Holy Italian Rockets, Batman!

[robbie358]

So we’re playing an Alpha+3 game here in Southern California.
I’ve never used tech before in Global '40, so we decided ‘what the heck’.

I’m playing as Germany and Italy, there’s one guy playing Japan and four Allies players.
Germany buys two dice, no successes.  Japan buys one, no luck.  USA buys four dice, nothing.  It comes to the Italian turn.  Don’t have anything better to buy…  I roll a 6 and and a 5.

So the Italians have Rockets now.

As I understand in Alpha+3, AA guns no longer fire rockets.  Air bases fire them at range 4, only against Industrial Complexes.  To my chagrin, there are no ICs within 4 of the only air base in Italy.

So I buy an air base for Northern Italy, which can hit Britain.  Then after I flag Bessarabia with Italy, I toss another one out there for hitting Moscow.  I’m about to drop another in Egypt for striking at the minor IC in South Africa.

MWAHAHAHAHA.  Italian Rockets rule.

Any other ideas?  Iraq next?  How about West Indies, Suriname and British Guiana?  Rocket attacks on the whole USA might be cool.

[Gargantua]

I hope you’re playing a long game?

Spending 45 IPC’s to do… how much damage - over how many turns to your opponent?

[robbie358]

It’ll be worth it in the long haul.

Besides, they let me sortie 6 panes out from Italy, and give me more range for my aircraft from Egypt.

Before all you haters go all “pics or it didn’t happen” on me…

Behold my new airbases.

[Gargantua]

Yea I can lay a few extra chits of cardboard on my gameboard after I lose a game and my friends go home too. ;)

[Gargantua]

On average, it will take 5 turns for the Airbase JUST to pay for itself…

[robbie358]

Ah, but they will pay for themselves!

[Cow]

meh the union of south africa airbase is a bit extreme. the rest is situational. bombing russians are good, helps germany out. london is kinda meh, don’t see that factory used much after round 1.

[Mallery29]

@Cow:

meh the union of south africa airbase is a bit extreme. the rest is situational. bombing russians are good, helps germany out. london is kinda meh, don’t see that factory used much after round 1.

You’re telling me…I’m the one on the receiving end of the bloodbath…with that and the German SBR, my IC is pretty much dead.  Viva Canada!  Only thing that has gone UK’s way was when I pretty much knocked out 6 planes (one off AA, 5 on UK turn) and only loss one FTR for it?

I unfortunately had to “be” Russia too because the jabroni wanted to go Naval/buy more IC for Russia… New rule: no more homeless people to join!

[Gargantua]

You guys recruit homeless people?

[Shin-Ji]

You don’t?  How do you find players?

[Jennifer]

Rockets are not so great if you get them, but they suck if your opponent gets them.  Certain countries especially:  Germany, England, USA (if in the Atlantic), Japan (if America’s in the Atlantic).

I’ve had some fun with them.

[Mallery29]

Time to invest in Quantum torpedoes and a chronosphere…

[Gargantua]

Just get some Mammoth tanks going!

[Mallery29]

Have to get them up to vet status first!  8-)

[Mallery29]

@Gargantua:

You guys recruit homeless people?

He kept annoying me for continuing to want Naval/mIC for Russia. At first I thought he was trying to piss me off, but when I realized he was no sh%t joking, I knew he was not all there…(stoned/crack’d out of his mind most likely).

[Viracocha]

Nice paint jobs  :-D

[gamerman01]

Very nice paint jobs

[robbie358]

Thanks, at least someone appreciates the work I put into those.
I have a whole bunch more to do now with the new sculpts from '41 and '42.2.