MOVED: Making Airbases Required for Flight/Landing

You can only build them on your own territories (that you have controlled since the beginning of your turn).

You said “build land troops in FIC”: is this on J2?  Because you’re not allowed to place a factory in a newly captured territory, correct?  So are you putting the minor IC in Manchuria or Kiangsu (one of the 3 IPC territories)?

A declaration of war step in the sequence of play right before combat moves might have been a good idea with the exception being the US Automatic DOW.

@Krieghund:

@Ryx:

@Krieghund:

I’ve been thinking about this some more, and I have some further thoughts.

I don’t think that UK/ANZAC planes should be allowed to land on Dutch or French territories while they’re still Dutch or French controlled, unless they are at war.

I assume the Dutch have already lost their capital.

How does one declared war on a fallen country?

Unless the UK and ANZAC are at war, not the Dutch or French.

Thank you.

Europe will be close to the same crap that Pacific is because the same people work for WOTC.

If US decides to build up in HAW seazone, your aircraft are useless for a complete round (or more). Because you can’t fight that seazone (6 spaces). As US player I would just sit tight, build up and move to Japan via a northern route. Or go to Indies via southern route (Australia). Or build up TR with loads of cargo to take out Carolines. For every fighter it costs Japan it costs an inf for US.

And I think it will be a very dull way to play, or am I mistaken?

It was something I thought was worth testing.  An airbase is pricey, but the theory here is to maximize my most potent defensive units to take away Japans more expensive units (Ships).  This at the same time forces them to engage the UK and bring the US into the war earlier then they would probably have planned. I think with the airbase there on borneo with the defensive firepower adds up to something like close to 30 die points.  Its more of a monkey wrench for the Japan player if his plans were to wait on attacking the allies.  Plus I hate using my planes to trade hits with inf and art, when they should be taking down more expensive items like sea vessels.