Global 1940 French Rebalance

In case anyone is frustrated by the way Paris is handled in all versions of Global, I have developed a slight rebalance to the way it is handled.

Basically these things are changed:

• Normandy and Southern France are made original owner Neutral Axis
• If Paris has fallen and Normandy is French but has no French units, it becomes Neutral Axis. Similarly for Southern France
• If London is taken, the North American territories convert to a Canadian economy, which works like the UK_Pacific economy.

I would think this would only reduce the bids slightly but also eliminate the massive penalty for liberating Paris.

Hopefully this variant will at least raise this issue. I think it is an improvement on BM4.

Parisian-Rebalance.tsvg

Since there has been some interest here, this change is now uploaded into Triple-A’s global map package.

Open to feedback on a few points here.

1. Should we put purchase first or combat more first, don’t love having two variants. Note that I am pretty sure it will be possible to post combat moves from the purchase phase now.
2. Should we prohibit the move where planes are landed on newly built carriers as is the case in Path to Victory. Kind of follows from the above but I guess we could also ban it in this variant. I note that this is a player enforced rule in Path to Victory
3. Should we change the cost of tactical bombers to 10.
4. Should we disable guerrilla fighters by default.

@superbattleshipyamato said in Global 1940 Parisian Rebalance:

@simon33

Got a question: What do you mean by there being a penalty for liberating Paris? I can only think of upsides, mainly a 12 Industrial Production Credit increase for the Allies.

If USA owns Normandy they can produce units there. When Paris is liberated, they can’t own Normandy any more.

@superbattleshipyamato Consider the scenario between those two extremes, where USA can hold Normandy (or Sth France) but not Paris. If it trades Paris with the Axis, USA then loses its ability to produce more units there.

@superbattleshipyamato said in Global 1940 Parisian Rebalance:

I think using Canada as a second UK is too much. Yes, there were contingencies to move there, but it doesn’t make sense to have Canada as a second capital. I would suggest making Canada like ANZAC from the start.

That is an option but it weakens the allies a lot. You would get a lot more sea lions but the sea lion would have a smaller benefit, less plunder.

I have 2 games in progress, played myself once I think.

I am interested in alternative ideas but I think something has to be done to prevent just leaving Normandy French.

You guys don’t see the problem? I don’t know how I can explain it any clearer.

@superbattleshipyamato said in Global 1940 Parisian Rebalance:

@simon33

I don’t see how creating a quasi-Vichy France will allow the US to continue producing units even if Paris is liberated.

Please elaborate on your rules.

Well, if/when USA lands on Normandy, assuming it can hold it with UK help, it can start producing units there. It can then build up a little and maybe take Southern France also. What it can’t do is proceed to Paris because then USA can no longer produce units in Normandy. Also, being next door to Germany’s major factory is a somewhat higher bar to defend than being next door to the minor factory in Paris which is a candidate for strategic bombing. So there are scenarios where trading Paris would be attractive for the allies but because it stops USA from producing units this does not occur.