Global 1942 with BM3?

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:

@Wakrob: As per my play with A&A1940 Europe, I feel Axis has it very rough in the Global version. Our game- G3 takes London after obliterating Brit navel presence in the first two turns.  I hadnt realized how many planes could get there. Japan chooses not to go to war with anyone but Russia until J3. Italians rolled bad in almost every engagement. I think slow rolling Japan might have been a bad idea.  The money it prevented US from getting seemed more than offset by the easy Dutch/ANZAC National Obj bonus’ the allis got.  And Italians never had much luck, Cairo never fell. But you’d think taking 35 IPC’s from London and pretty much locking UK out of the game on the western hemisphere should be an easy win. Germany staled out in Russia after taking Leningrad.  US eventually staged 7 full transports, 2 full Carriers and a Battleship off Gibralter.  Germans 4 Fighters and 4 Tact Fighers guarding London decided to strike first at the fleet and failed.  US takes back London next turn easily.  Axis player concedes at 1:30am in the morning after about 7 turns. German had held London for about 4 turns. My opinion stands that Axis have it very hard in this A&A version. Wak ARGH!!!  You had the game man, you had it!  If Germany can knock England out of the war it is very difficult for the Allies to come back from it.  Attacking the US navy from England is difficult if not impossible since they can build twice the amount of IPCs you’re making every turn in the Atlantic.  You had 8 planes in England, all you had to do was shuck enough infantry there to defend it and you’re golden.  Let the Americans be the ones sinking tons of money into transports to retake England while you’re already sitting pretty with your own transports and tons of inf from W. Germany to reinforce.  With 8 planes as defense those 7 loaded transports would have had no chance if you’d had a stack of 10+ infantry present. I’m guessing sorry-bitch-ass Italy was in danger so you felt you had to attack in the Atlantic to save them.  It was easier to me to defend against the US Gibraltar threat by reinforcing Italy with my own inf/tanks from W. Germany fora few turns until they get enough infantry made to hold the capital.

Germany, Japan and Italy have to be aggressive. While also taking calculation on when to go to war with certain countries. So if you just sit and build without moving, you’re doomed.

So what’s the…wait. I gets it now: there are 36 techs on 6 charts. Roll 1 die for the chart and 1 for the tech. If that’s what he means definitely no.

@SouthsideCH: @ColonelCarter: That assumption is wrong. While Germany starts the scenario controlling those territories, they are still original Russian territories, similar to how the Chinese territories controlled by Japan at the start of the games are still original Chinese territories, preventing Japan from building major ICs on anything but Korea. Then why in the set up instructions does it say put a German control marker on the territory, as well as units? Just a unit on it should be enough. Every time you take an enemy territory do you put a control marker on it? I don’t. You can play however you want of course. But the rulebook clearly states: @rulebook: If you have captured the territory, place your control marker on the territory and adjust the national production levels. While the emblem printed on the map indicates the original controller of the territory the control marker indicates the the actual controller of the territory - as ColoneCarter pointed out. There are some rules where the distinction between original and actual controller is of importance. The 3 IPC bonus for Russia is only one example. The territories you mentioned can never become “original German, Italian, or pro-Axis neutral territory that the Soviet Union controls”. When the scenario begins Germany has already captured some original Russian territories. If Russia takes them back, they will be original Russian territories under Russian control. So better avoid confusion. HTH

The polling shows an axis favorite as of right now. 4 people voted axis strongly 8 axis slightly 8 allies slightly. A sub bid for UK makes UK1 smoother against italy sz97. I don’t play LL games without that bid, I’ll just take axis or do something else. Bidding is a ritual that decides who plays what, so bidding for allies makes sense.

Meh…I think that goes both ways.  As to whether the bomber would be too strong, I think it might be good for the game now.  On the other side, if I had a bomber, I would immediately buy another one.  Lots of creative things to do with that bomber…I think it could prove to be pretty strong…but that’s just my opinion.

Hey guys and gals.  I don’t remember who I downloaded this map from (much thanks) but I took some time and found naval markers and airbase markers.  This is setup on my site so downloads should be easy. Just right click and save link as.  You can view it in Internet Explorer.  Not Firefox (don’t know why at this point). Let me know if you have any issues. http://www.favkids.com/images/aag40-w-bases.jpg