@david-06
I am talking about respect, friendship, loyalty, gentlemenship, responsibility and genuine fun. You always win if you play with players under these reciprocal conditions. Alas I had some experience with backstabbers who actually are the worst players ethically and biggest losers figuratively regardless of the number of victory conditions. My definition of best is not in quantity but in quality. That is why I have recently reduced the number of people I wish to play with in the future. After a hard lesson. To me the best player is not about who wins the most games. It is about who can manage to keep a group together by comradeship instead of split them up over personal gain. Who is genuinely interested in who you are and does not fake being interested just to use you. Maybe this clarifies more what I mean? Or am I just old-fashioned?

@david-06

Hi All,

As one of the designers of version 3, I can say that we deliberately set the damage-cost ratio higher, because in game play with the stats you propose, you could just invest in rockets to empty the capital of your enemies before attacking with land units. Whipe out London before entering for example. I would prefer a cost of 3, or 4 which makes it worth the buy versus 3,5 average damage in regular attacks, BUT in your calculations you are not adding in, the worth of all your income being used almost immediately against an important enemy target like the capital at the front each turn. Being able to suddenly bring a lot of units to the front with your full income is risky for the game balance. So the price needs to be higher. Rockets are a way of giving that extra punch where you desperately need it for strategical or tactical reasons. Because you want to take a certain land zone at any cost or because a certain land zone should produce as little units as possible or targeting other infrastructure to have your opponent invest in repairs. Limiting the number of builds per turn is a wise way to go. That would open up for lowering the price.
A) too low a price could potentially break the game
B) too high a price makes the units useless.
Under the conditions of the last post I read on this issue, I would say use a price of 4 or 5 if you can buy an unlimited amount of rockets to avoid overpowering them. Go lower if you limit the number of purchases of rockets. Find a balance that does not over- or underpower rockets. Looking forward to new calculations involving the extra dimension of reaching the front/enemy capital faster with rockets. 6 IPP was not my first choice, but 1 IPP is a game breaker if not limited.
With regards,
DSbb
HBG Designer of GW1936v3

@insanehoshi
If they were not near deepwater ports or other naval facilities, where are those training camps of say US Marines located?

North Carolina, north Virginia and California happen to be coastal states. For marine training camps that is not a coincidence. It is quite hard to practice an amphibious assault in the middle of the desert or a forest or the Rocky Mountains. The balance between game play and historical accuracy is important. Ofcourse there may be exceptions for certain camps. Anyway I am not here to compile a complete and perfect rule for this. Just sharing an idea and people can use it how they want to. Take what you need.

@Chris_Henry
We all share a love for the game. And house ruling should be fun.

As a V3 designer take it from me you don’t need an airbase to intercept in the same land zone.

@hbg-gw-enthusiast
The continuation of recruitment rolls for CCP is a rule I enjoy so much. It hints to the later fears of Communism taking over the world with literally hordes of communists. As a major power CCP can attack outside of China. A true nightmare for the Allies and the Axis. We decided them to be able to run wild once they would become a major power, because the possibility of being wiped out by other factions especially at the start of the game is real. The stakes are always high. ️

@gen-manstein
We have seen people choose a capital near USA, but the downside is that it is far from the front. Close to Egypt would be handy, but there are still a lot of possibilities I have not seen played out yet. Some obviously not but pick any French land zone that suits your strategy best. It does not have to be in the French home country.

@noneshallpass
The shoreline is a border of a land zone as well

@trig said in Militia questions:

oneshallpass
A minor power’s home country is defined as all land zones contiguous with their capital.

Meant is:
A minor power’s home country is defined as all that minor power’s originally Possessed land zones contiguous with their capital.
That could be the most precise HBG definition.

@jkempi54
Units in land zones become Vichy if the land zone turns Vichy. Units in a land zone that turns FF turn FF.

Yes, no limitations by straits/canals. Ships seem French.

@nathan-greve
Tundra rules did not work… Well I was asked by Doug to do the V3 revisions of the expansions because the lead designer did not want to do it. He did not want to debate with other designers. So I said I wanted to do it but only if I could do it my way, because I had played almost all expansions in one game already seeing flaws. It would be a lot of work. Of the four Admiral editions I made, HBG only posted 1 (SCW) and made the markers. The projects ran to a halt because Doug was not participating actively in the marker making anymore and all expansions was reduced to those four because quantity over quality was the norm it seemed. And because I wanted quality expansions it took more time I guess than HBG wanted so they rushed most expansions into v3 without sufficiently working on quality in my view. So you may find that a lot of expansions have issues that need to be solved. The project I started abruptly ended when it was taken away from me in 2019. Anyway it is not my business and it is not my business anymore. I can only say that if you wish to use such expansions, prepare to house rule things to make it work better. Currently only one designer is working on v4 and this is a game that can not be improved by one designer alone. But he is also working on Global Europe and Global Pacific, future games and bigger versions of the AA Europe and Pacific map ideas. So where will the focus be with two more of such gigantic projects? I would rather play on a good map and improve the rules myself than buy new maps each x amount of years with more unfinished rules. So I hope Tundra house rules as suggested or adjusted will give more fun.
I wonder if and how HBG will solve the Tundra issue. But not going to wait for it. I will make a mental note to introduce the winter-summer tundra rule into my house rule version that is further developing.

@mike141500
Any nation can remain neutral if it is not attacked or does not attack first. And a declaration of war by another power is not a declaration of war by the power that is attacked. Even though it would attack the agressor, it is not considered to be aggression. If played badly, USSR could be in great troubles declaring war on all Axis powers by itself. But who knows, you might have a lucky day

@nathan-greve

House rule the game as I always do to make it more fun to play.

For Tundra/Ice make it ‘frozen’ in the winter turns. Meaning no movement in winter (Jan-June) turns, only summer (July-Dec) turns.

@insanehoshi
Standard move by USSR is take N Iran. S.Iran joins Germany if at war and Iraq then joins Germany as well. It is hard to then keep them as the German player but it happens.

Note: Rules I post are house rules for free use for the community. No need to give me credit if you use or share.

I wrote a house rule to include a simple rule for two historic ‘events’, that I liked to introduce in the game without the outcome imbalancing the game. Just for fun. Enjoy… or not

THE HAPPY TIMES

Happy Times events have to be announced verbally. The years are not part of the rules but mentioned for historical reference.

July 1940: The First Happy Time
As soon as Germany and/or Italy declare(s) war on the UK, the European Axis double the damage done to the UK convoy routes in the North Atlantic Ocean. This First Happy Time is an event that takes place once per game and encompasses 1 game turn (half a year in the game)

January 1942: The Second Happy Time (Operation Drumbeat)
As soon as Germany and/or Italy declare(s) war on the USA, the European Axis double the damage done to the US convoy route in the North Atlantic Ocean. This Second Happy Time is an event that takes place once per game and encompasses 1 game turn (half a year in the game)

@jkempi54
Units in land zones become Vichy if the land zone turns Vichy. Units in a land zone that turns FF turn FF.

Yes, no limitations by straits/canals. Ships seem French.

@trig said in Militia questions:

oneshallpass
A minor power’s home country is defined as all land zones contiguous with their capital.

Meant is:
A minor power’s home country is defined as all that minor power’s originally Possessed land zones contiguous with their capital.
That could be the most precise HBG definition.

@noneshallpass
The shoreline is a border of a land zone as well

@gen-manstein
That is optional for history buffs

@gen-manstein
We have seen people choose a capital near USA, but the downside is that it is far from the front. Close to Egypt would be handy, but there are still a lot of possibilities I have not seen played out yet. Some obviously not but pick any French land zone that suits your strategy best. It does not have to be in the French home country.