The US has god awful amounts of money, and if any nation wants to flood the seas with subs its going to be the US.
I can’t say its been a winning strategy yet though, it was usually under the US Pacific strat where the fleet clears the Japs and then a few subs move in to keep them down.
Now if we could just get them to include more US subs. I’ve had to pilfer my A&AE game for US subs because for some reason for a few games US has mass produced subs to squash Japan.
Perhaps, I am from Iowa which always tests among the highest in the nation. I also live in college town. I expect my fellow humans to have achieved the basics on education, its a fault of mine. BTW they have classes on how to use spellchecker if you need help.
To clarify, even if the allies are at war with Japan, so long as USA is neutral its aircraft cannot fly to ANZAC.
Also learn to take criticism. Now its time to go club a baby seal to get a better deal, Cause I’m Crazy Larry!
Those must be older GIjoe parts than I remember, I never got a guy with a BAR.
Course I always liked the Cobra guys better…
Don’t buy it, you should instead spend your money on something a little bit more valuable. Like a tutor for your horrendous spelling. Or better yet an Tech guy who can explain to you how to use spellchecker. THOSE are the things you /really/ need to be spending money on.
I wouldn’t see it as complicated so much as cluttered. Having a board with units that even represent divisional size would be insane. Good luck though! Perhaps you could go Army Corps but I would think that would leave out a lot of units.
Because cardboard counter games are no fun. The plastic sculpts MAKE the game from my POV.
Think of the artillery as a ‘gun’ heavy formation. Infantry can call on the support of an arty unit to increase their combat power, think long range. The arty gun can support itself and 1 other inf because it’s got enough guns.
Also armor units don’t have infantry. The only one’s to do it effectively at this time were the Russians by having their soldiers hold onto the exterior. That’s why you see armies with Mech infantry, its a way to keep infantry mobile with the tanks and yet not be taken out by a machine gun.
Well considering the model is a 2/2 unit that beefs up another infantry’s attack to 2 I assumed it was basically a ‘gun’ heavy formation. Anti tank guns, AA guns AND long range artillery. Still I know of many occasions on the Ostfront where the only answer the Germans had for the KV series other than stuka strikes was concentrated artillery barrages. From my recollection this was a strike delivered by all the true artillery guns of a division/brigade.
If we look at the military of the time, a division was allotted a certain amount of artillery…but that could be augmented by other formations and the Germans were famous for ad-hoc formations…
Oh I’m sorry, I thought we were talking about WW2 and not present day, by modern warfare I simply was referring to mobilized warfare IN ww2.
In WW2 it was artillery that gave you the best chance of knocking out enemy armor provided you didn’t have any of your own or some stukas to call on. Artillery was king of the battlefield at least until the end of the war.
as proof: remember that gun line Rommel assembled at Arras? Some of those were of course 88’s, but he called on all artillery pieces, including anti-air pieces to STOP that TANK!
From another angle. In modern warfare, if we remove mobility from the battlefield, what is the deciding factor in battle? Tankers might say armor, but I believe it is penetrating power. High velocity means more destruction, and divisional artillery can REALLY bring the destruction. Saying that artillery pieces are ‘vulnerable’ is discarding the fact that it includes some of the larges caliber guns in the military. It is not defenseless. In fact all personnel in the grouping would put the safety of those guns above the safety of themselves because they know those guns can save their units behind. A lone arty gun is not a sitting duck!
I admit I am surprised that nobody overwhelms the aa by sending more aircraft. I guess what we are seeing here is that aa gun in Paris forces Germany to use its airpower elsewhere and not risk it. Not that this conclusion is surprising, just trying to figure out why Germany get soo many aircraft and no incentive to use them on land rather than against the UK navy.
The only thing I think you /must/ do is buy a CV on G1. This will make sure your fleet survives and can be quite useful throughout the game.
Erps, could this be moved to the main ‘1940 Global’ thread?
If there are any ‘other’s’ please list them.
Playtest it a bit and see if you think it is balanced. I have to admit in my games Axis usually won but that could be due to differences in skill.
You should give A2 a try and then A3 and then make a personal choice as to which you prefer, which version is more balanced for your playstyle.
For instance if you like to take risks than A3 is better because it rewards sloppy play more than A2(unstoppable sealion/IndiaCrush)
@Cmdr:
…… “Cover Air Patrol” or CAP.
Its Combat Air Patrol for those who are clueless.
I don’t see ‘none of the above’ as an option. Since this is a non-issue in A2 and my suggestion would be to play A2, I’m not sure how to vote.