Yes CWO. We have coastal battleships in are 39’game. Can only move 1 sea zone (2) from naval base and has to be next to a land sea zone. Plus for d12 it’s A4 D6 M1. If it has a hit damage values still stay the same.
Scorched Earth: Allowing players to Damage their own facilities and bases
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when a territory is attacked and occupied, all factories and bases should receive max damage, a major IC should even turn into a minor with max damage
This is how it should be.
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To be absolutely realistic, nobody should ever be able to build units at a captured factory; this never happened in the war. Industrial complexes need a large, willing workforce to be put into production.
Even liberated factories are questionable; when France was liberated its new army was entirely equipped with American weapons and kit.
What would be more realistic is if captured factories are simply removed, and the captor gets a cash bonus to represent asset stripping (sending production equipmment back to their own factories).
Under some circumstances, specifically Soviets in retreat from Germany, entire factories might be transported to safer tts, but this should be a costly undertaking.
The old multiple dip cash grab is one of the game’s more absurd anomalies, easily fixed by moving collect income to the start of a player’s turn. Thereby, tts which exchange hands due to combat generate less income, not more, which makes a lot more sense.
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when a territory is attacked and occupied, all factories and bases should receive max damage, a major IC should even turn into a minor with max damage
This is how it should be.
This was the first system we tried, because it was simple to implement and works reasonably well. The reason we ended up putting the onus on the defender (in the repair units phase) was to force the defender to plan their withdrawal in advance and to provide a punishment for abandoning their facilities. So in this case the defender can’t place in a facility they plan to destroy in the same round.
But again the simple max damage on capture rule does create a very similar effect with a more direct wording on the rules. I would prefer either to the OOB situation, where you have to wait a round and then strat bomb to hurt the enemies production when they capture your facility. Auto destruct at capture also works, but it does a present a more do or die situation for the defender, and provides a somewhat weaker incentive for the attacker, since they don’t get to use the production without investing in a new facility. Still, that rule would also be preferable to OOB too.
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I’m thinking this rule, although more realistic, would slow the game down more, and not likely affect the final outcome.
We used to play where you could pay 1 IPC and remove any IC you have owned since the beginning of your turn. But it really didn’t do much other than delay the attacker a little, and deny the attacker the fun achievement of taking an enemy IC.
The “collect income at the start of your turn” rule is also more realistic but results in less units on the map, and therefore more luck determining results. And generally, more units is more fun. Getting paid at the end of your turn is a game mechanic that feels right, like getting paid after you’ve done your work. You can also think of getting those IPCs at the end of your turn as increased production morale from winning battles.
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To be absolutely realistic, nobody should ever be able to build units at a captured factory; this never happened in the war. Industrial complexes need a large, willing workforce to be put into production.
Even liberated factories are questionable; when France was liberated its new army was entirely equipped with American weapons and kit.
What would be more realistic is if captured factories are simply removed, and the captor gets a cash bonus to represent asset stripping (sending production equipmment back to their own factories).
Under some circumstances, specifically Soviets in retreat from Germany, entire factories might be transported to safer tts, but this should be a costly undertaking.
The old multiple dip cash grab is one of the game’s more absurd anomalies, easily fixed by moving collect income to the start of a player’s turn. Thereby, tts which exchange hands due to combat generate less income, not more, which makes a lot more sense.
I like the idea of stripping enemy factories for parts, plus not having the ability to dump units deep in enemy territory forces players to keep steady supply lines. Gives Russia some relief from the inevitable siege of Moscow.
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What would be more realistic is if captured factories are simply removed, and the captor gets a cash bonus to represent asset stripping (sending production equipmment back to their own factories).
One possible qualifier is that industries aren’t always compatible between nations. As just one example: when the French battleship Richelieu went over to the Allied side in 1943, she was sent to a New York shipyard for refitting. The shipyard workers found her to be a huge headache to work on because she had been designed with parts sized using the metric system, in contrast with the imperial measurements used to manufacture conventional American parts.
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To be absolutely realistic, nobody should ever be able to build units at a captured factory; this never happened in the war. Industrial complexes need a large, willing workforce to be put into production.
_Even liberated factories are questionable; when France was liberated its new army was entirely equipped with American weapons and kit.
What would be more realistic is if captured factories are simply removed, and the captor gets a cash bonus to represent asset stripping (sending production equipment back to their own factories).
Under some circumstances, specifically Soviets in retreat from Germany, entire factories might be transported to safer tts, but this should be a costly undertaking.
The old multiple dip cash grab is one of the game’s more absurd anomalies, easily fixed by moving collect income to the start of a player’s turn. Thereby, tts which exchange hands due to combat generate less income, not more, which makes a lot more sense._
Good point Flash…but don’t forget Germany used french,belgium and Netherlands factory for their own and If i’m not wrong Japanese used some in China But you’re right about USSR, Germany shouldn’t used the Russian factories.
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Well, Germany used some industries in occupied countries, but the major weapons of war: tanks, artillery, machine guns, aircraft etc were still built in Germany. The relatively low cost of transportation to the front meant that it was far more effective to keep producing what they were used to and their forces were trained in.
Of course, if you don’t have realistic transport rules (i.e. rail movement for land forces) then Germany being able to build panthers in Leningrad becomes a viable option, however unrealistic. Though, as the topic suggests, the Russians would hardly allow an intact tank factory to fall into the hands of the enemy; they would either transport it east or put it beyond use.
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i]Well, Germany used some industries in occupied countries, but the major weapons of war: tanks, artillery, machine guns, aircraft etc were still built in Germany. The relatively low cost of transportation to the front meant that it was far more effective to keep producing what they were used to and their forces were trained in.
Of course, if you don’t have realistic transport rules (i.e. rail movement for land forces) then Germany being able to build panthers in Leningrad becomes a viable option, however unrealistic. Though, as the topic suggests, the Russians would hardly allow an intact tank factory to fall into the hands of the enemy; they would either transport it east or put it beyond use.
I agree….In fact, in my game, USA can’t build unit in enemy factory but I should extend this rule to all the countries, not only Germany… -
The scorched earth idea is good and was implemented I think in the Hasbro CD Rom game. Doesn’t really matter. I think a player should be able to destroy facilities upon capture forcing the victor to build their own.
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The scorched earth idea is good and was implemented I think in the Hasbro CD Rom game. Doesn’t really matter. I think a player should be able to destroy facilities upon capture forcing the victor to build their own.
Only in USSR.
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Its difficult to tell what other powers would have done if, for example, England, Japan or mainland America had been occupied.
Italy changed sides before it was occupied. Hitler gave orders for German industry to be destroyed, but this failed because Speer disobeyed the directive.
Other than Russia transporting factories east to the Urals before the Germans reached them, I find it hard to accept any factory being used (by anyone) after it’s tt has been captured in combat. Therefore, simply remove them and give the captor a cash bonus for acquired assets. Or allow them to build (in their own home factories) any new tech units the enemy had developed.
Even a liberated France “building” anything other than infantry in Paris is unhistorical, while the American tank factory in Norway is something from a parallel universe.
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Other than Russia transporting factories east to the Urals before the Germans reached them, I find it hard to accept any factory being used (by anyone) after it’s tt has been captured in combat. Therefore, simply remove them and give the captor a cash bonus for acquired assets. Or allow them to build (in their own home factories) any new tech units the enemy had developed.
I think you got it….
In fact not remove it but give the captor a cash…
For minor factory give the value of the territory in cash.
For major factory give x 2 the value of the territory in cash.Even a liberated France “building” anything other than infantry in Paris is unhistorical
I totally agree….
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