@SS-GEN said in Dutch Neutrality Question:
I would say if Japan only attacks UK and or Anzac on a non Dutch territory then it’s not an act of war towards the Dutch. The Dutch actually declared war on Japan Dec 8 and then Japan already was planning to attack them on next day.
I agree. I think you can consider dutch territories the same way as french. Japan can declare war against uk/anzac and still be at peace with France, the same goes with the dutch
If you want to redo the whole turn and change your buy, just roll over again and let new dice stand. Is that fair?
If you scramble from London you have 3 fighters, a tac and a bomber remaining in Europe. Fighters are in scotland, gibraltar and malta
I say in order to do Taranto you need 3 fighters, 1 tac, 1 bomber and the ships. The consequence then is to use the cruiser in 91 against the destroyer and transport in 96 or skip Taranto all together. Hence my claim that scrambling 110 means you cant do Taranto
Taranto works best (or even only works) if you also take out 96
Of course you can go for the 2 fighter, 1 tac and 1 bomber option but you are risking a lot by doing so
@Aaron_the_Warmonger said in Why is Taranto raid so popular?:
@JDOW lets say the gerrys land a couple planes in Rome, at least threatening a full 3 plane scramble against Taranto, are you saying that anything short of 90% is a no go for the UK? I’m just trying to get an idea for how you play the game!
Let me try to answer, even though i am not JDOW. The answer is yes, it’s no go.
You are better off saving your fleet at Gibraltar. Because it also protects against sea lion.
If you loose Taranto, you are in horrible shape
At Gibraltar you are threating the med and 110, even maybe Norway soon. If you are dead, none
@Aaron_the_Warmonger said in Why is Taranto raid so popular?:
@oysteilo so its just a conservative move to try to ensure that, even though italy may start to break out quicker, the pressure is on the germans right out of the gate. And this assumes a 3 plane scamble in 110 by the UK on G1?
I am not sure it is a conservative move, if you mean conservative in the sense of not attacking I guess it is. I think the point is you are threatening many areas. What do you think happens if Italy decides to move out its fleet fram sz 97 where it has air coverage? Its dead. Does Italy want that? No, so its maybe forced to sit in 97. Maybe you force Germany to buy infantry for Paris to protect Normandy?, maybe you force germany to garrison Norway? I think that is what it is about. The axis need to consider where this fleet is and what it can do
i know. Thats why we do round by round in these battles. If you save undamaged carriers and hit 11 instead of 18 it is a disaster for you. Still you have a chance to make a dent to the british. i think I would have made same selection. Hard to say and no “correct” answer
@taamvan said in How many G40 games have you played?:
@simon33 calculators are for noobs. Its a waste of time and it diminishes the value of the skill you gain over time. I’m not interested in people squirming around on their phone when they should know exactly what ## of units to bring to each battle–if they cant call it by sight they need to play more.
In face to face games detailed calculations of all and everything is just annoying and no fun. You need to get a rough estimate by looking at the situation and just decide to go for it or not. Simple as that and it is just a game!
nothing wrong with your defensive hitting as always :blush: a coulple of edits
I think the point is to save time in global games. By far round 1 is the slowest round because you are shuffling and merging and re-stacking everything. Even though you more or less know the set up after a few games it takes time because there are units everywhere. This is very much true for Germany, Russia and japan but goes for all other nations too. For france you set up a bunch of units which are removed instantly.
After Round 1, there are units in maybe half of the initial territories and this must save a lot of time.
playing a game that lasts 30 rounds is not fun in my mind. It is okey once or twice, but in BM it happens almost 50% of the time I think.
I dont know, but would think no
@trulpen said in trulpen (X) vs oysteilo (A+5) BM3:
It’s after dice rolls, but I would say that the battle in sz44 doesn’t affect that decision, so it’s ok with me.
Thanks. I forgot to move France.
Like I said earlier I have looked into transporting troops from east coast to west/central Africa. I have never really tried it because I think the consequences will be too big elsewhere. Once the shuttle is established you need 6 transports and this will allow you to put 2 fast movers and 2 infantries to French equatorial Africa each round: You need two transports in 89, 3 transports in 87 and 1 transport in 82. You build 2 inf and 2 fast movers in central USA each round and move to Mexico area bordering sz 89. Then you have 4 transports (2x2) shuttling 89/87 and 2 transports (1x1) shuttling 87/82 with the 2 infantries. Of course you have some starting units you can start with, but once you buy 2 infantries and 2 fast movers it takes 5 rounds for the fast movers to get to Egypt and 6 rounds for the infantries. This is the main reason why I have never tried, because it takes for ever.
But you also need more stuff: You need to control Gibraltar with a three-fighter scramble with at least a destroyer in 92 or 91, probably both. This will prevent axis sub from 93 to kill 87. Likewise, you need to control Morrocco and Algeria. Bombers from W-Germany or southern France can land here after killing 87. Or if axis control Algeria you have the same problem. Finally, you need to control the Atlantic Ocean so there are no enemy subs. In summary you need some navy and some planes.
So, what does this achieve, at best little, I think. Yes, you will get a nice number of American units to Egypt/middle east, easily 20 American land units by round 9 or 10. Like pointed out it’s possible to combine with Middle Earth and this will provide an allied fortress in the middle east. So, it can be a way to secure Cairo from axis take over and then prevent the win
Most likely there will be no pressure on Germany on the western front, and this will mean Russia is captured at the latest on G8. You also need to look out for a late sea lion. Finally, the question becomes if USA has enough resources to contain Japan. I don’t know.
@trulpen said in trulpen (X) vs oysteilo (A+5) BM3:
If you just want to take a break to allow the fun to get back, I’m ok with that. No rush.
thanks. I will in any case try to finish my games, probably the more fair thing to do
@Amon-Sul i didnt know this!
Thank you!
@Amon-Sul said in L20 #1 Amon-Sul (X) vs Oysteilo (A+9) BM3:
where is ur usa post?
i plead u to post each nation so its easier for me to track
cheers
good question…I assume it will show up in the final post.
Sure, I will post each nation individually
For the battle in question:
If no AA hits against the bombers, Germany scores +2 and the soviets score -2 compared to average in round 1…
…Then Germany is suddenly at 75% and about even TUV…
My point is, might not be completely crazy to give it one round to see what happens…even though that was not abh’s logic.
I probably wouldn’t…