A lot of posters seemed stunned at this scenario, never scene it ever happen or even could happen. Now that I mulled it over last night and looked at the rules and so forth it is very obvious to me why no one has ever scene this scenario. Because the scenario makes no logical sense.
Italy DOW on Russia and moves in 2 tanks into Eastern Poland.
Russia is now at war with Italy and can DOW on Germany at the start of their next turn, turn 3.
Germany on Turn 3 does not DOW on Russia and just non combats into Eastern Poland.
Russia at the start of Turn 3 DOW on Germany and off we go.There is no logical reason why Russia would not DOW on Germany at the start of Turn 3, none.
Heck you could argue that it makes no logical sense that Germany did not DOW on Russia at the start of G3 since Italy brought Russia into the war and Russia WILL DOW on Germany on R3.
Hi PainState,
From my perspective, if I was planning on doing a G3 Barbarossa AND I wanted to drive towards the south, then yes, it makes sense to not DOW. My stack will be together except for the minimum required mobile units and maybe 1 AAA in Poland so Russia doesn’t attack Poland to get their NO for occupying an Axis territory. But E. Poland will be real strong because the German air will be there and maybe bombers will also be in range of a raid on the Moscow factory. Also, 5 IPCs is more income than I’d probably get as Germany on the 1st turn.
There are a few disadvantages of course. 1, Russian blockers can’t be attacked. 2, the Scandinavian units are behind. But for me that’s ok, I just use them to lay siege anyways. I never expect to get Moscow on turn 6 anymore. I assume that the UK/Anzac and that lone French fighter are going to get to Moscow.Â
USA Dow
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can USA declare war on Germany, and Still be neutral to japan?
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The movement restrictions for the USA in the pacific, is it just the sea zones where the island resides or is it the sea zones adjacent as well?
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can USA declare war on Germany, and Still be neutral to japan?
Yes, but I don’t know why it would want to. In such a case, by the way, it would no longer be a neutral power, so it could move units into other Allied powers’ territories, use their bases, etc.
The movement restrictions for the USA in the pacific, is it just the sea zones where the island resides or is it the sea zones adjacent as well?
Just the sea zone that the island is in.
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Yes, but I don’t know why it would want to.
I guess it must be in one of the rare cases when one person play both USA and Japan. Would make sense in a 3-player game, where player A is Germany/Italy, player B is UK/ANZAC/China/France and player C is USA/Japan. But as I said, not a very common case.
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In exactly what situation would one person play USA and Japan??? Why would someone play both sides?
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I think in a 3 player game, player 1 would play Germany, Italy and Japan, player 2 would play USA, USSR and China and player 3 would play UK, ANZAC and France. That seems to me to be the best way to split it up.
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In exactly what situation would one person play USA and Japan??? Why would someone play both sides?
Usually in tournament play with individual victory conditions. You play as USA and of course you want the Allied side to win, but since an individual winner will be choosen, by comparing the % gain in income, you may want to play Japan as well just to keep your other allies at bay. Get my point ?
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wow that’s a strange tournament Razor. Usually tournaments are 1v1 and more often than not use low luck rules.
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Not in Sweden, Cow
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Usually in tournament play with individual victory conditions. You play as USA and of course you want the Allied side to win, but since an individual winner will be choosen, by comparing the % gain in income, you may want to play Japan as well just to keep your other allies at bay. Get my point ?
So in an effort to gain the most % increase in IPC you control 2 opposing powers??? So since you won’t attack yourself Japan is free to run amok in Asia with no fear of attack from the US. Also, allows the US to focus all efforts on Europe?
Sorry, that’s some seriously strange rules…
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Yes for sure, but it is very efficient too. I won a lot of games that way, man.
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I’m sure your opponents appreciated that advantage…
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I’ve had a lot of fun with rules variants, including free-for-all situations. And I know tournament rules can get very exacting/creative, but the OOB rules are very clear about how to distribute powers among the various numbers of players possible. No offense intended, but if the rules you’re playing allow for US and Japan to be played by the same player, you’re not playing Axis and Allies Global 1940 anymore.
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Yes, but I don’t know why it would want to.
It might be usefull to get past some of japans navy. It’s always good to know what options are avaiable.
If USA is not netrual in this case I guess movement restrictions dont apply!?