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No problem! It is however different from the AA50. There are no tokens anymore, so every 5 IPC is a one chance die only. I think our first houserule will be to get those tokens back, but at a higher price. There is relatively more IPC to go around, so I think 6, 7 or 8 is a better price. Or as I read somewhere that you need to pay an upkeep of 1 IPC every turn.

@Brain:

@Make_It_Round:

The USSR will probably be busily gobbling up neutral countries in the Balkans, just like they actually did in 1940. There’ll be lots for them to do there, and in the Middle East, while gearing up to defend against Germany.

So there are going to be some added neutral territories between Russia and Germany that they can grab before the ultimate confrontation?

Nah, probably not a buffer state (or states) between Germany and Russia directly.  Might be some out of the way, such as in Romania or Greece, but Germany and Russia had partitioned Poland between them as part of the non-aggression pact.  As such, it is likely that Russia and Germany will have some forces in Poland and East Poland at game start to represent the two powers divvying up Poland and eastern europe.

I’m guesing you could start invading Russia from G1, but the forces in eastern poland will probably drag it out for a few turns until reinforcements can get there.  But I doubt Russia will have many forces BETWEEN Eastern Poland and Moscow round 1 so there might be some easily conquered empty territories ripe for the taking.  Germany will also be poorly situated to invade too, so probably a better idea to follow history.

Well, once i get the game, i will make a house rule that Japan can not enter Soviet territory. i don’t think that Japan would invade the Soviet Union for two reasons;
One: Once AAE40 comes out, the Us and Britain will have more IPC, China should get more territory, and thus Japan would need to focus more on them instead of the SU, and
two: The Us and Britain could focus their industries onto Japan, so Japan will be screwed if they go after the Soviet union and ignore them. And the Soviet union can’t attack Japan until they defeat Germany.