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National Characteristics
Sailor Malan:
In terms of German replacements, I was referring to 1939-40 so they dont really apply to your start point of 1944. I agree with pretty much everything else you say. The British approach was 100% designed to limit British casualties.
I always liken it to dice rolling: if the the highest roll wins, and you can chose what dice to roll, but you roll the same dice again for casualties, the US would likely chose a single d12, but the British would choose 2d6. Why? with a d12 the chance of rolling 12 is 8.3% but with 2d6 it is 2.8%. The mean result is the same, and the chance of winning is even, but the chance of winning big (or, more importantly, paying big) is much higher with d12. The British would deem it to be not worth the risk. You can always play twice if you dont win big... The US (and Germans) would choose d12.
choppinlt:
FYI, the Soviets have been posted. :)
Thanks Cat and Sailor for the comments. I believe characteristics like this are what really gives a game of this type flavor! Also Sailor, I like your analogy with the dice rolling, as this has given me some additional ideas. 8)
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