There are two reasons why Alaska is not included in that NO. First, it was not yet a state at the time. It was still a territory, so it was not part of the US “home territory”. Second, at the time it wasn’t a huge part of the USA’s economy.
As for it being “too easy”, it creates more of an incentive for the Japanese to take the fight to the USA.
Historical reasons would good if were taken into account all the map. Making China able of survive after 1941 J1 would be a good beggining (Carthago delenda est :wink:).
About the 2nd, the easier was make Alaska part of the NO instead CUSA. How many times you can take and hold Springfield (CUSA)? As now, this NO doesn’t give any additional incentive to Japan to attack America. You are screwed anyway if Japan can take and hold any of the 3 territories.
There are two reasons why Alaska is not included in that NO. First, it was not yet a state at the time. It was still a territory, so it was not part of the US “home territory”. Second, at the time it wasn’t a huge part of the USA’s economy.
As for it being “too easy”, it creates more of an incentive for the Japanese to take the fight to the USA.
You’re right on the money here Krieg. I’ve heard many US players whine that they don’t have enough IPC’s even with that easy NO. Some have even talked about bidding on the allies, especially the US. I feel that the NO is fair enough, and for the record, I like the idea of playing with them in general.
FieldMarshalGames,
As others mentioned:
1. Alaska was not a State. If you implement this rule shouldn’t Hawaii also be included? Or do 4 out of 5? (USA/Alaska/Hawaii)
2. The USA player already seems strapped for cash
Other then that, I look forward to placing this rule in the House Rules section.
Question:
Do you get a bonus for each NO achieved or just for one of any?
you get a bonus for each. so if you’ve achieved 3 NO’s, you get the total of 15 sweet sweet IPC’s
Oh hell yes! I havent been able to get a game together yet so I’m trying to get all the info I can to update my group so we’re all up to speed.
Thanks.
