Yes

Thanks Garg. Curious that they are allowed to in 1940. Is it because that Holland fell before Paris and did not have a chance to declare for the Allies?

No. Wep dev. is for the country that has develpoed it only!

This will change in the next revision. The Blitz will be Land and Air units only.

yes

Not yet. we are close but are still working some things out.

@Moose11:

Japan can build an IC on any of its original territories.  Since Japan begins the game possessing much of North East China, it may build minor ICs on those territories which have a value of 2.

2 or more

When russia invades manchuria(was japanese at start of game), will russia get the territory or will it turn to china(communist?)?

Can you build new Fortifications in territories that never started with one?  And, where would they defend from?

They can land in Hong Kong and French Indo-China, apart from the other territories the Chinese can take from the Japanese (which were originally Chinese anyway, except for Korea).

While browsing the expanded rules on the HBG site i noticed the Australian division marker rules. We will now be able to utilize division level units with these rules using the division markers provided by HBG. I started putting my order together but noticed there are no UK infantry division markers. Will any be produced?

How is the Island Warfare expnsion coming along? Is it on schedule for release this summer?

Will we ever be able to purchase resource markers individually or always in sets of ten?

@Freddy:

Hey,
I ordered Global War 1939 from HBG and I am completely happy with the board. The territories are big enough and am a huge fan of the additional territories to Russia and North Africa. The only gripe I have is that Japan is colored yellow instead of the more recognizable orange. Also the UK keeps changing colors but thats neither here nor there. Just to be fair I am using the D6 system that “Jeremy” from Field Marshal Games has created and the setup which he put a lot of work into.
The setup is great! I love it… Thank you so much “Jeremy!”

Having said all that: Is Japan too Strong?
They make 40 IPCs a turn and can pretty much boss China around. The 20ipc Non-Aggression pact with Russia makes it so an invasion is unlikely from that area, and all the British and ANZAC forces can do is but pester the Japanese. Once the US gets in the war (only around turn 5-7) Japan (in our games) seems to make around 70 ipcs. They take all of China (+12) at least 2 of the DEI’s (+8) Hong Kong and French Indo-China (+6) and anything else they can grab. To my estimation that’s around 65 and 70. I can’t give you exact buys, but by then the Japanese can land around 10-12 guys in Asia, and can build a fleet to match the US. Any ideas on how to stop this, or (most likely) are we playing the game wrong?
Any help would be help-ful  :-)
Thanks, Freddy

I’ve heard this is pretty common in 1939.

IMO the best way to solve this is to split Japan into 2 different economies.

One economy would use all of the IPCs in the Pacific, and the other would use all the IPCs on the mainland.

Ben.  Not sure about the 36 game but for the 39 game we aren’t going to change anything except for some small tweaks and other clarifications. I understand you want to use as many pieces as you can in your games, I do too.  There are smaller size games on the way that will utilize these other units more.

OK, that’s a good start. Was hoping there’d be one with the applicable icons in each column or at least the unit name. Frankly, I find it odd HBG doesn’t offer an “official” one. They basically offer anything you can think of to enhance the A&A experience, but not the elemental 12d battelboard ???

@ghr2:

I just looked, fighters should be able to scramble into sea zones as well.

This is being resolved in the 7.0 update

Is it just like G40 where you take over a territory with a major IC, it gets downgraded to a minor IC?  And also, is it against the rules to build a major on non original territories?

@Gargantua:

Our group has had VERY bad luck with lend lease.

3 out of 4 attempts have put the money in Axis hands.

1 out of 4 only 20% of the IPC’s got through.

I know that our results have been flukey, but it’s VERY unappealling! LOL.

OK

@Gargantua:

I’ve approached my group about playing with the rule that for each convoy zone occupied by the axis in the atlantic, the allies get -2 to their lend lease roll.  If there are no sub’s, allies get +2

Wouldn’t that make the problem worse?

If you have a copy each of Europe '40 and Pacific '40, as well as a copy of 1914, you should have enough pieces to be able to pull it off.  Personally, I use the British from 1914 for Chinese Nationalist pieces, and the Turks as Chinese Communists.  You can use the 1914 Germans as Axis minors, and the French as Vichy.

Any major power can declare war on any neutral when they are at war with another major power.

Exception:  Russia cannot invade neutrals on the Europe map just because they are at war with Japan until they are at war with Germany and/or Italy or they can declare war on Germany and/or Italy.

Well, below is from Wikipedia.  And, as we all know, if it is on the internet, it must be 100% true, or the automated accuracy filters would not allow it  :-D

"After a few failed attempts at persuading the Icelandic government by diplomatic means to join the Allies and becoming a co-belligerent in the war against the Axis forces, the British invaded Iceland on 10 May 1940. The initial force of 746 British Royal Marines commanded by Colonel Robert Sturges was replaced on 17 May by a larger Army force, and eventually 25,000 British troops were stationed in Iceland.

On 7 July 1941, the defence of Iceland was transferred from Britain to the (still officially neutral) United States, by agreement with Iceland, and US marines replaced the British. Iceland’s strategic position along the North Atlantic sea-lanes, perfect for air and naval bases, could bring new importance to the island. The 1st Marine Brigade consisting of approximately 4,100 troops garrisoned Iceland until early 1942 when they were replaced by U.S. Army troops, so they could join their fellow Marines fighting in the Pacific."