Ships at Port (1914)

@monsieurmurdoch I am not sure how these house rules would interplay with 40 since the scope of warfare was so different. Hospitals and ambulance customization could. I hope you can find a 1914 game. Keep an eye out. And, I do have some plans for barb wire, trenches, etc. Thanks for the feedback!

Our club has added technology rules that really speed up the game and offer much more variety. One of the most significant is that each country has rail movement. If you want to discuss, best way to reach me is by email at jonkrost@comcast.net

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Every since A&A 1914 came out, everyone complained about how:

-Historically inaccurate it was (Italy is at war before Austria-Hungary attacks Serbia, ON THE ALLIED SIDE?)
-Lack of railway movement
-How bad Unrestricted Sub warfare was
-How unbalanced it was
-The problem with India
-No colonial fights
-The Cps seemed like a pushover after their initial forces are gone, unlike the epic struggle Germany would put up in other A&As
-Clearly not play tested a lot
-Rules felt icky (Mostly due to being changed from what we all know and love. in particular Russian revo, Air combat, Infantry for every army)

So i was just Curious about what you guys had to ‘fix’ (or add) these.

Exactly, especially if you’re trying out Strategic Movement rules in the game. France can take Spain, and then immediately bring it’s troops to the front the next turn. Keep 4 IPCS that will never be contested for the remainder of the war? Why wouldn’t you do that?

I’d rather see further clarifications on certain territories that historically were aligned or owned by one of the alliances, like Greece, like Persia, just like Belgium, Albania, Bulgaria and Romania currently are, but still have stricter rules for invading the remaining True Neutrals. France takes Spain = Germany building a single transport and moving infantry over to claim Norway and Sweden for a free 8 IPCS and 16 additional units. It would keep the countries that were traditional out of the war to remaining there like it does in G40.

Divided Prussia.

Now Berlin is 4 spaces each from Paris & Petrograd, which I think is fair enough. Russia can move capitals to Moscow in an emergency, but Germany can force an armistice without taking it (it has to take Petrograd to defeat Russia).

Added more SZ in the Arctic - Scotland to Russia now 2 turns.

I think African tts when mobilized should be less well defended.

One inf per IPC with no art seems more realistic.

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I don’t think I would like doubling a tt production 1/2 for ground/air & 1/2 for sea. This is a step backwards when IC’s had no limits. Uk being able to drop an entire fleet in the med is bad for game play, as the axis already have a hard time keeping its ships in the Med & Atlantic. If you were to do it maybe only at capitols & W US or original IC’s. If you want more units/ships build more IC’s. As it is they have already nerfed imp fact tech because it raises production on these smaller IC’s 100%-200% or you can’t damage them enough to shut them down. Although I think these 2 ipc tt should get a boost (+1 overall w/imp fact tech) I think a 400% increase is way to much.

I agree BB & AC should have AA ability. The AA50 game I’m in right now we house ruled it in from the beginning (you don’t need a tech). Only one can fire in any given sz, but with both having the ability it allows you to split your fleet. I would be ok with just BB’s having it.
As for DD bomb/trans 1 inf, it would like to keep as well. Its useful getting inf around.

To clarify some details:

The unit is placed OVER the land/sea border.  This indicates that the ship is in port, but also keeps track of which port it is in (i.e. it must enter and leave by the same sea zone.)

Ships in port can be captured, but I suggest allowing the defender an attempt to scuttle the ships before any combat rolls are made. Perhaps allow one scuttle for each 6 rolled per combat round; maybe each attempt must be taken in lieu of a return fire from a defending unit, i.e. you target your own unit rather than the enemies?  Each roll should target a specific naval unit.

This links with my campaign for wider oceans, with a minimum 2-turn Atlantic crossing leaving a “killing zone” for the U-boats in mid-ocean, or forcing the allied convoys to take the long route via Iceland/Greenland.

I’ve also suggested making every ship dock in port on each and every turn of the game.  This can be at any time during the turn, and may just mean staying where it is as long as it can be demonstrated that the ship is within range of a friendly port and back (it shouldn’t cost movement points to move in/out of port).
This can make previously worthless island territories valuable fueling stops.

I mark important ports on my maps, these also serve as ship building and repair facilities. Usually they’re sited on the junction of a land and two sea zones, allowing ships to sail out into either adjacent SZ.