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| − | Austria - I've learned a few more "defending Austria early" tricks, the main one being to get some GEcs over there -- which works in concert with the previously-discussed "large GEc supply". The GEcs then both soak up casualties instead of Austria's (in Turns 1-3 Germany sometimes has to work at taking enough casualties to fill out the 4-Op RP cards that Austria desperately needs). | + | '''Austria''' - I've learned a few more "defending Austria early" tricks, the main one being to get some GEcs over there -- which works in concert with the previously-discussed "large GEc supply". The GEcs then both soak up casualties instead of Austria's (in Turns 1-3 Germany sometimes has to work at taking enough casualties to fill out the 4-Op RP cards that Austria desperately needs). |
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| + | '''Italy''' - If there was a main misstep I suspect it was entering Italy on AP1 without follow up immediately on AP2 with a full SR of French-or-British. Two things here -- one is that I prefer to enter Italy in e.g. AP6 if Austria is at all "ready" with stacks that can attack straight away. In this case Austria was "partially ready" with the AH armies in position, but didn't have any GEc's - so that's "on the bubble" for an AP1 entry, but then when my CP2 was SR'ing a giant pile of GEcs down there, you didn't follow with your own AP2 SR of western corps down to keep me from forcing you out of the trenches. I mean obviously if you hold Italy until later in a turn I ''could'' have been holding Bulgaria and greedily-or-as-a-bluff been holding it until later in the turn, but of course it's "most normal" especially by Turn 4 to get that played on CP1 to block Italy altogether, and my CP1 play of RPs doesn't exactly signal hurry or some "even more urgent than Bulgaria" kind of plan. If you enter on AP6 it wouldn't participate in that turn's RPs it also wouldn't participate in that turn's combat. CP has to be completely ready to get its attack going on CP1 of the next turn or it won't get any advantage, and that may cost it opportunities to take the initiative elsewhere. I certainly eagerly enter Italy on turn 3 if I can, and I *DO* invariably try to enter it the earliest *turn* possible, but I think the AP6 version feels strongest -- plus you sometimes catch the CP having been lulled into a false sense of "oh it isn't coming in this turn, good". | ||
Revision as of 10:59, 19 November 2020
Current Game Commentary - and/or stuff-not-filed-yet
Austria - I've learned a few more "defending Austria early" tricks, the main one being to get some GEcs over there -- which works in concert with the previously-discussed "large GEc supply". The GEcs then both soak up casualties instead of Austria's (in Turns 1-3 Germany sometimes has to work at taking enough casualties to fill out the 4-Op RP cards that Austria desperately needs).
Italy - If there was a main misstep I suspect it was entering Italy on AP1 without follow up immediately on AP2 with a full SR of French-or-British. Two things here -- one is that I prefer to enter Italy in e.g. AP6 if Austria is at all "ready" with stacks that can attack straight away. In this case Austria was "partially ready" with the AH armies in position, but didn't have any GEc's - so that's "on the bubble" for an AP1 entry, but then when my CP2 was SR'ing a giant pile of GEcs down there, you didn't follow with your own AP2 SR of western corps down to keep me from forcing you out of the trenches. I mean obviously if you hold Italy until later in a turn I could have been holding Bulgaria and greedily-or-as-a-bluff been holding it until later in the turn, but of course it's "most normal" especially by Turn 4 to get that played on CP1 to block Italy altogether, and my CP1 play of RPs doesn't exactly signal hurry or some "even more urgent than Bulgaria" kind of plan. If you enter on AP6 it wouldn't participate in that turn's RPs it also wouldn't participate in that turn's combat. CP has to be completely ready to get its attack going on CP1 of the next turn or it won't get any advantage, and that may cost it opportunities to take the initiative elsewhere. I certainly eagerly enter Italy on turn 3 if I can, and I *DO* invariably try to enter it the earliest *turn* possible, but I think the AP6 version feels strongest -- plus you sometimes catch the CP having been lulled into a false sense of "oh it isn't coming in this turn, good".
