What’s w/ all the whining going on about the “new” tank rule? It’s not a new one either. 3-2-2-5 is the “old” rule since the game was marketed in the early '80s. It’s only a buck more now. Big deal. Simmer down folks and relize it’s only a game. Getting you panties all bunched up and calliing names is pretty lame and infantile.
You wear Panties?? Wow> Do they make your dice rolls any luckier?
Has anyone tried out Larry’s new tank rule yet or just ignored it hoping it would go away.
If so what did you think of it?
IDI! It’s too bad you edited your post! It was classic!
A classic mistake you mean…… I don’t own the game and when I looked at the online map it looked like Sz 64 touched Sz 10 but I guess Wonko says they don’t. It was a KOOL-AID induced fantasy>>>>>>>>>>>
Your right Wonko, I musta been drinkin too much Jonestown punch.
@strategic:
5-6 turns of straight tank buys.
6 rounds of all Tanks??? Sounds like a Gargantua purchase.
interesting, to say the least. Not a game breaker by any means, so I can live with it.
“silver wings upon his chest, gargantua’s on the boards more than all the rest” Certainly entertaining though, sir.
!!Funny!!
I’d pay the $120 just to spare you this madness.
It’s not going to work, what you are describing would is going to be an abortion.
That said…
1. Color compatibility is all dependant on what you’re willing to put up with. I wouldn’t stand for it, but you don’t seem to care, so it’s not a good question to ask. You are likely to run into problems mid game, with not being able to distinguish British, Anzac, or Japanese troops, if you are mixing old, with revised, with new. It’s not a good idea.
2. 5 of everything is a good start. You’ll learn more of what you need as you go, and you can usually make do with 5.
Give up now.
Hey if your buying players games…I’ll take a copy of global
Sign me up for $2 Russians……thats at 50+ new consripts ready for action R4
I agree acampo22 it’s all part of the same combat move.
And as for the Italians, they only have one fighter.
First of all what turn is this? Shouldn’t you have 1 Tac, 2 Fighters and whatever new Italian airforce (Bomber) you may have purchased?
Can’t load transports with an enemy surface ship in the same Sz…. After the UK place the destroyer just kill the destroyer with the Italians
Does this strategy still apply with Larry’s latest tank fiasco rule?
I’m holding out for the 3 hit battleship. C’mon Yamato!!!
you seemed to have forgotten that his subs could pass through the strait of Gibraltar without owning Gibraltar
I didn’t forget the rule, I was wholly unaware of it’s exsistence. I believe it was an Alpha addition. Yes a mistake. And no you didn’t wipe the fleet, you wholly damaged it, And you still failed to control gibraltar, or keep a significant amount of subs in the med.
And it certainly didn’t stop the Axis from winning that game either, so yea, the strategy is BAD.
You should have been building men and transports instead of Subs.
The straits rule is clearly stated in the manual, there is even an example that mentions Gibraltar.
For the record; that was the F2F game in Aldergrove just prior to Xmas not the game in this post. I (Idi Amin) was playing the UK not the USA. You (Gargantua) played Germany and Italy. It was the USA player (the host and a rookie) who completely decimated your spiffy Italian fleet East of Gibraltar. Control of Gibraltar is a moot point when attacking with sub fleets into the Med.
Axis victory you say?? Wow what game were you playing in?!? And as far as an Axis victory goes….I recall NO Sealion, Japan having NO navy AND air force, China HUGE, ANZAC/India controlling ALL the money islands, Britain building tanks in South Africa, Russia holding Norway and Finland and Italy with NO FLEET. If you call that was an Axis victory will you please give me a ride in your invisible helicopter sometime?
yup. kind of crazy. I feel the convoy box concept is flawed.
and yes, in my games as the allies I’ve parked a fleet in sz97 every game. watched Italy collect 4ipcs per round the rest of the game. :lol:
Get off my coattails rook
1 destroyer + planes.
Who cares about the rest.
I HOPE America builds subs. What a terrible strategy.
Hmmmmmmm I seem to recall a F2F game in Aldergrove with you (Gargantua) playing the Italians. I believe your entire Italian Navy was wiped off the map by the host player’s American sub fleet. At the time you seemed to have forgotten that his subs could pass through the strait of Gibraltar without owning Gibraltar. Hence you lost every Italian ship on the board. Hence I think it is a viable strategy.
Last game I destroyed the Italian fleet and squashed their NO’s with a steady stream of American submarines. I parked 6 in Sz97 and it bankrupted Italy (12 IPCs) per turn and spelled the end for the remaining forces in Africa.
*Remember subs can pass through the strait of Gibraltar without owning Gibraltar