I read in someone’s house rules, it may have been IL’s or may be posted on the house rules of this website. They were as follows: You place each of the six tech rolls on a graph, three hits per tech are required to achieve the tech. (if there are 12 techs, i guess you roll twice and evens put you in the first column, odds in the second, or something to that effect). Then each nation rolls a die at the beginning of its turn and for the tech hit, it progesses the research bar one block. Then you can modify this by having some nations start with one block on certain techs, such as US starts with block one completed on heavy bombers or long range aircraft, england on radar, germany on super subs, rockets, etc. I’ve never played this way but it sounds like a fun way to implement tech.
Posts made by brettstarr4
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RE: Let's Talk About Tech, Baby!
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RE: Interesting Post by Larry Harris
Sounds like Algeria or whatever territory is farthest west in Africa is still only 2 spaces away from Eastern US. I was thinking there might be a third sea zone in there which would require another set of transports.
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RE: Global Map View
Seven, you do realize th US is only getting 3 right?
Who are you talking to? The US has 3 what? Territories?
The US has 5 territories with Alaska and Hawaii. And Canada is a bigger country than the US. Unless, you are saying that Hawaii and Alaska weren’t states in 1940, then yes, the US gets 3 territories. But there isn’t any actoin in the US so you don’t need that many territories. Plus, if you conquer the Eastern or WEstern US the game should probably be over, so I don’t think the allies need America to have more spaces.
Canada does not deserve 7 territories though, if that’s what you are saying. The USSR was about twice Canada’s size in 1940, but has 4x the territories. However I don’t expect enough action in Canada to justify 7 territories. Unless they’re expecting an invasion of Canada nad want to make the US struggle to defend all the territories from invasion.
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RE: French figures–-less than what a normal power would get?
I would hope the French get just as many pieces as ANZAC, or more. I don’t think they should get a really small number of pieces because the creators assume Germany attacks France on the first turn. Not everyone plays as competitively as some of those in the extreme. We might like to goof off and attack Russia first or attempt Operation Sea Lion. Or we’d like to leave France alive to see what they could’ve done if Germany had tried a Reverse Sheifflin plan. The game creators shouldn’t pigeonhole a player into his strategy by jipping us on pieces, or operate on assumptions that everyone wants to play according to what happened in WWII.
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RE: Re: Permanent?
@UN:
And yeah, their technology did suck; I once heard that a bullet from a pistol would punch through the armor of an WWII Italian tank. Not sure if it’s true, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was.
The Japanese were quite similar. It was like their tanks were made of bamboo or something. Not very well protectd. Then again, they did not need tanks the way everyone else did…
Does anyone know how many gears an Italian tank has?
5… 4 speeds in Reverse and 1 Drive, incase the enemay attacks from behind.
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RE: Re: Permanent?
@UN:
And yeah, their technology did suck; I once heard that a bullet from a pistol would punch through the armor of an WWII Italian tank. Not sure if it’s true, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was.
The Japanese were quite similar. It was like their tanks were made of bamboo or something. Not very well protectd. Then again, they did not need tanks the way everyone else did…
Does anyone know how many gears an Italian tank has?
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RE: Global Map View
OK, here’s US in the middle, based on these poor maps it doesn’t look good.
That looks pretty cool. Thanks. I’m sure we’ll all give it a try eventually.
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RE: Global Map View
Ok the good aa50 that all of us knows. America doesn’t line up in it and no one complains.
Because thats only one board. Some of us want America to line up so we could play with America as the center of the board. Yes, we could still do it even if they don’t line up, but we want them to for aesthetic reasons.
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RE: Global Map View
2. They don’t need to line up the americas, since only an idiot would split it through Japan, India, or Germnay/Italy
They need line up America fors 2 reasons: first is aesthetics; second, and more important, is that you can travel from WUSA to CUSA or from WCan to central Canada or from West Mexico to East Mexico or from a sz to other sz. You need line up America for that
I agree. The Americas should line up for aesthetic reasons. But also because playing with the Americas lined up has probably occurred to all of us, and if we played enough games, I think we’d all try it eventually.
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RE: What will happen to AA50
Yes, G stands for global.
And yes, classic is usually interpret to imply a quality, and quality is more expensive. That’s also why I don’t own AA50, only AA Revised.
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RE: What will happen to AA50
I agree… I love AA. I don’t own AA50, but I’m afraid these rules might have gotten too complicated for me. And 9 turns will take a lot. I like that AA is more complicated than Risk, for instance. Once you play AA you can’t play Risk again. But I think that AAG will be so complicated and long that the other games will provide a good change of pace. And they might be necessary starter kits for new AA playesr. AA50 sounds like the classic, and will stay that way.
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RE: Do not forget narvik, Other points hat should be held
I thought I heard Scotland was going to be a territory, but from the pic posted on this site it doesn’t look like Scotland got represneted either. Scotland, historically, was where the French and Spanish troops would launch invasions against England. There, or landing in Ireland to rally the Catholics, then sweep through Scotland to grab some more Catholics. Scotland should be represented, France is 3 territories, Germany too why are England and Japan only 1?
We’re in WW2, not pre-1707.
There are 2 territories in Great Britain: there are 2 roundels(look at the space between Scotland and Northern Ireland
hahaha, I know what year we’re in, I want Scotland represented, but just for an extra territory, not for that reason. so Scotland is represented?
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RE: Do not forget narvik, Other points hat should be held
I thought I heard Scotland was going to be a territory, but from the pic posted on this site it doesn’t look like Scotland got represneted either. Scotland, historically, was where the French and Spanish troops would launch invasions against England. There, or landing in Ireland to rally the Catholics, then sweep through Scotland to grab some more Catholics. Scotland should be represented, France is 3 territories, Germany too why are England and Japan only 1?
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RE: German strategy for the world game
I just had a great idea!!! Passing through straights should be like anti-aircraft guns are to planes. You should be able to pass through, but as long as an enemy has an opposing unit on the territory he should get to roll for a 1 and you take a hit for every 1 rolled!! This would be more militarily/historically accurate than simply closing a straight.
Except to subs I guess. But then again, why would the straights be closed to subs anyway if they can theoretically move under opponents without trigger combat anyway. Maybe they have to surface to get through a straight though, to be accurate, since straights aren’t that deep, I don’t think.
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RE: German strategy for the world game
In anniversary, Gibraltar is accessible from the Atlantic
It should not be so, because Gibraltar is not bordering the Atlantic in real world: it’s Tarifa, another Spanish city, the one bordering both Mediterranean and Atlantic. Gibraltar (and Hong Kong) has a gargantuesque size in AA50
So that stuff can fit there
Honk Kong could be justified given its economic importance in China. Gibraltar is strategically important. Both deserve to be recognized in AA.
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RE: German strategy for the world game
In anniversary, Gibraltar is accessible from the Atlantic
It should not be so, because Gibraltar is not bordering the Atlantic in real world: it’s Tarifa, another Spanish city, the one bordering both Mediterranean and Atlantic. Gibraltar (and Hong Kong) has a gargantuesque size in AA50
Gibraltar is a territory, not a city. It is the entire peninsula.
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RE: German strategy for the world game
Yes, Britain owns Gibraltar, but Germany or Italy will own it before Britain or America are in a position to take it back. Before Britain or America are capable of takign it back, I think the Germans have Spain or the Med secured enough to ensure Gibraltar switches sides every turn. If the allies are trying to swap Gibraltar back and forth every time, they are probably wasting troops more needed elsewhere. If the Axis loose Gibraltar, they would have to be losing badly elsewhere, because securing the Med will be very important in Italy’s holding Africa.
In anniversary, Gibraltar is accessible from the Atlantic. It seems to be the case here as well. Additionally, transports from EUS can reach Gibraltar in 1 turn. Britain goes before Italy and Germnay has no units in the Med
It doesn’t matter. I don’t see how Gibraltar closing the Med can help the Allies. I have never played an edition of teh game where that was the case. I own AA Revised and I don’t think that sthe case on there. This is an advantage for the Axis player, you have to see that. That’s all I’m saying.
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RE: German strategy for the world game
Gibraltar is the territory that is the peninsula that extends from the Southern tip of Spain. It is the point where the Iberian peninsula is closest to Africa.
I think adding all these straights and canals just slows the free movement of the game. It will block of segments of the board. The capability to invade neutrals was supposed to open the board up I thought, but it appears the naval movement is going the opposite direction now. Lots of straights and other small bodies of water would be hard to sail through if you were an opposing force. Like, couldn’t we say if the Allies own N. France and England, Germany can’t pass through the channel? Or If America owns Eastern US and Cuba you can’t pass into the Gulf? These are small and nearly impassable bodies of water when owned by enemies, but I think that the game should open up movement for naval forces besides the 2 canals - Suez and Panama.
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RE: German strategy for the world game
Yes, Britain owns Gibraltar, but Germany or Italy will own it before Britain or America are in a position to take it back. Before Britain or America are capable of takign it back, I think the Germans have Spain or the Med secured enough to ensure Gibraltar switches sides every turn. If the allies are trying to swap Gibraltar back and forth every time, they are probably wasting troops more needed elsewhere. If the Axis loose Gibraltar, they would have to be losing badly elsewhere, because securing the Med will be very important in Italy’s holding Africa.