Minor Axis Activation

@Tigerman77:

No japan can activate SIAM only

Good to know.  We had Japan activate Argentina our last game by flying a bomber with an infantry in.  Safe to say it was a pain for the allies to deal with.  It did give America access to neutral countries though, after Japan took them of course.

Yep, he’s right.

For instance, even if Warsaw falls to the Germans, Polish forces in E and W Poland do not move only defend.

I have been wondering about the Axis Minor ICs as well.

Can Germany build on them?

If a country is Pro Allied and attacked by an Axis and survives then the Countryu becomes Allied!

The rules state that Germany can build an IC on axis minors that qualify. Can Germany build the IC on the turn they activate the minor or do you have to activate and then build the IC on the next turn?

I may make a rule change where italy can be attacked by the allies immediately after the turn germany takes paris or is at war with russia.  This may keep italy at bay enough for the allies at the start of the game.  This needs to be play tested.

@Quintus:

Siam shouldn’t produce income. They make one infantry per turn and thats it.

For minors, all you have to do is take the capital to take the income.

Correct.

In our games we always allow any axis power to activate the pro-axis neutrals. The same goes for the allied powers. I agree with Wild Bill that, generally, Italy (and sometimes Japan) is in a better position to activate Argentina than Germany.