Just came up. India doesnt own squat for territories but London controlls all its territories. Does London collect the $5 National Objective?
Posts made by MarkVIIIMarc
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United Kingdom national objectives?
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RE: Krieghund - a brilliant new idea
Remember the story of Rommel and the 88’s? The ones he leveled on the Matildas because German anti tank guns of the time were ineffective?
German tanks in 1940, 1941, and most of 42 were not superior to France’s, England’s or the Soviet Union. Germany just knew how to use them better. In fact they were worthless in the winter and the 1943 vintage Panther had to copy the 1941 T-34’s armor design.
Should Germany figuring out how to mass their tanks and organize a strike with them and tac bombers be reflected in the game? With this scale I can see the point. One step down on a tactical level I vote against it.
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RE: Global 1940 favourite country (poll)
I agree with the Axis, especially Japan controlling the flow of the game right from the beginning.
However England and India are my favorite in this one. In it and overmatched right from the beginning, I love it when both are the crippling thorn in the Axis rear.
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RE: Arbitrate our Game
Them Japanese better hurry up and do something on the Asian mainland. Get them some transports mechs and tanks to move fast. Build just enough inf to soak up a few obvious hits/fill the transports.
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RE: Things that i may not agree with you Krieghund
If London falls to sealion and while London is in German hands India liberates Egypt from the Italians can India collect the income for Egypt?
This would be similar to the US getting them bucks for liberating French Morocco from Italy while Paris is in German hands
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RE: America in the Middle East
Agreed. You could get fancy and do a mech and two tanks or tac or fighter. Them high dollar tanks are the most useful thing to build though. The planes can generally come over through africa if you like.
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RE: Favorite Early War Tank (1939-40)
That early in the war the Germans were the only folks who understood the new tactics of tank warfare.
If i remember my armor and gunnery upgrade options correctly early PZIII’s were more effective than PZIV’s. In real life they over ran all but the heavy Matildas even if on laper the French tanks seem equal or in some ways better to me.
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RE: Favorite Tank
Panther was designed a year after Tiger so naturally it took some lessons learned from the T34 into account. Good speed, good armor. Had a great gun itself. Tiger seems like Rommell’s blend of a bigger Matilda and his 88’s.
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RE: Naval base + fighter scrabling strat for the US Pacific!
I had something similar done against me once. I was an annoyance. Mostly i ignored the Americans though and continued my India run.
It was effective in that japan had to keep its transports in very well gaurded squares. Like japan itself and malaya. Really helped china out.
A couole turns later you can take islandslike the Carolines with the aussies then move in defensively with the americans to take advantage of the airbase
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RE: AA Global 40 electronic map?
It does not exist. I have typed into the developer’s message board that i would pay 29 for the game if they ever get around to coding it. Guess they are too busy or lazy or something.
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RE: G1 attacks on the Royal Navy
I am all for sinking the UK fleet on G1 and build the Aircraft Carrier. Then mostly I threaten to sink the rebuilt Royal Navy and Americans. My Germany never wants to spend another dollar in the Atlantic.
Sometimes them darned Brits do something silly and entice me into taking London even though we would rather kill Russians and capture Russian territories.
Maybe not killing the British Battleships makes it more likely England will do something silly like build tanks in South Africa UK1. I would rather not deal with all them UK boats that quickly.
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RE: Hi Guys, Question
All the money in pc games must be in copycat warcrafts and madden 2011ncaanflnhlmlbs. Sad.
I have a conspiracy theory. Microsoft is behind it. Because the graphically intense games force folks to buy a new pc more often while Triplea types could run on 133mmx Windows95 machines. Lol. Sort of a joke.
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RE: If America retakes Java…..
Thanks for the replies and additional questuons I should of thought up.
Android phones are great. I can pad my post total anytime i am board.
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RE: Getting attacked inside the Denmark Straight from Norway
The Axis need to not move slow! Turn one and even two have the allies stuck in predictable positions. Exploit it or any mistakes they have made.
Example. With Japan dont build your major factory some place close and safe like Manchuria. Plan on someplace far away close to your enemies and difficult for the allies to get to.
With Germany make the Brits cower for fear of Sealion. They screw the pooch and build in South Africa turn 1, leave or loose that transport in Canada or take that tac bomber into the Med make tham pay and own England.
If Russia pushes hem 18inf on Japan kill them. Seven or eight land units and your air force open Siberia.
The Axis have the iniative. The Allies can loose India and England if they mess anything up. Australia if Japan is interested.
It just takes longer to figure out where and when the Allies aren’t strong.
Example. If their navy lives Italy can take Egypt. Assuming England lives they can build a couple mech and a tank a turn is south africa. Is that worth fighting? Maybe if you can isolate and kill them. Moving your eight or so units from Egypt east sure pressures the Russians on another front while the Brits are just driving through the sand.
I do admit it is difficult to be the Axis. First time i ed the Russian infantry stack i thought i had won the game. Oops. Just dont give up yet. Easy is not fun.
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RE: Getting attacked inside the Denmark Straight from Norway
In any AA version I have playex if the less experienced folks are playing the Axis they just dont see the Allied weaknesses.
To this point we are mostly inexperienced at this game. Germany has its hands full in the Atlantic. Japan has time in the Pacific.
Find some ways to win initiative with Japan. Mostly with Japan i find i can split my nave two thirds off Japan one third Malaya and go afyer India wholesale.
What are the Americans going to do? Take the Carolines with Australia and sit there building a navy? They’ll be able to trap your transports in airbase protected Japan and far away Malaya but timed right you will be cranking out ten inf a round in Malaya and four or so from Japan to Korea.
Sealion or the threat of it paralyzes the British for the first three turns. They must build land units in England and I believe Taranto unbalances the math against them.
Italy gets Egypt then heads for India or Stalingrad before the British from South Africa can get there.
The Axis have to stretch the board quickly. I favor earlier attacks. America’s ipcs are far away. India and the UK need every buck they can scrounge. Japan can make much better use of twelve or more DEI dollars than the US gets from their bonus
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RE: Getting attacked inside the Denmark Straight from Norway
In France sometimes I build my large force in France and just kick the Brits and Americans off the beaches repeatedly. In Norway I guess you could push a half dozen infantry up to Finland through Lenningrad each round then retake Norway with them fellas and air units.
Seems risky though. Once America can land ten units in Norway its costly to retake.
Then again, at least if America’s transports are landing in Norway they are not landing in Italy.
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RE: Hi Guys, Question
There is a message board / email based forum here that others seem to like well. My wife just had our first child so I figure my highly divided attention would annoy folks so I’m not involved there.
Triplea is good up to the Anniversary Game at this point. Larry Harris or the powers that be should hire them boys to program an on line version. (I promise my $29 after they make it). Them boys are open source giving us a free product and have something even better than Iron Blitz.
Just curious, where are you marechallanes? “laboUr”… you in England?
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RE: Why was Norway never liberated?
I imagine a whole slew of British and American ships “blockading Norway so Germany didn’t get any IPCs out of the territory” making taking it over non essential
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RE: Favorite Tank
T-34 taught the Germans how to design tank armor, engines and tread. In late 1941 it gave the MkIII’s and MkIV’s Matilda style trouble. The T-34 with the 85 gun was still an excellent medium/light tank in 1945!
PZIV was obsolete in 1942 but had a solid gun. I believe the same gun the StugIII’s used to good effect the second half of the war. PZIII’s and PZIV’s had their success against the lighter tanks in France due to better German tactics. WAY better tactics and good crews. Don’t get me wrong, these were good tanks. Little things like radios and well designed loading systems go a long way.
Panther, good tank but a 1943 design that was as good armor wise as the Soviet’s 1941 T-34. Showed the German engineers learned their lessons from the Communists. Panther did have an excellent gun and good speed. Once the Panther became reliable the good command control, use, and ride habits of German tanks.
Tigers had to be like a tank destroyer to use. A 3 legged slow dog with a gun a battleship would be proud of. Stick it on a hill in a building or under cover and let it command a battlefield. Then wait for it to catch up with your infantry.
King Tiger has to be compared with the 1944 Allied low production tanks. Soviet IS2’s probably had more than 3,000 produced during the war. TigerII King Tigers list 492. (Don’t even mention our 20 Pershings which saw service during the war.
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If America retakes Java…..
From the Japanese does the US get the money or does it revert to Indian control because of that Dutch government in exile and the Commonwealth thing?
Thanks in advance.