J1 DOW doomed for failure

@cornwallis No worries.

I think you should re read the rules. They’re clear.

I normally maintain peace with the west and go after USSR & China. There’s a possibility of a UK2 DOW with that. I think USSR’s best response is to hold in Buryatia. Those troops aren’t getting back to Moscow in time anyway. I’ve never seen USSR helping out China but maybe it would make sense if there’s no UK2 DOW? The Soviet air force could defend against strategic bombing G3 and also defend Yunnan J3. Never thought about that before.

Yeah, well I meant if you want to be sure you don’t lose a playmate…

@knp7765:

@theROCmonster:

@Young:

We experimented with a house rule that gave the US the War Bonds breakthrough for free once they entered the war, it was no big deal to give that to them, and it was fun to see how each roll for more money turned out for the American player.

Sounds fun. I think it would be interesting to give each of the major powers a free tech at the end of turn 3. What would you choose for each power as your tech?

Germany = Jet Fighters
USSR = Advanced Artillery
Japan = Super Subs
USA = War Bonds or Increased Factory Production
China = none
UK = Radar
Italy = Improved Shipyards
ANZAC = Long Range Aircraft
France = Heck, why not give them Heavy Bombers. They won’t be able to use them anyway.

Looks good!

@Krieghund:

@kku:

When german capture london succesfully on round 3 but still not DoW on Russia, do german still enjoy the 5 ipc bonus from russia?

Yes.  The USSR is eligible to declare war on Germany, but has not yet done so.

@kku:

Then on Japan round 3, if japan still not DoW on US but DoW on uk and anazc,�  japan send its fleet to attack a seazone containing both uk and us warship, can US warship fight back on round 3 or have to wait until round 4 to strike back???

US units will not defend against the Japanese attack on the sea zone, as Japan and the US are not yet at war.  However, on the US 3rd round turn it is eligible to declare war on Japan at the beginning of its Combat Move phase and counter-attack.

Krieghund is so clear and in depth with his responses, it gives me goosebumps!

Exactly, knp.  Someone once asked me why I bothered to DOW Japan as France.  On rare occasions it has proven useful as a blocker.  Why give up something from your bag of tricks out of laziness?

Agree with techroll

Note that for #3, if the UK does not declare war on Japan the battleship could stay in the zone (would not be hostile), but if Japan has declared war on the US, there is almost no reason for the UK not to declare war on Japan…  So in 99% of cases I suppose the UK BB would need to move (if UK declared war on Japan since Japan DOW on USA)…