[WarInEur] On North Africa

[Hansen]

North Africa tends to be very non-historical. The reasons are many, but the
way the game is set up, the smart move for the German is to withdraw all his
forces to Sicily and Sardinia. This leaves the wallies with the unpalatable
choice of waiting for the Americans or pushing Vichy into the Axis sphere.

There are three key reasons North Africa fails as a simulation in WWII.
1) France takes longer to die than historical.
2) Sea Lion is an empty threat so the UK can send higher than historical
numbers of troops to North Africa.
3) There really isn't much value in staying and the chances of getting
something worth while in going is pretty minimal.

What if there was a house rule or option that made the Sea Lion a more
serious threat. Specifically, a ratio of German troops in France and the
lowlands compared to the number of UK troops in the UK. As the ratio falls,
the German's get advantages in conducting a Sea Lion invasion. If the
German's have air supremacy, then they get more advantages. Perhaps at a
certain ratio level, the German's get free movement/beach head across a part
of the channel and stay in supply as long as air superiority is maintained.
In short make it dangerous for the UK to strip England. 

It won't be until the German's move east to attack Russia that the UK can
breathe easy and send troops to North Africa.

Just a thought.