I’m still unclear on what the official rules regarding bombing and rockets are. From what I gather each die from a bomber is limited to the IPC value of the territory. So, with bombers the potential IPC damage is only limited by the number of bombers. However, rockets can only strike each industrial complex once, no matter from where they are firing. Is this correct?
Latest posts made by Alcibiades
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RE: An introduction and a question about Strat. bombing
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RE: Weapons Development
I jsut wanted to note that I was aware of the errata regarding rockets that limits the amount of times any given IC can be hit. This changes things a little, but rockets are still pretty solid with Germany, assuming a good roll. But I’ve never been big on WD in general, it’s too risky and additional units are too important.
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RE: Weapons Development
Rockets with Germany may be among the strogest WD there are. There is nothing inferior about hitting Russia/Caucasus with three rockets a turn when Russia will, most likey, be economically disadvantaged already. Test it. Give Germany rockets next time you play. When Russia only had 10 or 15 IPCs to spend every turn, you’ll see how powerful Rockets can be. If anything German rockets are too powerful…
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RE: No variety in A&A
I wholeheartedly disagree that there is no variety in A&AR. The element of of chance forces variety and adaptation. But that random element is not so overstated that it overrides the strategic element. This balance is, in my opinion what makes the game so interesting. I play with the same person all the time. Our games are always different, though my first move with Russia is always the same. The last game we played, my opponent rolled with three dice for rockets with Germany in the first turn and got them. This changed the game entirely. It changed the game so much that he ended up beating me for the first time since we purchaced the revised game. Also, his attack on Egypt failed which lead me to blunder by sacking India in order to develop Egypt with UK, something I would have never done had the German attack on Egypt been successful as is normal. These subtle contingencies can change the game entirely. The basic strategies of attempting to pressure Europe with the allies and Russia with the axis will indeed stay the same. But the methods by which the pressure is accomplished must changed as dictated by unexpected dice rolls. There is no way to ‘solve’ A&AR because there is no way to predict with certainty how any battle will be resolved. Transports can potentially take out battleships, enough said.