I wonder if it makes any sense to sacrifice the Austrian/Ottoman Navy to land troops in North Africa (If this is ever possible due to where the Allied fleets are). Even 3-4 Infantry in North Africa will force the allies to ship their own units down there, or risk losing income. Would that force Britain to spend a lot more in India and help Germany out in the western front? Would Italy or France have any troops available to send to Africa if Germany/Austria hit Switzerland and try for Paris and Rome?
I think i will redo my Global 40 maps to reflect the world 1870 using the same sea zones, but obviously new control of areas.
Players will need a second copy of AA14 for Japan, Spain, and a few other new nations.
So Global 1870 it is. One issue is the lack of technology: No planes, No gas, Not even ships that look even remotely like the sculpts…this means not fun.
Hmmm. Perhaps another start date? one closer to the use of planes at least.
IL you could just do turn of the century- 1900
Well I’d like to be before the Spanish American War which is 1898, and the Second Boer War of 1899. if it was 1900, Spain would be too weak and the Pacific map needs something interesting to fight over. Japan and Russia would be at war as well. That makes alot of action in the Pacific.
And players turns would be in order of economics, which means it could change any turn.
Plus this incident in 1898 almost led to England and France fighting each other…
I want a Spanish Civil War one, then Axis and Allies would have covered my two favorite military conflicts.
I think Germany could make Africa to be much more than just a small time IPC grab. If Germany were to group its forces in either Belgian Congo or Angola it would become a set back for the Allies. France certainly wouldn’t have enough forces to make any feasible attack so Britain’s Egyptian stack is now wedged between the Ottomans and the Germans, unable to attack one as the other would come in from behind and attack, forcing the Egyptian army to wait till reinforcements from India can arrive in order to do both. This could delay the fall of the Ottoman Empire for a turn or 2 giving Germany & Austria-Hungary time to deal with the continental Allied Powers without worrying about the Balkan front getting reopened
@Imperious:
Well I’d like to be before the Spanish American War which is 1898, and the Second Boer War of 1899. if it was 1900, Spain would be too weak and the Pacific map needs something interesting to fight over. Â Japan and Russia would be at war as well. That makes alot of action in the Pacific.
And players turns would be in order of economics, which means it could change any turn.
Plus this incident in 1898 almost led to England and France fighting each other…
Sounds a lot like Pax Britanica
A multi player game of empire, diplomacy, and global confrontation. The Great Powers of Great Britain, France, the US, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Russia, and Japan vie throughout the world for the wealth and esteem conferred by vast colonial holdings in the far-flung corners of the Earth. Each player maneuvers his administrative and military assets to establish control over the choicest and most strategic areas, keeping a wary eye toward encroaching opponents whose colonial ambitions are every bit as great. Conflict between national wills is more often resolved through peaceful negotiation than through war; but when national honor is too severely tried, war can occur- on a scale that threatens to evolve into the War to End All Wars!
Time scale = 4 years per turn; Map scale = abstract; Unit scale = Corps/Fleet, Division/Task Force, Regiment/Squadron; Playing time = approx 4 to 7 hours
Includes 666 counters, 2 22" x 32" mapsheets, 8 player sheets, 1 administrative pad, 2 six-sided dice, 1 counter storage tray, and rules booklet
We play it with sculps from War:Age of Imperialism.
IL why don’t you make a game set in the fictional far future of the year 2400?
@Hitlers:
I think Germany could make Africa to be much more than just a small time IPC grab. If Germany were to group its forces in either Belgian Congo or Angola it would become a set back for the Allies. France certainly wouldn’t have enough forces to make any feasible attack so Britain’s Egyptian stack is now wedged between the Ottomans and the Germans, unable to attack one as the other would come in from behind and attack, forcing the Egyptian army to wait till reinforcements from India can arrive in order to do both. This could delay the fall of the Ottoman Empire for a turn or 2 giving Germany & Austria-Hungary time to deal with the continental Allied Powers without worrying about the Balkan front getting reopened
My thought exactly, it all, however, hinges on how the British react with their forces in the Union of South Africa and Rhodesia (which can catch the Germans from SWA in Angola) and their forces in British East Africa and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, which can combine and counter any move into Belgian Congo. The tie breaker could be the German Infantry from Togoland, but he’ll take 3 turns to get into the action.
So, the best move by Germany might be SWA force to Angola, Kamerun and GEA Infs combine in Belgian Congo, and Togoland Inf moves to Nigeria. This gives the Germans 1 Inf and 1 Art in Angola and 2 Inf in Belgian Congo. The British then have to decide what to do with the Inf in Rhodesia: move it north to make a 3 on 2 Inf fight in the Belgian Congo or move it west for a 2 Inf, 1 Art vs. 1 Inf, 1 Art fight in Angola. Then it’s up to the dice.
I want a Spanish Civil War one, then Axis and Allies would have covered my two favorite military conflicts.
Hehe… reminds me of a bit from Frasier where Niles and Daphe are arguing in the coffee house about whether the US or English Civil Wars were better. Then Frasier walks in and when they solicit his opinion, he says Spanish! But I don't have time to prove it...
Nothing to do with the OP but just a random thought popping into my head.
