7.0 turn 1 pics and report

It should be the same for Nat China. Szechwan falls, China can’t build no more whether they have 3 or more territories worth 3 icp’s or more.
If it’s liberated then they will get 6 icp’s and any non captured territories and can start building again.

If they have some money left and Szechwan is captured, they should have to give money to attacker. I would like to try this in a game.

The rule is as long as they have territories worth total of 3 icp’s or more, they can build and place in those territories.

I can not find the rule allowing Japan to build a Factory in Siam. Has this been dropped?

EDIT Found it. I was looking in the wrong place.

Yes, that is cool Koba. Thanks for sharing! :-D

Marathon of carnage turned into a 18 round beat down for the axis…two experienced players who played strict adherence to the rules (no techs/no optionals) with 2 minor house rules…South America gets interesting when you give Argentina a fighter, let them build like the other axis minors, and it cannot attack until any allied player lands in South America…not exactly historically correct, but I am all about global domination!!
Second house rule is let South Africa collect income on neutrals it takes out.  More fun to play when they have a little juice.

With that said, the key to our game was Cairo…UK put an IC RD1 and dumped everything she had into the area…the Italian navy countered RD 5 with 8 fighters/tac, 10 subs and their surface fleet and won a temporary but costly victory over a mighty UK/FEC/ANZAC/Dutch fleet in SZ 47…the surviving cruisers and BB where picked off by subs and the English air force the next round…with that taken care of, the UK became a real pain in the Med not to mention reinforcing India.

My opponent’s fatal flaw was to wait until RD 5 to attack Russia…it was close and Stalingrad did fall, but I love playing Russia and am a defensive player by nature…13 allied fighters flying into Moscow at the critical hour might have had something to do with it, but Germany got stuffed…he had a major IC in Romania, so the bulk of the invasion went south…Leningrad and Karelia were on the ropes, no doubt about it, but  the German player never had the strength to fight on both fronts…BTW, is it normal to buy an airbase for West Germany?  It is the only way to defend against an SBR, I believe…plus a round one build plus taking Norway in the first impulse equals doom for the English Navy…anyhoo, I thought it quite a creative move by my opponent and did not see that coming.

As for Japan, they used their sneak attack RD 6.  Pretty cool, I thought I was safe in Panama, but his 2 veteran, 2 torpedo, 2 dive, and 2 tac  air armada attacked and never came back for a second round to fight fair.  Did quite a bit of damage when once again I felt safe…the extra income is nice too…however, waiting until round 6 did Japan more harm than good…with FEC making 33 and ANZAC 22 a round after taking out the EI, I had plenty of time to make sure life was impossible for Japan…after 3 rounds sending everything into China, they have to reposition their air fleet to set up a solid first strike…this saved China’s army, who simply retreated to the border.  The target of the first strike was Vlad, US fleet, and Singapore.  In Singapore, with five rounds to clear the EI, it has a nice defense…not to mention prior to Japan attacking, UK had declared war on Japan, thereby negating its first strike on Singapore (I hope I got this right because my opponent sure was pissed). 
Buying air and subs for Anzac, INF and air for India for five rounds without retribution, and a reinforced Cairo was what it took in our game…the beauty of it was that the axis knew it was going to be rough by rd 7, and over by round 11, but we agreed to play it out no matter what prior to playing…being the gentleman I am, I stalled the game to ensure I could take all three axis capitals in round 18.

If anything sounds fishy about anything I described, please post…To me, the axis, especially Japan, never quite lived up to what I think it could be…is a rd 6 DOW normal for Japan?  When do you attack Russia for Germany?..I’m thinking rd 5 might be too late.

Looking forward to playing the axis next time.

Thank you…

@koba:

This is came is awesome and I play it at least once a month. The games are generally epic. A 5AM round nine finish doesn’t surprise me at all. Some of our games have taken twenty-four hours to resolve. I wouldn’t change it for the world.

This wins  :-D

Hi guys

With the rule update to 5.0 there are now new 2 scenarios possible
(Sealion in G1 or Barbaross in G1)
The setup charts are for the version 4.1 and should be updated to 5.0 to prevent that.

The scenarios:
Sealion in G1->land in London and Liverpool and the allies cant turn it back in their first impulse.
If the industrial complex is downgraded to a minor complex and not destroyed, the German is able to dug in in the UK. On G2 he can handle Poland and France.

Barbarossa in G1 �> This one is a little more tricky.
Ignore the Allies! First impulse land in Pskov and the Baltic state, capture Denmark, build  4 transporters and an airfield in Elbling, activate Romania and Hungary. On the second impulse attack Leningrad and western Russia, activate Finland and transport as much tanks and mechanized inf. as you can to Leningrad .
The Japanese player have to attack from the east and take as much IPC from the Soviet as he can.

In G2 open the second front in Romania and support the north with troops from Finland.
After you taken Karelia you can clan up the Soviet Union.

The Soviet Player have only 15 IPC for the defense in the first round and he have to fortify Moscow and Karelia. The only way for the Soviet player to survive is to hold Karelia and Moscow.

If the axis are not able to take Karelia and/or Moscow in the second round… well go in the next corner and cry, you will lose.

I think if the soviet get one or two more Infantries and  1 Tank in Leningrad and the UK player 1 inf. And 1 Tank in London this scenarios are much more risky for the German, and on the other side the soviet and the UK didn’t get to much offensive power. Alternative the french can get one additional  transporter in the SZ 24 together with the Canadian its allows a counterattack.

The pacific room is well balanced. At the beginning The Japanese player is very strong. But after  the US entered the War they have no chance if they aren�t big enough.
I would only add 3 national Chinese inf. in  Kweichow. These troops are not a big problem for the Japanese player if he concentrate his army to china, but they will slow him down.

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Yoshitako,

Thanks for bringing up the 5.0 rules clarifications needed. Our group will be playing '39 next weekend with the new rules, revised map, and some of the optional battle markers from HBG. Like you, I’d like to see an updated set-up.

The new rules do look good and I especially like the changes regarding industrial complexes which I think will change things a bit in Europe (having the French complex as a minor will certainly help the Germans).

Thank you Variable for the answers regarding the rules. After we play next weekend I’ll post some more questions I am sure.