I play Revised a lot online and am 90-25 against int/adv/expert competition. I bid 8G to open and 6G if they go to 7G. If you are playing the game straight up, the Allies will always have the advantage. And, do not place the bid in W-Russia as someone suggested. They would be crushed. Place your bid in Ukraine of Libya for best use.
Playing Minor Victory - Allies have no chance
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I’d like to hear an answer on the thought of moving the VC from Karelia to Caucasus. That alone might make an 8 VC more of a balanced game. Either that or go 9 and make Stalingrad in Caucasus a new VC so you don’t HAVE to take Moscow to win a minor victory. (After all, once Moscow falls the game’s over most of the time anyway, that’s why it’s public enemy number one for the Axis.)
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I’d like to hear an answer on the thought of moving the VC from Karelia to Caucasus. That alone might make an 8 VC more of a balanced game. Either that or go 9 and make Stalingrad in Caucasus a new VC so you don’t HAVE to take Moscow to win a minor victory. (After all, once Moscow falls the game’s over most of the time anyway, that’s why it’s public enemy number one for the Axis.)
If you added a VC to the Allies in Caucuses, you would need to add one for the Axis as well to maintian balance. If you put ANOTHER VC in Europe, you only serve to further polarize the game into European battles. But where else can you put a viable Axis VC? Manch? FIC?
If you are going to play 8 VC, and do not want to have the game totally slanted to the Axis, move the UK VC from Calcutta to Sydney.
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Why do you have to give the Axis another VC to even out the number?
And if I had to, I’d put it on Okinawa. Encourages island hopping.
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Each side has an equal number of VC’s. If you add an Allied one, you add an Axis one, otherwise the extra VC is an Allied advantage.