Topics created by Ichabod

@Ichabod Building facilities on just ‘activated’ neutrals indeed is an unresolved issue, that is part of @gamerman01 's list in this topic:
https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/21330/triple-a-g40-comprehensive-list-of-currently-unresolved-issues

It is noted as issue at the Github-repository of that map, too:
https://github.com/triplea-maps/world_war_ii_global/issues/2

Of course - as you correctly pointed out - it is not allowed, as the rulebook clearly states "Place new facilities in any eligible territory that you have controlled since the start of your turn. " (Rulebook Pacific 1940.2, page 22).

I can’t say whether this will ever be fixed. In the meantime you could tell your opponents in advance that TripleA does not remove the player’s responability of knowing the rules. That is what the game notes of this map say in the “Disclaimer”-section, too.

TripleA has known issues and after all those years we still discover new ones. It is an ongoing process of improvement. However everybody’s time is limited and there is a lot to do … :slightly_smiling_face:

Global 42 is an official axis and allies game. Some might not be aware of it or the fact it was designed for tournament play. It’s been out for several years now. 7 full rounds at which point you count axis controlled IPCs (not counting NOs). If Axis have 125 IPCs on the board they win.

But the point of this thread is about the balance it provides. Granted, it’s almost a totally different game than G40. And many discussions have focused on the idea of balance. Interestingly, I think the turn order is the main reason. Plus it’s kind of nostalgic (when remembering the turn order of Classic/Revised):
Russia
Japan
America
China
Germany
British/UK Pacific
Italy
ANZAC
France

Japan: Starts with 14 planes as opposed to 21. Has the option to conduct a risky naval opener. It may achieve a head start for limited naval supremacy. It could also get India on round 3 if the UK player isn’t careful. However, Japan could easily fall apart due to having 7 less planes and risky opener battles.

Germany: No longer has the Italian can opener threat. This is huge and really changes the dynamics. Germany gets attacked by Russia first, and has to re-cock. German units are in N. Africa and in the Med is a destroyer n’ transport. However, Germany can’t easily go everywhere like it can in G40.

For 7 rounds, the Axis can rampage and win according to the tournament victory rules.

However, if playing according to the regular OOB rules for victory, I think this setup leans Allies but not as much as G40 leans Axis.
Is this a balanced setup as is or would the axis need a small bid, maybe 3-10 IPCs. I think a small bid would make the Global very balanced and probably more fun for both sides.

And Russia has to be at war specifically with Japan. Also, USA has to be at war with someone. Any Axis power will do.

@Ichabod So I can identify two different issues. First of all, your PBF username is not your email-address that you have entered but simply “Ichabod”. Enter Ichabod as Login and the forum password into the settings.

Second your TripleA still uses an outdated Java to be found in
c\program files\i4j_jres\1.8.0_66

That is an incompatible Java version that TripleA came with years ago that is still used despite you might have installed the latest Java, too.
So you need to manually delete this i4j_jres folder including its subfolders.

So once you have deleted this, you should try again, using the forum username and forum password.
In case it still does not work, please reinstall the latest Java 8 to be sure TripleA uses this new version.

After all these actions you should be fine using the dice server and posting your turns with TripleA 1.9.0.0.13066 on the new forum.

Good luck :slightly_smiling_face:

… and ask back in case you need further assistance.

@simon33

They can also take the Denmark, Finland, Holland et al money with this proposal. Also for example, SZ 112 and 126? would be connected to Norway $, making the placement of convoying units more flexible. Youre right that mostly the money will be taken by the proper force, not convoyed, but this proposal increases the value of subs and puts a lot more money on the line. I agree in principle that the convoy zones chosen by the creator are themey and appropriate but its easy to go further and put alot more $$ at risk on the board sea/land.

I put a russian sub down in Game 191 just for fun (it cost me later) and I did successfully blow up both and all possible Normandy/norway money for one turn. What if the baltic was like that? This also goes back to Dave’s idea of splitting the adriatic (so to nerf taranto and divide Italy $$ into two convoy zones)

@Ichabod To me nothing has changed with the new version:
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Maybe you have altered the map zoom or the unit size in the “View”-menu? Please check.

Bump to keep track.

Thank you for the game.

You want to play a G40 2nd ed Vanilla game with bids?

Out of disk space on the server.

@Patryn

I don’t blame you for calling it after Germany’s Turn. There were several moments that I thought Japan was going to get overran and then Germany.

UK
Med Fleet - add a Sub to the carrier fleet
Artillery to Alexandria
Mech to Cairo

Yunnan
1 Infantry

Ridiculous that you still had a fighter to intercept with…and a huge air force…should have been thinned way more in that sea battle against Germany earlier.

REMATCH!

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=42654.0

(scramble orders, OOL, etc)

I spent the whole game trying to overcome early mistakes that had to do with not being familiar with Balanced Mod. It was my first game with BM3, but I’ve grown to like it. Many of the players won’t do 2nd Edition without a huge bid for the Allies, so in the future I will likely play BM3 most of the time.

Ok, thanks! I accept the surrender.

I think mainly what saved me this game was the dice. With the exception of both German bombers getting hit by a 1 (AAA during bombing raids), and Italy getting some crap dice in the openers, like the bomber missing, but the UK destroyer hitting at sz 81, Axis all around were getting really good dice.

Pretty much bad luck dice for the Allies when rolled up as an aggregate by round 13.

Finland was definitely the icing on the cake (8 hit point difference by combat round 2).

Haha I was hoping you would go for India to give me a bit more time, and yeah the double max bomber was rough… I’ll post the result and start new game tomorrow

I agree with that but Japan has India and can build behind USSR and crush me !

@dawgoneit:

you can have it for 17.
bid placement please.
i don’t think we can do league because you have 2 wins and if you get another it wont count.
you need 3 more league games for us to play another league game.

I’m new to league games…I didn’t understand those rules I guess.

Bid:
China

1 Infantry Yunnan
1 Artillery Kweichow

UK Europe
1 Sub SZ 96

UK India
1 Artillery India

I accept the concede; I also believe the allies have the upper hand but we had a good game and was fun for sure.

There’s no point running the battle if the allies have save the world!

Let me if you want a rematch in league BM or G40,

Soviet.

Oh wow, that came earlier than expected! Well thank you for playing! I enjoyed the game.

The dice that last turn were indeed pretty harsh for Japan. I did lose 2 planes while clearing blockers, but that was in a lot of clearings, so that seems about right (although that happend before the last UK/US turn). I think the Allied Navy will still have to retreat for now, but whether you lose planes or not, it’s going to get reinforced so fast that Japan probably can’t keep up… But given Germany and Italy’s current income I’d have expected you to play on for a bit and see if you could pressure Russia enough to get something going in Europe (and perhaps take the pressure off Japan).
Losing both bombers indeed is a harsh blow for Japan.

I think that a German IC in Yugo is always a bad idea, if you want to produce in the mediterranean with Germany, you’re better of taking Southern France… And you can always load a couple of infantry on Italian transports to ship em over. No help for Germany from Italy in Russia makes it quite slow going in, combined with the turn 2/3 split of your Ger stack that forced you to take an extra turn before moving into Russia, it’s hard to get income from Russian territories fast enough…

Thank you for playing!

I do not know what happened to our game here.

I have no internet right now due to Hurricane Flornece. Probably take a week.