@gsh34:
@Larry:
**I see a slightly reinforced UK in both the Eur40 game and the Global game. I’d like to keep the sealion attack possible – if you want those kinds of kicks, but I’d also like to give the UK player a more interesting experience. I’m looking for a new UK setup that will make Sealion less tempting for Germany. At the same time I want to maintain that exciting possibility. I’m thinking of adding another French infantry and perhaps another Brit infantry to the UK’s setup. I’m also considering allowing a very special rule uniquely for Great Britain. British Government in exile. The UK’s capital is automatically transferred to Canada should the UK fall to a Sealion. The Germans would still gain the British unspent IPCs but the British player can remain in the game directing his remaining forces. I also want to pay a tribute to the ANZAC forces by adding another ANZAC infantry to Egypt. I also want to add another to New South Wales.
Sincerely,
Larry Harris
Creator of Axis & Allies**
I think this change is one that needs to be play tested very thoroughly before we are gung-ho about implementing this.
If the UK is going to get two more infantry, that makes Sealion statistically much harder to do. It is very costly to do even now because of the very heavy naval build that it requires Germany to do. By allowing UK Europe to effectively remain in the game by collecting income and build in Canada, you have vastly reduced the incentive for Germany to even do Sealion in the first place! A large part of the incentive for the current Sealion attack is that you deprive the Allies of the UK Europe money for a number of rounds. Without that incentive, would an even harder Sealion attack be worth it?
With the US being forced into the Pacific with some units, I don’t think this will make much difference. You will definitely see less effort in Europe by the US with these changes. By the way, it only brings G3 Sealion closer to 50-60% chance of winning, G4 is still unstoppable. So I say…Go Canada!!!
Definitely need to beef up the Italian navy though.