• Agree  :-)


  • @Imperious:

    For invasions I prefer combat modifyers to unit limits:

    +1 to defenders in mountains
    +1 to defenders against amphibious assault
    (cumulative)

    ++++This is already the case in AARHE

    Exactly. We have AARHE amphibious assault rules. Coastal bombardment effectiveness reduced. Attacking tanks and artillery fight from second combat cycle and only if attacker survives first combat cycle. Defending artillery fires in opening fire on first cycle.
    Mountainous/snowy gives +1 defense.
    You already need an overwhelming force to invade Norway.

    @Imperious:

    This ought to make Norway a tough enough nut to crack even when defended by just infantry. But attack by overwhelming force should be able to carry any invasion through.

    ++++ if you add the modifiers and limited invasion possibilities … then this is what you get.

    No if you limit invasion possiblities then overwhelming force can’t happen.
    So I am still against limiting mountainous amphibious assault to 2 units per sea zone.

    As for the passes, if the geography calls for it that thats fine. Probably between 3-5 units depending on which pass though. IMO an AARHE round is 6 months, turn is 3 months.

    @Imperious:

    ++++ I don’t see any rules regarding the Sahara Tekkyy. Can you post them?

    Yeah we didn’t have (and shouldn’t have in the future) special rules for Sahara.
    Just rules for desert terrain.

    In addition to what you posted, you also pay upkeep for staying in the desert. Combine with the fact you can’t blitz thru it its already costly to invade sahara.
    Oh and we now need to modifier it to 1 unit free or something cos China has to defend Inner Mongolia with at least 1 unit I guess.


  • As for Sahara if you have no rules about it.  My suggestion remove it.  I always thought it to be silly to have it on the map.


  • It serves the purpose to depriving conquest to occur unless its along the coast line. In the war nobody went thru it because it turns into that Humphrey Bogart movie called “Sahara” I watch it regularly. A few guys can block a brigade if they control the water holes.

    Best line from the movie:

    “I’m not risking my men for a big pile of spaghetti”– referring to the Italian prisoner they considered picking up.

  • Customizer

    @tekkyy <br:< small=“”>> That’s my point.  Even with D-Day, only an overwhelming force concentrated on the invasion area managed to gain a foothold.  Even then if they’d had the courage to wake Hitler he might have scuppered the invasion by sending in more armour.

    So make it difficult for invaders by sea with combat adjustments, not by limiting numbers.</br:<>


  • http://www.mediafire.com/?cwkgy2dhlwh

    http://www.mediafire.com/upload_complete.php?id=0mbnboe6g2i

    heres a random page of the new ruleset. I have 11 pages done. I have no idea why they add up to 307 MB!!

    so heres one 27 MB page.


  • @Imperious:

    http://www.mediafire.com/?cwkgy2dhlwh

    http://www.mediafire.com/upload_complete.php?id=0mbnboe6g2i

    heres a random page of the new ruleset. I have 11 pages done. I have no idea why they add up to 307 MB!!

    so heres one 27 MB page.

    This an exciting project - the map is stunning. Avalon Hill should take note!!!


  • thats old. we have that nearly completed by now. see tekkyy


  • Ok warp up on the 1939 scenario.

    Map
    Tornoto, Cape Town and Honululu position needs touch up.

    Setup
    Will you post the latest illustrator file and add setup icons?

    Judging from the last file you have setup icons ~2007-10-02…
    Spain and Turkey had no army.
    And IC everywhere.

    Rules
    So I gave the 1939 rules back to you.
    Have you made a final pass yet?


  • Map
    Toronto, Cape Town and Honolulu position needs touch up.

    +++++ i don’t know how far off my Honolulu is but it cant be more than 1 MM, because its a small island. ill check them

    Setup
    Will you post the latest illustrator file and add setup icons?

    ====== no thats why i made real set up sheets…i do have a nice file of free icons made by triple A people. perhaps you can add them in if you want a quick set up sheet. That last “set up sheet with icons” was a general idea that i used to begin the process of the set up. check out my set ups.

    Judging from the last file you have setup icons ~2007-10-02…
    Spain and Turkey had no army.
    And IC everywhere.

    ===== that was just a preliminary thing. nothing final

    Rules
    So I gave the 1939 rules back to you.
    Have you made a final pass yet?

    ======== i got them,i looked at them but no carefully. I would consider them done except not final until the setup is proofed.


  • Map
    Was Benelux around in 1939?

    VC
    Honululu is not on the main island :lol:
    Google maps showing location
    http://img518.imageshack.us/my.php?image=honoluluds3.png

    Setup
    Setups…so how we are we doing this?
    Since 2007-10-02 information is too preliminary,
    you should to post something new (map form or table form) so I can comment.
    Only thing so far is to get rid all those new ICs. Tibet? Honolulu?  :wink:

    Neutral
    I feel neutral army in 1939 should be slightly reduced from 1942 level.

    1942 Spain (4 IPC): 5 x infantry + artillery + tank + plane
    1942 Turkey (3 IPC): 4 x infantry + artillery + tank
    1942 Sweden (2 IPC): 3 x infantry + artillery


  • Map
    Was Benelux around in 1939?

    ++++++++++++ i cant have Belgium and Holland. they are too small. Benelux is fine.

    VC
    Honululu is not on the main island cheesy
    Google maps showing location
    http://img518.imageshack.us/my.php?image=honoluluds3.png

    =========== yes right. I should know because i have been to Honolulu twice. its the second island, with the other called “the big island”

    Setup
    Setups…so how we are we doing this?
    Since 2007-10-02 information is too preliminary,
    you should to post something new (map form or table form) so I can comment.
    Only thing so far is to get rid all those new ICs. Tibet? Honolulu?  wink

    ===============throw that away… use the ones i posted for 1939.I am not making NEW ones

    Neutral
    I feel neutral army in 1939 should be slightly reduced from 1942 level.

    1942 Spain (4 IPC): 5 x infantry + artillery + tank + plane
    1942 Turkey (3 IPC): 4 x infantry + artillery + tank
    1942 Sweden (2 IPC): 3 x infantry + artillery

    +++++ then it complicates the game and adds nothing. What is the difference in a couple of units?

    Otherwise people would attack on the last turn before the ‘extras’ show up to avoid dealing with them latter.

    what do you propose?

    BTW spain should have fleet units: destroyer and transport

    Turkey should have a destroyer too.


  • actually spain had a destroyer and transport… its fine

    heres the file with setups ( i ones i keep harping on but seem elusive.)

    and no i don’t want to figure out why some pages print before others. I am basically fed up with that. If you can fix it then fine. People can always sort them out in whatever order they prefer.

    i will edit the map again.

    link:
    http://www.mediafire.com/?6eazimb322j
    http://www.mediafire.com/upload_complete.php?id=tjyx1umovbx

    don’t ask why it comes out “america set up” It does not matter, except that its got the information and its correct.

    also Generals come out as 90 MB WTF!. I don’t understand whats this bullcrap, but its always something. (0 MB is like 3 times the amount as the freeking map and yet it takes 2 seconds to save, while the map takes 3 minutes to save each time.

    freeking aggravating to say the least.



  • i cant have Belgium and Holland. they are too small. Benelux is fine.

    In that case you should just call it by its region name. “Low”.
    Being “historical edition” and all…people are gonna bring these things up. :wink:

    Otherwise people would attack on the last turn before the ‘extras’ show up to avoid dealing with them latter.

    Yeah I guess. As long as Spain and Turkey had no major mobilization between 1939 and 1942 thats fine.

    Turkey should have a destroyer too.

    Ok I’ll add it to the rules file and the OOB map.

    heres the file with setups ( i ones i keep harping on but seem elusive.)

    http://www.mediafire.com/?6eazimb322j

    Ok good Honululu, South Africa and Australia IC gone.
    India IC remains though?

    Yes its elusive in table format. Will see it better on a map.

    USSR: 3 new ICs (Karelia, Ukraine and Kazakh), is that fine? Is that really a transport (rather than submarine) at SZ 4?
    Germany: Its interesting units are spread between East/West German yet income is all in East Germany.
    US: IC and units are in “Western United States” while Los Angeles is in an empty “Southwest USA”.
    Units: SPA artillery row isn’t actually used.
    France: Can Germany actually take France?

    Oh and the PDFs are editable in illustrator. So we can remove the “1.3” bit.

    generals in PDF

    Yeah these are much higher resolution. Much clearer.


  • Yes its elusive in table format. Will see it better on a map.

    USSR: 3 new ICs (Karelia, Ukraine and Kazakh), is that fine?

    ===yes

    Is that really a transport (rather than submarine) at SZ 4?

    ====yes soviets didn’t have enough subs in 1939 to be represented, however they of course had a merchant fleet, so it may allow for limited invasions on neutrals, or latter as convoy ships. IN Milton Bradley edition they had a transport.

    Germany: Its interesting units are spread between East/West German yet income is all in East Germany.

    ====== again that dotted line is not a movement boundary but a control boundary to allow co-habitation of opposing forces and purposes of victory. For the German player this “line” is not a separate territory. The same goes for Poland where Germans and Russians share the territory. If one side takes Poland it counts as one territory for movement. But when Germany attacks Russia in east Poland its separate.

    its that simple.

    US: IC and units are in “Western United States” while Los Angeles is in an empty “Southwest USA”.

    ====Yes that has to be changed because i added latter USA territories. I leave it up to you to make adjustments, but they will be minor.

    Units: SPA artillery row isn’t actually used.

    ==== not made in 1939 because Germans first used them against Soviets, because it was the first time they met armor that had anything to it. The frogs had garbage as well as the rest. But its not a technology.

    France: Can Germany actually take France?

    ======== Yes indeed. German income and air units will trump France, On turn 1 Germany can take out Poland and Norway and Benelux easily. On turn 2 everything attacks france and they got a third turn to try it if it does not go well.

    by turn 4 they should be into Africa and Yugoslavia, Greece etc…

    perhaps do a test. with the dice using the setup for 1939 and potential German conquests.


  • USSR: 3 new ICs (Karelia, Ukraine and Kazakh), is that fine?
    ===yes

    What about India IC?

    again that dotted line is not a movement boundary but a control boundary to allow co-habitation of opposing forces and purposes of victory. For the German player this “line” is not a separate territory. The same goes for Poland where Germans and Russians share the territory. If one side takes Poland it counts as one territory for movement. But when Germany attacks Russia in east Poland its separate
    its that simple.

    Yeah its sort of simple. But have to define funny bits.
    You kind of sorted out movement. Now you have to define combat.

    Does both sides defend together? optional or must?
    German defenders could retreat/wtihdraw and occupy one side?

    Units: SPA artillery row isn’t actually used.

    ==== not made in 1939 because Germans first used them against Soviets, because it was the first time they met armor that had anything to it. The frogs had garbage as well as the rest. But its not a technology.

    Seems complex.
    You have to explain it to me.

    Heavy Tank vs. Elite Armor
    Heavy Artillery vs. Self-Propelled Artillery
    Unit vs. Tech
    1942 vs. 1939


  • Quote
    USSR: 3 new ICs (Karelia, Ukraine and Kazakh), is that fine?
    ===yes
    What about India IC?

    ==== not for 39. plus it would give Brits ability to get too much in Africa to counter Italy. However they should have a factory in Canada (eastern)

    Quote
    again that dotted line is not a movement boundary but a control boundary to allow co-habitation of opposing forces and purposes of victory. For the German player this “line” is not a separate territory. The same goes for Poland where Germans and Russians share the territory. If one side takes Poland it counts as one territory for movement. But when Germany attacks Russia in east Poland its separate
    its that simple.

    Yeah its sort of simple. But have to define funny bits.
    You kind of sorted out movement. Now you have to define combat.

    =========On combat Germans defend as one territory.They can retreat to either side and still keep the IPC. Then the enemy will eventually occupy the other half and the final dance begins. thats it.

    Yes they can occupy either side as long as Germans control all of Germany it does not require separate movement and combat. Note: all of Germany does not have anything to do with southern Germany.

    check the NA on Bavaria for any inconsistencies.

    Quote
    Units: SPA artillery row isn’t actually used.

    ==== not made in 1939 because Germans first used them against Soviets, because it was the first time they met armor that had anything to it. The frogs had garbage as well as the rest. But its not a technology.

    Seems complex.
    You have to explain it to me.

    ======= ?? SPA were used to pierce heavy plated armor and french didn’t have any. Germany and Soviets needed mobile artillery platforms to address the fluid combat conditions, armor divisions had complete BN’s of these. At Kursk it was the featured weapon ( Elephant) and the operation Citadel was postponed only to get a few more brigades on line for these

    Heavy Tank vs. Elite Armor

    ==== KV1 and Tiger Tanks/ SS Panzer Grenadiers/ Shock armies/Guard Armor

    Heavy Artillery vs. Self-Propelled Artillery

    ======== non-mobile, slow / built on tank chassis (used in armor combat, also considered Katyuskas and rocket artillery


  • ==== not for 39. plus it would give Brits ability to get too much in Africa to counter Italy. However they should have a factory in Canada (eastern)

    Ok you’ll just remember to get rid of India IC next time you edit the table or map.

    On combat Germans defend as one territory.They can retreat to either side and still keep the IPC. Then the enemy will eventually occupy the other half and the final dance begins. thats it.

    Ok put all that in the file. Remember you’re handling the 1939 rule + map.

    Heavy Tank vs. Elite Armor
    ==== KV1 and Tiger Tanks/ SS Panzer Grenadiers/ Shock armies/Guard Armor

    Sorry didn’t mean that.
    I mean like you made some special thing about 1939 scenario not using the techs or units or you changed the name of the tech/unit…

    Main rules file no longer explains these exceptions and you’ll have to make a note in the 1939 rules file.
    The main rules file has “heavy tank” and “SPA” as names for both the tech and the optional units.
    Do you want me to change SPA back to “Heavy artillery” in the main rules file?


  • Sorry didn’t mean that.
    I mean like you made some special thing about 1939 scenario not using the techs or units or you changed the name of the tech/unit…

    ==== huh? no i didn’t do anything of the sort.

    Main rules file no longer explains these exceptions and you’ll have to make a note in the 1939 rules file.
    The main rules file has “heavy tank” and “SPA” as names for both the tech and the optional units.
    Do you want me to change SPA back to “Heavy artillery” in the main rules file?

    === SPA and heavy artillery are basically both into one unit. For the Japanese, Italian and British its H Artillery.

    Heavy tank is another thing altogether.

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