What about the NOs? I am only playing with +30 to USA when at war. It plays well.
Are the Axis powers grabbing so many NOs early that it shifts the balance too quickly? I don’t hate the NOs in the game but I have always felt they should not have such a large part In the game.
Posts made by Flying Tiger
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RE: Are Allies doomed from the outset on G40 map?
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RE: Are Allies doomed from the outset on G40 map?
I am a bit confused. Germany and Italy seem to be crushing Russia from what I can gather from this thread. The axis players are bypassing Africa and leaving the $ to uk Europe. What is the UKeurope doing this whole time? Are they not landing troops in Normandy? Are they just shuffling fighter planes to Moscow? A western front relieves more pressure off of Russia than fighters in Moscow. If the German Air Force is bogging down the uk navy doesn’t that mean less $ being spent towards the eastern front? So what IS UKeurope doing?
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RE: Global 2nd edition Q+A ( AAG40.2)
@Flying:
If uk captures west Germany does the IC stay a major or is it converted to a minor?
All major IC’s are always reduced to minor when captured by the other side.
Off the top of your head do you know what page that is in the book?
Edit: found it page 20
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RE: Global 2nd edition Q+A ( AAG40.2)
If uk captures west Germany does the IC stay a major or is it converted to a minor?
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RE: Mechinized infantry ugly
On behalf of the community, we all agree with you. Buy new and better Mechs from HBG. See attached pic
Yes, I immediately checked out hbg for them. Probably will be buying them soon. It’s too bad we couldn’t get better quality for our money from wotc
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Mechinized infantry ugly
Got my 2nd edition global 1940 games yesterday. All units look great except the mech infantry. The tops of the uk and Anzac have no detail. They look like a melted piece of plastic from above. The sides look nice though. Also what is with the huge Italian mech piece? It’s like 2 times the size of the US mech inf. not good. I will still have fun regardless
Looking at the Italian mech again not as big as I thought but still think it should be a bit smaller or USA mech should be bit bigger
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RE: German bomber strategy - How to play and How to counter
My first thought to counter this would be to match each bomber buy with a purchase of 4 infantry. Germany buys 3 bombers, you buy a minimum of 12 infantry. Haven’t played against this but will try it as Germany next game :evil:
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RE: Rules question
Ok now something else similar has come up. I have 2 loaded cv and 4 loaded transports ready to attack Japan. Japan has 2 subs sitting there. How does this playout?
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Rules question
Usa attacks Japan with a CV, fighter and tactical bomber.
Japan has a sub, destroyer and 3 transports.First round- Japan loses only the destroyer and USA loses nothing.
What happens at this point?
CV and planes cannot hit the sub.
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Trimmed down national objectives
I have 1st edition set and have been wanting to try 2nd edition rules. We play with none of the NOs except +30 to USA if at war. Works well for us. We used NOs for awhile and everyone got tired of tracking them. The 2nd edition NOs are very numerous too. I was thinking of trimming down NOs to 2 per country and maybe just 1 for china Anzac France India. For example USA….+20 for east central west USA, +10 Alaska and hawaii. Has anyone trimmed down the NOs?
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RE: ICs on islands.
In my games no majors are allowed to be built but you can upgrade an original minor to a major. IMO this is more realistic.
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RE: Balancing OOB Global
My main issue with OOB is the inability to hinder the US income in most any plausible scenario which becomes a factor when USA enters the war.
Giving any significant bid to the Axis would tip the scales too quickly in the early game, and allow them to rush Russia (for example) too fast.I play mostly OOB as well, simply because the Alpha rules IMO changed fast and kept being in some inconsistent state, so things kept changing. Then it was easier to deal with the hardship and try to beat the odds in OOB IMO. :D
I play OOB but with no NOs except 30 to USA. USA should be a monster because that is the way it was. Anyways, it plays well IMO.
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RE: Historical pearl harbor
Suppose nothing can be done. Usa knows it will get hit if it leaves medium size navy in PH. A bit disappointing. No surprise attack is like knowing to buy gold in 2008 or this weeks lotto numbers.
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RE: Historical pearl harbor
Japan attacked PH with the hopes of sinking as many aircraft carriers as possible. This was a brilliant strategy. It did not work out because none were at port. In the game it is not worth it like you say. The setup seems to have all the historical ships on the west coast.
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Historical pearl harbor
How would you feel about America having to place a BB in Hawaii for the setup. Also America would not be allowed to move this ship until at war. It could represent Americas unpreparedness for war. It would give Japan a juicy target and a reason to pull off PH move. I am not thrilled about the lack of this battle in the game.
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OOB rules, No National objectives except +30 for America.
I just want to say that me and my in-laws have been playing this way for awhile and it plays very well IMO. USA without +30 would play horrible(don’t even have to think about it). Anyone else play this way?
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RE: French economy question.
No.
Can you explain why this is?
Is this territory in limbo until Germany or Italy conquer it? Logically it would seem to me that UK would collect theincome if they have units there but I will defer to your expertise of the game. Please explain though.
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RE: French economy question.
how about if France falls to Germany then the UK lands units in Southern France(non-combat) does the UK then collect income from Southern France? They did not liberate it since it was not previously conquered.
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Need country markers
Can anyone tell me where I print out some? Mostly need Italian markers. Thanks
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RE: Question on ipcs for UKE and UKP
Thanks. I don’t know how I missed british columbia!
Playing my first game of global. I have played many many games of AA from original, revised and AA50. Global is just amazing. Just so many options right now. The US finally has the money it deserves to fight 2 fronts which has been IMO the most needed improvement.