Like the new map,3d tanks,cheap planes and destroyer shore attack weapon…dont care for the Advantages…too confusing and hard to remember…Revised edition is superior to original
Latest posts made by NthDegree
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RE: Revised Edition
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RE: Would the Allies win without Russia in the real war?
Hitler and Stalin were headed for a war with each other and they both knew it.It was inevitable.Hitler said in his goofy book Germany needed “lebensraum” and that was in the East.The Non-Aggression Pact of '39 was just to confound the French and British from negotiating with Stalin.Hitler wanted to invade Poland so he could be right on Russias frontier.The attack on Poland caused the Allies to declare war,upsetting Hitlers actual goal–invading Russia.After defeating France,he massed the armies in Poland,telling the Russians the troops are there to escape British bombers.The rest is history.Hitlers only real goal was war with Russia but it came in a roundabout way so I think the question “Would Germany have won the war without Russia as an enemy?” is pointless.
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RE: Hearts of Iron
Let me re-phrase that…We cant “share” our way to Utopia with six billion people…Socialism may work in a group of a few thousand people,but not with thousands of millions…
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RE: Hearts of Iron
I would wager a years pay on these bets…I bet that no member of the Politburo or any other member of the Soviet govt ate bread and pickled herring every day for meals…I would bet they didnt live in ramshackle housing…I bet they drove in Mercedes Benzs and Rolls Royces…I bet they lived in luxury compared to the average Russian citizen(who,by the way,deserves so much more than they have)…Communism will die eventually…A person should be rewarded for hard work…Capitalism isnt perfect, but life is not fair and we cant “share” our way to Utopia
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RE: Desputing Evolution or the bible
Yeah why are creationists interested in anything scientific? If God made everything,why these disputes involoving scientific data? It seems that creationists find evolution compelling,yet they dont like the implications.I have seen creation-“scientists” say that humans and dinosaurs co-existed! We know that is 100% wrong.But from this guys speech,he sounded like he knew what he was talking about and I could see how someone who isnt familiar with this topic would conclude that he was correct.It seems that for a creationtist,anything can be explained away by saying “Well God made it that way” and arguing about scientific minutia is just an attempt to confuse people…Evolution is a fact.If God is real,than this is his way of "building " life…
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RE: Desputing Evolution or the bible
Imagine this hypothetical: A 15 year old boy decides to sit in front of a mirror for the rest of his life to “watch” himself grow old.He NEVER looks away from his reflection…75 years later,he concludes that aging is a theory because he didnt “see” it happen,even though he is old and gray…Fortunately,his mom took a picture of him at each of his birthdays…Some pictures are lost (missing links),but the old man sees this “fossil record” of himself and comes to the conclusion that he did indeed age…Evolution is too slow to be perceptible.and without it,biology makes no sense…Why would a Creator make parasites? Or let animals go extinct? Creation science is an oxymoron.Its proponents try to overwhelm a person into thinking they know what they are talking about by mixing scientific and philosophical jargon into a mush that makes zero sense…BTW the 2 LOT is not violated by evolution…More offspring of ANY animal die in far greater numbers than those that survive,so entropy is not violated
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RE: Anti tank guns
Yes.The rule would be just like the AA rule in A&A,with the exception that the AA gamepiece now has the ability to destroy airplanes OR armor, OR,if the attacker has armor and air attacking simultaneously,the defender chooses either one…Example: Attacker moves two planes and seven tanks into a territory containing an AA\AT gun…The defender decides to go for the armor and rolls seven dice for the armor, all hits are immediately removed from the board…Now play continues normally…It doesnt radically change the game,but can whittle down an armored spearhead before it gets to Moscow,maybe just enough for Russia to hang on a couple more rounds before going down…
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RE: Kamikaze vs. Battleship
That couldnt occur.A carrier cannot move during the Combat Movement phase and then launch planes.If it moves ,the planes are considered cargo and cant be used for anything.So if a carrier had planes on it and moved into a SZ containing Kamikaze during its Combat Movement,and the Jap player goes after the carrier and hits it,the planes go down with the carrier…Its the same as attacking a loaded transport;the cargo goes down with the ship…
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RE: Anti tank guns
The AA piece would serve as the anti tank gun…In WW2,AT guns were used by almost every combatant(I dont know if Japan had one or not)…The 88 was the best AA\AT gun by far in WW2 and was used in all of the major battles on the Eastern front…IMHO,the game need some sort of counter-balance to the mass armor theme,plus the AT gun reflects reality…I think I read some say the anti-tank gun option in W@W is “crap”.I think that is way wrong.In W@W,Germany gets five turns to build armor plus SS tanks…If Russia didnt have AT guns,they would get steamrolled every time…I do agree the rule can be frustrating because the AA\AT gun shoots before EACH round of combat and can inflict maximum damage but thats what makes W@W challenging…