I think a good idea for 1914 would be to require at least 1 infantry to be stationed in every territory by the end of a power’s turn (the infantry must be from the power controlling. If they don’t, they won’t get the IPCs from this territory. Not only does it potentially make the game more historically accurate (to symbolize the need to keep civilian populations under control during wartime), but it probably also makes the game more balanced, as the Allies will probably be more burdened with this (since they have substantially larger colonial possessions).
Railway
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ok then your idea. I dont care. :-D
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Railway = no cost.
In the rules I presented many railroads wont have a cost assuming they are added to the initial setup. However some railroads were built during the war like by the Japanese in Burma, so for that you have to pay 6-15 ipc per rail connection. I feel thats just as simple and indeed more interesting than just having rail streagth directly connected to the ICs. How does bombing Japan directly take out railroads in Burma?
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ok new idea:
make these tokens for rail…
each point cost one IPC
each point equals a chip placed under token
each point allows movement of one land unit anywhere you bought these chips along the route.
each time a unit moves you subtract it from the total.
Examples: you got a 3 point rail stack ( know as A), next to a 4 point stack Known as B), next to a 5 point stack ( known as C)
with this configuration you can move 3 land units from A to C, or 4 units from C to B, or 3 units from B to A.
If the allies bombed B for 2 points under SBR, you could now only move 2 units from C to A
Same rules as the War Game except it costs 1 IPC per point and they can be bombed.
good no good?
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I dont know,
I think it essentialy does the same think as I said above except I think its slightly more confusing and it deviates from how damage is calcuated for other units and facilities.
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I think I would like an actual piece to represent a rail head (as Larry refers to it). I like Razor/Eagle take on RR to be more like an AB/NB. RR should give extra movement to ground units that’s a given. All original IC’s should come w/RR. To take it one step further, each victory city should get one too. After that buy them at 15 ipc’s like the other facilities.
Some issues to over come:
A) Its easy to give inf/art +1 if they start at a RR. Should you be able to use RR to give tanks/mech +1 (3 moves). With the bigger map size it has work well with AB & NB giving extra movement. With that said all ships start w/2 movement, where ground has 1-2. In Europe there will be a lot more land tt, so a boost to all ground units might be warranted even for tanks. It could also speed up games, but would it give an advantage to one side or the other?
B) Should you be able to use RR in both combat and non combat. Keep in mind you can use AB & NB in both.
C) SBR works just as if you were hitting an AB/NB.
Option: I might go one step further w/SBR allowing you to bomb any tt adjacent to a RR to take away extra movement through that tt (would not change normal movement just +1 in that direction). A stat bmr does a fly by (rolls a dice) place damage chips equal to 1/2 the dice roll rounded down (3 max). If you want to use the RR through that damaged tt pay in your purchase units phase (could be worth getting imp fac tech-1/2 for repairs). You could also place AA guns along the routes you want to take to deter bombings.
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