Posts made by radar231

Hi all,

I got my canadian, anzac and français dice today.  :-D

Hoping for the german units soon  :wink:

J.  8-)

There are four kinds of pilots : Ace, veteran, Average and Poor. So I don’t think there will be rare ,unc and common planes. I don’t see any special markings on the cards about that. And all the Rookies are Poor pilots by the way, and the I-16 ’ Abu '.

J. 8-)

Adding a little touch up in red Axis, blue Allies and green countries. :-)

J.  8-)

PS Right on Field marshall  :wink:

@Field:

This is the set list as we know it but will be a few days before we can be sure.

#1 A6M2 ‘Zeke’ ,veteran - 37 pts
#2 A6M2 Zero Ace, - 42 pts
#3 Bf 109E Ace, - 48 pts - STARTER -
#4 Bf 109E Wingman, average - 31 pts - STARTER -
#5 Bf 109 F ‘Friedrich’, veteran - 38 pts
#6 Bf 109 G ‘Gustav’ Ace - 50 pts
#7 Bf 110 C, average - 34 pts - STARTER -
#8 C. 200 Saetta Rookie, poor - 16 pts
#9 C.202 Folgore, average - 32 pts
#10 C.202 Folgore Ace - - 45 pts
#11 Channel Front Fw 190A, veteran - 55 pts
#12 Expeditionary C.200 Saetta, veteran - 23 pts
#13 Fw 190A Wurger, average - 44 pts
#14 Guards Yak-1, veteran - 37 pts
#15 Hurricane Mk I, average - 27 pts - STARTER -
#16 I-16 “Abu”, poor - 15 pts - China -
#17 I-16 “Ishak”, average - 20 pts
#18 Ki-61 “Tony”, average - 33pts
#19 Kosciuszko Hurricane Mk I, veteran - 31 pts - STARTER -
#20 Lend-Lease Tomahawk II, average - 36 pts
#21 MS. 406 “Matimaha”, veteran - 31 pts - Finland -
#22 MS. 406 Rookie, poor - 19 pts - France -
#23 Navy F4F-3 Wildcat, veteran - 39 pts
#24 P-40B Rookie, poor - 25 pts
#25 P-40C Flying Tiger, veteran - 42 pts
#26 P-51B Mustang Ace - 47 pts
#27 P-51C Escort, average - 39 pts
#28 Spitfire Mk I Ace - 46 pts - STARTER -
#29 Typhoon Interceptor, veteran - 43 pts
#30 USMC F4F-4 Wildcat, average - 35 pts
#31 Yak-1 Rookie, poor - 22 pts

My suggestions for French tanks :

Hotchkiss H35 / H39 or  Renault R35 / R40 => 37mm guns -> light tank .  H35 and R35 -> 1939 ;  H39 and R40 -> 1940 ( May )

Somua S35 => 47 mm gun -> medium tank, 1940

Char B1 bis => 47 mm  turret gun and 75 mm hull gun -> heavy tank, 1940

J.  8-)

@Tall:

As far as the Russians go, I hope there are plans that include Russian Airborne Paratroopers. I thought Paratroopers were a “standard” part of HBG’s Supplement Sets. I hope they still are. Thanks for your time.

“Tall Paul”

Ditto, since the german will have their own Fallschirmjäger. The British must have airborne units too but no sure about the japanese and italian though, puzzled…

J.  8-)

Hi Tall Paul,

I like what I read so far and agree with all your suggestions and opinions.

The heavy transports and airbornes units add a new twist in the game. With the costs involved there won’t be that many of those units around because after the initial battles you will have to build more airbases into captured enemy territories to keep going with airdrops. Same if you want to use the heavy transport planes in ncm, you need to buy more airbases, all those IPCs that we used to buy other units with before.

Of course, once you buy a few heavy transports and don’t lose them, you don’t have to buy more anymore like tanks,infantries etc.

J.  8-)

Check out this site, they carry lot of stuff at a better price :

http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_list&c=2018

Or directly : http://www.frpgames.com/

Warning : so many things to look at that you may lose some of your time doing something else.  :wink:

J.  8-)

@knp7765:

Did Russia use Airborne troops in WW2?  I don’t remember hearing of Soviet paratroop drops.  I understand that we could use them in our games since they tend to stray from history somewhat, like Germany buying an aircraft carrier round 1 – Germany never actually had a functioning aircraft carrier.  I’m just asking because if there were no Soviet Airborne troops in WW2, then Coach may have a hard time making a sculpt for one.

There were some drops but very few of them. Since I can’t post pictures, from the link, go down the page a bit and there it is :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Airborne_Troops

J.  8-)

@Tall:

Radar231 and Others,

@radar231:

I also think that transport planes should carry up to 2 paratroopers, like sea transports.

Well, just think about how HUGE an ocean-going Transport is in comparison to a C-47 Transport. They can even transport Tanks. The WW2 Paratroop Transports that we’re discussing here were much smaller in comparison. And having the capacity of carrying TWO Partroopers in every Air Transport is IMHO too powerful and game-changing. If the attacker wants to have an overwhelming force he should have to build and pay for it. The ability to strike at longer range via the air is the capability that the Air Transport/Paratrooper offers.

"Tall Paul"Â

Ok. I agree on one paratrooper per plane when doing a drop. Did we have a price tag for the plane ? It should be cheaper that the sea version though, like +/- 5 ipcs, no attack and no defence and destroyed if by itself in the same zone with an enemy figther ?

J.  8-)

@knp7765:

I still think allowing only 1 paratrooper per transport plane is too low.  Basically, a paratrooper is an infantry unit.  Why would anyone go out the expense of using the transport plane to just bring 1 more infantry into the battle?  Also, if the territory you are attacking has AA guns, you risk losing that transport plane plus the infantry.  If you are going to go out the expense of a transport plane, you ought to be able to at least deliver 2 infantry to the battle to make it worth the while.

I have a question about the range.  You mentioned paratroops can be dropped up to 2 spaces behind enemy lines.  Lets make an example:  Say the Allies have France with the airbase in Paris.  The enemy line would be Western Germany and Northern Italy.  Now, ALSO say the Axis have no units behind those lines.  So the Allies could send paratroops over to Greater Southern Germany and/or Slovakia/Hungary and capture those territories with Paratroops?

Hi,

I also think that transport planes should carry up to 2 paratroopers, like sea transports. About the range, if the territories have no units in them, then you take them with paratroopers without a fight. Which mean that you have to plan to leave defending units in almost all your territories now. :-o

J.  8-)

Hi,

In Global 1939, with the D12 system, the american subs hit on a 3 or less untill turn 9 then hit on a 4 after. Since I got Global 1939, I don’t play Global 1940 anymore. I know there are still some trimmings to do with G1939 but with all the new units from HBG and FMG, that’s the only way to go for me. Cheers

J.  8-)

Hi Tall Paul,

That’s how I played the USA, activating Brazil, while playing Global 1940. But with Global 1939, I let the Anzac activates Brazil and most of the territories in south america, more $ to Anzac, + the neutral territory in africa while going towards s-a.  :wink:

J.  8-)

Hi Koba,

Humm, not sure you have the latest rules. The ones I got are 4.1v. And on section 6 for naval units, the battleship are on subsection C and there is no mention of repairs. The rules before 4.1v had them though, repairs and carrier instead of battleship and on 6b.

Also with the older rules, there was a suggestions page and on it it was mentionned to add a minor industrial complex to all of the Minor Axis country. there was like 7 suggestions on that page.

Ref to France, it uses to be with #4 U.K. and Minor Allies, then moved to #2 spot with Russia & com. China, and the Free French are with #4 Uk,Dutch.

I agree with your suggestion of distinction/clarification about France though.

I don’t think the USA can take over Allied neutral while still itself neutral.

Fortification are taken out like IC upon occupation, that’s how I played it.

I will wait and see/read the official replys before going on.

J.  8-)

@Viracocha:

Really liking this project - I asked for a list of these awhile back but never got a response - looks like you’ve been busy  8-) ! Â

Do you plan on making these cards available to the public? As in ordering them or a downloadable file for printing? Â

Hi, there is a file on BGG ref to those cards by Coachofmany and modified to fit Global 1939. Check it out to see if they are close enough to the ones you are looking for.

Here : http://files.boardgamegeek.com/file/download/87o0ir3d6x/Event_cards.pdf?

J. 8-)

A little update as of 13/01/2012.

So far :

HBG = 2 fans;

GW 1939 = 5 fans;

Inv of  Ita = 5 fans;

Okinawa = 4 fans and

WW III = 2 fans.

J.  8-)

@Lozmoid:

‘World Tank Museum’?

You got it right. :-D

WTM -> www.world-tank-museum.com

This is the official site and they are sold out !

But if you check for ’ 1/144 ’ on EBay, you will get a few pgs of them at all kind of prices and all kind of publishers. I got a few hundreds of them from a few of the publishers like Takara, Dragon Cando,Panzer Projekt, 21st Century etc,etc.

I also got the Panzertales collector book for WTM, in english. In this book of 98 pgs, I got almost all the tanks and more, in multiple examples.

Ok, enough bragging. :wink:

J.  8-)

Hi,

Is a picture worth a 1,000 words. :-)

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/230893/tide-of-iron

The A&A unit is on the far right, next is Memoir '44, the next one is ToI, WTM, A&A mini and FoW.

J. 8-)

PS The picture won’t show up, why. :?

Hi Variable,

Agree 100% with you.

I’ve done it a few days/weeks ago.  :-)

Global War 1939 => own + fan + comments.

Okinawa ( op Iceberg ) => own; working on comments and fan.

The Invasion of Italy => own; working on it.

World War Three => got the rules and set up, will buy the map soon then leave comments etc.

Don’t forget the publisher HBG, you can be a fan also, as I did.

Of course on BGG, I am SPCCBN.  :wink:

J.  8-)

@Tall:

Is there a 2012 Fund Drive going on yet? If so, I’m ready to Donate at Gold level, again. I very much enjoy this forum.

“Tall Paul”

Hi, the answer was here :

@djensen:

We will be running our second end of the year support drive to assist with paying for the costs and time for maintaining as well as upgrading the website and forums. I will run this one from December to January. In February, we will start the 2012 Support Drive, which will run through December 2012.

J.  8-)

I like it. I guess it would be 4 x inf and 2 x each for the rest. How soon can we expect them, and the new maps ? Keep up the good work.

J.  8-)