Posts made by HMS Serapis

How often do you use strategic bombing, at what stage of the war (early, mid, late) and where? How profitable is it for you? You probably need to have long range aircraft, and fighters as an escort …
I am interested in your experiences.

Thank you. That’s what I thought, but I needed confirmation.

Can I have a little help? So can Italian planes from Cyrenaica and Tripolitania fly over the Suez Canal for the war in Abyssinia? I must mention that Italy and Britain were neutral towards each other at that time. And the rule says that air units are allowed to fly over neutral straits but not neutral canal. In other words; does the Italian player have planes from North Africa available for the Abyssinian campaign or not? And can an Italian pass with ships to the Red Sea through Suez when he is not at war with Britain?

Tnx for answers and opinions.

I’m interested in this … For what purpose do you build and use aircraft carriers? Especially with the US in Pacific? Why do I ask? Because in my opinion they are quite useless, because we have many islands in the Pacific that can serve the same purpose, moreover they can receive more planes, because they take them by so-called “frog jumps” from island to island. I understand that the number of capital ships is only valuable reason for production if we compete with Japan. . I am interested in your opinions. Maybe you see something I haven’t recognized so far. So it’s not a question of rules, I’m just interested in your experiences with aircraft carriers. Give me a reason to produce because they are economically unprofitable.

In the rules of V3 they mention that the German victory objective: Eliminate Communism - Score 1 victory objective
if at end of game Germany Possesses Moscow or two others Soviet Cities.
Which cities are meant precisely? Any two Soviet cities (Kiev, Murmansk, Baku, Sevastopol, Smolensk …) or Leningrad and Stalingrad? And does that only apply to the cities in the circle, because Murmansk, for example, is not in the circle …?

Yes, I meant V3 rules where it says:
7.6 Technology Research: Major Factories are the source of your Technology
Research capacity. For every undamaged possessed Major Factory, you get 1
Technology die roll per turn. You can only roll for a technology once per turn.
A damaged factory yields no rolls.
Note: If you repair a damaged factory you get the Technology die roll in the same turn.
You cannot research beyond stage II before July 1939.

Therefore:

1. We agreed. Also ANZAC is a nation of its own, only politically under the Commonwealth umbrella (I was wrong in the first post).
2. I confirm
3. Um, as far as I understand, until July 1939 there is no research beyond the second stage. We get research dice from the start of the game (?) for each undamaged major factory … however we cannot research technology beyond stage II.
   On stage III. we are only going after July 1939. Correct me if i’m wrong.

1. The UK, FEC and ANZAC are one nation - the Commonwealth, and different economies. Everything about the UK is about both the FEC and ANZAC, only the UK is the boss and everything is up to it.
2. A city that is not surrounded, ie units within it are defending +1. If it is surrounded it does not return to the regular 4 but goes to 3. Imagine it as a lack of supply in a real war situation.
3. Technologies have only begun to develop since 1939. We follow the historical course as much.
   Hope it helps.

@GeneralHandGrenade Great news to hear about Alaska and Vanguard.

Ou yeah, tnx i forgot for Baltimore, and Leanders are now X5…

Omaha light for USA, finding battlecruiser for USA…

What is your idea for British light cruisers, also a USA battlecruiser? Germany has Leipzig (light), Graf Spee can be used as battlecruiser, Japan Nagara (light), Kongo as battlecruiser, USA Omaha, battlecruiser? advice please …

Generally speaking, the idea of strategy is interesting, but I personally do not look in that direction. I always try to organize the defense of my home island, Egypt and Gibraltar in the first rounds with the UK. Germany will, in one way or another, conquer the continental part of Europe, and with weak defenses in the Mediterranean, you are opening up the opportunity for Italy to reach important points. This idea seems a bit risky to me. It’s just my opinion…

I must say, this is a great and impressive analysis …

What pieces do you use as jet fighter for United Kingdom? Of course if you research as a technology…

Everything is OK. Neither Allies nor Commintern is in the mutual interest of fighting each other while Axis is in the game. They will fight each other later. We tried this, and if we respected the deal between the Commintern and Allies, the consequences for Axis were catastrophic, they are defeated too early. Basically, I definitely recommend playing the strategy outlined here (USSR violates Monroe doctrine), and tell me how it was. We made our house rule; Commintern can not declare war on anyone in the Western Hemisphere until USSR reaches full economy.

That’s the main problem I thought. I played as the Allies and I arranged with the Commintern player to go first to beat the Axis, while not fighting each other until Axis was defeated. Commintern dont need leand-lease because whit this act (DOW for violating Monroe doctrine) Allies give them cca 100 IPP. We are only formally in the war (Allies vs. Commintern), but the only real opponent is Axis. When Axis is defeated, both of us have a bigger chance of winning. In this case, for Allies it is easier to win only one (Commintern) than two opponents (Commintern & Axis). Why would the Allies at all make real warfare against the Commintern? One and the other war revelations only serve to increase the economy.
First, why would the USSR attack Alaska and America in general when they can take Europe very fast and very easy and there are lot of  ipc and victory points for them. Along with this, they would have to build a big navy on the pacific to transport the army, which is completely useless, complicated and it take a lot of time (turns) to do that.
Second, why would the US invade the East of the USSR? They can take maximum (8 IPP?) from USSR, and until the end of the game USA will hardly come to Moscow, until then USSR wipe the whole of Europe. In this situation, most important thing for Allies are  to defend France and not to allow USSR to conquer Europe and take victory points.
There are two options for AXIS:
1. Strikes immediately France and Poland but in such an early phase of the game two fronts against America and Russia with full economy, simply they do not have chance and Germany and Italy  eventually the will fall. If Germany attacked before January 1939 they simply do not have enough troops to hit France and Poland at the same time, the question is whether they can take Paris (with so little army) in the same round even with the Lightning War. Even with some miracle, France and Poland fall in the same round they will simply not be able to withstand  against Allies and Comintern  with full economy.
2. Axis do not attack anyone. Allies  are unable to attack Axis. But what can Germany  do with 24 IPP and Italy with 7 IPP against Russia that will have over 60? 70? IPP when it comes to the border with Germany. Or Japan with 19 IPP against China, and prepared ANZAC and FEC. Even if Japan attacks and Germany and Italy do not. What can Japan do?  Japan can not have an offensive on the islands (DEI, Philippines…) China and Russia, because they will quickly exaust they forces. If Japan makes offensive on China and Russia it means spending a lot of units and they have to make a long line of reinforcements for a small amount of IPP territories they conquer and eventually FEC and ANZAC plus America will push them. If Japan attack China and the islands, USSR is safe and when Germany and Italy fall, what can Japan do?
The main thing is that the game of  three alliances that have equal chances for win turns into the game of two big factions and Axis who have no chance of winning but can watch how Allies and Commintern fight who will win and maybe at some point of the game make something to someone and  decide winner among two of them.
What I want to say; In this scenario Axis has very low chance of winning what is not fair.

Then that’s a major problem for Axis, and I do not see a way for them to deal with it.

Three important questions!

If USSR attack Uruguay or Cuba in January 1939., could the USA declare war immediately because of the violating Monroe doctrine, or should USA wait for the economy to reach 63 IPPs?

If it can, does the USA economy reach 63 IPP or must wait July 1939 and start to roll dice?

Does also USSR economy reach full production or not?

That’s what I was thinking, but I was not sure, I just needed confirmation. Thank you.

Maybe it’s not a question directly related to the subject, but I’m wondering if the aircraft can scramble on the island if the island has no airbase? Islands such as Guam, Formosa, Palau …

Eastern inferno - the journals of a german panzerjager on the Eastern front 1941-43. Edited by Alexander Christine and Mason Kunze.

Yes, and I think that USSR player should control France, or will be bored most part of the game. Because, while Germany begins Barbarossa pass too much time. Yes it’s a good idea …

Everything is ok, tnx.