@Argothair:

Do you know about the Chinese partisan rules in Balanced Mod 3.0? They hold that if Japan leaves a Japanese-controlled non-coastal Chinese land territory unoccupied by at least one Axis ground unit, then the Chinese get to place 1 infantry in each such territory for free at the start of their turn. This allows the Japanese to garrison a territory with a stack of air units, because the stack of air units will almost always kill off the one Chinese infantry before it can roll a 1, but you wouldn’t want to, e.g., leave a strategic bomber alone on a Chinese territory, because then you’re rolling at even odds against a much cheaper unit.

I like the triplea version of “Chinese speed bumps” as mentioned above, not complicated and doesn’t require anything extra.  it slows the Japanese roll through china enough.

yeah, playing with my son, he makes rules and picks sides, he always allies.

uk incomes/purchases aren’t separate euro/asia
usa can enter war whenever they want
if strict neutral attacked, all other stricts don’t flip to favor other side
uk starts with the troops and income from pro allies neutrals brazil, greece, yugoslavia and persia (14 inf and 8 ipc)
germ start with the troops and income from pro axis neutrals iraq, bulgaria and finland (11 inf 5 ipc)
can build minor industry in territory of 1 ipc or more and on islands
no scrambling
transports attack @ 1 and defend @ 1
subs can convoy disrupt off the coast of any enemy territory, doesn’t have to be a convoy symbol off coast
destroyers can bombard
other house rules as well…

main problems imo:

uk has too many resources on euro side, with all the pro allies neutrals their’s and not having to separate money/purchases

usa can attack a japanese island turn 1, to place a minor industry there next turn. usa could capture strict neutral portugal turn 2, to place
a minor industry there turn 3. usa can also place a minor industry on hawaii. not to mention they may meddle/reinforce in the atlantic on turn 1.

all strict neutrals not flipping when one attacked seems to favor allies, as they can go for a beach head in portugal/spain and gain more ipc’s by invading south
american neutrals without penalty.