AARHE: Phase 2: Units

This is what I am looking at…

Only DD, FTR, BO can attack SS and only when they are detected

–>DD can roll one additional dice to throw depth charge at one detected SS

–>Otherwise planes can attack detected SS in the new naval opening fire

BB’s opening fire should only the long range batteries.
–>BB has opening fire on naval units as well as first round anti-aircraft fire

–>SS may resurface at a later combat cycle after submerging, while submerged it cannot be detected

@B.:

If the enemy buy subs then I buy one DD, but just one.

I was looking at changing the detection system. Due to saturation of sonar/radar I reckon the probably of detecting a particular enemy SS depends on the number of friendly destroyers, and importantly not on the number of enemy submarines.
Something like 1 DD then SS detected on a roll of 1…2 DDs then SS detected on a roll of 2…etc

Either way we won’t let one DD automatically detect all SSs in a SZ like in OOB and the tactic of buying one DD won’t happen.

Convoy Raids… On the U.K, U.S. and Japanese players collect income phase, the player must subtract 2 IPCs to the bank for each enemy submarine within 1 sea zone of an industrial complex contolled by respective nation. For each enemy submarine within 2 sea zones of an industrial complex, the player must subtract 1 IPC.

This is pretty standard and is in several varients.

I don’t it like though because of logics.
Why are you forced to transport material (IPC) to a particular factory (IC)? And why are you forced to do so via sea?
It creates strange situations.
Like I am not even building units at that IC yet it suffered convoy raid.  :|
Check the income thread for related ideas I proposed.

Its hard to say whehter those are good prices without considering what changes to put in.

Does you buy my suggestions about SS DD BB etc?

Yeah they are huge and bold changes.

Final draft for phase 1

(Duno if we planned to have any of the changes for phase 1…)

DD costs 10 IPC

BB costs 20 IPC, now fires in opening fire

AA still costs 5 IPC, now called ID (Infrastructure defense), may have more than one ID per territory. Each ID has two AA (Anti-aircraft) rolls and two CB (Coastal battery) rolls.
An AA “search” roll selects and targets an enemy aircraft in opening-fire and succeed on four or less. An AA “attack” roll selects a found enemy aircraft in opening-fire and hits on one or less. An ID may not use two AA “attack” rolls on the same enemy aircraft.
A CB “search” roll selects an enemy transport in the opening-fire of land portion of amphibious assault and succeed on four or less. A CB “attack” roll selects a found enemy transport in the opening-fire of the land portion of amphibious assault and hits on one or less. An ID may not use two CB “attack” rolls on the same transport.

IC has new costs, includes 2 IDs built-in.

Its a rush job and not well thought through yet.

Let me see…do all “search” rolls before "attack rolls. This models your fixed defense policy/reaction as to fire at found planes or to search for more potential targets.

Two rolls CAN go against the same plane but the same ID piece cannot spend the more than one “attack” roll against the same plane. This models planes flying by and you only have limited time to shoot at it. However fixed defense can still shoot at later flying by planes.

With CB replace “enemy transport” with enemy infantry. (I thought of this after summary of your amphibious assault but forget to change it. Infantry as first waves to secure beach before artillery and tanks.)

By the way we need to add this other thing I thought of earlier, to prevent IDs from shifting around like OOB’s AA.

Placed ID on its side when first built. It may not fire yet but can move in non-combat. In any mobilisation phase you may turn it upright. Now it may fire but cannot move anymore.

Anyway, to cut it short since Imperious Leader keeps saying phase 1 is over  :-)

Final draft for phase 1

DD costs 10 IPC

BB costs 20 IPC, fires in opening-fire

AA still costs 5 IPC, but may have more than one AA per territory.
In first round opening-fire each AA selects an enemy air unit indepedently and rolls a “search” dice detecting on 4 or less. Then each AA selects a unit independently among the detected enemy air units to rolls an “attack” dice hitting on 1 or less.
Place AA on its side when first built. It may not fire but may move in non-combat. Turn it upright in any mobilisation phase including the the one it is mobilised in. It may now fire but may not move again.

IC includes 3 AAs built-in.

Some ideas:

Mayeb BBs should have built-in AA.
Unless we let naval units hit air units (while keeping the land units can’t hit air units).

Artillery
I think the once proposed long range support fire into adjacament enemy territory may not be realistic.
WWII artilleries had a range of only few kilometres.

Carrier
With the proposed 2 hits carrier, is that realistic or only certain carriers?
I don’t like carriers able to defend itself. It should be the planes doing the defending.
So I think it shouldn’t defend on 3, should be less.

@Imperious:

++++++++ Naval units can hit planes. thats very different than land combat. I think the way to do it is allow each ship to get a preemtive shot at planes ( very small) with cruisers getting the best weapons ( they are anti- air platforms as part of their utility)

Oh no its blurred together with phase 3 land and naval combat.

Naval units’ main round hits cannot be taken by air units. But each DD, BB, CV and CR (cruiser) has a built-in AA.

Does the CV need new values intead of OOB’s Attack 1 Defend 3?

Maybe they should be Attack 1 Defend 1?
Or even better they should only have Anti-aircraft and cannot attack ships!

Thats not right.
CV moving away from threat does not make them kill better! It should be the planes doing the killing.
BB are slow but I doubt DD have a hard time catching up to CV?  :-P

They are expensive units built on crusier hull so they take 2 hits. Thats fine. But that should be all. Fter that they are expenisve for the platform, catapult and other equipment, not cannons/fire power.

And I don’t think “DNA” is a good excuse. We are introducing new units anyway.

Oh I only played the fourth edition (“revised”) Axis and Allies. The unit values was actually kept the same for 26 year?

it has to have some value other than a transport of planes or people will just buy land based planes and “unsinkable aircraft carriers” also known as islands.

Forget CV but this needs addressing on its own!!!
What did we have before? Something about refueling?

Its difficult to model as combat refueling is implicitly there.
Maybe each sea zones takes 2 movement points? (rather than just a special case of leaving island entering sea zone takes 1 extra movement point)

Also, I think land units should also move further in non-combat.

Oh yeah going with your argument I think CV should still be only 1/1 without planes on deck.

By the way are we pretty solid on BB now firing in opening fire?