@SuperbattleshipYamato Got it
Pacific Changes, and how they could affect global balance, DOW, and other things
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Ok. I found this in the Pacific 1940 thread. I bet I’m not the only one who has for the most part stopped viewing that thread. So I’m bringing it to light in global context. Thoughts?
According to this:http://harrisgamedesign.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=2386&p=27006#p27006
The setup changes are as follows:
China
Add 2 more infantry to Kweichow
Add 1 infantry to Yunnan
Add 2 infantry to Szechwan
Japan:
Remove 2 fighters (maybe just 1), 1 strategic bomber, 1 Tactical bomber from Japan
Remove 1 fighter from Manchuria
UK:
Sea Zone 37 should have - 1 battleship, 1 transport
Sea Zone 39 should have – 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 transport
ANZAC
Add one naval base to New South Wales.Also, there is a new Japanese NO: Japan receives 10 IPCs each turn that it is not at war.
This includes the British, Dutch, the US, and the French, meaning walking into FIC will lose this NOLet’s try it out.
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I tried it in my Global test game, and did a Japan1 attack with a J3 India crush.
Not a good plan.
Things that mess it up:
-18 Russian inf.
-Uk goes before China (UK might open the Burma Road before China’s turn).
-18 Russian inf.
-French DD from Africa comes to block shore bombard on India.
-18 Russian inf.
-China cannot be cleared when if taking India on J3.
-Naval base in NSW a BIG help to ANZAC (and a pain to Japan’s ‘leave everything empty behind you as you go’ plan).
Oh, and there is -18 Russian inf.
Time will tell if this is too much for Global.
I should have waited for J2 to DOW.
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I tried it in my Global test game, and did a Japan1 attack with a J3 India crush.
Not a good plan.
Things that mess it up:
-18 Russian inf.
-Uk goes before China (UK might open the Burma Road before China’s turn).
-18 Russian inf.
-French DD from Africa comes to block shore bombard on India.
-18 Russian inf.
-China cannot be cleared when if taking India on J3.
-Naval base in NSW a BIG help to ANZAC (and a pain to Japan’s ‘leave everything empty behind you as you go’ plan).
Oh, and there is -18 Russian inf.
Time will tell if this is too much for Global.
I should have waited for J2 to DOW.
So blame the 18 infantry.
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I don’t think a J1 attack will be the cool thing to do in global. First off - it allows the US to declare war on Germany/Italy. They may not appreciate that. Second, 18 Russian infantry.
Lots of things to consider and coordinate. Do you gang up on Russia and leave the US alone for three turns? If so India and ANZAC will not be wiped… and they have the option to declare war on Russia - serving as a reverse spoiler. Do you gang up on the US/UK and leave Russia alone until turn 4? Russia can still go after Japan.
Unless some great thing was missed - every game might be different here.
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Guys what would you think of adding 2 french infantry too french ido china.
P.S. bad speller did you lose as japan. -
I think we would have to see more of how the Pacific theater plays out in the global game first…
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What is this Japanese NO: 10 IPCs while not at war?! … What kind of crap is this? How/why do they get 10 free IPCs a turn for doing nothing? That doesn’t make any sense… even as some sort of incentive. I don’t understand it. Does anyone else… if so can you explain it to me? Japan getting money for not being at war and money for being at war is weird; it’s just free money. :?
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What is this Japanese NO: 10 IPCs while not at war?! … What kind of crap is this? How/why do they get 10 free IPCs a turn for doing nothing? That doesn’t make any sense… even as some sort of incentive. I don’t understand it. Does anyone else… if so can you explain it to me? Japan getting money for not being at war and money for being at war is weird; it’s just free money. :?
It represents money they got from the US before the US put an embargo on Japan. This happened after they took FIC
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What is this Japanese NO: 10 IPCs while not at war?! … What kind of crap is this? How/why do they get 10 free IPCs a turn for doing nothing? That doesn’t make any sense… even as some sort of incentive. I don’t understand it. Does anyone else… if so can you explain it to me? Japan getting money for not being at war and money for being at war is weird; it’s just free money. :?
It represents money they got from the US before the US put an embargo on Japan. This happened after they took FIC
OK. Was the amount of money that substantial? I mean, for 10 IPCs worth in A&A.
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I guess thats also why Germany gets 5 IPC’s for not being at war with USSR. Although in real life Germany was getting a better deal from USSR than Japan was with the US.
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What is this Japanese NO: 10 IPCs while not at war?! … What kind of crap is this? How/why do they get 10 free IPCs a turn for doing nothing? That doesn’t make any sense… even as some sort of incentive. I don’t understand it. Does anyone else… if so can you explain it to me? Japan getting money for not being at war and money for being at war is weird; it’s just free money. :?
It represents money they got from the US before the US put an embargo on Japan. This happened after they took FIC
OK. Was the amount of money that substantial? I mean, for 10 IPCs worth in A&A.
It was enough that they needed to invade the DEI, Malaya, Philippines, Burma, New Guinea, Hong Kong, Wake, and Guam
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Japan received a great deal of its oil from trade with the US. After Japan invaded FIC, the US imposed a trade embargo on Japan with the intent that it would curtail Japan’s imperial ambitions by stalling its war machine. Of course, the result of this embargo was the opposite of its intent. Japan invaded the Dutch East Indies in order to replace the oil supply that the US had cut off, which would result in war with Great Britain.
Japan coordinated this invasion with surprise attacks throughout the Pacific in order to leave its enemies decimated and in no position to oppose it. Fearing that the US would eventually enter the war, it was a decided that a pre-emptive strike was in order to knock out the US’ war-making capacity for long enough for Japan to consolidate its new empire. Of course, this plan failed utterly.
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Japan received a great deal of its oil from trade with the US. After Japan invaded FIC, the US imposed a trade embargo on Japan with the intent that it would curtail Japan’s imperial ambitions by stalling its war machine. Of course, the result of this embargo was the opposite of its intent. Japan invaded the Dutch East Indies in order to replace the oil supply that the US had cut off, resulting in war with Great Britain.
Thank you for clearing this up everyone. :-)
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This is from a post analyzing the NO on the thread on the Pacific 1940 board.
@SAS:
Thinking about it a little more I suppose it basically compensates Japan for removing the 1 or 2 planes from the setup (build a fighter for each of the 2 turns Japan will get the NO until the US comes in turn 3) and forces them to be further back from the front lines when they are built. At least the Japanese only will get the NO for 2 turns pretty much.
So essentially the changes keep the Japanese initially the same, just with a little less airforce available immediately, and boosts the Allies a little bit. I suppose with that explanation and the historical basis of the embargo on Japan after they began attacking I’m feeling a little more comfortable with it.
Just remember that Japan would only be getting this NO before the US is allowed to declare war on them, and unless the US player is daft they will do that as soon as they are allowed to in order to get their own NO, so Japan will only be getting this NO twice. I guess potentially 3 times really since if they don’t declare war themselves on turn 3 they would still get it since they go before the US.
A question for transferring this NO to global though, Krieg: do you know if it will be transferred as currently worded where Japan being at war with Russia does not negate this NO either? Because otherwise it’s all the more reason for Russia to declare war on Japan right away (as if they didn’t have enough reason already).
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If this NO makes it into the global game, I doubt the USSR will be included in it.
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If this NO makes it into the global game, I doubt the USSR will be included in it.
IF?
Isn’t it a little late to be saying if? I was under the impression that the Global 40 rulebook is included in E40… I would think the game is on its way to retailers, if not there already.
Wouldn’t the Global book specify if this NO is in the game?
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If this NO makes it into the global game, I doubt the USSR will be included in it.
IF?
Isn’t it a little late to be saying if? I was under the impression that the Global 40 rulebook is included in E40… I would think the game is on its way to retailers, if not there already.
Wouldn’t the Global book specify if this NO is in the game?
There could be an erratum
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@ finnman-my test game is starting the 4th round. Japan only has 2 land units in India and no land units in asia. Japan has a pile of planes and naval near Burma. US will build a Major IC next turn with 14 Russian inf to hold it.US air sweeps removed the last 4 land units in China. China has 15inf?, 4art, 1ftr. I want to test WHY not to do a J1 attack.
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If this NO makes it into the global game, I doubt the USSR will be included in it.
IF?
Isn’t it a little late to be saying if? I was under the impression that the Global 40 rulebook is included in E40… I would think the game is on its way to retailers, if not there already.
Wouldn’t the Global book specify if this NO is in the game?
Right, like calvin said, there could be an erratum. They are talking about implementing some or all of these changes into the Pacific 1940 game. If that happens, in the interest of keeping the global setup consistent with the setups from the Europe and Pacific 1940 games, whatever setup changes are made to the Pacific 1940 game will also be applied to the global game. They already have a setup erratum for the Pacific 1940 game and that erratum already applies to the global game, this would simply expand that erratum.
However, since the NOs for global are different from those of the individual games, this NO would not necessarily have to transfer; though honestly I think it might be more necessary for Japan in the global game than it is in the Pacific game by itself. Japan might need a little extra boost in global when having to deal with the extra headaches of coordinating with the political situation in Europe and the Russians outside of Manchuria and Korea, while in Pacific Japan obviously does just fine on her own right now and might still be able to get by even without a plane or two even with the other setup changes. :-P
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@SAS:
Right, like calvin said, there could be an erratum. They are talking about implementing some or all of these changes into the Pacific 1940 game. If that happens, in the interest of keeping the global setup consistent with the setups from the Europe and Pacific 1940 games, whatever setup changes are made to the Pacific 1940 game will also be applied to the global game. They already have a setup erratum for the Pacific 1940 game and that erratum already applies to the global game, this would simply expand that erratum.
True. If it is in Pacific errata, I would think it would have been put in the Global book… since there was such a time delay between the two games.
Is there someplace where the Pacific erratum setup is located? Yes, I figure in the Pacific 40 Errata, but can you give me a specific link, if you know where it is?
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