Posts made by Genghis Khan

and also ability of planes to fly over blockers and reach ships or lands. Essentially planes are OP in this game so reducing the gap between ACs and battleships makes sense to me. I’m 100% certain people would still buy ACs.

I personally like the fact that Japs have an opportunity to break through china and hurt the soviet income. gives another strategy available to them apart from calcutta crush or soviet far east breakout. Not very realistic but in terms of gameplay it’s a nice option. Plus russia can send mechs and tanks to help china, gives another option available to players. Maybe disallow moving two spaces at a time in certain territories to represent the mountains but without blocking it off completely?

yes sorry for the double post. Please let me know what you think of my proposal, cheers!
-GK

@Ichabod:

Genghis,

I would ask that battleships be 5/5 so there’s still a chance of a miss. I don’t like the idea of any unit having a guaranteed hit in a dice game. Even at that price, I’d be dropping them on the board more often rather than just aircraft carriers.

However, all other stuff you stated, I do like. Really revolutionary and it all makes sense to me.

The problem with making it 5/5 is that two cruisers would be statistically better than one battleship. Because they have the same role in the game (combat ships that bombard), they need to be exacty equal in terms of stats or math will find the more efficient option. Trust me with 6/6, you would still get aircraft carriers because of the flexibility of airplanes able to attack land, supporting amphibious assaults AND sea, plus extra threat range for your fleet (3 move without naval port) compared to pure combat ships.

exactly. it is now perfectly balanced to the cruiser. and helps make the battleship more competitive. The other ships are still worth taking. carriers and planes offer great versatility, DDs have anti-sub and blocking abilities, subs are cheap fodder and excellent at attacking. The only other effect is the balance of the initial setup. This change favours the allies (BB in atlantic), so I think it’s nice that the allies receive some help here.

My proposal:

Subs now cost 5 IPC. Reason: with one destroyer’s ability to completely cancel ALL subs’ abilities, I have given the subs a little help so we see them on the board more often as cannon fodder. It also makes the destroyers even more important to puchase because destroyers are the hard counter to subs. Makes the game more interesting because convoying is now a more viable strategy.

Destroyer stats are unchanged. The reson for this is that they have many uses like blocking, soaking up hits for Air only attacks and sub hunting. Because subs will now be more important, so will destroyers. In addition I have changed the anti-sub ability of destroyers to work only on a 1:1 basis. No longer will one single destroyer cancel out 20 subs. This change is inspired by DK’s house rules. I think it is quite flavourful and makes more sense, plus it makes the game more interesting by making subs more viable instead of being rendered useless after someone spends 8 ipcs on ONE destroyer.

Cruisers now cost 10 IPCs. Previously, 3 destroyers cost the same as 2 cruisers so buying a cruiser was pointless. Now with this change, cruisers are slightly better in combat, but not by much. And DDs have other uses that cruisers don’t have, and cruisers are vulnerable to subs.

Battleships now hit and defend on 6s. Reason: With cruisers and battleships having the same role, it was important to me that the math made both ships completely equal. Because two cruisers at 3/3 cost the same as one BB, I have changed the BB statline to 6/6 (and bombardment at 6). I also could not make it 5/5 or else the Aircraft carrier would still be the only option for fleet defense.

With battleships receiving a buff, I have decided to change the cost of ACs to 15 and allow them to defend on 3s to bring them back in line with the battleship. Now both capital ships are equal on defense (Assuming fully loaded carrier), but the carrier offers versatility with more range thanks to planes and better amphibious assault support. The battleship is now superior in attack power, hitting at 6s.

Overall I think these changes will make sea battles more interesting and it’s always fun to buy a variety of ships than to just buy aircraft carriers every turn. Let me know what you think of these changes!

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I’d be down for a game. You still in Ottawa?

Hi everyone, I’m a long time AAA player. Played original, revised, anniversary and now Global 1940. If anyone in the area (Kingston, Montreal etc.) is looking for an opponent, feel free to leave a message below. cheers!

Name: Genghis Khan
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Games: AAA Global 1940, AAA Anniversary, Fantasy Battles: The Ninth Age.
Notes: AAA FB Group link: facebook.com/groups/393199161012010/

Hey guys, I live in Ottawa. I’m a long time AAA fan and I’m mostly interested in global 1940 but I have anniversary ed. as well. Please let me know about eny events in montreal and maybe we can get a group going. Cheers!