• Yeah thats what the Japanese thought too.


  • lol…


  • Well it looks that the only country you’ll be able to beat on is China, but they have lots of men and land to take that will give you little money. I see what is happening now! If you want to do the time honored “sandwich Russia” move you are going to need more income than what China can give you so you are forced to attack the islands and the Philippines and South Asia and Pearl! BRILLIANT! That triggers the entry of the US so immediately you are posed with a two front war for Japan as is Germany. It is starting to make really good sense now……ahhhhh my brain feels better about the pre-order now…


  • That does make sense!  Great analysis maverick_76!

    @maverick_76:

    Well it looks that the only country you’ll be able to beat on is China, but they have lots of men and land to take that will give you little money. I see what is happening now! If you want to do the time honored “sandwich Russia” move you are going to need more income than what China can give you so you are forced to attack the islands and the Philippines and South Asia and Pearl! BRILLIANT! That triggers the entry of the US so immediately you are posed with a two front war for Japan as is Germany. It is starting to make really good sense now……ahhhhh my brain feels better about the pre-order now…


  • thank goodness I hated the attack russia first strategy.


  • Well I suppose, Japan could still try to take over Russia, but with less income than Russia :D

    Robert


  • Japan could take on Russia in the global game, but Russia won’t be represented in AA40P. I still think you may be able to attack the Dutch in AA40P with out it being considered an attack on UK. That way you (Japan) wouldn’t bring the US into the war yet. I think the Dutch Isles may have their own sculpts (French blue maybe) but can’t add to their army (no IC), and only fall to the English once they are liberated. You have to allow Japan to build up its ipc level before it invites  :-D the US into the war.


  • theres dutch in this game? or are you talking about ANZAC?

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    I have seen the Dutch Roundel on the map so I belive they are in.


  • lame…thats 5  against japan…

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    I have seen the Dutch Roundel on the map so I belive they are in.

    Per LH
    which powers have their own “Income/economy”, they are:
    US
    UK
    Russia
    France
    China
    Australia/New Zealand (ANZAC)
    Germany
    Japan
    Italy

    the reason for the Dutch roundels has not been explained but i’m guessing it will be similar to Canada

    All the Canadian Provinces are represented . It has its own national control markers. Totally controlled by the British player

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    Since the Dutch lost their Country in Europe, they fled to England and the U.S.
    They still fought with the help of the U.S. and Britain. They still had a small navy and fought with the Australians, Brits, Indians, and Americans around the Dutch East Indies and even had a base around Antilles in the Carribean I believe.
    Even though they had no income, they still fought.
    I also believe that they had tanks ordered and to be delivered to the East Indies and on route Japanese invaded the Dutch East Indies so the tanks were re-routed to Australia.


  • @johnnymarr:

    I have seen the Dutch Roundel on the map so I belive they are in.

    Per LH
    which powers have their own “Income/economy”, they are:
    US
    UK
    Russia
    France
    China
    Australia/New Zealand (ANZAC)
    Germany
    Japan
    Italy

    the reason for the Dutch roundels has not been explained but i’m guessing it will be similar to Canada

    All the Canadian Provinces are represented . It has its own national control markers. Totally controlled by the British player

    For some reason I was thinking the Japanese invaded Dutch East Indies before the attack on Pearl. I now see it was about a month after in Jan of 42. I guess its possible the Dutch will be represented in AA40P on a small scale , but it is more likely they will be like Canada, totally controlled by the UK. Bummer!

  • Sponsor '17 '13 '11 '10

    Yes, I believe that to be correct, they will have countries that will be gobbled up by the Japanese and then liberated by ANZAC if all goes well.


  • @idk_iam_swiss:

    lame…thats 5  against japan…

    Well, you could include Siam or Manchukuo ar Japan’s partners, but they would have microscopical income  :-D


  • Really Japan may only have to watch out for just the U.S. and China. From what I’ve read the ANZAC player will only have an IPC count of less than 15. With that much money I dont think you would be able to build up a powerfull navy to challenge the Japanese. The U.K. has India and other territories yes but unless it has an Industrial Complex built on them, its going to be hard for the British player to re-enforce Southeast Asia. So if this stands true and there isn’t a bold Russian player then maybe the Japanese player can just worry about the U.S. and China.


  • Hey thanks! + 1 to you, maybe japan wont have that much of a fight in the pacific.


  • Did you forget the industrial might of the US?


  • That may be true in just the AAP40 version; However, in the global version how is the U.S. economy going to look? If its still strong it’s going to come down to the U.S. to decide what he or she wants to do. Attack Europe full power, attack the Pacific full power or try to balance both theaters out.


  • lol most people attack europe first

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