@runyan99:
I’m very suprised that AA50 does not include a rule for the Japanese/Russia non-aggression pact.
It does - but in a more realistic way.
Japan has to go after China and Asia, and the Germans have to go after Russia to get bonus IPCs…
So - by default Japan ignores Russia, and Russia is too busy defending against the Axis powers in the west.
Of course - as happened, Russia may chose to violate that ‘arrangement’ - and Japan can chance an East Wind Rain approach…
but then if Japan ignores the US, the US builds a mighty force to sweep Asia clean of Japan.
I think the new way is better - it gives more freedom to players, and I think playes should be free to follow unhistorical approaches - but that there should be ‘historical’ consequences for doing so.