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99471
Some people play to win even if this means stuffing the border or building super balbo, to not play against a player who tries to win is not as fun, and to not...
Nicklas
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Dec 1, 2008
3:44 pm
99472
What is super Balbo?...
khamul1979
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Dec 1, 2008
5:43 pm
99473
... Some Italian guy with a goatee and a big red "S" on his Regia Aeronautica uniform who can summon hordes of Caproni and Savoia Marchettis to bomb the...
mkonig2000
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Dec 1, 2008
6:41 pm
99474
Very close. However, Super Balbo refers to a strategy wherein the Italians send at least one HQ (the best being Balbo) and lots of planes. The Italians may...
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Dec 1, 2008
10:40 pm
99475
... This theory may hold true in a close-the-med-41-barb-42 strategy, but the assumtion in this discussion has been that Germany tried to break garrison in 41,...
hfloystad
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Dec 2, 2008
12:26 am
99476
We are playing with DoDIII and the US did not play the ND40 election. As a result the Republicans came to power. IPO10 seems to be stating that the US has an...
scheymorton
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Dec 2, 2008
12:29 am
99477
I disagree.  I made no assumption on closing the med in '41 (which is an entirely different ball game, IMO).  Well...I take it back, I assumed that the Axis...
Kevin Bernatz
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Dec 2, 2008
1:15 am
99478
I understand that according to the rules I am stuck with an uncooperative France. Yet it seems to me that if France sis conquered that the survivors would be...
texasmich_1999
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Dec 2, 2008
4:11 am
99479
Maybe your experience is based mostly on 41-close-the-med strategies, then? In my experience, it is usually the WAllies that go on the offensive first, usually...
hfloystad
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Dec 2, 2008
9:22 am
99480
... You may confuse Democratic ideology (one of the 3 ideology of DoD among Democratic, Communist and Fascist) and Democrates/Republicans administration of the...
howho0
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Dec 2, 2008
9:46 am
99481
To grossly summarize, Free France came to be as a counter balance to the official French government that was in Vichy. And even then it came very slowly as a...
lavisj
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Dec 2, 2008
1:52 pm
99482
Unless the reason the stuff actually worked was that Germany was being smart and building a mixed force of land + naval assets....in which case, the CW could...
Kevin Bernatz
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Dec 2, 2008
3:10 pm
99483
Sure, but in that case I would say that Germany didn't even try to break the garrison, which means that you're moving outside the context of this thread. ...
hfloystad
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Dec 2, 2008
3:41 pm
99484
But Free France does not equate to incompletely conquered France. France is still quite useful in that all its navy on the map can be used for convoy escorting...
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Dec 2, 2008
3:51 pm
99485
But which side actually won the game? ... From: Kevin Bernatz <redjac2003@...> To: wifdiscussion@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 9:10 am Subject:...
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Dec 2, 2008
3:54 pm
99486
I seem to remember that about a year ago, with the new print of MiF, that the rules regarding the nationality of city based volunteers was changed, so that CBF...
hfloystad
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Dec 2, 2008
5:22 pm
99487
Both of these are covered in the latest FAQ posted in the files section. ... MiF, ... imagining ... CW,...
paulderynck
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Dec 2, 2008
7:45 pm
99488
I don't remember...Russ will have to pipe in :-). -K ________________________________ From: "sajbalk@..." <sajbalk@...> To:...
Kevin Bernatz
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Dec 2, 2008
8:04 pm
99489
You can usually save almost all the French Convoys and often many of the cruisers and even the 2 subs - to become FF. A FF that has this is an excellent...
paulderynck
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Dec 2, 2008
8:08 pm
99490
Hello, The latest FAQ file is here : http://www.a-d-g.com.au/download/WiFFE_FAQ_v1.2_12_Nov_2008.pdf I think it is not wise to cross post it elswhere, because...
Patrice Forno
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Dec 2, 2008
9:37 pm
99491
I believe it was 201. Quite impressive. And I agree about a '42 Barb being dangerous, assuming Germany doesn't spend all of 1941 in a coma. Which it...
Wendell
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Dec 2, 2008
11:19 pm
99492
The CBV question is answered curiously enough in the section on CBVs (22.4.8). Quote: City based volunteers that arrive in cities in an aligned minor country,...
Wendell
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Dec 2, 2008
11:34 pm
99493
Here are the FAQs I was thinking of in reference to Hakon's Q2 (Note the question numbers may be off by one or two from the published version Patrice linked,...
paulderynck
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Dec 3, 2008
4:17 am
99494
What happens to these units on a 1939 standard scenario? The country begins aligned so its units must be placed on map and used by germany with the typical...
khamul1979
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Dec 3, 2008
8:33 am
99495
No, It has a special aligned status. from memory it is written in the scenario book. The minor is aligned but GER cannot use its units Ā EC "Victory needs no...
tordson
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Dec 3, 2008
9:00 am
99496
... As stated in the scenario booklet at § 24.1.5, austrian and czech units are only used when playing with DOD (1936 scenario). But Germany can setup the...
howho0
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Dec 3, 2008
9:44 am
99497
I am aware of the points below from the faq, indeed I was studing that document quite closesly just before posting. The critical part related to reversion to...
hfloystad
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Dec 3, 2008
11:53 am
99498
Yes, I was aware of 22.4.8, too. I was just convinced that I had heard, possibly here on the forum, that this was changed in an errata around the time the new...
hfloystad
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Dec 3, 2008
11:58 am
99500
Ok, something I am not clear with then. Let's assume Algeria was Vichy and is later conquered by the CW. Can it be reverted to Free France? Or does the CW has...
lavisj
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Dec 3, 2008
5:03 pm
99501
The allies CAN revert to FF, as said in the faq, and also on this forum today. I don't think the Axis can revert to Vichy, at least I haven't found any such...
hfloystad
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Dec 3, 2008
5:15 pm
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