IarnGreiper said:Removing the prerequisite would lead to unrealistic results in the pacific when the USA can again buy all units right where they need it.
IarnGreiper,
Yes, this is no doubt a problem the removal would create.
Rocoteh
IarnGreiper said:Removing the prerequisite would lead to unrealistic results in the pacific when the USA can again buy all units right where they need it.
IarnGreiper said:BTW Rocoteh would it be possible to add some tobacco to Bulgaria and Turkey. I only have late 1830s figures for Germany but these countries seemed the main source of tabacco before and during the war.
Adler17 said:Rocoteh, I think you should give Germany a someway type of scientific boost, since they had a technological advantage throughout the war in most scientific areas. They should start either with more techs or have a possibility to get new techs faster than the other nations, since stealing tech is no longer possible.
Adler
IarnGreiper said:BTW I tried a game with more aggressive AIs. First I started the game with maximal aggression level and in the second stage I manually increased aggression for all nations which entered the war early (Germany (however played by me), Belgium, France, GB, Italy).
I refrained from giving the SU more aggression since they already declared war on Axis or allies or even both very early.
Here is my report for the most aggressive game:
Report from the Hauptquatier, Spetember 1939
Initial operations went well. However we kept Belgium as a buffer between the Wehrmacht and the French army which made the French fruitlessly atting the bottleneck near Stuttgart. The Luftwaffe used a lot of reconnaissace and destroyed all enemy units on the move who dared to leave air superiority zones. At the end of September we control Poland, continental Greece, Yugoslavia, Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Italy viciously attacked Marseille and moved quite an army to Greece only to see the Wehrmacht patroling the streets of Athens.
In the med sea, Italy is having bad times especially as the Brits and French seem to move their whole navy there. However the Duce managed to grab Cyprus from the British.
IarnGreiper said:Report from the Hauptquatier, early October 1939.
We are preparing for operation Sealion before Fall Rot (invasion of France). The British airforce has been destroyed by aggressive air and sea bombardments. Right now the Luftwaffe is clearing the countryside from any British ground forces. The plan is to establish a bridgehead with minimal ground forces, using the Luftwaffe to pave the way. Bergen has become the home port of the Kriegsmarine now enabling operations at the Scotish coast.
The Italians are giving us more and more headches. They attacked Turkey now and wasted quite a few units on their defenses without visible gains.
Meanwhile the French started sieging Milan. In the highly defensive terrain there they seem to have a superior position. We highly recommend the Duce to stop counterattacking.
In Egypt they managed to capture Al Alhamein for a weak but lost it afterwards. Finally they captured Greece.
PS: S Boots based in Amsterdam are far too strong against London.
IarnGreiper said:Oh I didn t know about that flag.
On the playtest. Both early sealion and French at Milan are results of the decision of min to avoid the confrontation with French ground forces. Whith me unreachable the French have only Italy to attack. And with nothing other to do for the Luftwaffe my fighters and bombers are free to pave the way for Seelöwe.
IarnGreiper said:Update report from the Hauptquatier:
We established an initial beachhead in England in early November. With our extremely limited transport capacity we landed some SS troopers with German 88 and Flak support in the countryside. With this tactic we can bridge more troops a week. When we have amassed enough forces we will take down their cities.
update: During november we crushed most military opposition of the Tomies, in Dezember we cracked down the resistance in the cities and took Ireland.
Istambul became part of the Reich as well as Ankara. The Bolchevists invaded Persia but made few ground since the beginning of their offence in late November. Thailand lost a city to the Tommies and one to the Chinese.
Italy managed to capture St Johns while the Kriegsmarine kept the British Navy busy. However we don t think they will have a happy new year over there when they see films of the French shelling Rome on the Wochenschau.
With the British capital moved to Calcutta, the Tommies are most likely to fight the Russian Juggernaut during the months to come.
Rocoteh said:IarnGreiper,
Thank you for the report.
I think this playtest will show that changes have to made with regard
to Britain. It remains to be seen if the new coastal tiles and limited
number of transports for Germany (until fall 1940) will be enough or
if other changes also must be done.
It will be interesting to follow how many turns it will take for you
to occupy Britain.
Thank you and welcome back.
Rocoteh