@TheAandAClassicDude No not at all. Feel free to use mine to add the new units that you haven’t listed. The more materials we have out there for players the better.

I actually did include a document that you could read below the videos in the description box. The lists on HBG’s site were never accurate, you find that out pretty quickly after playing the game. The new setups for V-3 have a different amount of TBD and Coastal Subs needed for the game. You will find the correct amounts in my list. Thank you for taking the time to make your list.

Here is mine;
http://www.mediafire.com/file/r1zq78ej3cf4jmo/Needed_Units_for_Global_War_37.pdf/file

I didn’t make a list for the neutrals but I did make a video detailing exactly what you needed for them;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0hmBg6ubEE&t=623s

You still track the Vichy income on the income tracker. However, the money goes to the conquering nation (Germany) every turn. The Vichy units are only able to defend if attacked. If they are attacked, all remaining Vichy units and territories join the side that didn’t attack them (Free France or Germany). They would become active again at that point. In Version 3 they experimented with allowing Free France to wage war with Vichy France but it didn’t work out well. Basically it gave the Allies an advantage because they could attack the Vichy with no recourse for the Axis and it wasn’t a fair fight between the FF and VF. Germany could do nothing but watch their Vichy colonies get picked off one by one.

You would definitely want to wait until Japan is ready to take them. Depending on when they do it might be better to let Japan take them first because if Germany does then the US will get 5D12 rolls when Japan attacks the islands. If the US is only a few IPP’s short of their wartime income then it wouldn’t matter because they wouldn’t need 5 D12’s to get there.

I pointed out the inconsistency in the phrasing if this rule to the designer writing the final draft of the rules. The phrasing has been changed to the Netherlands become British AFTER the combat phase in the first turn that they have been attacked. This means of course that you would want to attack with Japan first and then take out the capital with the Germans on the next turn to avoid giving the US 5D12 for Japan declaring war on the Commonwealth.

While it’s true that the Commonwealth would not get the income from the territories, it’s not the best strategy. Japan can take almost all of the islands on one turn and then take the money for themselves thus keeping it from the CW too. They get a + 2 bonus every turn for Borneo and Java (each) and those 2 places gives them a victory point at the end of the game.

@Dran-Black If you look on the V-3 map you’ll see that there is a Minor Port in French Somaliland and a railway from there to Abyssinia.

@Slamhelsing No. Paris and the connecting French territories are still considered the home country of Free France.

The rules are ambiguous when it comes to Version 2 of the rules regarding Free France. I would recommend that you start using the rules from Version 3 which are listed on HBG’s site in the Preorder section.

In Version 3 You can specify any Free French Territory as their new capital. You can build a factory in any Free French territory that has a point value. Here’s what it says about their factories;
Does not need a railway connection to Home Country. After acquiring a factory, may build anything on the Free French build chart.
In Version 3 Free France has their own Reference Card which is separate from the France Reference Card.

@Midnight_Reaper Yes they are sure, believe me I asked that question. They believe that AAA are underpowered in A&A and they wanted a better representation of the unit. There were a ton of planes that were shot down by AA guns. I will be making a new video series on V-3 of the rules once the map and rules are done and set in stone. I’m going to have all of my work checked before I publish the videos so that will give people the the opportunity to have all of the rules clarified and certified instead of just my interpretation. The videos will be clearly marked for rule numbers and page numbers so it will be easy to find the answer. They can ask questions on the videos and I will get the correct answer before I respond to them.

I had it pointed out to me last night that it’s a good idea for France to lend lease units on the first turn to Abyssinia to prevent Italy from taking it. If the Abyssinians can hold on there and continue to acquire units until Paris falls then the territory goes to France and is not subject to the Vichy roll. It automatically goes Free French. Whatever units are there are converted into Free French units and now you have a small force guaranteed in Africa. Just remember that the more units France sends there the less they have to sponge units off of Germany.