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@Rescue55-joe I believe the “10 IPCs for each country” that you are referring to are actually the National Control Markers, which are used to track both conquered territories and national production levels. As barnee pointed out, IPCs are not physically provided, and the Rulebook instructs us to track them on paper, but any proxy (such as Monopoly money) will do. See page 7 of the Rulebook for details on both National Control Markers and IPCs.

In a nutshell, the National Production Track is used to chart your “income” using a National Control Marker. and every turn the “money” goes into your “bank account”, which is represented by IPCs, where it can be spent on new units (or saved for later).

I hope this helps.

@SeaYa said in Need help determining the fate of manufacturing in Kwangtung:

That’s an interesting point! The rules often refer to “originally controlled” territories, to which the national emblem markers are referenced, regardless of current occupation. I wondered if the phrase “Chinese territory”, without the explicit “original” verbiage allowed for a Chinese occupied territory to be considered Chinese.

The sentence I quoted above seems pretty airtight, especially in the context of the rest of the section.

I think it is a moot point in this case, as I believe the Chinese are restricted from building factories anyway, but an interesting point to consider: is a (insert power) territory only restricted to original territories when referenced in the rules, or, without the word “original” explicitly stated, does it also expand to include occupied albiet not original?

I don’t believe there are any other such instances in the rules. In any case, I would say not, as the rules often also refer to “X-controlled” territories.

The Axis doesn’t have to control the cities - it just has to keep the Allies from controlling them. So, for the Axis, having land units from both sides in a city is just as good as being in control of it. For example, if the Allies control the cities at the end of turn 8, but one of them is contested at the end of turn 9, the Allies can no longer win.

Tactics card 16 returns destroyed units to the reinforcement card, so they go into their original slots. Since empty slots are at the beginning, they will always be selected for deployment before any units already on the card.

@lagouyn That looks correct, except for one small, but important, thing. In order to take control of a territory controlled by an ally while their capital is enemy-controlled, you must recapture it from an enemy. You cannot ever take control of a territory directly from an ally (except when regaining control of one of your own original territories after your capital is liberated).

@SuperbattleshipYamato The Caspian Sea is a sea zone. See page 8 of the Rulebook. I’m not sure why it doesn’t have a number. Perhaps it’s because it’s not connected to the other sea zones.

This has nothing to do with the Caspian Sea Group.

If one favors the Allies and the other favors the Axis, shouldn’t they balance each other out?

@Overkill All of the above are different. The 1941 board has fewer territories and industrial complexes, and the IPC values are generally lower.

As far as buying 1941, it’s not very expensive, and it has several sculpts that are different from the other games. If you’re into that sort of thing, you may want to consider picking it up.

@FranceNeedsMorePower In Global 1942, all powers begin the game at war with all powers on the other side.

@the_good_captain Yes. From page 16 of the Rulebook:

During this step, Axis land units move and patrolling Allied fighters react. Each fighter in a region rolls to strafe each Axis unit moving into or out of that zone, including reinforcements. The Axis player indicates all units that are moving, then the Allies fire one at a time against target units.

@DoManMacgee There is always playtester (and staff) turnover between projects. That is not the reason for this issue. I can’t comment on what the reason was, other than to say it was not the playtesters, and I’m saying this much only because I don’t like to see them unjustly criticized.

@barnee While the Soviet Union is not at war with Japan, it must abide by the restrictions of a neutral power on the Pacific map. This means, among other things, that it may not enter territories on that map that are controlled by another power. See pages 15, 36, and 37 of the Europe Rulebook.

@surfer Korea is not part of China. See page 10 of the Pacific Rulebook.

You roll separately whenever units that can’t hit other units are involved. Rolling together and assigning the rolls to the units of your choice violates the principle that the owner of the hit units chooses casualties.

@The_Good_Captain They do not carry over, and are treated normally in the next turn.

@oysteilo No, they are not adjacent to each other. Per page 8 of the Europe Rulebook, “Spaces that meet only at a point (such as United Kingdom and sea zone 111) are not adjacent to one another, as they do not share a common border.”

@The_Good_Captain The Axis units defend (see page 10 of the Rulebook), and combat occurs in all zones where combat situations exist (see page 17 of the Rulebook).

@gamerman01 They do not. Per page 20 of both the Europe and Pacific Rulebooks, “If you capture an air base or naval base, you can’t use the added flight or sea movement or receive repairs until your next turn.”

@The_Good_Captain @SuperbattleshipYamato Sorry, I missed the word “Fortune” in the original post. That makes quite a difference!

Combat occurs only in the zones selected by the Allies. The Axis can’t defend in a zone if there’s no attack there.

@dazedwit Of course.

@The_Good_Captain Also, from page 9:

Axis & Allies: D-Day is played in a series of turns. A turn consists of one pass through the sixteen order cards, and then a check for victory.

Since victory is checked at the end of each turn, the Allies must hold the required zones until the end of turn 10.

@The_Good_Captain Yes, it can move into a zone with Allied land units, just not through one.