’s the first time I’ve played as Axis in '41 against someone good.  I’m more of an Allies player, traditionally, and I struggle to really play a mean Germany.  I do know what I’m doing with Japan, though, I think.  (She is similar to playing USA or UK, which I have a lot of experience with).  I did sneak in on round 3 and conquered the UK and 40 IPC’s, but that was just a speedbump for my opponent, who had already secured France.
So anyway, as Germany and Italy are “turtling” in round 5, Japan is going crazy, with about 80 IPC income, Heavy bombers (I own 5) and have secured Western USA.  It is very soon going to be Japan against the world, and it’s going to be very interesting.  You can check it out in the Play by Forums.  It’s called “Solo game” because I started playing solo but my new on-line gaming friend jumped in at G1 (for which I was glad).
Remember that Larry’s theory about A&A starting scenarios is that he just tries to accurately depict the military situation at that point in history.  Then “you are in command” and whatever happens is whatever you make happen.  Of course, the games also ignores many “facts of life” and is an abstraction, and is designed for fun.

@Bardoly:

@GrafZeppelin:

Hi all,

Please help clarify the following scenario:

If I have 2 Armours and 3 Infantry in Libya and Trans-Jordan is also under my control, is it then possible for me to capture Egypt using the Inf on the combat round , and then move my Armours through Egypt to Trans-Jordan on the non-combat move??

I’ve seen people do it! but it seems rater odd to me!

Thanx,

/GrafZeppelin

Yes, they may.

Since when?  I don’t have my rulebook with me right now, but since when can a unit move through an “embattled” territory during non-combat?  You can’t destroy a boat and then move through the sea zone in non-combat with other boats.  I don’t think land combat is any different.  If I’m wrong, I know you will correct me and show me the rule.
Thanks.

That is funny - +1 for the laugh