Axis & Allies Battle of the Bulge FAQ

@Chidori:

@Yavid:

The easiest thing to do is after Germany’s turn count had many Victory points worth of territories they control and that’s how many Victory points they have.

Ok, so that means points DO NOT accumulate. Whatever point hexes Germany controls at turn end is what victory points they have. They have to control 24 points worth of territories to win.

You posted while I was posting. You seem to have it now.

If you hold a four point city for two turns it only adds 4 points one time. It does not add 4 points every turn.

Two ways to figure it:

At the end of turn subtract cities retaken by the allies from your previous turn’s total and add newly conquered cities to your previous turn’s total.

OR

@Yavid:

The easiest thing to do is after Germany’s turn count add how many Victory points worth of territories they control and that’s how many Victory points they have.

@shootnscore26:

Big shout to Frimmel for the strategies and Krieghound for being “der Spielfuhrer” with all the advice on rules… :-D

You’re welcome. Glad to know all my typing on here has been a help.

ok so it got here today. I’m re-reading the rule book and things are looking good. I’m answering my own questions at this point. Things I could never figure out I’m finding the answer to and understanding the rules. I think my hang up before was the title Axis and Allies and the combat system is nothing like it.

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but if you attack the south east hex (where you said that one men would be) then you kill that with 6 tanks (turn 3) then the men from eupen need do defend verviers, so than the both are weaker than before, and if its only the half at eupen than you can kill it easy (with the 6 tanks)

and about the air-force, if you move your men in a hex-no hex position, that is: you move your men in one hex, the next one not, the next one full enz. because then the airforce can’t do you so much (if you roll a lot of A-A dice the airplanes will die faster than with a few)

and about bastogne, you can move your truck in turn one with a few supplys to one-hex from bastogne. than the rest will slow down, because not evryone has supplys, but you can’t do enything about that…

and the thing abaut bastogne was that they needed to re-enforce bastogne, and then they couln’t re-enforce eupen, so you can conquer it faster and

:roll: As explained to me, Hasbro didn’t provide exactly what’s needed to fill out the reinforcemnt charts  :x but losses to combat quickly provide them.  :lol:

We only have two games in and so far I would only disagree with one point on this. I don’t think the Allies should try to hold the entire line or keep it smooth. I think they have to give in the middle and pick at the Germans from the sides. Let it bulge and get overextended and chop it off.

It seems to me that the Allies must hold a line from Martelange, Bastogne, Ortheuville and the hex central to Rochefort, Marche, La Roche and Ortheuville. The other key is Liege and Verviers the Germans need to somehow be made to pay dearly for those hexes or kept out entirely.

I’m wondering if it isn’t best to pull everything that lives thru turn one combat back a hex to stall for time to get dug in on the lines I mentioned above?

I think the other key for the Allies is not to leave supplies for the Germans to capture. The bare minimum to shoot at the Germans and that is it. Except for Hexes you are intent on not vacating don’t move any supplies directly to a hex on the front. I think that the best hits for the Allies is on the German supplies. That will slow 'em down more than making them retreat or destroying them (which of course don’t hurt.) “Don’t let 'em have the gas. Burn it. Burn it.”

As for aircraft you have to hit hexes you want to be hit less hard from, cover hexes you don’t want the Germans to weaken and go after the supplies (which as you said is common sense.)

That is my thoughts on two games and some time moving things around on my own. The last game as Germany I pretty much destroyed everything on the first turn attack and rolled to a turn 5 victory. The dice were nice but I think my opponent doesn’t have a feel for this game yet.