I believe you there Joe! I was able to understand that in our game together... I still cannot understand how i slip that one! I simply ran out of steam while the russians kept getting stronger and stronger. I can see now that even if i controlled England and almost allof Russia West of Kuybishev, it doesnt matter in 1943, the Russians will still kick the german's asses.joerock22 wrote:I'm not so sure it is. Yes you have England and France, but what are you getting from America? You've essentially only conquered part of the east coast, and the U.S. would never have surrendered in that situation. It is a HUGE country, filled with highly stubborn individuals. Any resources you think you should be getting from the conquered areas of the U.S. could be going into continuing your pacification of the region!Also relating to my Amerika in Flames game, i do not find it normal that i can muster all the ressources on the map, with industry LVL6 and only produce 200 per turn. From experience at this point in the war with the ressources theyve giot the Russians also produce 200 pp or close to it. So in essence this means that even if germany controls all of the Western world industrial production they cannot over-produce Russia??? This is highly un-logical.
That's fine, but GS is not designed to facilitate that. GS was designed with the historical outcome of the war as the default. In other words, two evenly matched players playing in an equally skilled manner should result in a draw, with the last Axis capital falling in May 1945 as it did historically. Victory conditions reward players for changing history in one way or another. In order to achieve this, the Russians have to be strong enough to turn back the tide in most situations as they did historically. I understand the desire to crush the Russians every game, but that is not consistent with the fundamental design of GS, and it is not about to change.Well, all good comments, but my ultimate goal in every game is not to resist against the Russians, but crush them. I understand all those way of playing with saving forces, saving oil and all this and i can do all those things, but, really, whats the fun in defending with the germans? I will find a way of destroying those damned Russians.
But then if you can push into Siberia in early 1942 and take enough cities to deplete the Soviet Revenue then what? Like after 42 you have Moscow, Caucasus and say Gorki-Kuybished-Saratov-Stalingrad and maybee those cities on the bases of the Ourals? This is what i will be trying to achieve. I wonder what needs to be done to insure a continuying german offensive in 1943. It might also be a very good playing against the western allies to insure they cannot land in 42 or 43?