The game already (slightly) favors the Axis, and you wanna nerf US…? 
:?

This sounds like a good idea. I play with a lot of new players, many of whom are confused by the “units can move 2 spaces, except when they can’t (except for fighters).”

They’ve always had an easier time with 42.2’s NCM.

@ItIsILeClerc:

I still think the best way to get the brits into their most cautious mode, is GE buying nothing GE1. If the Uk gets agressive, GE2 can produce a deadly force for SL GE3. Even Barbarossa is still a very good option.

But what’s stopping UK from doing the same thing?  Buy nothing, run Taranto, and wait til UK2 to respond to a Sealion threat.  Seems like a lot of German initiative is being sacrificed with little payoff.

Would love some NOs.

Would like to see Axis navy encouraged.

Tech? Maybe if they did it a la 50th Anniversary?

Much improved USW.  I mean, Global did it perfectly.  And it was SUCH  a big deal for Germany in WW1.

Impassable Switzerland.

Bigger Western front. And fix the map so that the seam of the boards runs through the Med, and not Europe. Seriously, what the heck?

We’ve had a lot of success with 4 players;

~Germany
~Austria/Turkey
~Britain/US (UK is huge, so the player doesn’t mind waiting through the US turns)
~Russia/France/Italy

We might also swap US for Italy in this setup.

And I agree, France IS boring, with only 1 real option. Stack the Western front and wait to get bailed out.

@Gamerman01:

Anyway, yes, I am actually losing interest in G40 now.  A little too big.  It’s too busy.  Sweet spot is somewhere between AA50 and G40.

Bigger isn’t always better.

Hear, hear. I have yet to enjoy a f2f game of G40. China and ANZAC are the bane of my existence as I wait for my turn to come around again. Playing 10 hours to get through 6 rounds is disappointing.

Now a game whose complexity falls between AA50 and G40? THERE’s something I could get behind.

And thus begins another thread on the inefficiency of battleships.

I.e., “If 250 destroyers fought your 100 battleships, the destroyers win X% of the time,” etc. etc.
:evil:

@Uncrustable:

USA lost the 1 move Canada chuck
Now it both costs more and takes longer for the USA to make a real impact

This cannot be understated. It REALLY slows down the America. I didn’t used to mind US making about the same as Germany, but now it is hard for them to have an impact. Add to this the fact that Germany can sink the US Atlantic fleet on turn 1, and America just got a lot  harder to be effective.

:(

@Imperious:

Are they renting rooms in Caucasus? Is the line too long to find a room?

I see what you did there.  :-D

@John:

Are you still going to get more combat dice? Just curious. :-)

I was just looking at this topic to ask the same question. I’ve got German and French dice, and would love to fill out my collection.

As this is a valuable resource for new Global players (myself included), is there any chance we could get this stickied? And perhaps the Japanese playbook as well? I find myself hunting for it rather often.