TRANSLATED: German Basics

Please note, this is the complete article in one post.  I posted it in parts in the Revised forum and further discussion is taking place there.

http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=14410.0

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The German Lurch:  Revised Edition

The Lurch is a mid-game stack based German strategy that is used to coincide with a strong push on Moscow by Japan.  The goal of the Lurch is to gradually move your German stacks East eliminating trading territories for Russia as you continue to get stronger while Russia gets weaker.  You are playing for control of Wrus and Cauc, which aren’t easy to get, but using a Lurch strategy you can attempt to claim them without a fight by manipulating your stacks such that any Russian advance can be easily countered, while your advances can’t be stopped because you are able to merge multiple stacks into a single targetted territory.

Unlike Classic where the Germans Lurched from EE to Ukr (to Cauc) and then to Kar, in Revised the Germans have 3 initial avenues to consider:
1 - EE to Kar
2 - EE to Belo
3 - EE to Ukr

Each one has its pros and cons, but all should result in the same conclusion, a German stack in Wrus or Cauc.

Before we get to Germany lets first talk about Japan briefly.  If you are planning on using a successful Lurch you will need Japan, so they should be focused on Asia and getting to Moscow.  You’ll likely need a few of Japan’s fighters in Europe so take Aus early (round 2 if possible) and make sure you always have ftrs in range of Ukr after J3.  Your goal should be to have Chi, Sin, Bury, Sfe, Yak by the end of J3, one factory on the mainland, and 4 trns running your shuck from Japan.  A 5th trn is a great bonus which you can use to pick up Aus/NZ/Hi.  I think these are modest goals and definitely achievable in the vaste majority of games.  The only issues that may arise would be an ultra aggressive UK 1 open and/or a possible KJF strategy, but then again if the Allies are going KJF you do not want to use a mid-game Lurch with Germany, you’d want to be much more aggressive.

As for German bids, you can use the Lurch with most land based bids, whether it is placed in Africa or Europe, but the Power Africa bid (2-3 units in Lib) tends to be a little better since it is vital that you are able to blitz Africa and gain its IPCs.  You have to make sure you can take Egy and hold against any UK 1 counter.

Now to the Lurch.  The theory of the Lurch is to leverage your initial IPC gains in the early rds (1-4) into a sizable attacking force that can be put into motion from round 4 on.  You are ulitmately playing a position game rather than an IPC (or economic game).  While there are periods where the Axis can out earn the Allies, it is very difficult to maintain this advantage against quality opponents.  Time is typically on the Allies side, so the Lurch is designed to maximize this effect before the Allies can block the threat to Moscow and begin to close in on and cripple Germany.  Your targetted time frame to take Wrus/Cauc should be between rds 6-9.  Anything much later than this and it may be too late.

So, how do we go about employing the Lurch and leveraging these early gains to a positional advantage?

Lets start with the Purchases.  Buy Infantry.  Buy infantry early and often, an upgrade for an armor or 2 is also recommended, but with excessive Rt purchases you may be limiting your effectiveness.  If you like to buy Rt, buy it early (rds 1-2) b/c you’ll need the mobility of armor later.  8 inf, 4 rt in rd 1 is a good foundation as is 12 inf, 1 rt, however you can’t go wrong with the Inf + Arm buys.  Remember you aren’t really interested in attack you just want to project force to prevent an Allied stack and then you want to move your stack into the vacant territory, so you are more concerned with the cheap defense of Infantry and added defensive muscle of the Armor than the added attacking power of Rt.  Armor is also vital to your initial defense of WE, so again don’t go Rt crazy with your buys.

Okay we know our buying strategy, what about the layout of Africa and Europe?
Africa is easy, use your bid in Lib and take Egy heavy.  Surviving Armor should immediately blitz everything insight, while 2 more units can land in Trj in round 2.  In round 3 you have a few options, positioning your fleet to help in Europe, getting out of dodge to take Mad and then perhaps a combination of Ind/Aus/NZ/HI, going around Afr to take Bra, reinforcing Perisa, or just safely remaining in the Indian Ocean and re-invading empty territories in Afr.  While blitzing Africa you want to keep as many of these units alive as possible so you can ultimately get them to the Middle East as well.  You’ll probably need to get them back Trj by round 4 otherwise they risk being trapped, which isn’t terrible since you can still cause some trouble in Afr, but it is always nice to have the extra threat to Cauc from Per.

Europe is a bit different and requires some patience.  You aren’t planning on blitzing to Moscow so you need to set up your initial defenses and get into position to trade Kar/Belo/Ukr with your infantry and airforce.  You also want the bare minimum of defense in WE b/c you want to maximize what you are sending East.  This is where tanks come in handy, you usually don’t need all of them to deter a Russian move so you can spare a few for WE and their 3 on defense is enough to make any UK landings highly unlikely.  How many units should you have in WE?  You want just enough inf to survive the first wave of a UK attack and enough arm/ftrs to wipe out the entire land based attacking force.  So if UK can attack with 3 inf, 3 arm, 2 ftrs, 1 bom, you’d want 4-5 inf with 8-9 arm/ftrs.

Now that we’ve got a basic plan for our early WE defense, lets get busy Lurching.  First your EE stack, move everything that isn’t needed elsewhere to EE.  SE can go to Blk if they aren’t needed in WE.  This is the foundation of your offense, you will be using your infantry and ftrs to trade Kar/Belo/Ukr.  Standard trading logic applys (2 inf + planes vs. 1 inf), however in trading Belo and Kar you can feel free to match inf for inf, so if you have to attack 2 inf, only bring in 2 and overload planes.  You do not want to bleed off too many inf and you do not want infantry out of place depending on where you plan to lurch first.  For example, a few too many infantry in Kar may hurt the potential to Lurch to Ukr and vice versa.  You aren’t likely to be able to Lurch anywhere for the first 3 rds, infact I’ll work under the assumption that G4 is your first potential chance to move out.  Side note:  If at any time in the first 3 rounds you can safely move to Kar/Belo/Ukr please do so, it may require an extra “build-up” turn later but you’ve denied Russia a trading zone.

Okay, so we’ve got our stack of Infanty in EE, a few Inf/Arm/Ftrs in WE, and our arm are done blitzing Afr and heading back to Egy/Trj while Russia has a stack in Wrus trying to prevent further German aggression.  How do we proceed?  First, find the path of least resistance.  I’ll go through each possible Lurch but you ultimately want to pick the easiest one or one that fits in with your Japanese strategy as well, and I’ll touch on that within each Lurch.  These are listed in no particular order and I’ll give pros and cons for each so you can decide.

EE to Kar

Here you are lurching from EE to Kar.  You are confident the Wrus stack cannot kill your stack, while you will still be able to tade Ukr with either Blk inf or EE reinforcements, while Belo can be handled from EE or your new Kar stack.

Pros:
You can cut off the other Allies from reinfocing Moscow.
You are now able to trade Arch and possibly Nor assuming that wouldn’t drain too many inf.
You maintain a threat on Wrus.

Cons:
You are vulnerable to both UK and US attacks as well as a Russian follow-up.
You only threaten a move to Wrus, so Cauc can potentially be lightly defended.
Russia could counter with a Ukr stack, so depending on your total forces in Kar (what you estimate could make it to Mos if you went to Arch)  you may be forced to back track a bit.

Japan:
Works well with a northern Japanese push via Bury to Eve or Novo or with Japan placing a major threat on Cauc via Per in an effort to split the Russian defense

EE to Belo

Here you are going to Belo first, and from there you can then expand to Kar, Ukr, or Wrus.  You also maintain the ability to trade both Kar and Ukr.

Pros:
It is typically the easiest lurch to make since it is only threatened from Wrus.  (UK/US can’t attack via amphibious)
You are still in position to Lurch to either Kar or Ukr.
You can maintain Kar as a deadzone, which can cut off Allied reinforcements to Mos or at the very least force them to land directly in Arch

Cons:
Time.  It is usually the easiest Lurch to make, particularly early on, but will usually require a turn or two of build up once you hold Belo.
you won’t be able to trade Arch and Nor is a lost cause.

Japan:
Works with any Japanese approach considering you haven’t committed yet as Germany.

EE to Ukr

Here you are going straight for the throat.  No time to waste up north and you aren’t worried about the UK/US quite yet.  You want Cauc or Wrus and you want them now!

Pros:
If done right, you’ll get Cauc or Wrus.
You can use your Afr forces to help squeeze Cauc.
You can use your Med Navy to help boost your move bring your SE units into play.
SE armor can immediately reach Ukr.
Japanese ftrs can boost defense from Fic (or the India Sz).

Cons:
Subject to a massive counter from Inf in both Wrus and Cauc.
Armor from Kaz/Per are also in range.
Nor and Arch are lost causes for trading and Kar may become a problem area since it would be extremely difficult to deadzone with only your EE reinforcements.

Japan:
Any approach will work but South and Central are extremely effective.  Some ftrs should always be stationed in the Fic/Ind region for added European defense.  You also have the ability for a nice 1-2 attack on Cauc with Germany doing the heavy lifting while Japan can swoop in and claim the IC.

Now that we’ve decided on the path of least resistance, you have to execute the Lurch.  You should have been buying mostly inf your first few turns along with a few armor, while blitzing Africa and waiting for Japan to get going and now its come time to make your move and start your expansion.  There’s a good chance you may have to trade WE at some point since the UK and US have the potential to each shuck 8 units to Europe.  You want to keep those units out of Russia so you can get Moscow to fall.  You will eventually need your armor in WE to move to EE as you lurch beyond Kar/Belo/Ukr and this makes WE expendable.  It is just too hard to try and defend all of Europe and threaten Moscow so you use your armor’s mobility and superior airforce to shift East and now Deadzone WE.  A typical Lurch movement may look like this:

Setup:
EE:  15 inf, 2 rt, 2 arm
Ger:  10 inf, 2 arm, 1 bom
WE:  8 inf, 8 arm, 4 ftrs, aa
SE:  2 inf

Ger buys 10 inf, 2 arm
After Lurch:

Belo:  15 inf, 2 rt, 4 arm
EE:  10 inf, 8 arm, aa
Ger:  15 inf, 2 arm, 4 ftrs, 1 bom
SE:  2 inf
WE: 1 inf
Blk: 2 inf

Now if you can hold WE with just the 8-10 inf + ftrs you can do so, but you have to get as much Inf and Armor East as possible.  But you also want to make sure the Allies aren’t going to be landing in Kar, so a little bait (like 1 inf) in WE can help the over all cause.  Assuming you do deadzone WE, the Allies shouldn’t be able to land a massive force considering the threat you can provide:  17 inf, 10 arm, 4 ftrs and at this point (round 5 or 6) the UK and US should not be able to throw a total of 16 units at you so you can trade WE with your SE inf and planes while still sending the rest of your infantry East.  The Allies may have the overall IPC lead or even army lead, but Russia’s army will not be more than Germany’s and once you add in Japan’s army it becomes problematic for the Allies.

Your next move should be coordinated with Japan.  As Germany sends its massive stack to Ukr (combine the EE and Belo stacks) and Africa corps to Per, Japan should move its stack to Kaz (Per + Chi) or Novo (Chi + Yak) while landing supporting aircraft in Europe if needed.  As much German armor as possible should remain in EE to maintain the threat on WE.  You shouldn’t move your armor out of range of WE until you can take and hold Wrus or Cauc.  Russia now has a huge decision to make which will likely cause them to vacate Wrus or Cauc since they should now be facing a German stack in Ukr as well as the prospects of a possible merger of a massive Japanese stack off the boarders of Mos/Cauc.  If Russia leaves Wrus, then Germany can stack that (with J ftr support) and once again deadzone Kar, meaning no Allied reinforcements and if the leave Cauc you gain an IC which gives you more freedom to defend WE or Kar with your Ger and EE units since you can place new units directly into Cauc.

At this point, with Germany holding Wrus or Cauc, your only concern is holding Berlin and making sure no Allied land units get to Mos, while you wait to make sure Japan has enough to finish off Moscow if Ger starts the attack.  If you’re looking for a Magic number to take out Russia’s stack you need Germany to have a 4:3 advatage in TUV and if you are planning a 1-2 attack you need Ger + Jap to have a 5:3 advantage.

Good Luck, and Happy Lurching!

Acht Siegstädte gegenüber neun Siegstädten und mehr

• Axis & Allies Revised

Eingestellt von newpaintbrush am 10. Juli 2007 – 20:01

Übersetzt von Ranor

Es gibt zwölf Siegstädte an der Zahl. Die Alliierten Siegstädte liegen in den Gebieten von Großbritanien, Indien, östliche Vereinigte Staaten, westliche Vereinigte Staaten, Russland und Karelien. Die Siegstädte der Achse liegen in den Gebieten von Deutschland, Westeuropa, Südeuropa, Japan, den Phillipinen und Kwangtung.
In einem Spiel um 8 Siegstädte oder weniger, sollte das Ziel der Achse darin bestehen schnell Karelien und Indien zu sichern und während dessen nicht die Kontrolle über eines der leicht angreifbaren Gebiete Westeuropa, Phillipinen oder Kwangtung zu verlieren. Wenn die Achse dieses Ziel erreichen kann, so kontrolliert sie 8 Siegstädte und gewinnt somit das Spiel. Das Ziel der Alliierten ist es natürlich, zu verhindern, dass die Achse diese 8 Siegstädte bekommt.

In einem Spiel um 9 oder mehr Siegstädte, sollte es der Plan der Alliierten sein die Übernahme einer alliierten Hauptstadt durch die Achse zu verhindern, während sie ihren ökonomischen und positionellen Vorteil nutzen sollten um das Spiel für sich zu sichern. Der Plan der Achse sollte es sein ihre Übermacht an Material, die sie zu Begin des Spiel besitzen, in einem Gebiet zu konzentrieren um eine alliierte Hauptstadt erobern zu können um so den positionellen Vorteil der Alliierten schnell zu nichte zu machen. Dies rührt daher, dass die Achse zwar schnell Indien und Karelien sichern kann, jedoch die 9. Siegstadt zu sichern problematisch für die Achse ist, dies erfordert entweder die Eroberung einer der alliierten Hauptstädte oder von den westlichen Vereinigten Staaten (was gleich schwierig ist).

Das Spiel um acht Siegstädte:

Nur wenige Panzer geben Deutschland schon früh im Spiel eine gute Kontrolle über Karelien und halten die Alliierten von einer Rückeroberung des Gebietes ab, bis sie ihre Flotten im Atlantik zum laufen gebracht haben. Mit ein paar Infanteristen kann Deutschland Westeuropa sicher halten. Ein unvorsichtiger Spieler Deutschlands kann Westeuropa verlieren, aber wenn der Deutschlandspieler ein bisschen vorsichtig ist, ist es so gut wie unmöglich für die Alliierten eines der von Deutschland kontrollierten Gebiete zu knacken. Falls der Deutsche also nicht grade einen wirklich gravierenden Fehler macht oder unglaublich schlechte Würfelergebnisse in seinem ersten Zug erhält, sollten sich die Alliierten auf einen KJF Plan konzentrieren.

Japan ist schwer zu knacken, aber die Phillipinen und Kwangtung sind es nicht, so abgeschnitten wie sie von einer einfachen Verstärkung sind. Noch schwerer wiegt, dass es schwierig für Japan ist Indien schon früh mit Macht anzugreifen. Wenn die Alliierten Indien früh entschlossen verteidigen, können die Vereinigten Staaten die Zeit bekommen eine Marineflotte aufzubauen um die Kontrolle über Kwangtung oder was eher wahrscheinlich ist die Phillipinen zu erlangen, wenn und falls Indien genommen wird.
Ein starker Angriff Japans auf Indien kann schon früh im Spiel vorkommen, besonders wenn Japan nicht Pearl Harbour angreift und stattdessen seine Luftflotte westwärts Richtung Indien schickt. Selbst dann, falls Russland schon im ersten Zug Einheiten Richtung Indien schickt, könne die Alliierten, zum Zeitpunkt wenn Japan bereit ist anzugreifen, eine starke Verteidigung aufstellen (in Verbindung mit britischen Jägern, die aus den Vereinigten Königreichen eingeflogen werden, einem Industriekomplex der in Indien aufgestellt wird um Einheiten zu produzieren und einem weiteren Industriekomplex in Siankiang der noch mehr Einheiten produziert um Japans Verstärkung von Indien abzuziehen, zusätzlich möglicherweise eingeflogene Jäger aus London oder der Pazifikflotte der Vereinigten Staaten).

Das Spiel um neun oder mehr Siegstädte:

Bei dieser Art Spiel geht es in Wirklichkeit mehr um absolute Weltherrschaft als Siegstädte. Der Umstand, dass Karelien und Indien Siegstädte enthalten hat fast keinerlei Auswirkung auf das Spiel. Was die Achse wirklich anstrebt ist es eines der folgenden Gebiete zu erobern und für mindestens eine Runde zu halten: westliche Vereinigte Staaten, östliche Vereinigte Staaten, Großbritannien oder Russland.
Wenn es Japan gelingt die westlichen Vereinigten Staaten zu erobern und für mindestens eine Runde zu halten, so sollte Japan über eine Produktion von mindestens 40 oder mehr verfügen und wird in der Lage sein 10 Einheiten pro Runde in den westlichen Vereinigten Staaten zu produzieren, dies nimmt effektiv die Vereinigten Staaten aus dem Spiel, jedoch ohne auch Japan zu neutralisieren. In einem Spiel um neun Siegstädte kann die Achse einfach fortfahren Karelien und Indien zu erobern und so gleich gewinnen. In einem Spiel um zehn Siegpunkte, kann die Achse Afrika übernehmen (ohne US Verstärkungen); falls Großbritannien viele Ressourcen nach Afrika umlenkt um Afrika zurückzuerobern, kann Deutschland den Druck auf Russland erhöhen, wenn Großbritannien keine Ressourcen nach Afrika umleitet haben Japan und Deutschland zusammen den ökonomischen Vorteil und sollten in der Lage sein Russland trotzdem zu überwinden.

Wenn Japan oder Deutschland die östlichen Vereinigten Staaten erobern können (fast ummöglich) und für mindestens eine Runde halten, sollte der riesige finanzielle Gewinn und die neu produzierten Einheiten zur Folge haben, dass die Vereinigten Staaten wahrscheinlich aus dem Spiel genommen sind – darüber hinaus wird die Achse über die IPCs von den Gebieten in der Vereinigten Staaten verfügen, was das Spiel für die Achse besiegeln sollte.
Wenn Deutschland es schafft Großbritannien (unwahrscheinlich aber möglich) zu erobern und für mindestens eine Runde zu halten, so wird Deutschland gezwungen sein für eine Weile einen Zweifrontenkrieg gegen Russland und die USA zu führen. Wie dem auch sei, mit London als Transporterhafen gegen Ostkanada und die östlichen Vereinigten Staaten, als Jägerstandort für den Atlantik und Japan welches die Alliierten vom Osten aus unter Druck setzt, sollte die Achse selbst wenn Deutschland bedrängt wird irgendwann den Sieg davon tragen.

Wenn es Deutschland und Japan gelingt Russland zu erobern und für eine Runde zu halten, so wird der ökonomische Gewinn meist klein sein, da sich die Alliierten wahrscheinlich langsam kämpfend nach Russland zurückgezogen haben werden. Jedoch sind die Alliierten erst einmal aus Europa vertrieben, kann die Achse all ihre Einheiten und Ressourcen umlenken um die Allierten von den Küsten zu vertreiben. Dies negiert den positionellen Vorteil der Alliierten, dass sie in der Lage sind beiden Achsenmächten einen Zweifrontenkrieg aufzuzwingen. In dem Moment wo beide Achsenmächte nur noch einen Einfrontenkrieg führen, und keine der Achsenmächte unmittelbar nach Russland fällt, hat die Achse den ökonomischen Vorteil, der es ihr erlauben sollte das Spiel zu gewinnen.

I was not saying I would actually do an SBR.  So far I’ve lost 100% of my bombers in 2008 on SBR missions.  (By contrast, I’ve only shot down like 3% of the ones SBRing me.)

What I was getting at was the potential.  Germany will have to take that into consideration every move, every non-combat move and every purchase.  “What if America SBRs me?  What if America AND England SBR me?  Can I recover my position?  Can I push forward, or should I hold back more units in reserve just in case so I don’t get over extended.”

Many of the people on this forum have failed to take into consideration the psychological effects of certain purchases and positions on the board.  While it’s true you run the risk of losing all 3 bombers on the SBR mission. (Roughly 0.4% but a chance) and while it’s almost certainly wiser to use them to hold Africa, hit Japanese unprotected Industrial Complexes, or threaten Japanese warships forcing them to be more cautious in their advance, that doesn’t mean Germany should discount the potential damage caused by these bombers, nor should America let her bombers just sit there without immediate plans for them if they cannot be used this round, then at least in the next round or the round right after.  (Otherwise, if you don’t think they’ll be useful in the next 3 rounds, go for the SBR because you can just save 5 IPC a round for those 3 rounds to rebuild the dang thing if you lose it and need a replacement.)

I’m thinking I should have read this sooner…. :-D

I usually don’t like IC’s for the UK early.  I think it becomes quite a task to defend and could even require the occassional Russian support.

I think Japan does one of two things

1 - They B-line for it and probably eventually take it.  Which even if this is rd 4,5, or 6 it is still a free IC and within a tanks distance of Cauc.

2 - They kind of ignore it and B-line Mos with the Center-North routes.  Yes Japan has to trade Fic but with 2 BB-shots UK is essentially just throwing away inf (or worse tanks) for nothing as Japan can still land inf on Fic (with BB-shots, air support) and Inf on Bury (which is quicker to Mos).  They’ll still get Aus and Nz in a few turns and now if Japan has a stack of troops in Sin/Yak poised to merge at Novo, what good is a stack of Allied troops in Ind (or even Fic)?

Now if you are thinking UK IC on Ind, US IC on Sin and a KJF strat (or contain/slow Japan strat) then it is probably a better play, but you have to be confident in your Russian game that you’ll be able to hold of the Germany onslaught for a good 5,6 turns, while the other two Allies set up the Asian defense and try and squeeze Japan.

Original article: Infantry Push Mechanic – Alive and Well or Dead and Buried?

Axis & Allies Revised Submitted by Gamer on July 10, 2007 - 20:11

original link: http://www.axisandallies.org/node/278

Italian Translation by Romulus

Infantry Push Mechanic – Viva e Vegeta o Morta e Sepolta?
Sottomesso da Gamer

Parliamo della frase che, per quanto io conosco, è stata coniata da Don Rae stesso. Cioè “Infantry Push Mechanic”. Di seguito c’è la definizione di Don Rae:

"INFANTRY PUSH MECHANIC Definizione:

Bisogna sempre comprare fanteria per i propri fronti terrestri prima di comprare tank (o caccia oppure bombardieri), prendere il tempo di sviluppare i propri fronti, portando come prima cosa al fronte la fanteria, rinforzarli con unita di attacco solo dopo aver stabilito un solido fronte (cioè uno che non sia in una Dead Zone - consultare l’articolo #4 di Don Rae per i dettagli). (Una Dead Zone è un territorio che può essere attaccato dal nemico con forze soverchianti che non possono essere sconfitte con le forze a disposizione neanche se si rinforza il territorio, ndt). Dopo aver stabilito un sufficiente presenza (difensiva) di fanteria, si possono comprare unità (di attacco) addizionali, come tank (o caccia o bombardieri) per soddisfare la propria situazione individuale, senza timore di sprecarle senza alcuna utilità o troppo velocemente sulle proprie linee del fronte. Questo concetto è indicato come “INFANTRY PUSH MECHANIC” nel resto dell’articolo.
Questo piano di acquisto è l’UNICO che funziona TUTTE le volte, non c’è altra possibilità di pianificare gli acquisti e di poter vincere al gioco frequentemente allo stesso tempo. Usando questo metodo di acquisto, si può risparmiare un sacco di tempo che andrebbe sprecato in tentativi e sforzi per provare strategie o approcci che semplicemente non funzionano, e si seguirà un strategia in cui l’attaccante non deve sperare nella fortuna per vincere. Adottando la strategia di comprare prima la fanteria, si potrà SEMPRE sopraffare qualsiasi giocatore che tenti di logorarvi con consistenti ondate di unità di attacco - i fattori economici ed il mero numero di unità mantenute al fronte permetterà di effettuare difesa e contrattacco con naturalezza, con forze soverchianti e con conseguenze positive sul VOSTRO gioco."

La metodologia Infantry Push Mechanic è viva e vegeta in Revised - in un senso molto limitato. In molti casi, le linee del fronte devono essere rinforzate con fanteria in modo consistente. La fanteria è ancora la carne da cannone più economica che possa essere comprata. Tuttavia, a differanza dall’edizione Classica, gli acquisti possono essere più variati perchè si hanno più opzioni in Revised. Con l’aggiunta delle unità di artiglieria si ha una maggiore flessibilità per le decisioni di acquisto. Consideriamo le seguenti opzioni per spendere 24 IPC nell’edizione Classica (solo unità terrestri), assumendo che si debba spendere quanto più è possibile dei 24 IPC:

8 fanterie
6 fanterie, 1 tank, risparmio di 1 IPC
4 fanterie, 2 tank, risparmio di 2 IPC
3 fanterie, 3 tank
1 fanteria, 4 tank, risparmio di 1 IPc

Guardiamo adesso alle possibilità di spesa per gli stessi 24 IPC in Revised:

8 fanterie
6 fanterie, 1 tank, risparmio di 1 IPC
6 fanterie, 1 artiglieria, risparmio di 2 IPC
5 fanterie, 1 artiglieria, 1 tank
4 fanterie, 2 tanks, risparmio di 2 IPC
4 fanterie, 3 artiglieria
3 fanterie, 3 tanks
2 fanterie, 4 artiglieria, risparmio di 2 IPC
1 fanterie, 4 artiglieria, 1 tank
1 fanterie, 4 tanks, risparmio di 1 IPC

Fondamentalmente, un giocatore ha il doppio delle opzioni di acquisto in Revised per 24 IPC rispetto a quelle che si hanno in Classic. A seconda della strategia impiegata, potrebbe essere conveniente comprare alcuni tank o artiglierie ogni turno, piuttosto che massimizzare l’acquisto di fanteria, in modo da incrementare la potenza di fuoco offensiva. L’artiglieria in particolare è un acquisto molto conveniente perchè costa solo 1 IPC in più ed incrementa la potenza di fuoco offensiva di una fanteria del 100% senza alcun costo addizionale. L’Asse non può ignorare la potenza di fuoco offensiva dei tank e delle artiglierie nei suoi acquisti perchè, in un certo senso, l’Asse è “a corto di tempo” e molto spesso deve giocare il ruolo di aggressore nel gioco. Giocatori esperti di Revised hanno un nome per acquisiti dell’Asse che riguardano solo la fanteria - viene indicato come “turtling” e di solito significa che l’Asse è in guai seri perchè la Germania non può più permettersi unità offensive.

Gli Alleati, per ragioni simili, vorranno considerare acquisti di unità offensive al più presto e non solo di fanteria. Per la Russia in particolare, comprare tank permette di creae delle Dead Zone a due territori di distanza dalla capitale, e questo è un fattore critico per tenere la Germania a bada. Se tutto ciò che la Russia acquista è solo fanteria, sarà molto facile per la Germania occupare l’Ucraina in anticipo perchè la Russia può produrre in Caucaso solo 4 fanterie. In effetti, il limite di produzione per i Complessi Industriali (IC) pari al valore in IPC del territorio è uno dei cambi nelle regole che ha realmente neutralizzato la Infantry Push Mechanic per molti scopi. La Russia non ha più l’opzione di comprare 8 fanterie e di ammassarle sul fronte come poteva fare con la Karelia nell’edizione classica. Così. per rendere efficienti le Dead Zone, l’acquisto di tank DEVE essere preso in considerazione in anticipo rispetto alla versione Classic.

C’è un altro esempio di questo. La Gran Bretagna è limitata alla produzione di 8 unità per turno in UK. Quindi, con un economia a 30 IPc, l’acquisto di 10 fanterie è semplicemente impossibile in Revised. Per cui, inevitabilmente, più unità offensive devono essere acquistate in Revised di quante se ne siano mai viste in Classic tra giocatori esperti.

Cosi addio Infantry Push Mechanic, finalmente!

@Ranor:

Here is a translation into german.

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It’s allready rather an older topic, but I’d translate subscribe with “abonnieren”, depending for what “subscribe” is used, but I guess it’s something like “subscribe to the newsletter”

Hmm ok, but that change in the UK starting setup impact the game significantly. In AA42 the only units that can reach the BB, trn and Russian sub on G1 are the Norway ftr, the Z8 sub and the bmr. This makes for a much more risky battle. Is it better to leave the BB alone then in AA42? I have been attacking them on G1 regularly, because the odds are in Germany’s favor to win that battle but Germany is screwed if the dice don’t go well. Same wth the Z13 cruiser, I could send 3 ftrs at it in a separate battle and I’ll most likely hit it in the first round but then there’s a 50/50 chance of losing a ftr…is either battle too risky in AA42 and should I just keep the UK navy alive?