Pacific 2nd edition and Europe 1st edition

@AndrewAAGamer

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@andrewaagamer

Thank you!

@knp7765:

Also, if/win London is liberated, then UK Europe will collect the IPCs from Persia (unless an Axis power has taken it beforehand, of course)

This also works on the Pacific side. If Calcutta is captured and some UK Europe troops liberate West India, no one gets the IPCs until Calcutta is liberated.

Very good point!

I see a few problems here, depending on when Japan declares war.
J1 DOW: Japan will sink the SZ35 ships and take the Philippines before you can do this.
J2 DOW: While the US ships are probably safe in SZ54, Japanese naval presence will be such that you can’t safely move to SZ42.
J3 DOW: in this case, Japan will probably sink the US ships in SZ42 and may well take Java.

With a later DOW (US3, because there’s no reason to postpone it), it could theoretically work if Japan has already taken FIC. But with no early Japanese DOW, Japan probably won’t do that because it would lose the 10 IPC NO. So in that scenario, Japan would need to take FIC on J4. That implies the presence of at least one Japanese unit in FIC, which would have to be defeated by the single US infantry you’ve brought.
Even if Japan had already captured FIC earlier and then vacated it (not very likely, because it’s a popular spot for Japan to build and IC of its own), they could easily kick the US and the British out again. Though if I were aware of your plan as Japan, I would happily wait until the US kindly built that IC for me to capture……  :-D

Who are you playing Base2ball? What is your game plan?

I always leave my jap fleet off the Philippines. You can hit so many places. there is an already built naval and air base ready for you. it makes it harder for ANZAC to support UK on the mainland. plus if you build a second fleet in japan, this will split the americans attention, because then they will have to defend Hawaii, and attack you. also when i take dei i also take western Australia, anzac never have land troops there, plus it will cause them to spend more on land units instead of navy or air.

@RedHunter:

Wow that was too many pieces left on the board. Like holy crap. How much % does the Axis win without VC to aid them?

I do not know the answer to that. We may be the only ones on this forum who play without VCs.

Africa/Middle East
WIn-West India
EPr-East Persia
Per-Persia
NWP-NW Persia
Irq-Iraq
Jor-Jordan
Syr-Syria
Tur-Turkey
SdA-Saudi Arabia
Egy-Egypt
Alx-Alexandria
Tob-Tobruk
Lib-Libya
Tun-Tunisia
Alg-Algeria
Mor-Morocco
Sud-Sudan
WAf-French West Africa
Feq-French Equatorial Africa
FCA-French Central Africa
GdC-Gold Coast
Nig-Nigeria
Cng-Belgian Congo
ItS-Italian Somaliland
BrS-British Somaliland
Eth-Ethiopia
Ken-Kenya
Tan-Tanganyika
Rho-Rhodesia
Ang-Angloa
Moz-Mozambique
SAf-South Africa
SWA-South West Africa
Mad-Madagascar