Axis and Allies Pacific 1940 2nd Edition ( AAP40.2) FAQ/question

[xJustxJordanx]

Just starting out playing this game, and a friend disputed a rule with me regarding China purchasing artillery via the Burma Road. The rules stated the road needed to be “open” at one point and “under Allied control” at another. The rules stated elsewhere that while China is controlled by Allied players, China itself is not part of the Allies. I argued that since Japan had not taken control over any of the Burma Road in their first turn, and China shared its control with UK, that it is considered open and buying artillery should be allowed. My friend said this was not true, as the rules said it needed to be under Allied control, but the Allies controlled half, and China the other half. If Japan doesn’t disrupt the road on the first turn, can the Chinese purchase artillery? What conditions need to be met for the purchase of artillery for China?

[General 6 Stars]

It is under allied controlled UK and China are allies and Burma road would be open. China can buy artillery

[Panther]

@xJustxJordanx

From the rulebook, page 6:

The Allied powers include the United States, China, United Kingdom, and ANZAC.

and page 10:

When all of the territories this road passes through
are controlled by the Allies during China’s Collect Income
phase, China receives a bonus income of 6 IPCs per turn.
Even without an industrial complex, China can purchase and
mobilize artillery, but only if the road is open during China’s
Purchase and Repair Units phase.

Welcome to the forum :slightly_smiling_face:

[Hakuin]

@Imperious-Leader or anyone active on AAP40.2 :

I would like to understand why all powers except the UK-Pacific start with IPCs that are equal to the sum of the IPCs of their originally controlled territories ?

The UK-Pacific starts with 16 IPCs, but originally controls only 15 on the Pacific map:
Borneo 4
Burma 1
India 3
Kwangtung 3
Malaya 3
Shan State 1

West India would give them 2 IPCs but is not on the map, so they should either have 15 or 17 starting IPCs, but get 16…

Why ?

[AndrewAAGamer]

@Hakuin said in Axis and Allies Pacific 1940 2nd Edition ( AAP40.2) FAQ/question:

@Imperious-Leader or anyone active on AAP40.2 :

I would like to understand why all powers except the UK-Pacific start with IPCs that are equal to the sum of the IPCs of their originally controlled territories ?

The UK-Pacific starts with 16 IPCs, but originally controls only 15 on the Pacific map:
Borneo 4
Burma 1
India 3
Kwangtung 3
Malaya 3
Shan State 1

West India would give them 2 IPCs but is not on the map, so they should either have 15 or 17 starting IPCs, but get 16…

Why ?

British Columbia

[Hakuin]

@AndrewAAGamer, thank you ! So in spite of British Columbia having the Canadian/UK-Europe control tag, it is counted on UK in Pacific. Good enough for me 👍

[Panther]

@Hakuin said in Axis and Allies Pacific 1940 2nd Edition ( AAP40.2) FAQ/question:

@AndrewAAGamer, thank you ! So in spite of British Columbia having the Canadian/UK-Europe control tag, it is counted on UK in Pacific. Good enough for me 👍

Yes, as Canada is not a separate power in this (and other) game(s) but controlled by UK.

See
https://media.wizards.com/2015/downloads/ah/AA_Pacific_1940_2nd_Edition_FAQ.pdf

[Hakuin]

@Panther, thanks, that link is gold, I hadn’t found it in the “axis-allies-rules-pacific1940-corrections-faqs.pdf” (Feb 1, 2010), but now I see it’s also there, p3:
" Q. Are the Canadian territories (Yukon Territory and British Columbia) controlled by the United
Kingdom?
A. Yes."
🙂

[skierbrian2]

@Panther as statued by others, the link to the 2nd edition FAQ is Gold! How do we ask the site owner s to publish that link on this page: https://www.axisandallies.org/resources-downloads/ ? It would have saved me reading throught the whole forum (which was useful anyway :) )

[Panther]

@skierbrian2
Every information given in the old 2014 FAQ sheet is said to be included into the current version of the rulebooks, available here:
https://renegadegamestudios.com/axis-allies-resources