I have seen many players on this forum talking about what they do and buy on G1.
From these posts, i have observed that a good proportion of players don’t attack SZ110 on G1, the same is true from some games i watched in the "play boardgames"section of this forum.
So, here is the position at the end of G1: SZ 111 + SZ112 = cleared At least one of these 3 SZ has not been attacked (or the attack failed, leaving one destroyer or cruiser alive) : SZ 91, SZ 106 and SZ 109. Normandy is cleared.
NCM: 2 fighters to Southern Italy.
G1 buy : doesn’t really matter(*)
Now, UK1.
Combat move : doesn’t really matter as long as it allows these NCM (*)
NCM : Fleet from SZ98 to SZ 92, Battleship + Cruiser from SZ 110 to SZ 92, ship left on the atlantic (destroyer, or cruiser, or if you are lucky both) go to SZ 104.
Now, at the end of UK1, UK has actually a fleet ! It is well alive, it threatens seriously the Italian fleet, as well as it can come back to UK to give a hard time to Germany because Gibraltar cannot be closed before UK2.
What do you guys think of that ? Can you live with the idea of UK having such a fleet (and well positioned) from the very begining of the game ? If someone spot a move that prevent this UK strat after that particular G1, please, let me know.
Also, if you think that’s not worth it and UK has better things to do than that strat, feel free to say it.
(*) Just to be clear: what i mean when i say a buy or move doesn’t really matter, is the fact that it can’t prevent the UK Strat described, on that particular G1. Of course, any move or buy is important in itself.