G40- DD (Axis +6) vs Tyzok (Allies)

That’s right. thanks

Empire 3

Has $40

Purchases
1 Major IC
2 inf
1 art
Save $0

Combat Moves
Sui (2 inf)
2 inf Hop
tach, ftr, bom FIC

She ( )
1 inf Kwe

Sze ( )
1 inf Kwe

• Declare War U.S.*
  Phil (2 inf)
  inf, art FIC
  BB bombards 36
  bom FIC
  cru bombards z42

Declare War U.K.
z 39 (tnp)
1 sub z38

z37 (dd)
1 BB, cru, dd z38

z44 (tnp)
1 ftr z42

Hong Kong
2 inf from Korea
2 tach, ftr FIC

Burma
2 inf Yunnan
2 ftrs z37
1 ftr, 2 tachs FIC

Malaya
inf, Mech FIC via tnp

Borneo ( )
1 art FIC

Celebes ( )
1 inf, 1 art FIC
1 tach z42

Shan ( )
1 inf from FIC

Declare War Australia/New Zealand
Dutch  :cry:  NG
inf, art z42
ftr, tach z42

z45
1 dd z42
AC z37

Combat
Phil
A:
Rolls: 2@2 1@3 2@4; Total Hits: 42@2: (1, 4)1@3: (3)2@4: (4, 2)

D:
Rolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 12@2: (5, 1)

Phil taken with 1 inf + bom

Hong Kong
A:
Rolls: 2@1 2@3 1@4; Total Hits: 12@1: (5, 4)2@3: (5, 5)1@4: (1)

D:
Rolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 02@2: (3, 3)

UK loses 1 inf

Round 2
A:
Rolls: 2@1 2@3 1@4; Total Hits: 22@1: (5, 1)2@3: (4, 6)1@4: (2)

D:
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 11@2: (1)

Hong Kong taken with 1 inf 1 ftr, 2 tach

Celebes
A:
Rolls: 2@1 1@3; Total Hits: 12@1: (4, 5)1@3: (2)

D:
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (5)

Celebes taken with 1 inf, 1 art

D NG
A:
Rolls: 2@2 1@3 1@4; Total Hits: 12@2: (6, 4)1@3: (1)1@4: (6)

D:
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (3)

Dutch NG taken with 1 inf, 1 art + ftr, Tach

z37
A:
Rolls: 1@2 1@3 1@4; Total Hits: 11@2: (6)1@3: (4)1@4: (4)

D:
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 11@2: (1)

z37 cleared. Hit soaked on BB

Sui
A:
Rolls: 2@1 1@3 2@4; Total Hits: 32@1: (5, 4)1@3: (3)2@4: (2, 3)

D:
Rolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 02@2: (6, 6)

Sui taken wol. 2 inf + 1 ftr, 1 tach, 1 bom remain

Burma
A:
Rolls: 2@1 3@3 2@4; Total Hits: 32@1: (1, 3)3@3: (6, 4, 3)2@4: (1, 6)

D:
Rolls: 4@2; Total Hits: 14@2: (4, 6, 1, 5)

Japs lose 1 inf
Allies lose 3 inf

Round 2
A:
Rolls: 1@1 3@3 2@4; Total Hits: 21@1: (4)3@3: (5, 5, 6)2@4: (1, 3)

D:
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 11@2: (1)

Burma cleared but not taken. 3 ftrs, 2 tach remain

Sham, Borneo, Mayala, She, Sze taken by walk-in
z39, z44, z45 cleared

NonCom
dd z36 > z6
AC z42 > z37
AC z42 > z45
ftr  Burma, ftr z44 > z37
sub z36 > z41
ftr, tach Dutch NG > z45
tach Celebes > z45
ftr Hong Kong > z45
dd z36 > z35
2 ftrs, 2 tach Burma > FIC
2 ftr FIC > Japan
Art Hop > She
3 inf, art Kwe > She
ftr, tach Sui > Hop
inf SFE > Siberia
Bom Phil > Anhwe
10 inf, 1 art Bury > Amur
mech, arm Bury > Manch
Bom Sui > Anhwe
2 tach FIC > Jehol
art Yunnan > Shan

Mobilization
1 Major IC Shanghi
2 inf, 1 art Japan

Collect $58
Has $58

Luckily, those U.S. aircraft are juuuuuust out of reach of the Imperial Palace, but close enough for a a 2 squadron Doolittle

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How the hell are the Japs suppose to play with those rules?

I read the Alpha rule change:

“Major industrial complexes can only be built on originally controlled territories (this includes upgrading minor ones). Likewise they may no longer be upgraded when captured. Major industrial complexes are reduced to minor when captured. The original owner of the territory may upgrade it if the territory is recaptured”

to mean that they could build on territories that they originally control at the start of the game because now they cannot build a major IC in Hong Kong or Malaya.

So, the UK Pacific can build a major IC from scratch on Hong Kong and Malaya, but the Japanese cannot build one in Shanghai… which was more industrial than either of those other two added together in 1940 and they had controlled since 1931.  The Germans can build a major IC in Romania, Poland, Hungary, Norway, but the Japs can’t build one in Shanghai.  The Japs were the first to build factories in Shanghai after the First Sino-Japanses war around 1900, controled a large portion of the city since 1932, and fully occupies the entire city, and all it’s factories in 1937.

quote from Wikipedia:
"Japan built the first factories in Shanghai [after the First Sin-Japanese War], which were soon copied by other foreign powers. Shanghai was then the most important financial centre in the Far East. All this international activity gave Shanghai the nickname “the Great Athens of China”

That rule is about as hopelessly stupid as any they have come up with.

Now that I have that out of my system, let me look at the purchase changes…

With the $30: I’ll change the major IC for a minor one, buy a dd and a fighter,

NonCom change:
dd z36 does not go to z6 but to z35

Mobilize:
Minor IC FIC
dd z6
ftr, 2 inf, art Japan

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