@johnnycat Nearly impossible to keep up unless G lets it catch up by investing a lot in kill Uncle Joe strategy to the east. Well you will get the hang of it eventually but these multiple strategies that you have to think about is why it’s one of the greatest games ever. Got to get back to Mrs. Trout now

@johnnycat Hey JC. You can take your time and fix it. Mrs. Trout has been feeling a bit neglected lately so needing to spend some time with her today and tomorrow. Will be a little while before I can do my next turn. Yes Italian takeover is lethal but it can’t happen before G8 so no worries for now. As far as the King’s Royal Navy, the biggest problem is that G can build U-Boats for only 4$ each and can build the Bismarck for which UK is not allowed to build an equal counterpart. But of course different story once USA joins the fight. However those two Nazi weapons make it nearly impossible

@beelee @Trout

Thanks again B

As usual I had no idea such a “changer” tool existed.

I’ll get to it later today. But ya, das Yunnan border.

If Field Marshal von Tasty Fish likes he can do Italy and I’ll fix this when I’m next up. Or I’ll fix it in a few hours after some business stuff I gots to do

@johnnycat

Hi Cat

For the Burma LMs you need to add units from the "Changer" player. Changer is allied to everyone and this allows any undetonated LMs not to cause a battle if the TTy they are in is conquered.

You also need to declare which border the LMs are defending against. Most high use areas have specific LMs that allow one to hover on the LM and it will tell you which Border it is defending.

I assume Yunnan in this case, so you would want to add the "uk_mine_Burma_Yunnan" LM from Changer.

If no specific LM available, pick a generic one and document it in Comment Log or the Game Thread. Or Both is ideal so it's easy to check

Landing Craft "LCVs" are used in certain areas more so than others. Greece is one of those areas. The LCV can move into a SZ and then a Land Territory. It can transport the same units that a Naval Trprt can.

So the German LCVs in Greece can land in Syria, Caucasus, Rostov UKR etc ... so any TTy bordering 99 SZ, 100 SZ and 97 SZ. Submarines do not block their movement but Trprts do. So All Surface Naval Vessels block their movement.

They get a plus one move from a Harbor same as all Ships. If the TTY they land in has LMs defending, they have to cross them successfully. They get hit the dudes they are transporting die too.

More details on page 38 of the rulebook https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jI_1JdIC-1KiTihBICJAbtX3GpVYnNgf/view

You have to use edit "Perform Move or Other Actions" to cross SZs. They will move 1 space on land in NCM. Can be taken as a casualty even if empty. Only on attack. Defense they just die if the TTy they are in is conquered.

Edit
PBEM and PBF are essentially interchangeable. PBF is the popular thread for Forum games, so we post ours there so they are in one place. PBEM and PBF were created 20 years ago when the difference was more pronounced between them.

I linked you some posts from Victory previously that explain it. Search the PBF threads for your first attempt at a game. It will be in there.

Ftrs are bestter for defense and Ftrs paired with Tacs for offense. I personally will usually go heavier with Ftrs but like to have at least a few Tacs to pair up with them.

The German Takeover of Italy cannot happen until Late 1943. It's one of the most powerful moves in the game and is hard to defend against. Basically just try and ride it out as once Italia is out of the game there are some benefits to the Allies as in Italy can't canopen attack for the reich.

Edit 2
Sealion is definitely a possibility same as the Out Of Box game. London must be adequately defended or it will fall. A difference in this mod and OOB, is that the fall of london will end the game whereas in OOB the Allies can fight on.

I usually do my India purchases first and all at once. I also try to max them out to their 20 income, although early game, it might be necessary to put more resources into London to prevent the aforementioned Sealion.

You can look at Trout's current game with me for an example of a successful Sealion.