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From: ccrrick@ucdavis.UUCP (Rick Heli)
Newsgroups: net.games.board
Subject: Re: monsters!
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Date: Mon, 18-Nov-85 05:44:22 EST
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> I played War in Europe up through 1943. By that point,
> Germany had overrun the Middle East (they attacked Turkey
> in 1941) and, naturally Egypt, then in '42 attacked 
> Russia from Europe and Asia (no more Caucasus oil fields)
> and took Leningrad and Moscow in '43. Meanwhile, by 
> building the max amount of U-boats, they had delayed 
> the Western Allies reinforcements by an entire year
> (they were getting their '42 units in '43). Spain joined
> the Axis, and a German force was trying to take Gibraltar.
> A weak amphibious invasion in'43 was quickly sealed off
> and pummeled. It seemed pointless to go on (but it WAS fun).

	Hmmm, did you think the game unbalanced?  I knew a group
	of guys (Axis) who took on 4-5 of the SPI designers (Allies).
	It seems that the Axis pretty much had the game won by
	1942...

	The interesting thing about the way they played was the
	division of responsibility.  Members of the team were
	assigned specific fronts, e. g. Eastern, Western,
	Mediterranean, etc. and one player was designated to be
	in charge of supply, new construction (the Home Front,
	if you will).  It seems to me that this would be an 
	interesting way to play a game.  I would think it would
	lend another dimension of realism, i. e. that of the 
	left hand not always knowing what the right hand is doing.