I have some issues with the british starting units and placement, since German naval strategies have been some of my favorites in previous games. Sealion with the currently posted setup for Round 1 will be way too deadly and overpowered for the UK player to counter. So I’m agreeing with “the more than 1 fighter on UK” people… think about it:
There have to be at least 2 if not 3 (or even 4) fighters in the UK at setup since it says “fighterS” in the UK setup card. 3 would make at least some sense since it seems the UK will absolutely need every ounce of fighting power it can get UK1 to prevent a G2 knockout Sealion attack… ONE infantry defending the islands UK1??? At 29 IPCs for UK1 the most they can afford to defend the isle is 7 infantry and 1 tank, and even with the Canadian units dropped (1 tank and 1 inf, if they can even reach that far to the UK on the first turn), its like 9 inf 1 armor 2 (or 3 or 4) fig against a full 4 (or 5!!!) German transports (built G1 since it seems Western Germany has access to the Baltic with a Major IC!!!..) with at least 4 arm and 4 inf and up to 6+ planes as backup. This isn’t even counting in bb and cruiser hits if Germany clears the SZs appropriately on the way. This definitely opens up some really easy Sealion opportunities for Germany, so I’m thinking that the Brits have to have at least 4 defending fighters to really make the Germans think twice before trying a Round 2 knockout. With only 1 fighter present UK1, its laughably impossible to stop Germany at all. 4 fighters would also force Germany to build some defensive fleet units instead of transports to keep the battleship from being splashed on UK1 too, so that makes it more balancing historically as well. (Though even with 4 fighters I think Sealion could still be a viable strategy, just a lot more unlikely to pull off.)
Malta… FORTRESS Malta?.. REALLY, LARRY??? Apparently they must have been resupplying the base at this point in history in Spring 1940… Britain goes before Italy in the turn order, however, so I assume there’s some way they can fortify before Italy’s turn with units from Gibraltar or Egypt. Looks like it will be an open/shut case however, or just not worth trying to defend or taking. But I’m thinking with a German Sealion strategy saving Malta will be the last thing on the British player’s mind.
