@italiansarecoming:
balanced= dice rolls win unfair means= axis win easily or allies to easily
when i get the agme i am going to be italy and go all out on afrika 1st turn 1 trans and 1 artillery next turn start making 4 inf. when i lose afirka 1 inf. to france a turn
Two equally skilled players should be able to play either side and see success, that is what I consider balance. If my less skilled friend is able to beat me easily because he picked a more “powerful” side to play as, that’s unbalanced. I think that is what you are getting at, however.
I believe your Italy ideas will be quite common. Africa is the only real target for them, so might as well take as much as you can, then help out in France so that Germany can afford to defend France and Northwest Europe.