> Hakon, I got an excellent idea on how to avoid a super-Balbo in your
> games: allow stuffing. Thios solves it at one stroke.
If 3d10 works for this purpose, then there is no need, thank you very much.
> Actually, it is a bit pointless to have this conversation at
> all
At least pointless for you to be in the discussion, since you keep bringing up
stuffing, which is a known counter, as I said in the very first posts on this
thread.
> As far as most of the points go: I think that in the
> discussion you make the Axis force go much further than you'd
> ever be able to on table.
You are the one theorizing. I base my arguments on actual game experience. I
have accurate build logs if you would like to go into the details.
> With your indicated build structure there is nowhere in hell
> you can get all this stuff by M/J 41. Even assuming 0 losses
> up to then. I'd suggest that you keep track of your opponents
> builds if they play this strategy and see that they don't put
> an extra unit or two on the traxck each turn! :-) (Only
> joking but it just doesn't pan out.)
That's a cheap rethorical trick, Herbert. Either call me a cheater to my face,
or hold your mouth. Again, if you like, I can give you the exact builds from an
actual game.
Then again, both Guderian and Manstein are accused of twisting the truth a bit with regards to what kind of mistakes can be blamed on Hitler, putting...
... If 3d10 works for this purpose, then there is no need, thank you very much. ... At least pointless for you to be in the discussion, since you keep bringing...
It seems that the conversation/exchange of views has taken a turn for the worse. Needlessly imo. Since I didn't imply cheating, just perhaps getting away with...
Herbert, your points are spot on and I agree (and have repeatedly) with all of them. The mistake you're making is the same one I originally made - you believe...
... A suggesten you didn't even bother to respond to.... In my latest mail to you, oback and tom on this, I also suggested alternatives that would let you play...
... alternatives that would let you play at daytime during weekends, though those times seem to crash with the timetables of our american players (at least...
... I didnt specify an exact time, but my saturday evening would be your sunday morning, and my friday evening would be your saturday morning. It appears that...
Awww...c'mon guys...I was looking forward to game reports!!!;-) C ... your initial assertion (ie that Super-Balbo has a counter strategy that does not require...
Too Bad... it looks like our game is not going to happen. For the record, Ecka, I did clearly state in my email to you: please post the times that you are...
... No, never said that. I feel if the Russian has got the guts to defend forward and try to hold the garrison ratio than good luck to them for trying. It...
... This same argument has come up before. That time, iirc, the auther (don't quite remember who) didn't really mean that Stalin should be able to DOW in 1940,...
I caught this discussion a bit on the tail side and have been going through the archive looking for a definition of Super Balbo. Can somebody just redefine it...
Super-Balbo is a term that was first created on the MWiF forums that is used to describe an all out attack on Russia in 1941, preferrably by all 3 axis powers....
Fearfull strategy : I don't know how to counter that, maybe a russian depth defense, no stuffing at the border. The allies can send all the BPs they can to...
... Certainly they may, but by controlling Turkey and the Caucasus, the Germans can use rail to relocate between fronts, while the British need to use...
The railroad in Turkey is long and curves a lot in the south of the country. The british in 1941 can muster a sizeable force and try to cut it from different...
I'd actually forgotten about railing through Istanbul. Except for sending the 4 corps required to align Spain to Syria, I've never started pushing southwards...
I think you refer to playing with Limited Access across Straits in a later post. This severely restricts what you can get into and through Turkey. The times...
What I'd prefer to see and believe is more relevant is if the "Super Balbo" strategy can be implemented under RAW. If so, then a strategy has indeed been...
I think it can, if not quite as powerful as you can get if the USSR isn't allowed to stuff. In 1940, the Germans can ensure the Italians have 5 bp/turn by...
Fly in the ointment to the below: the Italians do have to have some way to get their aircraft around the German border zone since they cannot fly through it....
... a fix is required or even of much interest. The pact and garrison rule(s) work both ways for both parties involved and are not optional. It's you that are...
... a fix is required or even of much interest. The pact and garrison rule(s) work both ways for both parties involved and are not optional. It's you that are...
... Now I do it for amusement. ... OK, I'll bite. Explain how Italy conquering Hungary makes stuffing harder and is good Axis strategy? As for Italy...
... Elementary. With a common border with the USSR, the Italians (which for some reason in WiF are much braver than the Germans when faced with the Russian...
... for some reason in WiF are much braver than the Germans when faced with the Russian monster) can DOW first, and either ground strike or ZOC enough russians...
... Assuming USSR claims East Poland, which seems pretty standard, then the common border for Hungaryis on Hex 2529 and 2429. If Hungary got Transilvania then...
... the ... My apology. I was trying to decipher it via the pictures on boardgamegeek. 0125 hrs here, at work. I always felt Russia was a little too...
If Italy DOWs USSR while the neutrality pact between USSR and Germany is in effect, the italian units in the neutrality zone (3 hexes from the common border),...