I take this idea further and use my bid to add 3 artilleries to the Russian stack.
It makes it a serious offensive force and a harder defensive force to deal with.
It allows US to project more power in the Atlantic because it shows Japan down.
With 36 pages of FAQ, there is alot to look through. I started, but stopped at page 16.
Can Russia land units on UK territory if Russia is at war with Japan, but not Germany/Italy?
This is a open topic that was not officially solved.
At first thought from our master krieghund apparently yes. But seems not logical.
The rules will be altered probably with the following sentence:
“While Russia is not at war with one or both european axis powers, Russia treats all allies as neutral and vice-versa”
The way the rules currently read, yes. This may be changed in the FAQ.
Russia is technically in the Axis until G4 if no aggression takes place, I have a problem with UK units being able to land in Russian territories before then and vice versa.
Russia is technically in the Axis until G4 if no aggression takes place, I have a problem with UK units being able to land in Russian territories before then and vice versa.
Why is it technically in the axis? It can’t enter axis territory unless it declares war on japan.
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact?
Soviet attempts to join the axis as 4th player in 1940? (German-Soviet Axis talks)
Japanese-Soviet Nonaggression Pact? 4/13/41
Things like that…
The DOW’s and such of G40 follow a historical timeline. Otherwise the USSR would be able to attack Germany on R1.
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact?
Soviet attempts to join the axis as 4th player in 1940? (German-Soviet Axis talks)
Japanese-Soviet Nonaggression Pact? 4/13/41
Things like that…
Trade agreement=/=military alliance
Is not allowed in game, so Russia not axis
Germany and Poland also had a nonagression pact. Therefore, Poland was an axis power.
Game starts with Poland already split up per the terms of the MR pact. Game does start in 1940 after all. Poland was done by 9/6/39.
Back to my point. If Russia cannot attack on R1, then they should be considered locked or OOP on the Europe board unless acted upon by the EU Axis.
Back to my point. If Russia cannot attack on R1, then they should be considered locked or OOP on the Europe board unless acted upon by the EU Axis.
They should at least be able to attack neutrals, like they did historically(Baltic States, Bessarabia, Poland)
i have had this debate also and the simplest solution seems to be until they are at war with the same power they arent allied
The way the rules currently read, yes. This may be changed in the FAQ.
When will they be out?
Perhaps Russia should be treated like UK.
Split the boards: Russia may be neutral on the Europe board and at war on the Pacific board.
It follows the example of UK splitting their income and is a simple way to state it while avoiding confusing scenarios.
Hope that “May” comes to pass. Either way, this is my favorite game now. Thanks Larry, Kevin and the gang for more years of entertainment to look forward to.
Perhaps Russia should be treated like UK.
Split the boards: Russia may be neutral on the Europe board and at war on the Pacific board.
It follows the example of UK splitting their income and is a simple way to state it while avoiding confusing scenarios.
Hope that “May” comes to pass. Either way, this is my favorite game now. Thanks Larry, Kevin and the gang for more years of entertainment to look forward to.
Thats an interesting way to look at the political situation, USSR gets to spend the 9IPCs on the Pacific board in those territories, perhaps only INF buys and placed anywhere like china buys? Helps round out USSR in the global game when they get 18 extra inf and +9IPCs and Germany gets nothing extra.
The way the rules currently read, yes. This may be changed in the FAQ.
When will they be out?
I don’t know for sure, but sometime in November is probably a good bet.
Perhaps Russia should be treated like UK.
Split the boards: Russia may be neutral on the Europe board and at war on the Pacific board.
It follows the example of UK splitting their income and is a simple way to state it while avoiding confusing scenarios.
Hope that “May” comes to pass. Either way, this is my favorite game now. Thanks Larry, Kevin and the gang for more years of entertainment to look forward to.
Thats an interesting way to look at the political situation, USSR gets to spend the 9IPCs on the Pacific board in those territories, perhaps only INF buys and placed anywhere like china buys? Helps round out USSR in the global game when they get 18 extra inf and +9IPCs and Germany gets nothing extra.
Actually, I wasn’t referring to income, just split status of neutral/war for Russia. Meaning, USSR could be neutral in Europe and at war in Pacific. The particular board would be used to decide if USSR can attack a neutral/land in an ally/etc. based on that boards war “status”. Hopefully, this could be considered as a fair solution.
Forget the split.
The rule should be:
1 SU is neutral to the other allies (even if it is at war with Japan) until it is at war with one or both european axis powers.
2 While not at war with each other, Japan are neutral to UK and ANZAC, so their air units cannot fly over each other territories
They should at least be able to attack neutrals, like they did historically(Baltic States, Bessarabia, Poland)
Again, we’re talking about G40 here. Those regions are not Neutral in the OOB setup I see. Russia starts with E Poland, Bessarabia and the Baltics. No need for them to attack any of those on R1, they took them on R-Zero.
Reiterating my opinion that Russia should NOT be able to share a territory with the Allies until USSR is at war with Euro-Axis.
(Trying to tip the scales so it IS included in the FAQ)
Allowing Russia to force a German DOW is a bit broken in a game that seems to lean towards the allies already. If the allies were struggling to win, I could see making the argument to let them do so. As it stands, I think the allies are strong enough.