GrumpyMel -> RE: European Theatres of Operations (8/10/2010 4:25:09 AM)
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Yes, the Allied Minor War Footing card would raise Polands WF, along with any other nations that join the Allied side other then the big three: UK (+ CommonWealth & Canada), France (and her colonies) and the US. Whether it's worth it or not is up for debate. If the Allied Player is feeling like they never have enough production to spend PP's on everything they might want in the early game, then the scenerio is probably doing what I want it to [;)]. Poland is an interesting case, as your surmised correctly, they can't really win...but they CAN fight. Costing the Axis blood and time is probably what they are all about in the scenerio. It's an open question as to how much it's worth spending on helping them do that. It sounds like your opponent used the Luftwaffe to knock out Warsaw's production and thus cut into your supply capacity which is a really cool tactic. Warsaw has better air defences then most of the other Polish cities so it's not a risk free move. Also, Poland does have other production sources...but if you've pulled back from those cities early with your army largely intact, then attacking your ability to supply that army is a really crafty move on Bomburs part. It's interesting to see the different approaches the Axis player can take to takling Poland. In the test game I played against myself...I took a different tact with the Luftwaffe, I avoided hitting Warsaw at all...as I didn't want to risk any planes against it's air defences...and instead I concentrated on close support of my ground forces and attacks of opportunity against any Polish troops caught in the open without flak cover. It worked well enough...but I'd say Bombur's strategy of attacking your supply seems pretty solid too. Ultimately though, this is just a warm up for the big shows to come later on in the West and the East.... so Poland is probably a place where a few mistakes won't hurt that much. I'll be real interested to see how the naval campaign stacks up too... there is ALOT of ocean out there on this map (even if it's only the European Campaign).... so simply finding the enemy to engage them might be a bigger challenge then in many scenerio's. In real life, such a big part of the naval game was figuring out where the enemy fleets were... be nice if we are able to capture a bit of that feeling in this scenerio.
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