@Europe:
In the event that you purchased more units than you can
actually mobilize due to production limitations, you must
return the over-produced units to the box (your choice of
units), and the cost of the units is reimbursed to you.
i never noticed this rule before. it opens up an interesting overpurchase tactic.
Nerquen is a master of the game, and in our second game of giving up 2 big new US NO’s and the ANZAC NO, I still have the upper hand I think. GREAT game, keep watching
@Hepps01:
Yah, I agree with you. Especially in the situation provided where there was literally 0% chance of success. The sub attack was simply an “Offensive fodder” attack done to make the fighter move “quasi-legitimate”.
To me (on a personal level) the rules should stipulate that Carriers be required to move during the combat phase into the only potential landing zone and thus force the attacking player to win the secondary battle in order to ensure the fighter can land. Otherwise this just enables people to do this kind of weak ass fodder tactic in order to get to the transports that would otherwise be out of range. This would then also mean that an attacker has to potentially sacrifice very valuable units (carriers) to accomplish these kind of delaying actions.
Just my opinion though.
From an emotional point of view I am with you here and as a fun fact in a current game I face exactly the ugly site of that move as he has Carrier plus sub in place which creates theoretical threats for all my transports. He can sac just a sub and then theoretically kill TTs in many seazones (for the price of saccing the Air of course).
However I like this rule because it gives the game some more dynamics and makes blocking a bit less powerful which I think is good for the game and does make you a bit less dependent on can openers and gives a power to overcome blocking at least a bit better without an allied power.
@Cow:
Get the African NOs for Russia as well. African NOs are very important for Russia.
Agreed wholeheartedly!
I must admit though, I’m still a little in doubt about when to take them and when not to.
For example, if Germany is doing SeaLion it seems better not to (correct me if I’m wrong)? If Russia goes there (early) in this situation, it has just too few units to start contesting Eastern Europe and/or Scandinavia RU3 (assuming GE did sortie into London). Contesting those area’s with Germany seems better than getting into Africa, since the Russian profit is the same or even higher but it also denies Germany valuable IPCs. Maybe in this case get the African NO’s at a later point?
In all the other situations I’d go for African NO’s (except perhaps a G1 DOW?).
