How reasonable would it be to bid for DOW turns instead of extra units? Like Japan cannot DOW until turn 3 and Germany cannot DOW until turn 2 or 3.
Hmmm, interesting idea.
Most people don’t DOW with Germany till G2 or G3 so that would not be much of a difference. However, not allowing Japan to DOW on J1, would certainly make a difference.
That is, BTW, the reason the Yunnan Stack is so effective. It stops Japan from doing a J1 DOW. The J1 DOW, I think developed by COW, is extremely powerful. It sets UK Pacific back tremendously and pretty much dooms India. Usually the only games I have seen where India is not taken by Japan until very late, or if ever, are all games where Japan did not DOW until J3.
However, I am not sure how much that would effect the Bid. If $13 stops the J1 DOW then removing the ability for Japan to do a J1 DOW would only drop the Bids to $38 which while certainly lower doesn’t accomplish what I think you are suggesting here which is a replacement of money with DOW delay turns.
