Posts made by maverick_76

Yeah and also we do have to remember that this is Wikipedia, so some of the info could be suspect. But Larry I’m sure has his references already in placve for determining the game setup and I believe that we will have a very balanced game.

I personally never have heard of this game but it looks similar.

Again I think that brings politics into the game if we allowed the Vichy thing, and since there is no politics mechanic then naturally that has to be omitted. Honestly if they were to do that then we would also have to include the French resistance, and that would be confusing as well.

Yeah but that should be factored in. If the UK player loses his will, he can surrender and quit until his capitol is liberated again. That  is what makes this game so much fun, we are given total control over a power at the start of WWII and we do with them as we see fit. We want to quit after our capitol is captured, so be it.

Honestly I think that naval units should be the same defensively as they are offensively. I think subs and carriers should be 1-1 (offense-defense), destroyers should be 2-2, cruisers should be 3-3 and battleships 4-4, with carriers and battleships able to take two hits before dying. And of course subs should retain their first strike capability and can retreat on offense or defense.

Watch he will globe you!

+1, interesting. ^

That is exactly what I was saying. With only VC’s and no capitols we can see games where London can be taken and knock out much of the UK’s income but not eliminate them from the game. Same for Russia. Think about it, would the UK or Russia really quit if their capitols were taken? NO! They would fight until everything at their disposal was exhausted, thus my reasoning that a power fights until it loses all of it’s IC’s (located at VCs) and all of it’s forces are destroyed as well.

I think with the larger board you will see less instances of stacking. Of course there will be those monumental battles but those should be spread few and far between to make them all the more grand. If every battle was as big as the one LuckyDay mentioned, it wouldn’t be so grand would it?

I still like the idea of a blockhouse piece improving the defense of units in a battle. I still say that you buy a blockhouse and it improves the defense of a combination of 2 infantry or 2 artillery. Only one blockhouse per territory so we can hopefully quell huge stacks and dead zones, those are not realistic at all.

Ok guys sorry about the last post, I was well….distracted lol.

But I think we should instead implement victory cities, just as cities are the lifeblood of economy and manufacturing so shall they be the lifeblood of a power. I think we use historical powerhouse economic centers for VC’s in the game, and every one has a IC of course. The territory that the VC is in has an IPC value and only that will be lost if the VC is taken. The country can still fight on regardless if Moscow or Stalingrad were taken, just as they would in real life. Also another bonus would be that we can shorten or lengthen games based on how many VC’s there are on each side. We could either do total war where the Allies fight until they are annihilated or the Axis as well. Then from there we could scale back the game to fit everyone’s time needs; some people have only a weekend with maybe an hour a day to play to be able to finish a game while some people play 12 hour sessions, finishing multiple games in that span. So with this we can all finally play a game that could fit anyone’s time requirements. Also we could still do the game in a traditional manner and if two allies fall Axis win and if the Axis all fall then allies win, regardless it all works out, everyone is a winner!!!  :-D

As far as blockhouses go, I think we could institute something like this, but so far I’m still thinking that this will only end up in huge stalemates along the fronts. Isn’t the advantage that infantry get already on defense enough? I mean there is a reason they roll at a 2 or less, right?

I think the easiest way to keep within the structure of the game is to allow the French units to stay on the board and be controlled during France’s turn, when they die off then that is it until Paris is liberated, hopefully.

Yeah so back to seali…oh look a bird!

Einstein was thought to be mentally retarded, just look at what he did!

Well lets just say it might have been different if I actually understood what he was saying. But since I didn’t, so what do I care about what he calls me in another language?

Not sure, his Canadian friend that was with him said, “Not only is he French, he’s angry French!” I just laughed because I think it was a moment of lost in translation, no offense was taken by me at least.

ROFL  :-o

+1 Sir! Great minds think alike.

I could send you cardboard and pebbles of different colors and sizes, would that work?