Slow down. You made some mistakes because as you said “sometimes we mix combat and non-combat moves”. I’ve found from experience that slowing down and taking that extra minute becomes invaluable.
Gentlemen’s rules are one thing, but to a competitive person who feels the agony of a loss closing in and that TT could have snuck across Denmark and possibly landed in Germany - its really important to sway the game back into their favor.
I for one don’t blame them for upholding the rules, its cheap and less friendly - but rules are rules - especially when you are closing in on a victory.
Again - SLOW DOWN :-)
LOL Good one! Unfortunately he is one of the few friends that will actually play this game religiously with me! And he is a pretty good player, we just get a little competitive sometimes!
Nothing wrong with being competitive but who would want to win that way?
Oh, it happens ALL…THE…TIME! France is ROUTINELY forgetting to DOW Japan…gotta love it when he thinks he blocked you and you sail pass and take India too!
As for the transport, if it’s dead, it’s DEAD. Forum rules state that if something is not corrected within one game turn, then it stays as is, but it sounds like even under those rules, you caught it in time to fix it.
I’m still up for solving this by kicks to the balls….it will solve EVERYTHING.
1. of all, can a sub kill a lonely transport ? 2. Can any1 clearyfied this DOW ? declaration of war ? And do u HAVE 2 to it ? Isnt it just automatical if not, why ?
PPP
This is why I don’t play live games unless japan DOWs J1, or else give me axis so I can do it, or we play another game like fortress america or civ 5 or aa50 or whatever. Politics are stupid.
Playing on triple a is not so bad when japan doesn’t DOW 1, because you get through the mundane first few rounds much quicker and there is a political chart.
Global doesn’t come with a political chart in the box. So there really isn’t a counter or anything to move, it is all memory. If someone thinks they declared war, then guess what? They did. You got nothing to point at, so suck it.
Since France doesn’t buy, you may as well let him DoW during movement, it is not like he did anything other then move pieces around. Some people move pieces around during their buy so they can see what they need to buy visually… that don’t mean they skip their buy and are entering combat movement. Just like he never said he skipped his political phase before he started moving stuff around.
I wouldn’t want to play with either one of you guys.
I’m still up for solving this by kicks to the balls….it will solve EVERYTHING.
Works for me. ^_^
1. of all, can a sub kill a lonely transport ? 2. Can any1 clearyfied this DOW ? declaration of war ? And do u HAVE 2 to it ? Isnt it just automatical if not, why ?
PPP
1) Yes. Submarines are warships and can attack and sink transports. They have to clear all other defending units to do so, but they can do it.
2) You should declare war at the time stipulated in the rules. Most people, however, view an act of aggression a form of declaration of war. I view it as such as well, so if you ATTACK the French Destroyer, for instance, then you are at war with France. If you have not DOW’ed or been attacked by France before moving, then you can sail right past the destroyer present. It is YOUR job as Allies / Axis to make sure you know the political situation.
@Cow:
This is why I don’t play live games unless japan DOWs J1, or else give me axis so I can do it, or we play another game like fortress america or civ 5 or aa50 or whatever. Politics are stupid.
Playing on triple a is not so bad, because you get through the mundane first few rounds much quicker and there is a political chart.
Global doesn’t come with a political chart in the box. So there really isn’t a counter or anything to move, it is all memory.
Since France doesn’t buy, you may as well let him DoW during movement, I mean what the hell is wrong with you?
I despise TripleA. Newest version is okay…getting there anyway, because you can zoom out and see the lines still (1.5 you couldnt) but I still dont like it. I like a little looser game play when playing for fun, if you forget to assign an attack, or do a very common NCM, then I’m good with you doing it, but TripleA throws coniptionfits (sp?) and forces you to jump through hoops to do that.
As for politics, I’d like to see an “official” set of rules that shows the war at the Spring of 1942 so you can skip them and save time playing as well. Global 1940 A3.9 and Global 1942 A3.9.
Jen you can see the lines. you just have to check the option to draw it when you zoom out.
View->Draw borders on top -> high.
The global box does not come with a political chart. Unless you physically drew one with pen and paper, don’t cry about it.
@Cow:
You got nothing to point at, so suck it.
I wouldn’t want to play with either one of you guys.
Direct and to the point.
MOO!
@Cmdr:
Forum rules state that if something is not corrected within one game turn, then it stays as is
Never heard of this before. Plus, he’s playing FTF, not by forum.
2 things come to mind.
First, after turn 4 everybody should be at war with everybody. Claiming an undeclared DOW is kind of a reach.
Second, and the rules are explicit on this, once you collect your income, it is immediately your opponents turn. After that, any changes made to the board (including missed combats, non-combat changes, hanging aircraft, etc) are at your opponents discretion. And, in this case, he has even more rules to back him up. Since no dice were rolled for attacking units and it is possible for a sub to enter a sea zone during a combat move and then submerge before combat he is perfectly within his right to make that assumption if the TP is still on the board at the beginning of his turn.
This is less of a rules issue and more of an etiquette issue.
You were being a rules dick about the DOW and he was being a rules dick about the TP. Sounds like you’re both even.
@Cmdr:
I’m still up for solving this by kicks to the balls….it will solve EVERYTHING.
Works for me. ^_^
You see, this is why i always stay on the other side of the table then my opponents ;)
@majikforce: a way to deal with what your friend did is to make a checklist of every step in each round (play as well as battle), and reading it out loud, every single step.
that is too patronizing.
Any final thoughts? The game continues today at lunch time, and I wore my steel tipped boots today if ball kicks are in order.
@Cmdr:
Forum rules state that if something is not corrected within one game turn, then it stays as is
Never heard of this before. Plus, he’s playing FTF, not by forum.
2 things come to mind.
First, after turn 4 everybody should be at war with everybody. Claiming an undeclared DOW is kind of a reach.
Second, and the rules are explicit on this, once you collect your income, it is immediately your opponents turn. After that, any changes made to the board (including missed combats, non-combat changes, hanging aircraft, etc) are at your opponents discretion. And, in this case, he has even more rules to back him up. Since no dice were rolled for attacking units and it is possible for a sub to enter a sea zone during a combat move and then submerge before combat he is perfectly within his right to make that assumption if the TP is still on the board at the beginning of his turn.
This is less of a rules issue and more of an etiquette issue.
You were being a rules dick about the DOW and he was being a rules dick about the TP. Sounds like you’re both even.
I agree it is probably more of an etiquette issue, but I almost positive that if I hadn’t outwitted him with the France DOW and the sub/transport issue still occurred he would of gladly allowed the sub to kill the transport. It just irks me that he is being stubborn about the transport when he knows I was clearly attacking it. Regarding the France DOW I shouldn’t be punished for putting him in a situation that forces him to think beyond what “usually happens” and saying everybody SHOULD be at war by turn 4 is not the same as actually being at war. Part of my Japanese strategy rests on stalling the US as long as possible so I never attacked the UK or ANZAC, hence no DOW. Like it or not the political situation is part of the game and can be incorporated into a strategy. You make a good point about the sub being able to submerge I didn’t think of that( i know he didn’t) but I did verbally state these are my attacks. Thanks for the input! I am probably just gonna wear a cup to work anyway.
Question: Why wouldn’t you invade FIC as Japan by round 4?
I also agree that by round 4 it should be a foregone conclusion that everyone is at war. Transport is dead. Next time remember to clear dead units from board at the end of your turn. Japan-France go to war.
Ty jennifer! But can a lonely sub kill a lonely trans ? No other units is in that seazone!
Ty jennifer! But can a lonely sub kill a lonely trans ? No other units is in that seazone!
yes…
Ty jennifer! But can a lonely sub kill a lonely trans ? No other units is in that seazone!
A submarine may ATTACK a transport or transports and automatically win.
