GW36 Italian Strategy - Somalian Pirate (Crouching Benito)

  • '17

    Well written thank you Jinx!
    Think that covers it in detail. Its boring to sit neutral as Italy. However the ability to halt allied troop and naval movement is priceless. And the other players sighs and counter builds are rather good entertainment.

    Italy is small, but used right can punch over its weight.


  • THANK YOU!!!  Been waiting for this one to be finished.  I would love to see/read more strategy guides of all kinds. I am actually beginning to collect and compile GW strategies and ideas as I used to do for A&A G40. I also enjoyed Refusing the Dragon and can’t wait until I try it out against unsuspecting friends.


  • Hehe thanks guys.
    I enjoy writing them if I know people enjoy reading them! :-)


  • Thanks for getting back to this….very interesting.


  • @Mark:

    Thanks for getting back to this….very interesting.

    It is a pleasure Mark. I’m glad people bother reading them.
    I think the next one will not be a Strategic Play, but an analysis of a problem.
    The Problem of the Soviet Ass. 😛

  • 2024 '23 '22 '21 '20 '19 '18 '17

    Sorry for such a delayed response here. Was just going through some posts in the Global War thread.

    Jinx1527, I really love the way you lay your topics out! You’ve definitely thought through them and convey each greatly!

    This is an extremely interesting idea. I’m not sure I would have really considered Italy just staying Neutral. I just have one question really.

    I definitely get your point on keeping less coastal territories to have to defend. You’re right, the Mediterranean/Southern Europe is essentially blocked by Neutrality at that point. This gives Germany an advantage of only needed to defend the Atlantic coast line and fight in the East. Though one victory objective is automatically forfeited in Lebensraum (by not taking Yugoslavia and Greece), this probably works very well to have Germany troops not have to garrison a whole theater.

    But, what’s to say that, generally speaking, the Allies can’t do the same thing and just (mostly) ignore the Mediterranean and focus all efforts in northern Europe, the Pacific, etc.? By this I mean, leave token forces in the event Italy tries something, but everything else diverted elsewhere.

    I totally get your point on Power Projection. I to like to employ this tactic in games. While I have not yet had the pleasure of playing my Global War 1936 game, I’ve played a lot of AA Global 1940, and placing the Japanese fleet at the Caroline islands is a great “triple threat”. From there, you threated Sydney, Hawaii, the Philippines, and the DEI. A lot of potentially ground that can be reached to force the Allies to defend all or give one up easily.

    So while I get your point, what says the Allies need to spend a lot of time/money/forces to counter this Italian Power Projection?

    Italy only makes 10 IPP’s a turn (that said, correct me if I’m wrong. Italy’s Wartime Income is 10 IPP’s, but their Starting Income level is 7 IPP’s. (I assume they still get 10 IPP’s a turn, after the first turn, because that’s the value of their territories, correct? Or do they only get that “Wartime Income” if actually at war?)

    That’s not a lot of money to spend that the Allies need to potentially counter. This would seem to namely affect the UK, since as you point out India, South Africa, Gibraltar, and Cairo are all the reasonable spots the Italians can threaten. But what’s to stop the Allies/UK from only spending an equal amount of IPP’s to Italy’s to counter this threat? Or maybe a few IPP’s more to cover all the ground to be potentially affected?

    My guess is you’ll tell me that that’s money and units being spent on a phantom enemy in Italy that could be spent elsewhere and now is not. Which is very true, and can certainly hurt the Allies. But the same can be mostly said for the Axis as well, can’t it? That those Italian IPP’s and units just sitting stagnant are all pieces that could be used elsewhere.

    Just a though of mine, and completely curious on your response to it. I just wonder aloud if this really is a detriment to the Allied cause, or if it just keeps an area of the world quite while the rest burns, with no significant affect on the other powers.

    Thanks!

    Chris

  • '16

    Would it help in any way to expand Italy’s options much if a destroyer and cruiser were placed  in a Sea Zone adjacent to Eritrea at game start? I’ve toyed with this in a home rule set-up designed to portray a shorter, inconclusive WW1 and longer interwar period with greater arms buildup due to a shorter depression.


  • Hi,

    I fully intend to respond but i broke my hands in a vehicle accident, barring one finger.
    Due to this i was unable to attend the HBG developers meeting this weekend, i was assigned to play Germany and was going to kick butt.

    Anyways, i shall be back in a few months.
    Cheers!

  • 2024 '23 '22 '21 '20 '19 '18 '17

    Ouch! Sorry to hear it! Hope the healing process is moving along alright! Definitely will be curious on your response though when you can  :-)

    Take care!

  • '17

    Listen to the doc. Hope you get well soon! Awaiting your next strategy topic, always gets a discussion started.

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