No neither is gamey in my book, it’s part of the game that can lead to a victory (should be a 1 or 2 trick pony). Once your group see’s these moves, it’s up to your opponent to do something about it. Our group see’s a couple Italians at the Russian front often, which can help the Germans to push deeper into Russia. So if this is happening the Russians might need to picket with 2-3 inf in key territories, so you have a chance to kill off the Italian ground unit(s). A few Italians can allow you to sack some Russians, or simply bring your German air to the front so the Russians can’t strafe your German stack w/o air cover. Can also get you to Stalingrad or Caucasus faster, but often times it risks your German mech/tanks if the Russians see it and set up a counter. Sometimes Russia has to deal with a 3 ring circus if both Italy and Japan are knocking on the door w/Germany, it is up to the other Allies to even up the score. Even if Moscow falls, it’s all about what they can take with them, and if the western allies are in position to put the hurt on. Besides, if those Italian bombers are picking off Russians, they aren’t helping much in the Med (although the range allows them to threaten both theaters through the Black Sea).
Can you choose NOT to disrupt Convoys?
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Situation:
England is under siege, and the capital is about to fall. There are axis ships off the coat of England in convoy zones.
Can the Germans -choose- not to disrupte this? Or is it a fait accompli?
I get that it would make sense that the germans simply would not sink passing merchant ships. However, perhaps one could also argue that because their is a blockade, the resources simply do not get sent.
The premise here that the more IPCs that england earns on its turn, means the more IPCs that Germany will get on the possible capture.
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I could see it being an optional house rule that favors the axis. Japan could do a similar thing when about to capture India.
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Situation:
England is under siege, and the capital is about to fall. There are axis ships off the coat of England in convoy zones.
Can the Germans -choose- not to disrupte this? Or is it a fait accompli?
I get that it would make sense that the germans simply would not sink passing merchant ships. However, perhaps one could also argue that because their is a blockade, the resources simply do not get sent.
The premise here that the more IPCs that england earns on its turn, means the more IPCs that Germany will get on the possible capture.
We had this discussion here:
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28562.msg1132194#msg1132194
Result: If the Germans decide to move their ships in their CM or NCM into a convoy raid zone they decide to disrupt convoys in the Collect Income Phase of UK.
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move the ships out of the convoy zone before England’s turn. Done. :P If you had to attack, well, your commanders are overly zealous, either reward them or don’t, but the merchants are sunk. :evil:
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@Cmdr:
move the ships out of the convoy zone before England’s turn. Done. :P If you had to attack, well, your commanders are overly zealous, either reward them or don’t, but the merchants are sunk. :evil:
Yeah, I think I’m siding with Cmdr Jennifer on this one.
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yeah, what captain of an oiltanker would travel without an escort to london hoping the germans would just let him pass?
and would the german captain really let him pass?