Italy Setup 1936

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It is cumulative, intended to get him up to the value of territories.

@Arkwright said in China: I’ve not been able to playtest this, but my idea is to pull off the coasts starting on turn 1 (July 36) to avoid Japanese naval bombards. Also, don’t attack the Communists or Warlords- just lay low until the Japanese come. When they do, defend Yunnan and Xibei San Ma at all costs- Yunnan for obvious reasons and Xibei San Ma because its size means that you can funnel units from the north to the south safely and vice versa. If the Japanese didn’t take Guangxi on their first turn at war, then build it up. Starting July of 38 pick up at least one fighter in Lend Lease, plus the Flying Tigers. Refrain from attacking the Japanese unless you’ve got a huge numerical superiority, because of the attack weakness. The trick is, Japan needs your coastline to have enough income to fight the US and UK. If you can keep an army intact in your interior until they go to war with the West, then you can overextend them by forcing them to spend resources defending that $. Don’t worry too much about the civil war starting back up- you’ll be able to get plenty of aid. Same goes for the Communists, except everything is on a smaller scale. This has worked well in a few of our games. If you don’t kill China as Japan, you will be hard pressed when your focus is elsewhere. China is a thorn if you don’t stamp it out hard. Use the mountain terrain away from the coast as a defense line.

Playing the USA is a bit tricky. It’s really a different situation based on how the Axis go about things (mostly with Japan, if they go for a straight takeover of china, or going for dutch, etc.) I’ve noticed that especially if you do the 1936 setup, that it’s important that the USA focuses it’s early turns on ground forces. The factories can keep up no problem earlier on, and it starts with an OK navy. Later when they start making more, they can easily build up transports, and be ready to throw it’s forces in right away when the war starts, especially if the Atlantic is under control. I’ve noticed otherwise that it’s hard to compete with the Japanese navy, especially if the campaigns are going well for them in China and other places. I’ve started coordinating with England to put a large part of their overall navy into the pacific to really put a dent into their forces in order for the USA to finish them off well. That’s what I’ve gotten to understand from the few games that I’ve played.

Giant problem as East meets West (Japan and Germany) in the middle of Russia. If you combine this expansion with EvW, the two Axis would declare war on each other.

Hello Everyone, After playing Axis and Allies and Global War for a long time, I’ve gotten to the point where I Want to make some home treaties, or deals that can be signed (like Ribbentrop Pact). I was wondering if anyone has done this, or had any ideas? One I was planning on doing was a deal between Germany and Italy, since Germany gave them a lot of their equipment when it became outdated to Germany. A limited amount of resources, while at the cost of Italy having to go to war with Germany. Thanks

Note v1.4 of reference sheets has been released changing a few minor setups. But mainly changing the monroe doctrine regarding South America.

There is some review of expansion compatibility, but modifications are made. My favorite is Oil Wars which can work with anything. I think many of them you have to chose which rule will take precedence if you are playing multiple expansions. The new East vs West nuclear rules will supersede those previously published in Nuclear Weapons Marker rules, so you should not play these together.