Bidding for OOB

[Flashman]

I think 2 space movement does make some difference; certainly the CPs have fewer units sitting uselessly in transit every turn. Maybe an extra boost by allowing 3 space moves within original CP tt would even things up. But I still favour allowing German production in Munich; the war is fought on Allied soil in the main, and therefore closer to Allied production centres which is the crucial factor. Historically this was not a problem for Germany because of the trains. Because of the damned trains.

[Chacmool]

Flash did you ever wrote down your Rail-Movement House Rules? I would like to try them. Does it cost IPCs? How much units can be moved per turn and in which areas?

[Kreuzfeld]

I was thinking, a possible way to use a bid of 12 would be to build a AH battleship, that way you could take controll over seazone 17 in round 1, and if you are lucky, you will deny france the ability to activate albania.

[Frederick II]

I thought of a tech chart and it had Rail Road tech which was…

Ground units can move 3 spaces through your controlled territories but not through contested and tanks only move 2 spaces (since it’s quite hard to move them by trains) and also this rule does not apply to fighters.

[Oddbjoern]

I dont really like a bid for this game as it influences too much on the eastern front. If I got a 20 bid I would place it all into Budapest for my round1 strike at Romania, which would make my Russia campagne more or less a garantee.
I would Wittman said alter the starting  navy balance by removing some Allied ships (maybe take away one of Russias cruiser and an italian BS).

[Kreuzfeld]

There is another version of the bid which was the first one i heard about. it is to bid for extra production. one could bid for how big berlin should be. if I bid 5, then berlin would have 5 more in production than in the vanilla game. that is a way to balance the game, without too much gamyness of where the bid is placed.

I dont really like a bid for this game as it influences too much on the eastern front. If I got a 20 bid I would place it all into Budapest for my round1 strike at Romania, which would make my Russia campagne more or less a garantee.

that would be ablit difficult since you are only allowed 1 unit per terretory. dince AH has 6 terretories, you would basicly have to place 1 unit everywhere. you could ofcourse use the last two units in germany, or build 1 ftr or do any number of fun things with 20 bid, and I am sure the russian would pay.

[drsnidely]

I’m not sure what you mean by increasing production. Are you galkingtalking about making Berlin worth more IPC? In this game the number of units you can place is not limited by the IPC value.

[calvinhobbesliker]

@drsnidely:

I’m not sure what you mean by increasing production. Are you galkingtalking about making Berlin worth more IPC? In this game the number of units you can place is not limited by the IPC value.

Sure, but Germany would get more money each tun…

For a bid, how about adding 4 more infantry in Africa? It should make Germany much more threatening in Africa (they can occupy 8 territories instead of 4).

[drsnidely]

@calvinhobbesliker:

@drsnidely:

I’m not sure what you mean by increasing production. Are you galkingtalking about making Berlin worth more IPC? In this game the number of units you can place is not limited by the IPC value.

Sure, but Germany would get more money each tun…

For a bid, how about adding 4 more infantry in Africa? It should make Germany much more threatening in Africa (they can occupy 8 territories instead of 4).

I get that, just wasn’t sure that was the only intent.

Good idea. I’d love to see Africa become an actual factor instead of mutual trolling that it currently is.

[Kreuzfeld]

Yep. If Berlin was wirth 12 instead of 8, the central powers would have 4 more IPC to build for and send to the french or russian front every turn. it would make the productionadvantage of the allies less.

With that type of bid, there would be no bidplacement and therefore less gamyness with the bid.

@drsnidely:

I’m not sure what you mean by increasing production. Are you galkingtalking about making Berlin worth more IPC? In this game the number of units you can place is not limited by the IPC value.