2nd edition Gobal

Our group has played with India and UK as seperate parts of the Commonwealth (Global 39 has the FEC {Far East Command} and the uk seperate}).  The allies have to work together and nt compete against each other.  The ANZAC player already has to share the DEI with India if either of them are going to have any real income to work with.  India and UK can work together as seperate players. AS for the thread, build destroyers in Canada to hunt subs to work on your NO (no German Uboats in the Atlantic).  Also, bomg Germany in West Germany, Paris, Normandy…where ever you can hit them.  You may not be able to ivade effectively by yourself but you can harrass the German player enough that he has to pay attention to the Uk as well as smash the Soviets.  Landings in Norway and fortifying it takes away from Germany and opens another route to aid the Soviets.  Securing the Northern flank can help Leningrad or if need be retake it for the Soviets.  Zhukov44 was right.  Don’t lose Cairo.  Trops build in South Africa of tanks and mechs can help hold Cairo and even destroy the North African Italian army.  A IC build in Cairo, once secured will help limmit Italy and secure a route for US troops the attack the soft underside of Europe (usually not that well defended by the axis).  One last thing is hold Gibraltor if possible.  Building and air base there and sending some fighters can make US entry into the med so much easier.  It also  allows allied ships into the med to keep the Italians from their Med naval NO if the British med navy didn’t fare so well.

Very nice idea with the telegrams and stuff. While reading the german ones, I’ve seen some grammar/wording errors in the german NO cards. Don’t know if someone mind them, but some corrections: Geheimdienstbericht von der vom Chef Leiter der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD (even though the german intelligence was called “Abwehr” I think) Schnellbrief Telegramm An der den Obersten Befehlshaber der deutschen Truppen Betrifft: Betreff: This looks like a lot of work  :lol:

There is: http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?board=75.0

Book asumes that every country is played by a different player!! So if you Own a fighter in a zone that is bombed you can chose to scramble it. You cannot force other players to scramble but ofcourse you can ask them. If you play multiple countries you get to deside for each country if you want to scramble and how many. That fighter can be used later in your turn again to fight ( if it survives ). Think of it like being attacked in a country, those units defend now but you can still use them in your turn.

@AndrewAAGamer: Our gaming group has come to the conclusion that some bid is needed to balance the game for the Allies.  In reading through the posts it seems to me that the general consensus is that the Allies need a bid of about 9-12. My questions are: Is a bid of 9-12 the current and reasonable amount?  As we will not want to bid for a particular side, we will set a certain bid point for each game and then let people choose which side they want to be as some Players enjoy playing particular Powers.  So what is a fair bid? My group usually goes 10-15, some where in the ball park of 8 to 14 is what everyone does. Is this bid added as starting income to be spent on Turn 1? What Siparo said. Is this bid added as units and money such as the Revised FIDA bid? Never played revised, and what is FIDA?  Another government agency? Is this bid added as units on the board with remainders as starting money? Siparo doesn’t do it, but my group allows it. For any units placed on the board are there any restrictions?  For example:      a) Must have a unit already in the territory / sea zone?      b) May not place more than X number of units? My group has 3 rules: 1.  Must be one unit per territory/seazone. 2.  Can only be placed in a territory/seazone where you already have units occupying it. 3.  Can only be a unit that power has access to (china can be inf and art only). I would appreciate your kind thoughts and comments.  Thank you…

What an excellent report, you are a grear story teller!

This isn’t exhaustive but: Mongolian rules changed a fair bit. minor to major factory in Berlin scramble rules became logical (1st ed: no scramble from coasts e.g. London but unlimited from islands) UK units added to starting units (converted from French units). Don’t know why. Ukraine minor factory added

New record, 24 minutes and 2 seconds! I’m glad you found it.