@Young:
-Can spot and attack submarines with other sea and air units (same as G40), however, destroyers do not negate submarine capabilities until the beginning of round 5.
YG I totally agree with you on this because in the year 1940 DD were not anti sub ships but as the war carried on then they became more anti sub.
Well I’m a fan of the attack on sz37 because if the japanese hook that fleet up with their other ships there going to have 2 Battleships, 2 aircraft carriers both with 2 fighters, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, and 1 sub plus any other ships that they build. Now that’s hard for US to deal with unless they go almost 100% Pacific. The only time I wouldn’t attack sz37 if the allies were doing KGF.
My over all saying is that I agree with what you said and also welcome to the forums.
@Baron:
@Frederick:
Baron Munchhausen are you saying that DDs attack should be 2? Because I am thinking about changing it to that.
I was simply explaining the old rule.
The Destroyer escort was a A1 D2 M2 Cost 8 but was only to protect Transports.
On Anti-Sub Patrol, the Attack rise to 2 against Sub only for a single shot at sub, after the sub is safe.
However, in this WWII The Expansion rule set, Subs have no defense at all.
ASP was a special search required first before being able to roll for attack.
Okay, thanks for the explanation.
Der Kuenstler up to 4 cruisers means that in a sea battle and lets say you have something like 5 cruisers and they are attack with aircraft only 4 of them may use their AA gun ability. The reasons why subs are 5 ipc is because they were cheap back then and Germany built 1,154 of them so there’s a reason why there cheap and the chances of getting the shipyards tech is really rare.
Baron Munchhausen are you saying that DDs attack should be 2? Because I am thinking about changing it to that.
Here’s my changes for ships and using other people’s ideas and I thank you for them(and I’m basing it off of G40 but you can use it for 42.2 or 41 or anything else if you want).
Battleships- Their new change is that they can carry 1 infantry even if damaged.
Cruisers- Cost 10 and has a built in AA gun that can shoot up to 1 plane but only up to 4 CVs.
Destroyers- Cost 7 and Attack is 1 and Defense is 2.
Submarines- Cost 5 and Attack is 2 and defense is 1 and aircraft may attack subs without a DD but the sub may choose to submerge and the aircraft gets one shot at killing it.
Transports- Cost 5.
Any comments?
Wow that’s a really nice table SS and the game itself looks awesome. :-D
@Young:
@Frederick:
Hey YG, is styrene a good material to put away somewhere? Meaning I can’t leave it out really so is it good to roll up and put it somewhere?
It’s the best to print on IMO, and when you’re done… you can make a big roll with it, but I would just slide it up right behind the couch or a large book shelf.
Thanks. I’m not getting the map yet, but I’m hoping to get it in the future. It’s a really nice map. :-D
Hey YG, is styrene a good material to put away somewhere? Meaning I can’t leave it out really so is it good to roll up and put it somewhere?
I think if Germany gets Southern France then Italy should get the Balkans or the other way and the reason is that if GB hits Italy hard R1 its hard for them to rebuild if Germany takes all the money in Europe. Then your left with a puny Italy and it can barely do but help little in russia. So my question is if you like Germany taking Southern France then how much are you leaving Italy for in the Balkans?
I would say 3 ipc is good enough for them.
I’m saying no because if they did Pearl Harbor then Germany wouldn’t have to declare war on US and that would really help out them in many ways, even though it would hurt Japan and I think in late 1942 US would declare on Germany, but thats a maybe. :|
How do you do Taranto and Tobruk at the same time? Are you assuming a bid?
1: I never assume bids. Bids are for pansies (this is not an invitation to begin talking about bids).
2: This is from memory, so forgive me if I’m off:Do the standard Taranto crap like you’d always do it:
DD/CR/CA + tac from off of Egypt -> SZ 97 (lands on malta)
Fighter from Malta -> SZ 97 (lands on malta)
Optionally, 1x Strat bomber from London -> SZ 97 (lands on malta)
Optionally, 1x fighter from London -> SZ 97 (with the intention of landing on the carrier in 97)This should be able to have favorable odds against SZ 97 with or without a german plane there to scramble. Bringing the fighter puts London in a weaker position against a possible Sea Lion, but if you go 6x inf/1x fighter on UK1 you’re very probably still fine.
Fighter from Gibraltar -> SZ 96 (to land in malta)
Cruiser from off of Gibraltar -> SZ 96This should be able to kill one destroyer with zero issues.
Move all of your Alexandria forces -> Tobruk
1x Mech from Egypt -> Tobruk
Use your transport off of Egypt to pick up inf/art and land them in Tobruk.With that, the odds are something like 60% in your favor. Even if you lose, you’ve murdered a lot of Italians. If Germany puts a fighter on Tobruk, then you shouldn’t do this as the odds drop down to something dismal. If you can afford to bring an extra plane into the fight, say because you want to be ballsy with Taranto (because there’s no german plane on S. Italy?), use your tac bomber from your carrier to instead do Tobruk. Your odds shoot up significantly, or it allows you to attack the Tobruk stack even with a German fighter there.
If you want to try to save your ���� in SZ 96, you can build an air base on Malta, though this puts London at serious risk. The potential cruiser and transport there usually aren’t worth the risk to London. You’re saving 19 IPCs by spending 15, but risking your capital, and keeping the transport alive isn’t crucial to any britain med tactic I am aware of.
teslas is right calvinhobbesliker, he said what I was going to say and more.
I think what British should do in the Med is attack Toburk and the DD and TT that is off of malta and do Taranto.
When it’s Italy’s turn they have lost a great portion of their fleet and their strong point in north africa is eliminated and it’s matter of time before British kicks the italians out of east africa. Also in Taranto for british casualties I would take out the fighter that came from London and the ships so at the end of the battle you should likely have a fighter, tac. bomber, and a strat. bomber at the end and than land them in Malta and now you can destroy what ships the Italians build. Plus it’s likely the left of the Italian fleet is going to attack the french DD and CV that are off Southern France (can’t think whats the number of the seazone) so they can try to gain the NO about no allied ships in the Med. It also would great if the axis scramble in Taranto because then those fighters that italy loses is really hard for them to rebuild them so if that happens then the Italians have barely have a airforce and navy and their strong point in north africa is eliminated like I said before. That’s why I think you should do Taranto because it helps this strategy. Hope that was helpful. :-D
Interesting poll…for any reasons Germany seems to be most popular…
Because Germany is awesome in this game. :-D
Welcome to the forums pistol. :-)
You are right when you collect your income and you have 3 ipcs left, then you add them to what you collected.
For your other question I would say what I said before that what you didn’t spend on you add later in phrase 6.
I hope that was helpful. :-D
I think France should get an extra CV and a TT in either sz 109, sz 111, sz 110 and the reason for the TT is that then they can move their troops easier around the board without having to use their ally’s or even get the troops in Normandy to England.
My idea is that the attacker gets to roll 1(or 2) dice and what ever the number is is how many disabled defending infantry which means that they can’t fire back.
Great idea Black_Elk! I thought of very similar ideas on this. :-D
It looks like Mech. is most people’s favorite so far and I see many good reasons why. :-D
So which do you think is better? I like both of them.
@CWO:
@Ryuzaki_Lawliet:
I have a map to share, an edit of Big World.
Nice! Many thanks.
Yes I agree it’s really great.