The "defense" units on the coast seem next to worthless except to prevent the aggressor from just walking in; they don't really stop the aggressor:
they are only 5 sp
you cannot increase their sp above 5
they have no AP so you can't move then out of the way
you cannot add infantry regiments ...

Champagne,
In the archives is an article I wrote many years ago explaining, inter alia, the combat system. It received many favorable comments.

Have fun.

I was reading an excellent AAR of a game between the reporter (I forgot his handle, but he got rave reviews) and Fafnir, but now I can't find it to finish reading.

Anyone know where to find it?

Thanks.

Taifun,

"First come first served! As always standard ELO rules. "

what are the standard ELO rules you speak of ?

thanx Bill

thanks Pete.

any clues on what "RNG" means?

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If the RN passes through the Copenhagen straits that takes a turn. If the Kriegsmarine is hiding way north in the Gulf of Bothnia it takes a second turn to locate and engage them.<br/>
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Seems like in this event the Germans could lay a trap by closing the straits by ...

<t> Thunder wrote: "AFAIK it's the same but it's RNG so varies."<br/>
vocabulary builder: AFAIK means what?<br/>
RNG means what?<br/>
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"I usually wait on Denmark". That is perfectly unclear to me. What do you wait for? What do you do then?<br/>
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Thanks for helping the septegenarians ...

Frankly, I never read a clear reply in the thread that the diplomatic hit was the same whether you invaded/conquered Denmark or paid the 100 mpps to occupy it.

Any thoughts?

I like the addition of an "activity summary" log but note nothing is ever written in the "research activity summary".

What's up with that?

Vladivostok event was intended to be every turn

what is the intended event?
the possible damage to the IJN or the loss of mpps to soviets?

Am I the only one getting an error in trying to download the ftp file?

Presumably the AI did not attack the Italian fleet at all?

<t> Novel idea. Thanks for the report.<br/>
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However, presumably an attack through the Maginot Line takes more time than thru Benelux, giving a human player far longer use of the French fleet & British carriers to destroy the Italian fleet, raising the question of how does the Axis transport ...

Havoc, I like how that starts, but a long way home for repairs.

Unforeseen events like these make it a good thing we don't play these games for money.

The Italians only occupied Orel. The other were either German garrisoned or were not "partisan" prone.

<t> March/April 1943 interphase Italy left the Axis without any notice (I don't know who they surrendered to but all their territory was listed as Axis control so presumably the surrendered to Germany). Italian morale was 20 due to loss of African colonies, half the navy and miscellaneous casualties ...

Italian defection caused Orel to become ungarrisoned so presumably a partisan rose up there. However before the German turn, Kaluga, Konotop, Bryansk, Ryzhsk and Kaluga all became soviet with a large, connected territory.

How did that happen.

Kudos to this player. He kept the game interesting and was very punctual with turns. I'd play him again, despite just getting whopped.