Stop the madness, and start the presses

Sounds like the Allies are doing really well. The allies need a meat grinder to wear down the axis with the allies’ numerical superiority.

@bjba:

What is the starting income for USA in the global A&A second edition. Is there a pre war and a declared war income difference?

52 Prewar

77 War (If Japan didn’t take the Philippines)
79 War (If the USA takes Brazil and still have the Philippines)

Basically America has 25 IPC worth of NO cash if they declare war and lose nothing.

I always treated starting money as separate from income in my head. In this game the rules states that you should use the “starting income list” to take starting money. If i remember correctly, there have been versions of axis where some powers have started with less money than their starting income.

If you don’t want UK to scramble during your amphibious assault, you need some Italian Bombers to raid the Airfield, and now UK have no change to repair it before Germany attack.

The rules are made this gamey way because the designer love the idea of teamwork.

@Koobs:

Just bought the two 1940 games, and I definitely recommend buying the boxed games. It’s just a whole different feeling; opening up the boxes, setting up the pieces, etc. Really makes you more immersed in it.

Very well said.

Omega1759

You can do this against a J2 dow or a J3 dow just as easy. Japan can either be south east asia oriented or play a defensive game.

Japan is just hard to deal with because of all the air being so flexible. It is more apparent in low luck games than dice.

@jeffdestroyer:

if AB and NB stop the blitz, then there will be no blitzing in W. Europe.  All of the TT have something.

Except Holland

New Guinea is after Greenland the largest island in the world.

The fact that Japan can scramble is a big advantage, of course. But if it gets to that Japan is in serious trouble. Then you need to hold out until Germany captures Moscow and Italy captures India.