@GDFTigerTank:
I mean honestly do you really want to go bouncing back between the Pacific and Europe rulebooks to piece together the global ruleset? Or would you rather have a nice neat concise copy of the global rules as they specifically apply?
I thought I read that any Global rules would be provided in the Europe rule book. Outside of setup, what would be different? And what would you need to refer to in the Pacific book that wasn’t covered even more clearly in Europe, especially as I imagine Europe rules will have adjusted language due to Pacific Errata.
Kamikazes are a fairly simple rule and shouldn’t need reference beyond the first game, if they’re even included in the global game. As for National Objectives, frankly I will be surprised if they remain the same. Anzac and Britain will likely be combined, so their objectives will also probably need to be adjusted.
And the US war income boost Objective, well, I’ll be VERY surprised if the game is played with forced split income as it will complicate banking, playing, placement, etc and nothing forces you to actually keep units placed in the Pacific from joining up in the atlantic. The global games tend to favor simplicity and clarity at the sacrifice of realism of theaters of war. If the US is a single player, with a single bank, then I’ll be shocked if the 40 IPC bump isn’t adjusted for the global game so that the first turn the US is at war they don’t slam down over 120 IPCs in a single round on one of the coasts (it stands to reason that in the Europe game Washington DC will ALSO have a 40 IPC or thereabouts bump). If objectives aren’t adjusted I don’t see how the game will remain balanced when suddenly the US is the giant it actually was in reality. The US has to be neutered a bit so that the Axis actually has an inkling of a hope. Otherwise I just see a KGF or KJF too easy as a one turn massive naval stack will have too much ooomph to be pushed back, even if afterwards the US took a more balanced buy approach.
So, I really can’t imagine the objectives, as they’re applied in the Pacific game, being used as written in the global game. So, again, other than a quick review of Kamikazes, what will you need to see from the Pacific book exactly?