IPCs

@andrewaagamer Ah ok, thank you very much. I haven’t really played this game yet. I started a game with my nephew, but we underestimated the time for the set up and the fact that we often have to go read the rules for this or that. We didn’t play much at all. And now I’m translating the rulebook in french and I was wondering if I should add this point to the original to make it clearer to understand. Thx.

@all-encompassing-goose It’s Too Germany favored, Pacific is even More Japan favored- that’s why I stopped playing it and I’m sure others as well unless they like winning the majority of the time playing the Axis!!!

This is how Krieghund feels when you don’t say that to him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPquarz16wQ

@dustpan8761 said in Question on IPC Middle East in Europe edition:

When playing axis and allies Europe do the allies get any IPCs per turn for the Middle East?

They do not. The printed value on the territories apply only when/if Germany captures them in which case the Allies must decide who pays Germany that number of IPCs. The relevant rule is on page 19/20 of the Europe rulebook.

Specifically, the “note” on page 20 reads, “The loss of Middle Eastern countries does not lower the Allied players’ income on the chart.”

The Middle East is strictly a liability to the Allies in this game.

@djmotified lets go to PM. sending you a PM

Oh right,

thanks K.

@Adlertag:

To let the Allies shere IPC income, will destroy the game for sure, and is a madman idea.

Well, that’s the way I played until the other day.  When my friend taught me the rules he honestly thought the allies could share funds.  I finally questioned it on Friday after he bought 5 fighters and six tanks for the Soviet Union.  Apparently, either he and his dad glanced at the rules about allied soldiers being turned into Soviets when in a Russian province and thought sharing of IPCs was allowed, or his dad just pulled a fast one on him.  (The first time my friend played he was Germany.)  However, before that point we had never used that rule to its fullest extent, since we normally had another player and no one wants to give all their income away.

now that i’ve played a few times since the last comment, a sub in the atlantic helps germany alot, since it allows you to clear all their ships, and take the most valuable convoys on turn one with at least 8 subs left over (usually more) although saving isn’t bad too. Otherwise put artillary in poland for the initial strafe. Bids in africa are a waste.

as allies, i’m thinking that adding armor and infantry to russia is good (allies get usually 24 ipcs because of the bid) This alllows russia to take finland and then norway. This is important because it allows the allies to fly fighters to norway which is good! also boosts the russian income. Allies have a lot of options because of the large ipc’s they are able to place.