When will the Soviet Union and Japan be placed in war?

@krieghund
Ok, that’s clear. Tks

@mastermind93:

If I remember correctly, you can’t build a Major IC in a foreign territory. I do agree, though, on the importance of the Caroline Islands.

I think originally it was allowed. If not, i’ve been had ;)

thanks for all the input fellas.  we played 1 round sunday night, and i used many of the suggestions i received here.  i was bored tonite (couldn’t play) so i put a copy of the board on abattlemap and posted here.  comments?

katfish aap40.AAM

@oztea:

@finnman:

Another reason that India will have it easier is because they will have british N.O.s and war bonds to spend.

Wat?

NAs are passe’; and war bonds? Thats a tech.

I meant N.O.s and there will be techs in the global game.

Well, once i get the game, i will make a house rule that Japan can not enter Soviet territory. i don’t think that Japan would invade the Soviet Union for two reasons;
One: Once AAE40 comes out, the Us and Britain will have more IPC, China should get more territory, and thus Japan would need to focus more on them instead of the SU, and
two: The Us and Britain could focus their industries onto Japan, so Japan will be screwed if they go after the Soviet union and ignore them. And the Soviet union can’t attack Japan until they defeat Germany.

I agree with a J3 attack at this point. And yes, I also believe that there will likely be no ‘Pearl Harbor’ attack on the US.

The Carolines are an ideal spot to stage the IJN. I like to have the bulk of the fleet there and another group off the coast of China to support that efforts against the Brit holdings in the DEI and Kwangtung. Also, staging at Truk pretty much cuts the US off from doing anything useful to help the Brits for the first few turns as well as threatens the Aussies enough to force them to build ground troops for defense.

Given that the US will have spent only 39 or so IPCs by the time of the Japanese DoW it’s impossible for them to have anything to withstand the full weight of the IJN at Truk. That means that if they want to survive the will likely have to be back at the West Coast or someplace else out of the way. That adds another turn or so to the timeline before the US can intervene effectively to help relieve pressure in China/India.

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?

I second that, very good post.