@Elrood said in NML 1914 team game 15:
@Entek is ok… I had just loaded the map and was checking if IC in Volgograd still made sense after that georgian madness… and loading the forum took ages… I am at my parents currently… and for some reason the forum is really laggy here
I believe the forum is lagging everywhere for everyone… it’s slow for me too.
Alright, I will do that then.
Just realized I used the expression ‘heads up’ wrong xD. Thought it meant something else lol :)
@gamerman01 said in L25 G40 OOB Gamerman01 (x) v VictoryFirst (+50):
Although he is one of our 2 best players
Was that AndrewAAGamer? He is number 2 of OOB at the moment if I am correct.
You just showed me that not scrambling the aircraft is very powerful because having the aircraft alive allows you to have a lot of power projection. I spent more than an hour on this British turn… lol. You throwed me off by destroying the SZ 91 cruiser. I am currently using almost the exact same Allied opener in two other games and those are going for my feeling much more streamlined because there people allowed me to do my stuff.
@the-captain When is the release of the UK strategy guide?
The Austrians made up their mind. Franz Ferdinand was a jerk and had to die after all. War over 😀
I am happy you still understood me, despite that I said some complete nonsense lol. :grin:
No, English is not my native language - that is Dutch (I am from the Netherlands).
English is my secondary language, meine Tertiärsprache ist Deutsch, et ma langue quaternaire est le français :)
We in the Netherlands have to be very keen on languages in order to do stuff abroad since Dutch is a hard language for foreigners - it is rare when an Englishman or Frenchman speaks Dutch fluently :) - so we just have to adapt and be able to speak their language :muscle:
Still, that doesn’t mean I don’t make mistakes, unfortunately! I hope I am still intelligible to you lol.
I warn you! What should I do now? Lol that makes no sense at all xD
Perhaps next time a sub in SZ 91 is better instead of two extra Chinese infantry.
See, I’m already learning! This game was a good idea!
Hmm, I discovered an anomaly in the 1943 rulebook. It says Japan starts with an IPC level of 58 but after I counted it hundred times I came out on 57. Same as for UK, I don’t remember exactly what they start with but in any case, it’s one buck more than stated in the rulebook.
I am interested and would very much like to play a game with you two guys.
Don’t mind which side I take, I let you guys decide that. Just want to know if Cornelis likes it too. He might want to do just a 1v1.
In case we can do 2v1, I guess one guy will play Germany, one Japan, and the other the Allies?
Everything that has to do with this game is a lot of fun IMO, so I am fine with anything :) As long as we are not going to be playing Ludo, I really hate that stupid game lol.
@gamerman01 Yes, I am not a fan of ANZAC building subs/transports, unless I go KJF. Usually the damage you can do to Japan is negligible. Fighters however are a much more effective way to bring the ANZAC resources into action! And I like this path through Mexico because of several reasons. I have actually not tried the path via India before.
I discovered two errors (or anomalies :) ) in the USA strategy guide. There seems to miss some infantry in order to exactly do what’s stated.
In Early 1940, the strategy guide states that the US transport in sz 101 should pick up two infantry, but there are only two infantry bordering sz 101, the one in CUS, and the one in EUS. And the one in CUS is ordered to move to WUS in that same turn. So that means only one infantry can be transported.
In Early 1941, the strategy guide says that the US player should upgrade three of its infantry in WUS to US Marines, but there are only two infantry in WUS at that point. There start two infantry in WUS, one of them moves to Hawaii with an AA, but the CUS infantry moves to WUS, so that makes it two. Next turn, a transport picks up the two infantry and moves to Aleutian islands with it, but the infantry in Mexico move to WUS, so that makes it again two. But the turn after that you cannot upgrade three infantry, since there are only two.
@Witt You and your minors are starting to become a minor inconvencience for Stalin. Please leave Russian soil at once. Your minors will betray you and switch sides anyway once the war turns against them.
I gave it a thought and I think you’re right - I am very busy lol. I still want to play with us three, but I propose that I play as Japan then. They only need to go once (unlike Germany/Italy), so you only need to wait for me once if I can’t get to the game immediately, and their turns are not too overwhelming. Plus, I am eager for trying out a new Japan strategy I’ve just learned in G40. Wonders if it works in the Expansion rule set.
Anyway, interested in your guys thoughts :)
By the way, what do you think about these guys?
Let me know if you like them - I will make a lot more in that case :muscle: Just takes a couple of minutes to make lol. Went with 48x48, let me know if that works out.
Upon reviewing, I don’t think that it is a bad thing. You can proceed with the above casualty list.
@Witt said in Who has received their copy?:
@barnee i ordered: Downfall: Conquest of the Third Reich, to cheer me up. It is due on Saturday . I can set that up and look at the rules of that, while I wait. It scores a high: 8.3 on https://www.board-game.co.uk/product/downfall-conquest-of-the-third-reich-1942-1945/
You should play this game too! https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/345594/downfall-of-the-third-reich/ratings
It has a very similar name: Downfall of the Third Reich. It is a WW2 grand-strategic wargame and it is like chess - pretty easy to learn but very hard to master. I think you will like it! At least I do, I gave it a 9 😀
Hi Captain,
I had a few questions regarding the rules. They came up during the game I was playing.
An Army Group needs two Armies and ten land-based combat units to exist. Can (some of) these ten land-based combat units be part of another army? (E.g, if a nation has two Tank Armies, Two Army Corps and two infantry in a territory, can this be an army group?
Why are there only two Atlantik-Wall markers, while there are four territories that can be fortified? (so four markers would be better)
In the rulebook, in the description of some units it’s stated that it counts as a tank unit towards the Air Transport Capacity. Since these units in question are German, and only Germany can Air-Transport Tank units, and Air Transports can only transport ONE combat unit, this is actually unnecessary to mention.
Can you fortify an empty island that had infantry moving to it during NCM?
Can you purchase a unit that is exceeding the maximum amount of units that can be on the map, but with the expectation that one of the already existing units die through combat, so that the maximum isn’t exceeded? And in the case this doesn’t happen, get the cost of the unplaceable unit reimbursed? (For example, Germany has six Panzer Grenadiers. It is planning to make a suicide run with them, and attack into heavily defended territory. Can it therefore buy some Panzer Grenadiers in the Purchase New Units phase? Because in the case that the enemy rolls enough hits, the maximum of units on the map will not be exceeded since the units are placed in the Place New Units Phase, and the units are bought in the Purchase New Units Phase.)
Wow, I like the new map so much! Those boxes are now in the exact same style as the other territories, that’s so cool! Like the logo too.
Yeah, I contacted Elk, and we arranged that he would do the names and I the icons. If he is unable to set aside time for the names, I can do those as well, although it might take some time as I have no experience with that.
Thanks for showing a picture from the map with the AG markers. The AG markers indeed look cool, although I think that they stand out a bit too much. To me, it looks as if they don’t fit in the picture, together with all the other units. Might need to give them a shadow, or a less vibrant color. But that will be something for later I guess, first we need to do the important stuff. This is still a prototype after all :) Can’t wait to start a game with @Cornelis-Post with the boxes and markers!
Sorry for the delay. This one requires some thought…