Scrambling off of the UK?

Keep in mind, that thread was for OOB, and it was well over a year ago.

The basic plan is still the same, but many have come up with their own variations that improve the odds in the battles significantly.  I have tweaked it many times and have much better odds now on London in the 90% range.

@timerover51:

@Krieghund:

since United Kingdom is not an island.

The UK is not an island?  Interesting, considering that it is smaller than a lot of US states and totally surrounded by water.  Hard to find a spot in the UK more than 100 miles from the coast.

And why the limit on the number of planes scrambled?

The A&A definition of an island is a territory completely surrounded by a single sea zone.  Since the UK has multiple sea zones around it, it isn’t an island in A&A.

The limit is probably to make it harder for nations with a lot of planes (e.g. Japan) to scramble a huge force to defeat attacking fleets.

@rock`n:

on page 23 there is written:
germany
“5 IPC if Axis powers control either novgorod or volgograd.”

does it mean, that the german player can get up to 10 IPC when controlling both cities?

No.

@rock`n:

United kingdom/United states

“collect a one-time payment of 5 IPCs if the first time UK/USA forces capture or liberate one of the following territories: normandy, holland or western germany.”

does it mean, that UK/USA can gain up to 15 IPCs or maximum 5 IPCs? for me as not a native speaker of english it is not quite clear.
if someone as UK or USA captures holland he gains 5 IPCs. okay, but when the same player occupies normandy next round or in the same round. what is then? etc.

The payment is received only the first time that one of those territories is captured/liberated by each power.  Nothing further is received for capturing or liberating another of the territories.  Each power may earn only 5 IPCs per game from this NO.

Good idea Mellemhend.

I’m as gentlemanly as they come, but I’d check-raise my Grandmother if she sat at a poker table with me.

there’s always seems to be an exception to the rule

so i think this may be the case

@purplebaron:

@Dylan:

@calvinhobbesliker:

@Dylan:

Okay so I have some questions about the split income

First: what will Yukon Territory and BC be part of UK or India.
Second: what about West India, like it is on the Europe 40 bored, but like its part of India, though.

BC will be part of India, as will Yukon, but Yukon doesn’t matter unless you want to build an air base there.

West India will be part of UK

that seems silly

It’s worth a lot to have a rule that’s easy to specify, understand, and implement in an already complicated game.

I smell a house rule coming. Wow I can not believe I said I spell a house rule, wow I suck lol.

@mike:

Historically they tried to have around 80 airplanes in Malta.  Initially these were the outdated Glostor Gladiator biplanes (and at the start of the war they only had 5!) But they kept shipping airplanes to Malta via Aircraft Carrier until they had around 80. These include Spitfire Vs, Hurricane IIs as well as some single engined ground attack planes as well as some Bristol Beaufighters and even a squadron of De Havilland Mosquitoes in late 1942.

Malta was a good place for an airbase