United States National Objectives and Bonus Income

Morning Alexkoepp and welcome to the forum.

The US does, indeed, collect a bonus of 30 whilst at war with Japan. You will discover it needs this income or will not stand a chance fighting Japan. India and Anzac will be struggling on 3-10 income a turn, whilst Japan is collecting 60-70.
America is all that is stopping Japan from winning. The income boost represents the East Coast, which is not represented in Pacific.

I hope I have helped.

Hi guys

Im pretty new to the scene and had thoughts of trying it out but need advice. Any tips would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

Hm interesting because both my wife and I read the rule book, and both interpreted that part the same way.  Guess we need to read it again.

I was already winnig with japan,
Great news!
Thx

I thought some folks would throw more specific comments in about the benefit in relation to cost for the units.  For example, in a slug-fest between two opposing factories, I think Artillery combined with about two Infantry each will make a good tough core force.  I would expect to see a group of armor mingled with the core fighting groups, and a group of TAC bombers to match.  At 7 IPCs, a pair of Infantry/Artillery deliver a good punch.  It would be nice to have a couple extra infantry to absorb defense blows to protect those artillery, so I figure 2 Inf per Arty is a good starting point.

In the earliest stages of the game, mech infantry and armor buys may be key to get some support onto the front lines when there is a piece of key terrain you want to get early.  After that, unless your supply lines get too long, I suspect to see few mech infantry buys and only a few armor buys to match TAC bombers.

Surprisingly, I expect to see Japan build a factory in Manchuria, followed buy many mech infantry and armor buys to chase Russia and pick up some IPCs from their wide open spaces.  I also expect this to change the way the war is fought in China, but that is another subject.

I hope to have the time to publish a numeric analysis of the units here.  I would hope folks would respect that the analysis is strictly an academic what-if and not a defenitive “buy strategy.”  It should guide some folks to keep them from getting too far off the reservation though.

@Razor:

And people think I am bad ?

No comment.

@Canuck12:

So it would in fact be more historically accurate to have Japan require transports to get directly to Malay from Siam.

Yes, this way singapore is more of the fortress it hisotrically was because the UK will have an easier time of  reinforcing malay and it is harder for Japan to get at.

Larry Harris has often said that the borders and names of the territroies in A&A are as much or more so a reflection geography as they are a reflection of politics.

That’s what I thought. Thank you.