Welcome to the forums Merlin! My brother, a work friend and I played a game this weekend. We started at 9am and went on till 6pm! The game did manage to finish with Axis getting 16 Victory cities. Our games usually take a long time because we do not get to play often, so my brothers and cousins go at a slower pace. If you get to play more frequently, people will fall into their groove and the game should start flowing faster. Good luck with the next game!
Strategic Bomb Germany or Italy?
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What do you guys think? Having at least one UK bomber and 2 US bombers in Britain it’s only natural to want to bomb the heck outta the axis in Europe. But is it more effective to concentrate on knocking down the german war machine or picking on the hapless but deadly Italians? I always do Italy because it’s SO much harder for Italy to pay off damage than Germany, besides the fact that I like to go for Italy first when playing the Allies. Am I wrong there?
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i go for italy, but only when i am going usa atlantic 100% with intent to land in italy.
one of the downsides of bombing italy, is that they usually only produce 2-3 units per turn. so to make your bombing effective, you have to deal at least 6 damage, since they can just shrug off the first 4 damage.
however, if you have 3-4 or so total bombers between the usa and uk (easy if none get shot down), then italy is in a world of pain and can only build like 1 infantry per turn.
do a turn 4 or 5 landing with 4 or so transports full of american guys, and well… thats basically my allied strategy right there.