Posts made by tin_snips

i’m surprised the japanese didn’t break the camera, that yellow hurts my eyes!

i thought the only nation that needed a colour change on its units was Italy (to prevent confusion between Russian and Italion pieces). i don’t think japan needs one though

don’t worry, it’s been proven that the axis have been winning more than the allies  :-P

little easier, a lot easier - it doesn’t matter how you say it. both sides can win, but axis seems to win more often  8-)

well, i’m glad this thread has finally proven that the '41 setup does not favour the allies at all. both sides can win, although it seems that the axis can get there a little easier

i’ve been going for the all-infantry buy on G1, just so i can get some infantry up to the front lines to take the losses instead of tanks, and also bolster my shore defences early. worked a treat the last 2 times i tried it

yeah, but we wanted the face-off between Germany and Russia (i wanted to devestate the infantry stack!)

exactly. nice models though

Title:  infantry stack
Date:  3rd of February
Special Rules:  NO’s and Tech were both used. 1941 scenario
Victor:  axis victory, by 15 VC’s
Game Length:  around 6 hours
Bias:  i was on axis

Description: Germany pushed into Russia, but held off after an initial push into Moscow and losing. Settled for surround moscow. Built transports and invaded UK 3 times, succeeded on the 3rd. Then purchased additional units with the extra dosh and took Moscow

Russia went straight onto the defensive, building up a ridiculous amount of infantry in Moscow. They repelled the German advance once, but didn’t counter-attack. ended up being surrounded by Japan and Germany

Japan pushed into China and took the islands, then took Australia and India. Out-built USA fleet-wise and started invading Alaska and the East Coast of America

UK lost its fleet a few times, but did some very heavy SBR’s on German factories. Unfortunately Germany had already pumped out enough tanks to scare Russia into staying at home. Eventually got invaded by Germany

Italy took Africa (with some German help at the start), then invaded Brazil and started moving up towards Washington

USA tried to take back some islands but eventually lost out, then went on the defensive and built some ridiculously large infantry stacks of its own. China didn’t do much but die

Observations/Recommendations: i would have done things differently had i been an Ally, but the game was fun. As Germany the SBR’s could have taken me out of the game if they had’ve started a round or two earlier

+1 karma for being the smart one and starting this topic haha

Axis N.O. Wins: 2
Allied N.O. Wins: 2

i think it’s fairly balanced to be honest. i’ve seen both sides win, and i’ve won with both sides. anyone who thinks one side has a much larger advantage needs to play the game a lot more  :-P

just out of curiosity, how many IPC’s would you generally spend on Tech roles in a game, and is that spread out over many turns or in one or two lump sum payments?

also, how often do you actually acheive a tech?

i agree with Neems. the NO’s add goals that put off going directly for another nations capital. and the re-designed Tech rules make things much more interesting

this new interceptor rule may reduce SBR’s somewhat, but not dramatically.

you have to remember that if a player is doing so many SBR’s so as to bomb a nation *cough Germany cough back to the stone-age, then they probably aren’t spending much money on forces to actually land and take territory

that’s pretty much how i pictured the block house to look  :-)

when placing newly purchased ships, they can be placed in any sea zone adjacent to your IC, correct?

those pieces look so similar i don’t think it matters if you go for one or the other (when you take them down to the scale of the models used in A&A you can see what i mean). i know just over a 100 more of the Hummel were built than the Wespe, but i think the Wespe is more iconic  :-P

i think the Wespe would be a better choice for a German self-propelled artillery piece: http://www.figuren-modellbau.de/fahrzeuge/matchbox-40077-wespe-panzer-artillerie.jpg

played yet another game tonight where the axis won. definitely not slanted heavily in-favour of the allies

@Imperious:

new fighter-bomber plane in 4 new sculpts, except don’t need German or American ( already have stuka and P-38)

so just make a mold from these existing pieces?