Special Cash Advance: I would be very interested to hear where the special cash advance has been spent by those who have played this game.
For the Axis, it makes a lot of sense to give it to the Japanese. All units, except Russia and China, defend on a 1 against the Japanese the first turn. That extra 12 production in the Japanese hands should be able to do the most damage.
For the Allies, it would make sense to avoid putting the extra 12 production where the Japanese can kill it. I am guessing that the best places to put the extra 12 production is in either the Russian front against Germany, in Northern Africa for the UK, or in China. For Russia, 4 infantry could really slow down the Germans. For the UK, North Africa is nice because its hard to get units there and it will slow the Italians down significantly. In China, 4 more infantry would significantly slow down the Japanese. Perhaps even buy 2 tanks in China to give all that Chinese infantry some offensive power.
How have you seen the 12 extra starting production used?
Craig