The confusion seems to be in you’re holding back naval ships for naval bombardment. The advantage about scrambling planes is that it forces the attacker to commit all their naval ships regardless if they want to or not. That’s why it is sometimes wise to scramble in a losing battle if the enemy is relying on bombardment for victory. The easiest situation would be when Japan invades the Philippine islands. If Japan was so aggressive that all they brought was two infantry with two cruisers as example. I would scramble the fighter in that situation because while I will lose the sea battle, if you choose to invade the island after the battle, you’re doing it without naval support which gives my defending infantry a better chance at winning.

If ANZAC can afford to pull this off, then this shows that Japan is not putting pressure on ANZAC like it should be. The issue with ANZAC is that it is forced to play a defensive role for someone. ANZAC can make some offensive moves in early game if Japan doesn’t J1 on US. It’s navy supports the US fleet, it’s air power is supporting UK or USSR, and it’s land forces are defending the homeland. If ANZAC is able to afford bombers and carriers, either the Allies are in a major win swing or Japan ain’t doing its job.

@Aaron_the_Warmonger I don’t know exactly the long term goal in Italian hands. The only conclusion I can come up with is to give Italy more of a northern Can Opening attack as well as give Italy more money for longer term play. Again, I find this foolish since it serves great use for Germany anyways. It’s been talked about, as said before, I’ve never seen it done and I have no plans to do it if I am ever Axis. I can see Bulgaria going Italian but not Finland.

@taamvan I personally think that 1940 simply wasn’t play tested correctly or not play tested enough. It really bugs the crap out of me that Germany has a 100% win over USSR thus forcing USSR to get help from the Allies or hope that Germany plays dumb. Point being is that the bid allows some flex ability for USSR. It helps even more when the bid is directly put into USSR which I’ve done in my last two games as the Allies. Only then can USSR flex some muscle.

The goal isn’t balance, it’s to add more realism.

For those who were there at Wizards, I notice a strategic move that is not going to be favorable but ideal for this. I didn’t do this on my game because I was thinking too much like an AnA player and not enough like a zombie. I wasn’t able to march on Moscow as Germany due to a wall of zombies in my way so I should of done this: just intentionally send infantry to their deaths against USSR just to make zombies and force Stalin to deal with the issue. I think this is going to be the move of all players that want to break stalemates on borders. Thoughts?

I can’t remember the numbers but I as China beat Japan with a 30% chance of win. Japan launched an attack against my Chinese stack of infantry and the Tiger with Japan being equip with infantry, artillery, tanks, fighters, and tactical bomber. Don’t get me wrong, my stack was thinned but I manage to protect the Tiger.

@Faramir The objective is not necessarily to get France to survive, it’s to get France away from a script so the player has some freedom.

Yeah I can’t wait. I pitched the War of 41! and they changed some things about it but it got in none the less.

Now as for the worst defeat I’ve ever had. I launched an attack against Germany with USSR with a 80% and had to retreat because it was getting embarrassing. I was angry as hell but some times the Dice just piss all over you. I’ve never seen so many 6’s that battle.

@Chris_Henry I had a game where Italy forgot it was at war with Ethiopia and Ethiopia managed to recruit for a few turns.

@Chris_Henry Yeah and you might be back lash as Lithuania is the only Baltic Nation that has income.

@Chris_Henry Yep that’s the point however it’s risky as well to do it as USSR as you only start with $8 dollars and if you’re Lend-Leasing to both Ethiopia and Republican Spain, you’re not building for yourself.

@Chris_Henry Yeah there is a lot of in game rules that allow you some freedom if you know what to do. I want to point out that Lithuania doesn’t touch Soviet territory however if you play with the diplomacy expansion, it treats the Baltic States as one nation and until the Soviet-German Pact, it also treats the Baltic States as one nation so I am making the assumption that Lithuania doesn’t count under V3 requirements but you might find some player who would argue against this.

@ABWorsham4 I’ve almost abandon G40 for HBG 1936 and they made Canada it’s own power in an expansion so I am fine.

@Chris_Henry The non aggression pact negates is to reflect the real life situation where the Allies magically ignored USSR invading Poland even though it would allow the Allies to do so in real life since they declared Polish freedom from foreign invasions. Second, The Baltic States are treated as one nation when it comes to political influence. I’m not sure why this is but it is.

Yeah you should only Lend Lease if you have the dominate influence against Turkey.

@MAX1313 If Paris is liberated by the Allies, V2 states that Vichy France falls and all their territories join France automatically, then you have to roll for the loyalty of their navy if they have any.

@Chris_Henry I’ve Lend Lease to Ethiopia as USSR and I can tell you if you can get Ethiopia to win which I’ve seen once so far. It really screws over Italian land invasions at the start of WWII.

@Chris_Henry Exactly, it doesn’t work because the game wasn’t built around that concept. I would love to see some one try this.