Posts made by Zcion

Personelly I attack sz110 with 2 ss, 2 ftr, 2 tac and 1 bmb, gives 22 offensive, if UK scrambles they got 19 defensive, and hopefully they loose precious aircraft for defence of UK, if possible i send more ftr/tac…
however the reason to do sz110 and not sz111, is the 1st time i didnt do it, UK consolidated a massive fleet in sz 92, to massive for Italy to deal with…

along with sz110 i also hit sz112, and sz 106, this way he can only send minimal to the med, and i can hit the remaining ships in sz109 on G2.

I have recently played a dozen AA1940E games, mainly as axis, vs even or near even skilled opponents,
and at the beggining of every game, i always felt tempted to do a sealion, (start buy usually 1 carrier, 2 trans or 2 trans, 2subs +1 art) maybe mixing with a destroyer for a new approach.

UK first buy usually 3 inf +2 ftr…

and usually i dont see how i can make an acceptable sealion G2 or G3… so i usually go for russia instead, however i always try to kill uk navy and convoy disrupt him…

The way i see it, even going 100% buy for sealion G2, its barely even odds, let alone in my favour…

anyone got a good idea or hint to make an effective sealion?

much appreciated
Zcion

Quick clarification:

in before mentioned case, UK income 8+5 from NO, 4 ger subs in sz109 and 1 in sz119.
would uk loose 8 or 10 ipc due to convoy disruption?

afaik you cant convoy disrup NO?

many thx
Zcion

Hey Kriegshound
Thanks for the help in previous threads, unfortunely i have another question…

In my last game i attacked ger SS,BB,CC+DD and several fighters, with UK fighters, DD,CC and BB, after first round i have no destroyers left, however my opponent does have several subs left, And this is where we disagreed…

I believe (very firmly, unfortunely cannot find in rulebook or in threads on this lovely forum to back me up) that my fighters can only hit his surface ships and air units since i have no destroyer in 2nd round.
He believes that since i had a destroyer present in the start of battle, its effect (air can hit subs) works the rest of the combat regardless whether its alive or not in the next rounds of combat. (it is actually rather wagely stated so under destroyer in the rulebook (1940E).

So who is right???

Short answer: yes

long answer: yes, the alpha 2 rules, it states that fighters and tactical bombers can now scramble into defence in an adjoining seazone to the functioning airbase in order to assist friendly naval units or against an amphibous assault.

Heya all

Me and my friends have been playing Europe quite a bit lately, both the OOB, A1,A1+ and now A2 (almost correct settings in the first games) all in all A2 rules supreme…

First of all A2 gives alot more options for all players… to many ways to describe them all…

How ever in A2, against even skilled players, i have yet to see a Sealion even remotely possible…And by possible i mean not loosing 2/3 + of luftwaffe while doing it.
And i was wondering if I, as axis player was doing something completely wrong or its just the allied players that are too good…

I dl’ed a  combat simulator from soemwhere on this page and ran a series of simulation of sealion turn 2 and 3, none of them looked tempting, and i dare say its hard not to se a sealion coming as UK when germany goes beyond total of 3 transporters…

but iam thinking of going subs G1 in order to sack the eco of UK and then go transporters and units on G2 for a sealion G3, that way UK “might” not go all in on units for England 1st round…

any1 got any better ideas?

Thank you very much!

just found it a bit odd that USSR got 9 ipc every turn and GE lost one of the bonuses of holding Europe…

but i guess i just need to play the A2 setup a bit more ^^

First of all, GREAT game, especially the Alpha 2 setup, I simply love it!

I have a few question i failed to find proper clarification in the threads and alpha 2 setup posts, for 1940 Europe

The total list of NO for Europe; any from the OOB or only the ones in the Alpha 2 post?
Fx the 2 inf to russia, the french+scandinavian ipc to Germany, 1st time liberation of normandy/holland-belgium to UK and USA, etc.

Kriegshund could you please clarify which NO are to be used in the A2 setup (europe only).

The start income for Russia were at some point increased with 9 IPC instead of the 2inf NO, however its not mentioned in the A2 at all, which one is in use?

Had a few more questions, but they seemed to elude my mind while i was writing this post, i’ll post them here should i remember them…

Heya all!
first i want to thank you all for great post on this forum!

I have a quick question… if you buy a carrier and no aircraft, can you land existing fighters/tac. bombers on the new carrier and how?

I have been looking in the rulebook but dont see any difinitive ruling that states either way…