Posts made by Robbernosky

I’m actually a bigger fan of the standard board look, with the terrain and stuff.  Would 94" x 47" be a good size for that do you think?  Like large enough I could fit all the starting units and include plastic factories?

So I was looking at printing out a map with all the augmentations and upgrades of photoshop to correct several things, as well as the lack of seems.  I just have a few questions about this process.

1.  What dimensions should I print this map with?  If I print it too large, won’t the image begin to look bad?

2.  What DPI should I print it at?

3.  What material should I print it on?

4.  Is it annoying or beneficial to have a piece of plexiglass on top of the map, I have seen it done on several tables, and I was just wondering if it was annoying have it raised from the surface of the map.

Thank you guys so much for your help! 

Did you play Europe 1940 only?  If so you might want to migrate over to those forums!

Is there any possible chance of getting a .psd or something?  I want to move around some of the things placed on the board

Hi, I was just wondering if the new Pacific edition uses the higher quality cardboard of the Europe game?  Thank you for answers!

I see lots of threads that are conversations about one direct topic.  Can we bring those together into a single thread, that would have some strategies for each nation, to kinda direct new players on what they should be doing?

In Alpha rules, that’s a no-no, it can’t be off the coast of a Japanese island.

Also Navel = Belly Button, you mean Naval

@oklahomasailor52:

using the regular Alpha +3 rules plus the recent “Sea Lion” changes made by Larry and Krieghund this past week.

Huh?

No

Annihiliate*

@otahere34:

Lol i can’t, i’m only 16 hahaha. I really wanna win though so he’ll shut up finally

Well you cannnn

I hereby rename this thread!

@mantlefan:

I am opposed to the dice being based on cash on hand. It gives too much incentive for saving IPC’s which slows the game down. Instead, why not base it on where your income marker is at the start of your turn + NOs you currently satisfy? This gives incentive to attack and get the game moving, as well as holding territories you did attack so that the enemy doesn’t take them back before you get their income.

For example

0-18= 0 Rolls
19-35= 1 Roll
36-60= 2 rolls
61-95= 3 rolls
96+ = 4 rolls

And just so tech isn’t totally free, have the rolls cost 2 IPC each. Or maybe 2 each and 1 for each one thereafter.

I realize that the idea in post 1 allows players to save up to get more tech rolls but IMO all that encourages is slower, riskier play. I am pretty uncomfortable with any system slowing the game down by encouraging the saving of IPCs.

Or, if the problem is minor powerss not being allowed into tech, give discounts for starting with more IPC. Economies of scale and all that.

I kinda like those

Am I the youngest person around these parts? (17)

@Young:

I think Jen is getting drunk.

Getting?

Is that poll up there poll 4?

AA Guns -(Version #2)

Same rules and setup as Alpha+3, but 1 more gun on London (5 instead of 4).

I think it’s weird that the Axis and Allies can just attack neutrals leaning the other direction, it seems like other people would notice and care.

@Vance:

So correct me if I’m wrong……

Original:
$0-24= 0 Rolls
$25-74= 1 Roll
$75-99= 2 Rolls
$100+= 3 Rolls

Amended:
10 IPC = 1 Roll
50 IPC = 2 Rolls
90 IPC = 3 Rolls
120 IPC = 4 Rolls
150 IPC = 5 Rolls
225 IPC = 6 Rolls

…but isn’t the amended version going to lead to an awful lot of technology development?  At this rate smaller nations like ANZAC and Italy will each have a tech by round 6 and perhaps 2 by round 12 (on average).  Larger nations can expect to have 2 by round 6 and maybe 4 or more by round 12!  I like the original schedule better than the amended one, which would make the game too volatile and hard to follow.  The game has to be playable.

Playing with tech should be optional.

I still support the double dice thing, so we can have more, not as good techs.  That way, 4 techs wouldn’t be incredible.

Should I just scan the last pages of Delta looking for them?

@Young:

If you look at the original neutral blocks rule, it is a very simple idea that does not mention anything about adding sea or air units to territories, that said, I do realize that any ideas that are voted in, are very raw and need discussion for refinement. However, if I don’t question drastic changes in the process, than ideas accepted by democracy become unrecognizable to the members who voted for the rule in the first place.

The reason why I need to question and even reject suggestions made to Delta+1 rules in their final stages, is to guard them from members wishing to exploit winning rules in order to push in their more radical ideas into Delta, ideas that may not sit well with most members who are involved in this project. I am not suggesting at all that you are such a member, but I’m sure you can appreciate the risk of not filtering out ideas that are completely in left field from the original.

That said, looking at the suggestions to re-write almost all the standing armies for every strict neutral on the board, and the amount of layers added to the original suggestion, to say that “neutral blocks” is impossible without adding ships and planes, is disappointing. I guess my question is, can it be done with just infantry and artillery?

You’re like a Thomas Jefferson for these Delta rules.

@Vance:

@Zallomallo:

We could have 2d6, and the middle numbers have more mundane tech, while the outer numbers have some game changers, or at least big enhancements.

Permutation.  Excellent idea.  It’s like a craps game.

You get nothing is the 2d6 adds up to 5, 6, 7 or 8.  Get an OK one for 4 or 9, a good one for 3 or 10, and awesome one for 2 or 11, and if you roll 1 or 12 you get the A-bomb.

I’d like to see you roll a 1 with 2 dice.
Lemme fix that:
No tech - 6 7 8
Mediocre - 5 9
Good - 4 10
Excellent - 3 11
A-Bomb - 2 12

@ er… JimmyHat
That’s a good idea, maybe we could make tech dice cost different based on initial income.  Smaller nations get less use out of it, right?

Like:
2 - Awesome
3 - Fantastic
4 - Excellent
5 - Great
6 - Good
7 - Meh
8 - Good
9 - Great
10 - Excellent
11 - Fantastic
12- Awesome

If you don’t know, 2 dice has increased probability of inner numbers (7 is the highest).  This could make technology a little more predictable, or something.

@Vance:

No no it’s not morale points; it’s morality points.

Each major power starts the game with 100 morality points representing Christian civilization.  You lose morality points for doing things like bombing civilians, building concentration camps, exterminating the Jews, using chemical and biological weapons, using slave labour, having child soldiers, using prisoners of war for medical experimentation, and mass rape of women in victory cities.  The first one to lose all of their morality points WINS

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We could have 2d6, and the middle numbers have more mundane tech, while the outer numbers have some game changers, or at least big enhancements.