@Taffy3
If you know this will be the case just have a laptop with triple A present and update countries at the end of their turn.
If you play with a group some people will be Idle most of the time anyway and it saves doing things later.

With stacks of 20+ units cellphone shots can be tricky to recreate from.

TripleA also has the advantage of being able to continue the round from remote locations in case your next sitting is prevented by other IRL things.

As an added bonus it adds disaster recovery in case accidents happen. Dice bounce out on table, cat/kid sneaks in.

@barnee
Yea i mean germany clears TJ with other units leaving the tank behind.
And then in NCB the tank moves through TJ and into iraq.

Ofcourse the only units that move in CB and NCB are air units.

@G40NEWB said in Tank blitzing through newly conquered territory:

Is Germany able to blitz tanks through a territory it just conquered that turn? For example, using a few tanks to attack blocker infantry in Eastern Poland then attacking Western Ukraine through that newly captured territory? Please give me an example from the rule book that makes this move illegal or legal, can’t seem to find anything that specifically deals with this situation.

All combat moves are done before any combat is resolved.
All combat moves, so after you start rolling dice no more combat moves are allowed.
This situation is pretty clear, your tank cannot blitz because there is a blocking infantry in the way.

After the infantry is removed only non combat moves are available and you cannot capture new countries in non combat.

You could blitz into a friendly neutral country, as thats considered a non combat move. So if germany stands in egypt with a tank it could first clear a blocker in trans-jordan and then blizz into iraq.

@SuperbattleshipYamato said in Submerging before battle?:

@Azimuth

You’re mostly correct. I can’t speak to your last scenario.

There are a ton of little “loopholes” in the rules that allow for really clever maneuvers for very specific situations, like Great Southern Germany-Yugoslavia-Romania in one turn.

I trust that the designers considered many possibilities and that they intended for such a scenario to be possible.

I doubt that many of the rules where actually designed in a way to create these kinda loopholes. They are more build this way to make the game easier to play and more structured for beginners. The loopholes are just side effects that the designers either didnt think of or didnt think people would abuse as they are kinda illogical.

You retreat abuse, well how would you do it otherwise? how can you keep track of what unit came from where? its a lot of extra problems. Its much easier just saying everything retreats to the same country.
Older versions even had the rule that no land units could retreat from amfib combat ( even ones comming from land ) just to simplify things.

This is just another 1 of these things where your not allowed to mix non-combat and combat moves to make the game easier. Otherwise you would need to keep track of the things that already moved.

Logically it makes no sence that units cannot just move during the combat move step. It actualy makes the game a lot easier and faster to play if you are mixing both phases. But you have to keep track of your moves better.

@FranceNeedsMorePower

You can use them to retake money islands and being a general nuisance to japan.

Java is just 3 moves away from your factory, if you take it that gives you 14 ipcs to spend which is 1 transport + 1 inf + 1art. Which also is your production limit and its also a pretty decent attacking force.
US can clear blockers if needed and Anzac can just move in and take the island.

Japan doesnt always have transports nearby or land forces to take it back so its a hassle for them.

@SuperbattleshipYamato said in Is there a world champion for this game?:

@shadowhawk

That’s why Iike low luck. More predictable. Perhaps that would be the way to go for a hypothetical world championship.

True but then that does not test a players skill to addapt to changing situations.
If all combat is pre-determined you never have unplanned situations.

@SuperbattleshipYamato said in Why is surrender not an option in the original game?:

@surfer

I don’t make that assumption. My view is that since surrender wasn’t explicitly mentioned in the rules it’s not allowed.

Every game out there basically allows 1 of the players to give up. Its a game if you think you lost you can give up.
What would you do force a player to continue playing?
Its not in the rules because its so obvious it doesnt need to be in the rules.

@SuperbattleshipYamato said in Why is surrender not an option in the original game?:

@shadowhawk

I don’t force.

But when playing by myself or if I’m the one losing I always play to the end.

Why? If your axis and its clear you will lose why continue for another 12 hours. Especially if allies are winning things will go slowly downhill for the axis but it takes many rounds before tokyo, berlin and rome are captured. You could stack tokyo with about 50-60 inf and a load of fighters so then good luck invading as the allies. 1 kamikaze a turn means 6 turns without shore bombardment as well.

Not having it also means that the first player that lands there can also land a lot of planes. Having 2 french units and say 8 infantry and 6fighters is a lot worst then having just 8 inf on that zone to deal with. Sure the US cannot build 3 tanks but the ability to land a huge airforce there does mitigate that issue the first round.

And if they keep the zone for long enough that they could produce there there is verry little that stops them from attack you.

Bombing the harbour does nothing at all. You would normally land from SZ110 which has a UK harbour anyway so bombing it only exposes your airforce to AA fire without any benefit.

Thinking about the post and the board pictures.
Its kinda unfair we now helping only 1 side of the board. As it looks like both players are new to the game our help will give 1 side a clear advantage over the other side.

@SuperbattleshipYamato said in France Strategy Video:

@FranceNeedsMorePower

1. The French fighters scrambling from London by itself wouldn’t kill a German submarine in sea zone 110, as the Allies don’t have destroyers in that sea zone on turn 1. Of course, the fighter can still kill German aircraft or surface ships or provide an extra hitpoint so the British battleship can kill a submarine. Your overall point still stands.

Its actually better to let the BB die before the fighter, as it removes both subs from the fight. And is guaranteed to hit back unlike the BB that can be sunk with a lucky sub hit.
And if germany retreats the fighter survives but did have a decent shot at killing a germany fighter.

@chris-laf

Just wondering, why is the US not moving before round 5? If germany attacks all sides all attacks are kinda weak. So they will lose a lot of power as well, They cannot attack france, and Russia and the UK fleet all in turn 1 and have a lot of forces left.
Also attacking russia round 1 isnt ideal and leaves some weak points.

Japan 1 is powerfull but it generally leaves some weak poins, not many but he cant expect to roll great everywhere.

As allies try to hit where you got some advantage, japan is weak if it loses to many inf units in china, so use that to drain him. Also dont leave forces open for easy conquest if he can attack with a lot of airpower then just make sure its only airpower or step back a bit and counter his small infantry stacks.

UK will have a massive fleet left, or germany has no airforce left, either way both UK and US can move into europe relatively quickly.

@FranceNeedsMorePower

You can use them to retake money islands and being a general nuisance to japan.

Java is just 3 moves away from your factory, if you take it that gives you 14 ipcs to spend which is 1 transport + 1 inf + 1art. Which also is your production limit and its also a pretty decent attacking force.
US can clear blockers if needed and Anzac can just move in and take the island.

Japan doesnt always have transports nearby or land forces to take it back so its a hassle for them.

@SuperbattleshipYamato

You have to transport them true, so their use is a bit more limited but you still transporting inf to europe anyway. With radar it might be worth it those 3 dice @2 are quite painfull. So you force germany to use more land forces in the west to take your beachhead or risk aircraft being destroyed.

If germany cant trade cheap in the west that gives russia more room as well.

@LewisClark said in Keeping Track of IPC:

@shadowhawk Just got done writing an Android app to keep track of all the IPCs that a Power should get. We got sick and tired and also a waste of time in determining how many IPCs one gets at the end of a turn.

Its good to combine with my idea to use roundels to keep track of countries you still need to process in the App.
So you can do that update phase while the active players does his non-combat/placement.

When there is a lot of combat going on ( like china vs japan ) i tend to do roll all combat and then update the surivors in the countries. Having a huge stack of dice means i can use the dice to represent surviving units.

@SuperbattleshipYamato

Radar can also be verry usefull for the US. They got quite a few starting AA guns.

Normally Germany will want to trade normandy/south france/norway with a lot of air as attackers. Putting 1 AA gun there from your starting stack might prove painfull with the radar tech.

Also taking money islands and putting an AA gun there might make it harder for japan to take them back.

But it is a lot better for the UK and russians to have radar then it is for US.

@ampdrive said in How to deal with the insane russian NO:

@shadowhawk Not really true “nothing stops russia” from moving into iraq or finland.Russia needs to be at war on the Europe side.

True they need to be @war, the moment they are at war they can take iraq ( Uk can just take north persia so they can blitzz through.

@Arthur-Bomber-Harris said in The Bright Skies:

You lost me when you said Russia will invade Scandinavia. That strategy only works against inexperienced Axis players.  Against anyone decent, you will have a bunch of valuable troops stuck with no place to retreat.  Russia being aggressive in more than one small theater is a guarenteed recipe for failure because of the overwhelming air power of the Axis.

If Germany does not have any fleet then you basically can trade units in scandinavia and win it without many land units left.

Germany also has 7 inf there so you sending 7 inf 2 art and your air does not lose out a lot. But its 16ipcs difference. Thats 5 inf each round you build more then germany, so you make up the losses pretty fast germany doesnt.

Ofcourse it makes no difference if germany has 1 transport and trades the countries but without the transport.

Same with Afrika, 2 tanks 2 mechs can take iraq and then surviving tanks can race into afrika. They are protected almost all the way by UK forces and sure you lose 4 units but each turn you can build 2-5 more.

@bakerbei said in Assistance with the bidding rules:

@AndrewAAGamer Would Germany still not be able to take both SZ 110 and 111? I believe that Germany has 4 subs, 4 fighters, 4 tactical bombers, 2 strategic bombers and 1 battleship to bring to bear on the two sea zones.

If it’s split evenly, with the battleship going to the English Channel, Germany has odds on both, even with a Scottish Fighter bid and scrambling the now 5 fighters.

Are my calculations off or is it not a given that the Scottish Fighter saves a fleet?

No they will still win both combats. But it will cost them more units.
Gemany cannot afford to lose most of its planes there, and a bad roll of the dice can really screw up german plans.

@AndrewAAGamer said in Assistance with the bidding rules:

@bakerbei said in Assistance with the bidding rules:

In your opinion though, if you had an 18 ipc bid, where would you place it and why?

With only $18 I would put a fighter in Scotland and an SS in 110. Give the remaining $2 to UK Europe.

The reason I would do this is it saves one of the two main UK fleets. Germany does not have enough firepower to safely hit 110 and 111 with the 2 extra defending units. Then the SS in 110 will survive and it can join the UK Med fleet for Gibastion then start convoy disruption against Italy. The extra $2 allows the UK to build a factory for Egypt, an airbase for Gibraltar and an infantry for London.

This makes UK safe from Sealion and starts them down the road to be able to have a big enough fleet, combined with the US, to make landings on the Continent ASAP,

Im puzzled by the sub in 110, would it not be better to put a DD in 111 instead.
110 if germany hits 2 times with subs yea it gives you a cruiser shot.
Unless you intend to take 1 hit on the sub first as the sub cannot hit air and the 2 cruisers + BB will hit subs first.