The Fighter Ace & Luftwaffe Ace IPC cost is 11 IPC for each unit.
There was a flaw in the IPC cost in the original text in the rules.
This has now been corrected and updated in the rules attached to the first post in this thread.
Captain
G40 French units in the United Kingdom
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This is an Optional Rule in addition to the Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion.
The rule concerns the French units that are present in the United Kingdom territory from game start.
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Cool!
Two questions:
This costs the same as the German Takeover of Italy, yet seems likely to provide/convert far fewer units. How do you think this is balanced? Thank you!
Secondly, does it only apply to those three units?
Like in a scenario where 1 French infantry from United Kingdom moves to Scotland, but then a UK transport moves 1 French infantry from Morocco to United Kingdom, can the conversion still occur in Early 1942 (obviously the infantry in Scotland won’t be affected)?
On a similar note, if by a similar process there are 3 French infantry and 1 fighter, can the conversion still occur to 2 of the infantry and the fighter? Thank you!
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The rulebook concerning French units in the United Kingdom has been updated with some clarifications.
The cost of 5 IPC that the UK player must pay to the Bank, reflects a similar game mechanism as that of the Soviet Union must pay for the Lend-Lease units.
Even though the average UK cost for converting the French units is somewhat higher than the Soviet average cost for converting Lend-Lease units, our game experience shows that this has no influence on the balance of the entire game.
Once players have used this rule 4-5 times as part of the comprehensive Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion we would be gratefull to receive questions & feedback on this rule.
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@The-Captain Great addition in our opinion. Those three French units in our game experience end up sitting there the whole game or something close to it. Welcome addition to the HRE sir and gives Allies a little something to counter the new SS Panzer General. Historically some of the best RAF squadrons and individual pilots from game start (1940) were Polish, but not really a way to deal with that as Poland gets obliterated before Turn 1 of G40.
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yes, I like the addition as well. I could see reasons both for using it and not. You can’t replace French troops and they do have the ability to reinforce a British newly conquered TTy.
Giving the Brits a couple extra dudes that could be used in LCV attacks along with the Ftr would be nice too. Especially as UK has a lot of mouths to feed IPC wise.
Ftr can also help against U-boats.Anyway, it’ll be fun to try out. I like having the option. I will add for next triplea update, although it’s a pretty easy edit but we might as well make it as push button friendly as we can :)
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