Timerover, thanks for the ideas about the neutrals, I appreciate it.
Thanks too for the rationale behind your suggestions. The history you provide certainly explains your reasoning; as far as I am concerned keep it up. It allows us to test your suggestions and ideas against the history of that time!
Maybe so, but anyway the speculation is fun.
Anyone, far more versed in this era and military knowledge, have any suggestions for the values of the several neutrals?
This is intriguing.
So consider this:
Assign an IPC value to each neutral. Factories??
Assign a military starting set up to each neutral i.e. Spain, Sweden, Turkey, …. etc ( I’d like to see some hypthetical values expressed here, Turkey’s the same as the suggested units for Spain?)
Set the units up at the beginning of the game.
Then IPC bids by each nation to control that neutral. Any nation may compete to deny that neutral to that bidder.
Or if there are no bids then the game begins as normal, but invasions of neutrals may take place and the winner takes control of that neutral country, it’s colonies if any, and it’s IPC’s and it’s remaining units.
I like this!
The trouble is, is that the new Anniversary edition plays 18 hours to a conclusion!! :-D