You misunderstand my post - there are only ever four powers, with the neutrals acting just like OOB, but with different alignments.
It really should be:
1939- June 1941 Four Power game (Allies[UK & F], Axis[G & I], USSR, Japan)
Becomes three power game after June 1941 (i.e. USSR joins the Allies)
Becomes two power game after December 1941 (Japan joins the Axis)
It’s reasonable to assume that the USA only ever joins the Allies, and that (before June 1940) Italy only ever joins the Axis. The position of China is tricky, since we don’t want to exclude the possibility of an Allied/Japanese alliance, but where does that leave China - a neutral that the other powers (i.e. not Japan) can send aid to without it being a DOW on Japan?
Hitting Turkey turns all true neutrals pro-Allies. Not sure if it is worth it when the allies are already making SO MUCH MORE per round than the Axis. Not saying it is not worth it, just wondering if it wouldn’t be better to go around via transport instead, since it also secures the med and n. Africa.
Kamikaze are a defensive weapon, which are resolved at the beginning of the combat phase, so the attacking air units have already launched from their carriers are not in danger (unless they are “guest” air units). As such, they will participate in combat even if their carrier is hit, and will have the remainder of their movement to land as normal afterwards.
I think you first need to decide what the ships are for. Then you can build accordingly.
Are you planning a full scale invasion of Japan or just trying to sink ships to stop japans expansion towards australia or hawaii. Another strategy might be convoy raiding or island hopping across the pacific.
Depending on your goal you will end up with very different patterns.
In my most recent games as us i have bought almost entirely subs and destroyers and very few capital ships. The subs convoy raid while the destroyers escort my transports. I try to avoid a full scale confrontation foe as long as possible
@Kreuzfeld said in Why is Global better than Revised?:
@SS-GEN It is a very good game. At least 40% of the rules are relating to optional units. Most people play with most optional units, but a lot of people play the vanilla version.
