I’d still kill the US fleet and the British Fleet if they hung around India on J1. Then, I’d probably try and move as many units into French Indochina during non-combat for an attack on J2. I don’t think you can ignore the IC in India past J2.

I like to wait until I have plenty of units in place… but sometimes you have to take risks.

Also, I sometimes buy an IC on J1 and place it in French IndoChina to go after India. It also depends on if Germany is trying to rob UK of IPCs or not. If so, I support that strategy by trying to take India and using it as a backdoor into Moscow.

GQ

I’ll vote for Japan for slightly different reasons… They are not sandwiched like Germany between Russia and UK (and feeling US heat by Rd2). The Japanese start with the best fleet and the most opportunity to grab land in Asia. They may not capture many capitols, but they cause the fall of a couple. They make it easier for Germany to take Moscow and/or London. And if things get out of control fo the Allies, they can threaten the US significantly later in the game.

I enjoy playing Japan when I can for that reason. They have the most potential to dominate the outcome of the game.

I like the revised map and I say keep it as-is. If you add more territories, it makes it hard to keep them occupied with the limited amount of pieces that come with the game.

But if you add more game pieces, then I can see adding in a bit of complexity with the map.

I like Japan because you can do so much with them and can counter what the Allies throw at you. I like having the option of conducting a sea or a land strategy as the Japanese player. I seem more constrained with the other countries.

I do like playing Russia too… for the opposite reason. Nobody like playing them and I love the challenge of trying to be creative with such a burden of playing defense. If I can get some help from the US and UK, I can turn some energy on making the Japanese player’s life miserable. :-)