Nineteen Eighth Four

AA Guns - I think the price is fine at 5. I still buy them but rarely more due to their limited usefulness than their price. i.e., if they cost only 3 I wouldn’t buy more than I do today. At the end of the day, as written, they are more of a deterrent than an actual combat unit. Want to make them “feel” like they are worth 5? Give them the option of AA fire or a defense value of 2 in each combat. Flak 88s certainly killed enough Matildas in North Africa.

Cruisers - Yeah, as written, there is certainly an argument for reducing them to 11 (though I wouldn’t touch the Battleship cost). They really need something a little more to make them worth 12, whether its the ability to bombard facilities on islands or even an R&D option to create Anti-Aircraft Cruisers that can act as an AA gun rather than using their 3 defense value.

Tactical Bombers - I think they are perfectly priced at 11. Their ability to attack at a 4 both on land and at sea is powerful, arguably more so than the fighter’s ability to defend at a 4. I think perhaps it is only the relative cost of the strategic bombers that make them seem a poor buy.

Strategic Bombers - I would pay 13 for these; I may even pay 14.

Should Russia only be aloud to build in a territory with 2 factories. In our game we have Russia can move 1 factory per turn. They also have a NA where they can move 2 factories 1 time in game. The scenario is in game you can only build up to territory value only.

So if Russia has 2 factories in a territory worth 2 they can build 4 units. Based on time from 1942 and later this also helps if Moscow falls and the Russians can build in the Urals to hold Stalingrad and maybe take back Moscow.

Most other games have Minors building 5 units so this should be a go.
Our game is you can’t just drop a major or minor factory on a territory and build 5 or 10 pieces. You can buy a minor IC ( only in game ) at any time but must territories only worth 1.

As you see 2 IC in same territory. One is a Tankograd IC.
The Russian figs in Stalingrad are from them retreating in Moscow battle.

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I figure there aren’t too many things classified as Islands that would have air bases so far away as to make them invulnerable to shore bombardment. The air fields on Guadalcanal and Wake island certainly got hit and both Hickam and Pearl could be hit from the sea. By definition, this ability assumes no defenders. Even a single scrambling fighter or defending destroyer nullifies the ability.

I figured 8 was too low, given than being able to be in two locations is worth >0. Perhaps 9?

Are you working on a setup for this? I’d be willing to try it out as long as it doesn’t alter the OOB map at all.

It sound good. Some of you had info about real '‘lend lease’'between germany and italy?

@chaptim Updated to version 1.95. Triplea will not notify you of the update, so just uninstall and reinstall. Under Experimental.

Change Log:
1.95
Clarify USA Declaration of War. Add version notification. Add notification for Italian combat.

Edit

Just remembered something. Hold off for a bit.

Good to go now.

Change Log:
1.96
When “Charles de Gaulle Neutrals Modified” is activated, Mongolia will now turn Russian when attacked by Japan.

I should also add that for a “bid”, we give the US “improved shipyards” and that seems to balance things out.