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@FieldMarshalGames:

I would hope for a PT boat unit

Yes, a PT or E boat unit.

NEVER reroll the dice. The dice represent your field commanders and the fog of war. The player is the commander in chief and orders movement and combat. But if your field commanders screw up then you just have to move on. On the other hand I have told my opponent many times “are you sure you want to do that” when he declares a battle that appears to be poorly thought out. I would do that rather than let a good game be ruined by a poor move. The global games are very long and one hates to see a game end by poor play and its too late to setup and restart a new game. Now I am speaking of friendly games with your buddies. If its a tournament of some kind than that is another story.

As I recall, Jeremy of FMG addressed this issue some time back. The huge pre-war income of the U.S. (52 IPCs). With this kind of income the U.S. is ready and in position with a large fleet when the war does come their way. For example when the Japanese do declare war the U.S. Pacific fleet is large and in position which prevents the Japanese fleet from moving too far from home waters when they need to be moving towards the Indies to increase their income. Now if Japan moves to attack U.S. territories on round one then this just hurts the Germans and Italians as the U.S. gains even more income through NOs and brings Americans to the shores of Africa or Europe sooner. What I am thinking of trying is giving the U.S. a smaller pre-war income but carrying the balance forward to later rounds so that the total is the same but they do not get it all so quick. It makes no sense to me that the U.S. should have such a large peacetime military budget. I will work out a schedule before our Alpha+1 game next Monday and see what difference it makes.

Got to vote for the USS ENTERPISE. No other ship comes close to accomplishing what the big E did and survived the war to boot.