Hi all. I’m replying here in the hopes this bumps up the topic and keeps the answer here for future people to see.
Can I please get some additional clarification on this. From what I’ve read of the updated rules, the 30 bonus IPC happens immediately when Japan declares war on the US or unprovoked war on US’s allies. This seems to have been confirmed above.
But why wouldn’t the US then also get the 30 IPC bonus income for holding western US at the start of their turn? (getting 60 bonus IPC).
The rules for declaring war state that it’s technically not required if they declared war on you “as the two powers are already at war” (see below extract from page 11). Though I feel like this must excludes the US and they must “declare war” during their combat move despite already being at war?
“For example, if the United Kingdom declares war on Japan, a subsequent declaration of war by Japan on the United Kingdom (which is technically unnecessary, as the two powers are already at war) would be considered provoked.”
Getting 60 IPC instead of 30 is significant and game changing, I just want to understand which rule I’m missing.
Thanks all