@Yamamoto_motto

I’ll just pop in here real fast. Low luck dice works like so: Add up the to-hit number of all the units in each attack column separately and divide by 6. So say you are attacking with 6 infantry 3 tanks and 3 fighters.

So the infantry attack on a 1. You have 6 so 1x6=6 Now divide this number by 6(the number if sides on the dice) and you get 1. So that is one guaranteed hit. Next add up the tanks and the fighters since they all attack on 3 you group them up. 3x6=18 18/6=3 So 3 guaranteed hits. I just grabbed these number out of the air so lets say you are defending with 8 infantry and 2 fighters. Infantry defend on 2 fighters defend on 4. so 2x8=16 16 divided by 6 = 2 guaranteed hits with a remainder of 4. Since you can’t divide 3 hits into it fully. That 4 remainder now acts as a normal dice roll. You have to roll a 4 or less for a hit. The 2 fighters now 2x4=8 So that’s 8/6 =1 with a remainder of 2. So 1 guarantee hit and now you must roll a dice with a to-hit on a 2 or less.

Hope this helps.

So I have played two games with the “taamvan mode” and I think that it does quite good job at balancing out the game. It slightly slows down Germany while giving the Soviet Union something it never had before. OPTIONS!
That extra tank and fighter can be in Manchuria by turn 3 which means that not only does this effect Germany but also Japan. Hitting Manchuria/Korea with 18 infantry a tank and fighter means that Japan has to spend more money on transports or turn around some land units or simple keep a larger force than usual in Manchuria.

I think it is a small change that makes a big difference and I encourage everyone to give it a try.

@taamvan

So you don’t use any of the other NO’s from the balance mod or the SBR rule change or any other rule change for that matter in regards to the balance mod? Tank/fighter in Soviet Union and the NO for taking the caucasus, leningrad, stalingrad and moscow go from 5 to 3.
If this is true and really balances the game then a mod should be put forward on AAA I feel. Small changes like these drastically fixed 1942.2 with LH’s tournament rules.

If would be nice to have some more feedback and testing done on this.

@barnee
If it is easy to do why not. I would appreciate it and I’m pretty sure everyone else would too. It would be nice to have a balanced game instead of just a “different” game. It would be quite interesting of Taamvan’s simple changes could easily balance out the game and remove the need to bid at all.

Alright starting up the next game. Doing Cruiser at 12 IPC 4A 4D when paired with BB and can transport 1 infantry starting round 2. I’ll let you guys know how it goes.

I’ve played 14 tabletop games. About 6 against the computer in AAA and 2 against myself. I need to play an AAA game at some point with someone…

@655321

Right. You have guaranteed hits. So you can mathematically calculate how many units you need to bring to maximize your hits. Playing with low luck can drastically change battles that you are used to winning or losing in the past. It is more fair though.

That’s like the best mech infantry in the game right there.

@regularkid

No offense I’m just going off of what that other person said. But I’m sure you have more data as to where the balance is. If the game really requires a bid, how much, and is there a definitive tilt in either the axis favor or allied favor.

@barnee
Excellent, thank you.

Gibsonville is only about 1 hour away from me. What would the start time be and what game would we be playing? Global?

@Mark-Rodrick Madison actually. And I could probably host at my house. I usually do global but i find that that will be an 8-10 hour event. So if we started early that would be cool. Of course I have 2 kids and have not discussed this with my wife as of yet, but I am open to it. I am pondering in my mind right now.

I live between winston salem and greensboro. I am pretty busy but I’ll keep this in mind.

@Argothair Also not sure why there was a purchase of 10 infantry for germany. Gives russia more time.

@Sovietishcat Ok, I pmed it to you.

Yeah we can do another one, but not right now. I need a few days to decompress if that’s cool with you. Maybe start a new one on Sunday and I’ll be the allies.

I messed up with germany after I took russia. I thought the game would be over and then, nope, still on. I was scrambling for some sort of second strategy. I should have just ignored turkey for a few rounds and focused on taking out spain. Would have saved me a headache. I gave you a gift with all those complexes when you had 9 bombers.

That was a really stressful game for me =)

You played really really well. You had me thrown off guard the whole game. Like I said before the bomber strat into taking the neutrals threw me for a curve.

Oh, well the Italians sucked that round but yeah, Good Game!