G40 Balance Mod - Rules and Download

@Adam514 said in G40 Balance Mod 3.0 - Rules and Download:

Marines are like infantry for transports, so you can load 2 marines or 1 marine and 1 tank.

This is also problematic and should be listed on its own. The general rule is one inf and one specialieced units, or two inf. Mariens must be considered a special unit given it’s cost of 5. Anyhow

@oysteilo If 1 marine can load onto a cruiser/BB and 1 infantry can’t, I hope 1 marine takes equal or less space than an infantry on 1 transport.

@Adam514 said in G40 Balance Mod 3.0 - Rules and Download:

@oysteilo If 1 marine can load onto a cruiser/BB and 1 infantry can’t, I hope 1 marine takes equal or less space than an infantry on 1 transport.

Ok. Thanks for your reply. To me it makes zero sense given the extra cost. Infantry should be obsolete with this logic. Anyhow…

I read rule. No issues. 1 marine only can go on a BB and/or a CR. 1 Marine counts as a inf on a transport.

Oh I see your point with marines being a smaller Inf group. You know that ain’t a bad idea. Being there a special little assault group. Plus from what I’ve read they were a little better on defense. Like in my game d12 there A4 D5. They only get the Art boost A +1. Another question is why don’t Inf get a D +1 with an Art on defense also ? But another topic.
Transport capacity units.
Inf or marine / Inf
Inf or marine / AA
Inf or marine / Art
Inf or marine / Tank
Inf or marine / Mech
3 marines only alone
I would have it Where you can transport 3 marines only on there own.

Maybe this has been addressed. I am wondering what happens if you bid a french destroyer (or submarine) to 93 and Vichy is activated.

@oysteilo It hasn’t been addressed, but it’s likely that everything in sz 93 turns Vichy.

@regularkid said in G40 Balance Mod 3.0 - Rules and Download:

VICHY FRANCE RULE SET

Can Axis use the neutral naval base in S France?

@trulpen said in G40 Balance Mod 3.0 - Rules and Download:

@regularkid said in G40 Balance Mod 3.0 - Rules and Download:

VICHY FRANCE RULE SET

Can Axis use the neutral naval base in S France?

I can add that my guess is no, since US can’t use allied naval bases before they’re at war.

@trulpen said in G40 Balance Mod 3.0 - Rules and Download:

@regularkid said in G40 Balance Mod 3.0 - Rules and Download:

VICHY FRANCE RULE SET

Can Axis use the neutral naval base in S France?

Yes they can.

If vichy is activated round 2 and the french in north Afrika merge in Algeria, then Algeria will be pro axis neutral with 3 inf there? Correct?

Yes…

@oysteilo Correct indeed.

Situation is as follows.

ANZAC has a transport in Java sz, and 2 inf in Java, 1 inf in Malaya. Sumatra is Dutch. FIC is Japanese.

On Japan turn, Japan moves his fleet to Java sz.

On UK turn, UK declares war to Japan.

Can Anzac tra in Java sz take FIC or Sumatra?
If so, can it only be done with Malaya inf, or the Javanese too?

Thanks

ANZAC can attack FIC with the inf on Malaya only.

Taking Sumatra has to be done on NCM and there is no way for the transport to be able to move, load or unload on NCM. It would need a different transport in range.

Not really a balance mod question.

The war is on, and USA sends a lone cruiser with 1 marine to recapture the phillipines.

Japan opts to send 3 kamikazes and scores the hit! Boom!

My assumption would be the cruiser and the marine are lost! But tripleA seems to disagree, and further, under the tripleA game notes for BM - the Phillipines sea zone is not even listed as a Kamikaze zone?

Being that the rules aren’t exactly crystal here, and being that kamikazes were excluded from running at tranpsorts in OOB… and now that cruisers are essentially a tranpsort when carrying a marine… can we get some clarity?

@Gargantua said in G40 Balance Mod 3.0 - Rules and Download:

The war is on, and USA sends a lone cruiser with 1 marine to recapture the phillipines.

Japan opts to send 3 kamikazes and scores the hit! Boom!

My assumption would be the cruiser and the marine are lost! But tripleA seems to disagree, and further, under the tripleA game notes for BM - the Phillipines sea zone is not even listed as a Kamikaze zone?

Being that the rules aren’t exactly crystal here, and being that kamikazes were excluded from running at tranpsorts in OOB… and now that cruisers are essentially a tranpsort when carrying a marine… can we get some clarity?

Certainly, it was answered in the past and we should put it in the notes. Since Kamikazes happen before any battle starts, the marine dies with the cruiser and does not fight on land (requires editing). @regularkid