Topics created by MistuhJay

My point was that the review overall, based on the comments I have seen, would have been much lower had people actually been rating the actual game rather than the game as it does not exist except in their own minds with the changes each wants to personally see.

It does’n’t seem to match up too well in Venice, though.

My board is just about perfect, fortunately.

I would think that you can repair in friendly ports. The UK Med/Indian dreadnought would need to get to the Atlantic for repairs if not. It is more likely English BB’s could be repaired in Rome or S France. Same for the US BB’s repairing off the coast of England or France instead of returning to E US. Its not clear at this point if their is a cost related to repairs though, and it would be an allied advantage for the most part with more allied NB’s so I hope you have to roll a dice to determine repairs. The CP would have some opportunities to limp to friendly NB’s for repairs, but not many unless you can capture and use enemy NB’s for repairs (not new ship building)

@Mallery29:

Are there a lot of drunks on Churchillan road?

LOL…. not that I know of. It seems like a peaceful residential area. It’s “Churchilllaan” btw… three l’s in a row, from Churchill + laan, “laan” being a Dutch word for a somewhat classy road in an urban area.
On a side note, in 1940 the Germans entered Amsterdam by what would later be renamed “Churchilllaan”. So did the Canadians in 1945.

Cruisers have their use for USA or UK (i mostly use them in low-luck, as 2 cruisers is a sure coastal hit)

As for battleships, i agree with Make_it_round. Their price is fair (though not cheap, but they shouldn’t be, as they get too powerful once you have a few of them)

Leave it as it is, historically, at this point in time it is axis biased, the US just entered the war so they need to rebuild, russia was loosing ground and england was england.  The game was set up so the axis can win in the short run but be challenged in the long run

800 on each section is the high score, but I’m old enough to where there were only two sections…I guess there are 3 now…

Hobbes, had success using a balanced attack.  Had some luck in the Atlantic though.  Both UK/US DD/Trans survived, so it gave us moment of opportunity.  My EI invasion failed (so lost both trans/inf), but the US was able to take the heat off India.  The German Navy was sunk pretty quick with exception of the BB in the Med.  US thankfully was able to use its DD and CA to knock it out.  The first US fleet got knocked out the Solomons (bad die roll by US, 2CV, 4FTR, 2DD, BB), but the US did have a reserve fleet standing by.

Russia was successful at being aggressive both in Europe and in China.  My allies were angry that I abandoned Africa, but the aggressive Russians and the impending invasions of Norway/Finland and Morroco only made me lose Egypt.

Lessons Learned for the Axis:

As Japan, only get the 3IPCs in the Russian North.  Don’t advance anyfurther with a small task force.  There will be too many Russian inf and possilby the use of the 2 FTRs (Russia has probably turtled back at this point). I think SBRing UK is a waste of time for the Germans.  I think Caucus would be a better target if Germany is going North to Karelia (to help keep the South clear of Russian units). The Russian inf in China make things very difficult to clear China effectively and worry about India/US (especially when the Russian 5 from Yakut swing back into China from Evengi).  This 3 pronged counter works well if Japan focuses on the US Fleet. Never ever use both SS against the BB…if the UK DD survives, you sack both in this attack for no real gain.  The only time you should combine your SS is to go after the US fleet in the Atl (pri #1 for German salvation)

This helps a lot, thanks!