@Adlertag:
@03321:
Really, 15 VCs? I thought it would be less…that doesn’t even seem to make VCs any more important than they were in Revised (9-10 VC game). You still almost have to take a capital, at which point the winner becomes obvious regardless of VCs, or else take every city BUT enemy capitals.
lol :-D
I miss the classic winning conditions, just grab two capitals and you win, simple and beautiful.
Given the Victory City list, and victory condition of 15 VC, as I see it there will be three possible strategies for the Allied players to follow.
1. Contain Germany, and hold it to Berlin, Paris, and Warsaw. Concentrate on taking Rome and all Japanese held cities. That gives you 15. It also requires you to take 2 capitals.
2. Contain Japan, and hold it to Tokyo, Shanghai, Manila, and Hong Kong. Concentrate on taking Rome, and eliminating Germany. That gives you 14 VC. Then retake either Manila or Hong Kong to get 15. That also requires taking two capitals.
3. Contain Germany as before. Take Rome, and then roll Japan back to Tokyo. Then take either Paris or Warsaw. That only requires you to take one capital, but also might be the least efficient way of doing it, as if you eliminate Japan from the Chinese mainland, you might as well take Tokyo.
I suspect that there might be an alternative Victory Condition whereby if you take 2 capitals, your side wins. If not, that will probably be a very quickly adopted house rule.
Whatever the Allies do, there is going to be plenty of combat in the Pacific, and taking Rome is going to have to be a must.