Just bought game

[calvinhobbesliker]

The lack of artillery in this game makes it really frustrating, since the optimal strategy is the infantry push.

[Furher of the Third Riech]

ah the infantry push. The only method in classic and revised that mattered. :-D However in this since the ipc count has been cut down rigorously, the infantry push can be countered more easliy in this version than otheres. In fact, i think tank buys (at least for germany) are the best option in this game.

Sincerely, Hitler

[calvinhobbesliker]

2 infantry actually attack better than 1 tank and defend much better, so the tank’s only advantage is movement, which isn’t as important on this map, which is so small.

[Cubsnextyear]

Can a battleship, destroyer or sub attack land units

[River_Rat]

Not in the 1941 version.

[Cubsnextyear]

Is the Soviet Union completely land locked when it come to building ships? Because you can’t pass through sea zone 18 and that’s the only water connected to a factory

[Witt]

That is right.
Strange, eh!

[drsnidely]

If the USSR can afford ships then something has probably gone catastrophically wrong for the Axis.  :-D

[Cubsnextyear]

They should have gave you less ships for Russia then and more troops and tanks

[drsnidely]

I agree. It has always bugged me that they give you all these ships and planes for Russia and they never get used.

[CWO Marc]

@drsnidely:

I agree. It has always bugged me that they give you all these ships and planes for Russia and they never get used.

I guess that part of the reason for providing all the major powers with more or less the same equipment is to give players the freedom to experiment with unconventional purchases – or, to put it another way, the freedom to make potentially fatal mistakes.

[WraithZer0]

I’m with you there, Marc.  I once tried purchasing a transport for the black sea, as G’s planes were either all dead or out of range.  I was planning on funneling troops right past West Russia, however it turned out to be a waste of money.