Thank you for replying to my messages so quickly!
I guess we really should’t get too crazy with moving industrial complexes, there wouldn’t be as crazy of a need, as most of the fighting would take place out of Soviet soil (at least, not the European half).
Also, what do you mean by “Bids”? Thank you!
I’m not a big fan of that either, unless they are small changes that are part of a national advantage that creates other changes in the game-for example:
“Atlantic Wall
Stretching from Bordeaux to Denmark and even to Norway the German Military made use of extensive defensive fortifications to keep the western allies off the continent.
During any amphibious assault your Infantry and Artillery defend on a ‘3’ during the first round of combat. Also, Germany gets a free AAA in any territory it controls during Setup.”
Thank you for answering all my questions!
I would massively appreciate it if next turn as the Ottomans you attacked Mesopotamia.
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I’m quite surprised nobody has responded yet.
Can anyone please tell me if you are working on it? Thank you!
Good idea. By the way, just to be clear, since it was the British who won the battle in Alsace, they take the territory and not the French, right? Thank you!
Actually, I really just found out yesterday, and the 1942 version I used was not from Oztea- I’ll go check that out later. It’s nice that Oztea’s 1942 is biased towards the Axis, because I always play (and root) for the Axis.
Thank you for responding!
Good. So I edited it correctly. Thanks for responding!
I am close to finishing my first game using these rules, but the Allies are going to win. If people request it, I will add a full battle report, but the Axis made some mistakes. Despite these mistakes, to balance it out, I am adding this rule (I am adding this to my first post as well):
Germany can move troops into Finland in their first turn-Germany therefore gains the IPCs from the territory. At the start of Germany’s second turn, Germany must move any units moved into Finland out of the territory, if possible (if possible, that action must be done). All mobilised Finnish troops will stay in the territory, and Finland will become a strict neutral, and Germany will no longer control the territory. If Finland is attacked, Germany will gain control of the territory for the rest of the game (the Soviets still don’t get their national objective relating to Finland).
Italy and Axis Japan are dead. Berlin is going to be taken on the next US turn. Leningrad is under siege and Stalingrad will fall to the British. Stalin will sue for peace after that.
I am adding the victory conditions for the Allies: Two minor Axis (Italy and Axis Japan) capitals have to be taken, and one major Axis (Germany and the Soviet Union) have to be held for one turn (they don’t have to be the same capitals).
This shall be added to the main rules.
Because the French infantry was neutral when the British attacked the French infantry fought back too. Luckily neither defending infantry scored any hits so there are no problems. Just keep this fact in mind.
The Axis (and Allies) made some major mistakes, so I think the Axis could have definitely won-China was a major factor in being a black hole for Soviet resources, and Axis Japan lost their capital the first time in the second or third round, a major loss in the Pacific, and the fact that when Shanghai was captured, the minor industrial complex would be destroyed. Even if Axis Japan got Shanghai back, that’s several turns of saving up before anything new comes out.
In regards to your house rules, I don’t think there should be an industrial complex in Portugal, in keeping with the rules of not allowing industrial complexes on 1 IPC territories. I especially like your IPC bribe of Spain. I just think 70 IPCs is far too big of a bribe-it still shouldn’t be too easy though, so to be more historical it should be 50 IPCs at most. Perhaps American and Soviet IPCs will only count half as much when it is still neutral. How would you track it though? Thank you! I also think that the starting amounts of infantry should be the same, and that they when they join either side, it should simply be that they are a pro Allies or pro Axis neutral, instead of being their own powers. Finally, only powers in Europe (not China or either Japan) should be allowed to give IPCs to Spain.
I think that if Spain joins the Allies, a dice should be rolled. A 1-3 Portugal joins the Axis, 4-5 Portugal stays neutral, whilst 6 has Portugal joins the Allies. This represents Portugal’s long alliance with the UK.
As noted, I just don’t think Spain and Portugal should be their own powers-their colonies should be on the same side as their home countries though. South American counties shouldn’t join the Iberian countries-I doubt that they would have liked to be recolonised. As the territories of Mexico and Central America show (and Brazil in other versions) Latin America would have turned to the US for protection. Again, Spain and Portugal shouldn’t be seperate powers, and they should simply tirn into pro Axis or pro Allied territories. Rio De Oro should be part of Spain as well.
A military presence for Spain should be part of the IPC bribe, simply the IPC value of the units. They can be placed anywhere, including each country’s colonies.
Crap, I forgot to unload American units from last turn. I fixed that.
Surprise, surprise! Berlin is saved-not like it matters, as the US can simply go at it again next turn. The Axis have long lost the attrition war by now. I thought it would be good to share an order of battle and losses:
US forces (on the attack): 6 infantry, 7 tanks, 1 strategic bomber (with the heavy bomber research and development addition)
German forces (on the defence): 18 infantry
Total losses:
Germany: 13 infantry or 39 IPC loss-5 infantry, or 15 IPCs left.
US: 6 infantry, 7 tanks, 1 strategic bomber or 72 IPC loss-no units survive.
Or course, the IPC loss ratio advantage that Germany has doesn’t matter when the US has 3 times the amount of IPCs
Germany has and the combined Allies have at least double the Axis (maybe more or less, I haven’t counted it exactly).
Nooooo!!! Noooooo!!! Nooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
They don’t stand a chance-but if you saw my victory conditions, Berlin has to be taken. I should have used a battle calculator-I used it to calculate an attack on Berlin, but I think units slated to attack were diverted for operations in Soviet Union-such as the use of two strategic bombers to attack Soviet infantry in Leningrad, so France could capture it. Also, I always play against myself, as I don’t have anyone to play with most of the time.
Finally I got Piedmont.
Fixed the Austro-Hungarian mine in the Mediterranean and changed American purchase.