No Tac Bombers or Mech Infantry on the new battle board/strip? And Aircraft Carriers still showing as Attack at 1 :? Strewth. Guess I will have to make my own.
I never use the battleboard….am I in the minority on this?
I only use the battleboards for big or sometimes just important battles (for the fun of it, and to keep track of losses). I haven’t played FTF with any post-AAR versions, but I imagine I’d do the same with their battleboards as well.
If the UK sends an AA gun to China…it would put them at war with Japan…correct.?
You could do this as early as UK2 without too much downside. I’d think Japan will be attacking or disrupting convoys by J3 anyway.
Declaring war on J1 gives the US +40 on US2 as well, which means +60 IPCs over the course of two turns compared to the 77 IPCs of dead Allied units. And you have to remember that the Allies on average take down a few infantry and most of a fighter, and Japan gets +5 on J2 (J3 is pretty much a foregone conclusion).
US: 60 + 12 (2inf .66ftr) = 72
J: 77 + 6 (2inf Kwa) + 10 swing (Kwa/Phi on J2) = 93
Even on a pure TUV-vs-IPC scale, Japan only comes out about 20 ahead.
I would argue (looking at the sub-shot rule in djensen’s preview) that subs only shoot if it’s subs defending vs transports moving through. Plus, I think you can move through a battle, because I’ve seen mention of how if a naval unit decides to kill a transport or sub, it has to stop. This indicates that other units move on through. Someone just please bootleg the AAP40 rulebook to stop this insanity; because we evidently can’t help ourselves.
Like kcdzim said, getting +1 on attack for an extra IPC is huge for air units. Because only fighters can scramble (and since compared to tacs they get a +1 on defense, for 1 less IPC) they are a much stronger purchase for defensive fights.
Tacs however are best for launching non-SBR attacks. So they’re not the greatest purchase, but they certainly have their place.
So the USA collects 50 from Western USA on it’s 3rd turn no matter what, right? So there no disadvantage to anyone declaring war after USA’s second turn, right?
It seems there are all sorts of rules coming out of the woodwork, but so far the only disadvantage would be that the U.S. can attack Japan on US3. Though I’m not sure if this would amount to any sort of threat that early in the game.
Is NZ missing its infantry unit?
The U.S. can stop this by throwing ships in Japan’s way. Japan will be unable to move forward without attacking the U.S., and an attack means air raid sirens and 50 IPCs for 'Merica.
I’m assuming that if Japan takes New Hebrides before J4, that’s also a declaration of war on the Allies?
Here’s what I’m seeing:
Japan 5inf, 2art, 1arm 1aa 2bmb 5ftr 4tct 1AB 1NB 1IC
Caroline Islands 1inf 1aa 1AB 1NB
Formosa 1ftr
Iwo Jima 1inf
Jehol 2inf 1art
Kiangsi 1inf 1art
Korea 1inf
Kwangsi 3inf 1art
Manchuria 4inf 1mec 1art 1aa 1bmb 3ftr 2tct
Okinawa 1inf 1ftr
Palau 1inf [is this Paulau Island?]
Kiangsu 1inf 1ftr 1tct 1bmb
Shantung 1inf
Siam 2inf
SZ6 1sub 2des 2ac (2tct 2ftr) 1cru 1bb 2trn
SZ19 1sub 1des 1cru
SZ33 1des 1ac (1tct 1ftr) 1bb 1trn