In all actuality it was almost pure luck that Russia did survive the war. If Hitler had not split his massive Barbarossa force to attack South, Moscow would have surely fallen. I think the best way to make the game a little more fair is have it start in 1940 or 39 like the new AAE40 will do. Starting at the beginning of 41 like AAE does highlights the ineptitude that Stalin had by not strengthening his front lines and purging his army in the 30’s by killing I believe 70% of his officers. If we are given control in 1939 the German force would be smaller than the Soviets (had the largest army in the world: equaled all other armies tanks put together and had more planes than all others combined), but the Germans have a stronger economy. So the Russian player is given time to move his forces (albeit outclassed forces) into position for a massive offensive by Germany. We could right Stalin’s mistakes and Hitler’s as well (he attacked Yugoslavia right before Barbarossa, killing 6 precious weeks of good weather that would be needed for the Russian offensive). But at the current state the game is pretty accurate, if there is a determined German player and a non-cohesive allied force then Germany will win 90% of the time. But if the allies work together (UK helping out Russia while the US does its thing to invade Europe) then the game swings to a very balanced game where dice rolls and a little luck is what usually wins the day, or a little mistake by either side, which is how the game should be IMO.
This game or the first one?
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I will only be able to buy one most likely, and maybe 2 0r 3 people in a game so is Europe playable with 2 ppl? or is the original?
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2 players are playable with both… depends on the pro’s and con’s of both…bells and whistles or world conquest…
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Just tell me whisch one is best for 2 people
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I would say go for the original in that case, that way it will be more equal(Having to run 3 vs 2 instead of 3 vs 1) as to the amount of thinking you have to do.
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yep then the original
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Yeah well guess what?, Ima get europe. I don’t care. Hey if you play 2 people, does one have to be Germany, and the other person has to be USA, Britian, and USSR. or do they choose one?
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Well, first of all, if you’re going to ask for advice and then ignore it, why bother asking in the first place? Second, if you have two people, one person is Germany and the other plays all 3 Allies.
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@Grigoriy:
Well, first of all, if you’re going to ask for advice and then ignore it, why bother asking in the first place? Second, if you have two people, one person is Germany and the other plays all 3 Allies.
well put GI…
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If you’ve got 3 I would say Europe as one plays the Germans, one as the Russians, and the others as the Anglo-American forces.
For 2 or 5 I’d say World, 4 is good for either.
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if you are a beginner i would choose the original when you get use to the game and know the rules well than you can try europe.
history is boring without war
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Europe uses all the world rules and then a bunch more. Pacific uses all the europe rules then a lot more also.
So I think you should get world, europe, pacific in that order…
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