U.K. Cruiser Set up -Barely Enough!

Of course it can. It makes no difference that originally it was a neutral territory. Its current status is a territory of the United States and therefore, with an IPC value of two,it can be a location where a minor industrial complex can be placed.

@FranceNeedsMorePower

Sounds about right.

@surfer thanks for that clarification

@ampdrive
To be competitive Italy need to reach +20 and I2, and 30 IPC at I3
Otherwise anybody can enter the med, with no effort

@Detuite:

Ok I have copied the alpha rules do you recomend them for further game play. and thanks for your promped answer.

I do recommend them(alpha PLUS, which is more balanced than alpha). Larry ahs also posted a Med setup change. if you need it, I can paste it here. Try both out and see which one you like.

BTW… if you just bought P40 you may not know that they will send you extra tac bombers if you call them.

I can see where some confusion could arise, The Soviet Union and France sections discuss a gain of additional pieces that are separate from NOs. So a discussion of IPCs under the United States section could logically imply a separate “gain” of IPCs. Especially since it names this additional IPC as “wartime economy” and states that the U.S. gets this wartime economy on the first turn after an axis D.O.War or the third turn of the United States whichever comes first…indicating that it is a one time thing gained on turn 3 or sooner if attacked.

Since you have your official answer, you are now aware that they receive +30 to the Production chart while at war, thus turn 3 you would collect 35+30 if you did not gain any other territories on round 3.

It would be less confusing if it were not mentioned twice in the rule book I guess. Your friend is schrewd for making that argument. As it might have worked on me, despite my familiarity with the game.

Bump - Added Italian Set