Topics created by gtg21

I’ve always had a problem with HBG’s “orange” Japanese units not being of the same tone of orange from OOB A&A… most other colors of custom HBG units seem to match pretty good, but that orange always seemed off to me… so much so I’ve never kept a custom HBG Japanese unit in my nation bins… sad, cuz I really like some of them.

(and yes, I’m one of those anal-retentive guys where if the color is just off a tad, it “ruins” it for me… I know I’m odd that way).

P.S.
Dang, I just realized this forum won’t let you use the first three letters of Japanese units without blanking it out as a profanity.

G42 is an A&A Global scenario, there hasn’t been any indication from Larry or his team that this rule set is compatible with the single 1940 theater games. If you find out otherwise, please share in the Global forum with any clarifications. G42 was created to shorten games during tournament play, dot sure if that lead is useful, but you can also ask at harrisgamedesign.com

If it’s just about the turn order, you can simply house rule it, or revert to the 2nd edition sequence… play a few times and see what works best would be my advice.

Cheers.

You know, acting on a hunch here, but I think Romania is a German territory for gameplay balance  :roll:

All right, to be less snobbish, I really don’t believe Axis and Allies should be drenched in realistic borders, territories, or alliances. I think Larry found a perfect balance of historical accuracy and sacrificing some of that for gameplay balance. One can spend hours pointing out the unrealistic set-up and map of A&A 1940. I can personally point out, as a Frenchman, that the French Navy is under-represented, the French forces in the Empire are under-represented, no Vichy France means the Italians have to worry about their flank, the Free French should have a capital in French Equatorial Africa and be able to produce at least one infantry every three turns, etc. But, I know all of that is omitted and/or changed because of balance, balance, balance.

Am I beating a dead horse here? Probably.

I say let planes scramble from any airbases anywhere anytime, even land lock airbases.  The defending player still has to make the same choices of where to use his planes to benefit him the most.  Capping it at 6 would be easy to accept and figure out.  Just so long as you make it 1 plane for 1 point of damage on the airbase, so like 5 damage points on an airbase limits it to 1 airplane that can scramble.  You could make exceptions for airbases on capital cities or even for VCs in general, like unlimited scrambling.

Panther, you’re +46/-0 now because that calculator is nice!  It’s already helped me a lot!