Larry's suggested setup changes

[jim010]

I have started up a game with ksmackay where I’m off to a bad start and I think I’ll still get the India Crush to work.

Whether I win might be something else, but we’ll need to play a few to see if this works.

[TheCaptain]

Question, would these changes be balanced for A&A:G1940?  (Assuming we accepted them and found the changes balance the game) Or are they only for Pacific 1940 and it’d mess up the balance for a A&A:G1940 game?

[Krieghund]

Any changes made would have to work for both games.

[Butcher]

Why can’t the Pacific alone have a slightly different setup than the Global version?

[Krieghund]

It can, but it most likely won’t.

[Hobbes]

What about simply adding the 18 Russian infantry from the Global game and have Russia playing first before Japan, but without the purchase units/collect income phases?

[molinar13]

Krieghund will these changes be added to the errata?

[Krieghund]

When the changes are finalized, they’ll most likely be added.

[moralecheck]

I wonder if simply requiring Japan to maintain a garrison (of x units or ipc value) in Manchuria, Korea and maybe Japan itself to watch over the the Russians would do the trick (no actual russian units would be required).  Failure of Japan to maintain this garrison would be a NO for China, unless Japan loses those tts.

[Krieghund]

It’s something that we’re considering.

[TMTM]

I’d like to see a new rule book pdf made once all the errors are fix etc… something easy to read like LHTR for Revised… instead of having to read the out of the box rules and then come back the errata to compare… just have a most up to date rule book available without all the fancy photos etc… clean and fast to read.

[Monroe]

Does the Global set up already account for the changes recommended by Larry?

[calvinhobbesliker]

@Monroe:

Does the Global set up already account for the changes recommended by Larry?

Well the 18 inf in Global are accounted for by the 2 free inf Russia gets per turn in Global, which will last more than 9 turns.

[Koningstiger]

@Butcher:

Why can’t the Pacific alone have a slightly different setup than the Global version?

I guess that would be better because the presence of the Russians in global will make a big difference, I guess. This is of course an assumption, but having 18 extra infantry to deal with, should make a big difference…

[Koningstiger]

@moralecheck:

I wonder if simply requiring Japan to maintain a garrison (of x units or ipc value) in Manchuria, Korea and maybe Japan itself to watch over the the Russians would do the trick (no actual russian units would be required).  Failure of Japan to maintain this garrison would be a NO for China, unless Japan loses those tts.

That’s actually a very good and simple solution! Historically they did keep the Machukwuo army in Manchuria throughout the war to guard against the Russians. Making The Japanese keep x IPCs worth of (land) units in certain territories could indeed make a big difference and solve the balance issues in Pacific40!

[Hobbes]

@calvinhobbesliker:

@Monroe:

Does the Global set up already account for the changes recommended by Larry?

Well the 18 inf in Global are accounted for by the 2 free inf Russia gets per turn in Global, which will last more than 9 turns.

This that a Global rule?

[moralecheck]

@Koningstiger:

@moralecheck:

I wonder if simply requiring Japan to maintain a garrison (of x units or ipc value) in Manchuria, Korea and maybe Japan itself to watch over the the Russians would do the trick (no actual russian units would be required).  Failure of Japan to maintain this garrison would be a NO for China, unless Japan loses those tts.

That’s actually a very good and simple solution! Historically they did keep the Machukwuo army in Manchuria throughout the war to guard against the Russians. Making The Japanese keep x IPCs worth of (land) units in certain territories could indeed make a big difference and solve the balance issues in Pacific40!

Thank you.  :-)  I was thinking that if this prevented any significant attacks against China on turn 1, that might be all the allies need.

[allweneedislove]

i believe the changes are too much. is there a very experienced player that would like to play me via the forum to test if the changes have gone too far?

[SilverAngelSurfer]

@Hobbes:

@calvinhobbesliker:

@Monroe:

Does the Global set up already account for the changes recommended by Larry?

Well the 18 inf in Global are accounted for by the 2 free inf Russia gets per turn in Global, which will last more than 9 turns.

This that a Global rule?

The 2 free inf for Russia is only in Europe to represent moving infantry from the Eastern territories back to Moscow.  Krieg has said that it will not be in the global game.

[calvinhobbesliker]

@SAS:

@Hobbes:

@calvinhobbesliker:

@Monroe:

Does the Global set up already account for the changes recommended by Larry?

Well the 18 inf in Global are accounted for by the 2 free inf Russia gets per turn in Global, which will last more than 9 turns.

This that a Global rule?

The 2 free inf for Russia is only in Europe to represent moving infantry from the Eastern territories back to Moscow.  Krieg has said that it will not be in the global game.

The 2 inf/turn take the place of the 18 inf which are not in either half game.