Anyone care for a game? G40 Dice Tech

The two games that I have finished (in one go) have lasted 13 and 15 hours respectively.  I have played 4 others in an ongoing format where we would play a turn every other day.  All of these games lasted over a week.

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At first I couldn’t believe that nobody picked Heavy Bombers.  Then I remembered that in the Europe 40 rulebook they changed Heavy Bombers to where you roll 2 dice and pick the best result so you still only get one hit.  WHAT A CROCK!!  That sounds more like smart bombs to me.  Basically you are getting a better chance of hitting the target by rolling 2 dice instead of 1.  As far as I’m concerned, Heavy Bombers carry a bigger bomb load so they destroy more stuff. I DO NOT use the new 1940 rule for Heavy Bombers.  In my games, if you get Heavy Bombers then you get to roll 2 dice and get 2 hits (assuming both dice came up 4 or less).  In the case of Strategic Bombing, you can now inflict up to 12 damage points on an IC rather than up to 6.  I guess that is my house rule. With that in mind, I think Heavy Bombers is the best tech for USA and maybe Germany too.  Although Super Subs would probably be even better for Germany. USSR = Advanced Artillery or Improved Mechs UK = Radar, Improved Shipyards USA = Heavy Bombers, Long Range Aircraft ANZAC = Increased Factory Germany = Super Subs, Improved Mechs, possibly Heavy Bombers Japan = Long Range Aircraft Italy = Improved Shipyards, War Bonds

Here is another way of implementing auto Shipyards that just occurred to me. At the beginning of each round* roll 1d6. The hit will determine whether the Shipyards technology is activated for all players. round 1: hits at 1 to activate Shipyards for all nations round 2: hits at 2 round 3: hits at 3 round 4: hits at 4 round 5: hits at 5 round 6: auto tech Shipyards for all nations This means that from the first round, and for each round which the game progresses, the odds of Shipyards will increase. Until the 6th round, at which point the Tech is activated automatically for everyone. Germany starts the game round sequence so they can roll it. Or, depending on how many players you have, you can alternate the roll each round so that someone else gets a chance to try for the hit. The logic here is that the Naval Race escalates as the war itself escalates, until it crescendos, and everyone gains access to the cheaper naval unit cost structure at the same time. Axis have the strong early incentive to go naval if shipyards is activated in the first or second round. Every round after the 3rd the cost structure starts to favor Allied builds. Though even then, Axis can exploit late game naval action. Naval Race rules: an independent and escalating tech roll, which grants Shipyards for All! In TripleA this is how you use the roll… At the start of each round: “Game” tab > “Roll Dice” > roll 1 six sided die (free roll) If it hits according to rules above, then “Game tab” > “Enable Edit Mode” > Add Tech Shipyards for All *note: you could also choose to make this roll at the end of the game round rather than the beginning. This means the roll would usher in the 2nd round, rolling each round thereafter until Shipyards is activated, or until auto-tech Shipyards in the 7th round. It works either way, though I think it would be more fun to roll Shipyards at the beginning of the round rather than the end of the round and this keeps the value of the roll corresponding exactly with the game round G1 at 1, G2 at 2, G3 hits at 3, and so forth. Its a fairly simple way to get cheaper ships into the game for everyone. For people who play using the Optional Global tech rules, the Shipyards technology is now removed from Breakthrough chart two. If you roll on 3 on the second breakthrough chart, re-roll the die until you hit one of the other technologies.

If someone really want to play a F2F G40 with a more historically based SBR, which works statistically there is 2 better ways at least than all planes @1: Whether giving Fighters @1 First Strike vs (StB and TcB) Bombers @1. http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=34118.msg1314303#msg1314303 Or only gives Fighters @1 and Strategic Bomber @0  (TcB @0?, not defined) http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=34227.msg1317357#msg1317357 This can be also a third one: Fighter @1 First Strike Tactical Bomber @1 Regular Strategic Bomber @0 Anything higher than @1 will probably shift the balance, one way or the other, IMO. Probably the second and the third method will better depict any dogfight over Britain.

I am in the middle of game, round 4 America’s turn.  I took several pictures of the board that I could email you if you would like.  I could then give you the exact chip stacks around Russia since it is kind of hard to tell.  The situation is Germany has taken and hold Ukraine with about 15 inf, 2 art, 8 mech, 7 tanks. Russia has 17 inf in Bryansk with more in Russia.  The Luftwaf is all but gone, Italy is almost totally out of Africa and only has 1 trans and 1 DD on the board.  Japan has wiped out China and is poised to enter Russia, Russia inf are in Manchuria and there are 22 Brit inf in India with 2 art.  America has a small naval off Gibraltor and a large navy off the coast of Caroline islands (controlled by Japan) opposite the IJN in the Phillipeans SZ. If you are interested shoot me an email, but I couldn’t get them to you until Sunday, since I am leaving town for the rest of the week.

I think it was a great one-time move, and you happened to have an opponent who used blockers well at a critical time. Experienced players would see this happening, and the potential for it, as it unfolded, so it would best be used against inexperienced foes. A nice idea! After all, it was your war. It’s good to try unconventional things and see how they go.