Thanks SS. I re-read the report: minor clarification: It looks like I’m recommending that Britain can’t be attacked at all R1, but actually meant that Italy specifically needs to wait until R2 to attack (preventing the total annihilation of all UK forces from the mediterranean on R1). Also, I thought there was little the UK could do with these house rules to prevent a takeover if Italy was allowed to attack the UK in R1, but this was assuming Italy could set up their fleet and transports to attack England on R2 with Germany, but skilled Allied players could put naval ships in the path to block Italy from joining in on R2. With that, I think it’s appropriate to play that Italy can attack the UK on R1… especially since the Italian player only earns 10 IPC’s at start and with no National Objectives, it could be a slow climb to more income if Britain has a chance to maintain it’s fleet and holdings in Africa.
Battle Calculators
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In my group of AA players, we do not allow the use of battle calculators. This is just simply a preference that we have, as you cannot reliably calculate (in the real world) a number of factors in the battle. We feel that the player controlling an army should take these “risks” by using their own common sense and or brain to figure out whether or not to attack. I wanted to see if other groups thought like we did on this subject.
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Nothing allowed period in any games and the group!
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Only before resolving great battle.
To be able to compare odds vs luck factor, once resolved.