Naval Blockade

Andreas

@beelee Thank you as well...same offer applies to you!

"Thank you so much for the help...very much appreciated. If there's any way I can repay you, please don't hesitate to ask. Cheers!"

Andreas

@ubernaut while I have your attention, it appearsd that Japan can not place a Major industrial complex anywhere in Asia...I have been able to put a Minor IC , however, am not able to upgrade it to a major IC. I am of course attempting to do so on a territory with and IPC value of 3 (Kiangsu, Malaya, Kwangtung). Are you aware of any bugs in the game that I am not? Again, I have not seen any refernce to this on the chat boards.

(The AI never seems to build an IC when I play against it...and it is a very common strategy to use when playing Japan...makes taking the continent much easier)

ubernaut

@Andreas i swear there is a rule about that but i can't find it maybe @Panther knows?

beelee

@Andreas I'm guessing it's the Global 40 game ? If so, that's part of the rules. If you want to change that, you need to go to unitAttachment for the major factory. There's a list of where it can't be built. Adjust accordingly.

beelee

@wc_sumpton said in Naval Blockade:

Man @beelee been hot lately. He even caught me a couple times!!

Cheers...

heh heh been practicing. Starting saturday the games are for real

Andreas

Awesome sauce! Will try that straight away.... Very helpful group we have here...

Panther

@Andreas I recommend to download and read the rulebook of the boardgame - you will understand a lot better what happens in TripleA (for example Convoy Raiding, placing ICs etc.).

See https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/18545/pacific-1940-2-rulebook-available-for-download

Panther

@Andreas said in Naval Blockade:

@ubernaut while I have your attention, it appearsd that Japan can not place a Major industrial complex anywhere in Asia...I have been able to put a Minor IC ...

@ubernaut said in Naval Blockade:

@Andreas i swear there is a rule about that but i can't find it maybe @Panther knows?

It is the rules (p.22) indeed:

"Major industrial complexes can only be built on originally controlled (not
captured) territories with an IPC value of 3 or higher. Minor
industrial complexes can be built only in territories with an IPC
value of 2 or higher. .... Industrial complexes can’t be built on islands..."

@Andreas : You find some brief excerpts from the rules in the map's game notes, too. However the game notes cannot get in detail.

ubernaut

@Panther oh right i was looking in japan and china sections forgot about the more general rule of not placing majors in captured territories. thanks!

Andreas

@Panther Indeed it does say that...however I think that the territory "Kinagsu" should be allowed to have a major industrial complex. It is controlled by Japan at the beginning of the game...however...technically it did historically belong to China...so I suppose that might need to be clarified under house rules (board game only)...thank you all for helpong me clarify these issues. You seem to be quite the community and I look forward to engaging with you all in future discussions.

beelee

@Andreas yea so it starts as Japanese controlled but is "originally" controlled by China. That's why you can't do it. As Panther states it's already in the rules.

Panther

@Andreas Again from the rulebook, page 8:

"When the rules refer to the “original controller” of a territory, they mean the power whose emblem is printed on the territory. (A few territories in China have a Chinese emblem on them but are controlled by Japan at the start of the game. These territories are considered to belong to China originally, but have been captured by Japan.)"

Andreas

@Panther I can’t argue with that logic...