Viktory II

@CentralCommando

Sendspace works as well. I don’t think china allows media fire. For our international gamer friends :)

@CraigViau

Hi Craig, you are correct that there is another game that the Balanced Mod uses for its baseline objectives, that would be Global 1940 so you were starting in a good spot on your search. And I’m not sure there is a handy comprehensive list of the National Objectives listed on the rules since they used Balanced mod to build off of.

However I quickly summarized them here, let us know if you have more questions!

Germans

5 IPCs if not yet at war with Russia. 5 IPCs for each German controlled territory: Leningrad or Stalingrad or Russia. 5 IPCs if Axis controls Southern Caucasus. 5 IPCs if there is at least one German land unit in either Egypt or United Kingdom. 5 IPCs if Germany controls both Denmark and Norway and Sweden is not allied-controlled or pro-allied. 3 IPCs if Normandy and Holland Belgium are both Axis controlled at the beginning of Germany’s turn and each garrisoned with at least one German land unit at the end of Germany’s turn. 2 IPCs for each German controlled territory: Iraq, Southern Persia, or Northwest Persia. 3 IPCs if Romania, Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, and Crete are Axis or Pro-Axis controlled.

Russians

2 IPCs if Russia is at war with European Axis beyond Round 2, Archangel is Russian-controlled, and sz128 has no enemy warships (“Northern Route”). 2 IPCs if Russia is at war with European Axis beyond Round 2, Southern Persia is Allied-controlled, and sz82 has no enemy warships (“Persian Corridor”). 2 IPCs if Russia is at war with European Axis beyond Round 2, Amur is Russian-controlled, and sz5 has no enemy warships (“Pacific Route”). 3 IPCs if Russia is at war with European Axis and there are no allied units in any originally Russian territories. 3 IPCs for each originally German, Italian, or Pro-Axis neutral territory in mainland Europe that Russia controls.

Japanese

10 IPCs if not yet at war with USA, has not yet attacked or taken control of French Indo-China, and has not declared war on UK or ANZAC. 5 IPCs if Axis controls Dutch New Guinea, New Guinea, New Britain, and Solomon Islands. 5 IPCs for each Japanese controlled territory: Hawaii, Eastern India, New South Wales, and Western United States. 5 IPCs if Axis controls all of Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Celebes. 5 IPCs if Midway, Wake Island, and Guam are Axis-controlled. 3 IPCs if Japan controls Kyushu, Hokkaido, Okinawa, and Iwo Jima. 5 IPCs if Marshall Islands, Caroline Islands, Palau Island, Marianas, and Gilbert Islands are Axis-controlled.

Americans

10 IPCs if USA is at war and EUS, WUS, and CUS are American-controlled. 5 IPCs if USA is at war and Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Hawaiian Islands, and Johnston Island, and Line Islands are American-controlled. 5 IPCs if USA is at war and Mexico, South Eastern Mexico, Central America, and West Indies are American-controlled. 5 IPCs if USA is at war and Manilla and Davao are American-controlled. 5 IPCs each turn the USA has one land unit in France. 5 IPCs if Allies control at least 2 of: Normandy Bordeaux, Holland Belgium, Southern France, and USA has at least one land unit in any of these territories. 5 IPCs if Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia are Allied-Control and the USA has at least one land unit in any of these territories. 5 IPCs if Midway, Wake Island, and Guam are Allied-controlled. 5 IPCs if Marshall Islands, Caroline Islands, Palau Island, Marianas, and Gilbert Islands are Allied-controlled. 5 IPCs if Americans have a land unit in at least one Axis capital.

Chinese

3 IPCs and may build artillery if the Allies control Eastern India, Burma, Yunnan, and Szechwan.

British

3 IPCs for UK Europe if UK Europe controls all of its original territories. 3 IPCs for UK Europe if Allies control two of: Sicily, Sardinia, Greece, Southern Italy, and Allies have at least one land unit in any of these territories. 3 IPCs for UK Europe if there are no enemy submarines in any Atlantic Ocean Sea Zones, excluding sz115 and sz128,…,sz130. 3 IPCs for UK Europe if Malta, Crete, and Cyprus are Allied or pro-Allied controlled.

UK_Pacific

3 IPCs for UK Pacific if UK Pacific controls both Kwangtung and Malaya, and is at war with Japan. 3 IPCs for UK Pacific if UK Pacific controls Western India, and either Egypt or Union of South Africa is Allied-controlled, and there are no enemy submarines in the western half of the Indian Ocean: sz73,…,83.

Italians

5 IPCs if no Allied ships are in the Med: sz94,…,sz101. 5 IPCs if Axis control at least 3 of: Gibraltar, Egypt, Southern France, and Greece. 5 IPCs if Axis controls all of: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Tobruk, and Alexandria. 2 IPCs for each Italian controlled territory: Iraq, Southern Persia, or Northwest Persia. 3 IPCs if Malta, Crete, and Cyprus are Axis controlled.

ANZAC

3 IPCs if the Allies control Malaya, and ANZAC controls all of their original territories, and is at war with Japan. 3 IPCs if the Allies (not including Dutch) control all of Dutch New Guinea, New Guinea, New Britain, and the Solomon Islands, and ANZAC is at war with Japan. 3 IPCs if the Allies control all of Gilbert Islands, Fiji, and Samoa, Solomon Islands, and ANZAC is at war with Japan.

@Magonga
Your instincts are correct…since russia is not at war yet, they are not considered allied units…the French ships are “vichyed” and frozen

@Angel

Sweet!

@barnee Thanks so much Play Well!!

@The-Janus said in "East & West" by Imp Games - Discussion:

@RogerCooper said in "East & West" by Imp Games - Discussion:

is there any plausible reason to attack a major neutral except maybe USSR attacking the Arab league?

It’s kinda been theorized that USSR might want to attack China, in certain situations.

If China isn’t defending North Korea, or worse, if they’re actively letting NATO move units through their territory, the USSR might be better off attacking.
The other thing is that the complication table is weighted more toward China’s outrage than the other 2 majors, so if the USSR has the ability to send nukes, it’s also generally assumed that they will, whereas the US is less likely to use them; in a long enough game, that will swing China towards favoring NATO, so the USSR might pre-empt that at some point.

The other option is as a game-ender, towards obtaining an economic victory. In fact, such a thing is probably pretty impossible without invading most of the neutrals on the Eurasian continent.

P.S. I still think modeling neutral contributions as N.O.'s is an option to keep in mind

Implementing the complication table would be difficult. The game rules already suggest dropping the complication table as an optional rule. Note that it would be possible to use having a nuclear weapon as trigger but not using a nuclear weapon. I think that in practice the high cost of nuclear weapons is more of a deterrent than the nuclear complication rules.

Using National Objectives for neutral contributions is fine.

WW2 in Europe/ Europe at war Questions and suggestions

So after having read the rule book and getting a feel for the game and its mechanics, I’m now ready to play a more serious (solo) game. However, I do still have a fairly large number of questions:

1.) Does attacking artillery also fire in the shore bombardment step? The rules suggest that it does as it states: “artillery that fired in step 2 cannot fire now” or something along those lines (land combat sequence).

Mt 2cts: I suggest renaming “shore bombardment” into “opening fire” when it comes to land combat. I’d also go for giving both sides a choice: Either fire your artillery in the opening fire step and any casualties caused are removed immediately (firing side’s choice on a roll of “1”) or attack/ defend during each round of normal combat along with other units. In this case any casualties caused are always the owning player’s choice.

2.) I still don’t really get that under some units it is stated that on die rolls of “2” they can choose which unit is hit, but then strangely enough it goes on to say that this is always the owning player’s choice. What exactly does the  firing player get to choose then?!

My 2 cts: allow the firing player to choose the target rather than the owning player (and on a 3 or 4 in case of a tactical bomber, for instance, the owning player decides.

3.) Can the Russians attack the lone Polish infantry on their side of the demarcation line in Fall ‘39? The rules say they may move into the areas designated to them, but it doesn’t say anything about attacking.

My 2 cts: Allow it! This is also what happened historically!

4.) Illustration Page 9 advanced rules: Assuming Belgium is being attacked here for the first time and is therefore suffering from the penalties related to “surprise attack”, how can they possibly reinforce Liege from Brussels as the rules state that units suffering from surprise attack may not move, neither in the movement phase nor in the blitzkrieg phase. Or is this done by “British” units (as the Belgians are now represented by British units after having been attacked) using British redeployment points? From the example I certainly don’t get that impression…I assume this is a faulty illustration??

5.) Does the UK collect money from the neutral territories whose forces it represents? I guess not, but just wanted to make sure…

6.) Do neutrals get to build any forces if they are not defeated at the end of a turn?

My 2 cts: I’d allow them to build units up to the value of the territories they still control, as long as they are still in possession of their capital (to be placed in box 1)
7.) Can ships belonging to belligerent nations pass through ports [with ships in them] belonging to neutral powers? (I.e. French and British ships, for example, while not yet at war with Italy could pass through the sea zone containing the port of Tripoli or French ships could trace a convoy through the sea zone containing the port of Barcelona).

My 2 cts: I’d leave it to the nations controlling the port; they can either allow it or deny it. A denial would not be a declaration of war!

8.) Please emphasize in the rules that if the Axis attacks either the USA or the USSR prior to Spring 1942 both can only receive up to 25% of their income. This is a bit vague.

9.) Why do fighters have such a low combat value when it comes to attacking ground units? (and why such a high one while attacking other air units)?

10.) If I understand it correctly the “4” combat value of fighters is only used in air to air combat? (I.e. escorts vs interceptors and when air units ONLY meet in a certain territory? (for instance in order to pin enemy air units there?)

11.) Was an air-to-air combat phase deliberately left out of the land combat sequence? It would make sense to me if attacking and defending aircraft would first engage one another and that any surviving fighters and tactical bombers (from both sides) would then  get to make a(n) (pre-emptive) attack against an enemy ground unit of their choice.

12.) Do naval units exercise sea control while still neutral? (i.e. would Italian naval units and tac bombers  -that are still neutral in 1939- inflict movement penalties on e.g. a British convoy?

My 2 cts: No. Not until they are at war with one another do such penalties apply

13.) While a (major) nation  is neutral, does it receive supply automatically or does a convoy still need to be established to receive supplies from overseas?

14.) Is it possible for naval units of befriended nations to ever share a port together at the end of a turn? (E.g. British ships in a French port; when dropping off transported units the rules state a transport must return to its port of origin, so e.g. a British transport transporting a unit to Brest would have to return to Bristol rather than remaining in Brest, right?)

15.) The text underneath “Minor flag space” differs significantly between the basic and advanced rules. Is this intentional? For example, in the basic rules it says that units located in a minor flag space only suffer the movement penalty in case of a surprise attack, but this is not listed in the advanced rules.

16.) Why does Italy receive money from the start for Tripoli while the UK doesn’t for its African territories? Because the UK is at war and Italy is still neutral?

17.) Are British and French naval units also bound by the rules governing surprise attack in Fall ’39? If so, this seems like the time for the Germans to attack e.g. Scapa flow!! If so, would the port bonus apply regardless?

18.) It took me a long time before I got the air redeployment example. Air units can only land/refuel/rebase on “factory spaces”, right? And not on NRZ’s? I take it they can also refuel on carriers?

19.) Can air units with a movement value ever fly from the US to Britain or is the only way to do this by means of transporting them by ship? (refueling on Iceland still doesn’t give them enough movement points).

20.) The US starts with $20, however its income is $50 (1/4 of 200). Is this correct? Or do they get to spend $20 on their first turn and afterwards $50? If I’m not mistaken neutral countries do not get to actually buy and place units until activated?(But they do get them to advance up the build boxes?)

21.) How is a convoy set up to the Pacific holding box? (simply to the “picture”?)

22.) What happens when a convoy needs to spend more than 10 mp’s? Does this then count against [naval] rp’s? Do rp’s then need to be saved from the redeployment phase?