This sounds like a good idea. I play with a lot of new players, many of whom are confused by the “units can move 2 spaces, except when they can’t (except for fighters).”
They’ve always had an easier time with 42.2’s NCM.
Austria cant afford to lose Albania, but can USA afford the extra trannies it takes to contest Albania rather than shucking units to France ?
It would take the same number of transports. France and Albania are both two movements away from the US. Shucking to Albania puts US troops within 2 moves of 2 different CP capitols.
They probably should have, but they didn’t, so as the rules read right now (and even as they read in the book) there are plenty of situations when the Russian player might voluntarily choose not to counterattack a province because the Revolution is preferable to the capture of Moscow from an Allied standpoint.
At least they fixed the other problems with the Russian Revolution as written in the rulebook.