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Yes, Italy needs 3. Historically, many Axis allies joined after the fall of France and in 1941. Under the old diplomacy rules, it happened much more quickly and Italy joined one side or the other before France fell. Requiring 3 for Italy means the Axis player must focus its early efforts getting it ...

Welcome and thanks for trying out the game. Under the latest rules, Italy, Spain, and Turkey require three Pro-faction markers to activate. Over the years experienced Axis players became very adept at activating at least two of those countries in a game. While the game was designed with allowing tha...

Thanks! Glad you like it.

Sal

For a game like USE, the many die rolls will even out. Complaints typically arise not so much from the overall distribution, but the timing of rolls and what is being rolled. When on the offense, the attacker getting a 6/1 spit on their first combat roll when their unit has only spent a few movement...

MarkDey wrote: ↑28 September 2022, 00:03 To be clear, the Carrier Strike movement path could have gone through the Suez canal in this case. The fact that it was not possible via BGA is a bug.

Mark is right

As long as a valid naval movement path can be traced, it does not matter how long it is. It is intentional.

USE does not have every historical army for various reasons, e.g. actual size or length of existence. If I recall correctly, n this particular case we did a walk thru of counters and found there were too many German armies in the France scenario relative to the Main Event scenario. Rather than add a...

Great idea!

In a Main Event game on a slightly modified Alpha version to playtest something. Other game is on Vassal, again playtesting.

Lunalol wrote: ↑17 September 2021, 07:26
Starting with USE was a bit of a crazy choice!

It was the best choice you made.