Alpha 3 Intelligence Report - Straight from the front lines!

@Cmdr:

There is an optional rule that German U-Boats convoy raid at 3 dmg.  If that was made standard, it would make them much more effective AND once you clear the waters, it might be useful for you to build a bit more to cripple America with as well.

Totally agree with you on that. Actually, isn’t an OOB option rule?
Typing this question me in such manner that I go grab my rulebook

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Yep it is, I knew I saw it. At page 22 of Europe Rulebook :
Optionnal Rule : Winston churchill once said : “The only thing that really frightened me during the war was the U-Boat peril”. You can represent this peril by each German submarine causing the loss of 3IPCs instead of 2.

So, we don’t need a Alpha 3 for this. That optionnal rule is there since the first day of Global '40

That being said, I don’t think USA would suffer from this, its too easy for USA to protect nearby water areas

make it so german subs convoy raid at a 2 in zones agacent to the convoy zone and 4 while on it.

@Cmdr:

Make the optional rule standard in Alpha 3.

Or standard and optional to remove xD

Any ideas about when Alfa +3 will get posted?

Although it appears that the Allies need to be weakened in Alpha 3, from what I can read, I have two minor suggestions to rule adaptations that I would think would add a fun twist to the game.

My two minor suggestions:
-Free French Forces: Every turn the French player can place 1 infantry on any of their territory. If none remains they can place that infantry in London. (I didn’t come up with that rule, I read it on another thread, but my friends and I have been using it and it’s pretty entertaining!). This represents the growing involvement of the exiled French, which are, in my opinion, underrepresented in the basic game settings.

-“Sink the Bismarck!”: After the pride of the British Navy, HMS Hood, was sunk by the Germans, Churchill issued that famous injunction. The first time that British units destroy a German Battleship, the UK player gets 3 IPC, as an income bonus, at the end of the turn. Once only.

Please let me know what you guys think about those. Of course, they would need to be balanced by some minor adjustments to the Axis.

Any idea when the Alpha +3 rules will be released?

@captainhook:

Although it appears that the Allies need to be weakened in Alpha 3, from what I can read, I have two minor suggestions to rule adaptations that I would think would add a fun twist to the game.

My two minor suggestions:
-Free French Forces: Every turn the French player can place 1 infantry on any of their territory. If none remains they can place that infantry in London. (I didn’t come up with that rule, I read it on another thread, but my friends and I have been using it and it’s pretty entertaining!). This represents the growing involvement of the exiled French, which are, in my opinion, underrepresented in the basic game settings.

-“Sink the Bismarck!”: After the pride of the British Navy, HMS Hood, was sunk by the Germans, Churchill issued that famous injunction. The first time that British units destroy a German Battleship, the UK player gets 3 IPC, as an income bonus, at the end of the turn. Once only.

HAHAHA  pure comedic gold!  Thanks Captain Hook!

I mean, you start your post by mentioning how the allies seem to need to be weakened, and then add in 2 house rules that benefit the allies!!! Hilarity ensues….

@JimmyHat:

HAHAHA  pure comedic gold!  Thanks Captain Hook!

I mean, you start your post by mentioning how the allies seem to need to be weakened, and then add in 2 house rules that benefit the allies!!! Hilarity ensues….

:-D ha ha.

Well I did write “Although it seems that the allies need to be weakened”, which acts as acknowledgement that I am about to contradict it.  :wink:

@captainhook:

Although it appears that the Allies need to be weakened in Alpha 3, from what I can read, I have two minor suggestions to rule adaptations that I would think would add a fun twist to the game.

My two minor suggestions:
-Free French Forces: Every turn the French player can place 1 infantry on any of their territory. If none remains they can place that infantry in London. (I didn’t come up with that rule, I read it on another thread, but my friends and I have been using it and it’s pretty entertaining!). This represents the growing involvement of the exiled French, which are, in my opinion, underrepresented in the basic game settings.

-“Sink the Bismarck!”: After the pride of the British Navy, HMS Hood, was sunk by the Germans, Churchill issued that famous injunction. The first time that British units destroy a German Battleship, the UK player gets 3 IPC, as an income bonus, at the end of the turn. Once only.

Please let me know what you guys think about those. Of course, they would need to be balanced by some minor adjustments to the Axis.

I really like those 2 rules, very historical. They could counter balanced a greater help to axis in new rules (alpha 3 as it seems to be coming)

What I’d like to see are some Official (optional) NA’s  :-D

I wouldn’t like to see either Italy or Russia to be strengthend. The Italians turned out to be a joke in WWII and a stronger Russia will only result in less need for the US to step in the European theater.

To get the US to actually plan a D-Day a US NO should be in place. I would love a 2 (french?) infantry for and in any of the following US-liberated territories: Netherlands, France, Normandy, Southern France (and maybe even portugal and spain) - resembling the national recruitment of these areas.

I also have the impression that the entire system of victory cities is flawed by dividing them up between pacific and atlantic.

But then again I don’t like VC-rules anyway.  :lol:

still hanging on to the “totaler Krieg” rules of aniversary edition!  :evil:

@soldaatvanoranje:

I wouldn’t like to see either Italy or Russia to be strengthend. The Italians turned out to be a joke in WWII and a stronger Russia will only result in less need for the US to step in the European theater.

To get the US to actually plan a D-Day a US NO should be in place. I would love a 2 (french?) infantry for and in any of the following US-liberated territories: Netherlands, France, Normandy, Southern France (and maybe even portugal and spain) - resembling the national recruitment of these areas.

per turn, per territory that is…

I personally don’t think the game needs to change that radically either. No setup changes just give Japan N0’s that are more attainable and Italy 5 if UK is under Axis control and I think that will go a long way. If Uk doesn’t work for you as a NO for Italy how about Paris. If the whole objective is to give the Axis a little more of a counterweight then I think this is what you are looking for. On another note I am laughing at these posts a little because when the game came out so many shouting for Alpha 3 were saying Germany could take London and still have plenty of money to fend off the Russians. What Happened?

@GoSanchez6:

<snip>. On another note I am laughing at these posts a little because when the game came out so many shouting for Alpha 3 were saying Germany could take London and still have plenty of money to fend off the Russians. What Happened?</snip>

They found out that while they could fend off the Russians, they didn’t stand much chance against a combined Pac/EU USA economy dumped into one side of the board on top of it.

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I hope Larry will finally disallow bombardments from damaged battleships.