Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: paulderynck
Conquering Latvia is not a choice the Germans have unless Russia did not take the Baltic States.

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ORIGINAL: Mat_Jack

AXIS
Instances where it would be best to align with specific minor
countries
Instances where it would be best to NOT align with specific minor
countries

ALIES
Instances where it would be best to align with specific minor
countries
Instances where it would be best to NOT align with specific minor
countries

As an add-on, with the instances given above, where aliances chosen
can burn you later on in the game based on side (allied or axis) add
your feelings with a caveat.

Just trying to see or otherwise measure the thoughts of some
board game players with past experiances with regards to aliances and
game strategies.

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9.10 Japanese occupation
Japan can announce the occupation of French Indo-China and Madagascar during the DoW step (see 13.3.3 US entry actions, entry actions 1 Japan occupies Indo-China & 5 Japan occupies Madagascar). If the prerequisites in 13.3.3 US entry actions are met, you may align these minors even if the minor country is aligned, provided Japan is not at war with the controlling major power.

1. Japan occupies Indo-China (1 USA entry chit and a 20% chance that another being added to the USA (Ja) entry pool)
Japan aligns French Indo-China but only if it is a Vichy territory (see 17.2 Determine control) and there are no Allied units there. Japan does this by announcing the occupation during an Axis declaration of war step. Move any Vichy units in French Indo-China to the Free French force pool.

All hexes in French Indo-China immediately become Japanese controlled.

1939 1x Heavy Cruiaer
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Factories: None
Resources: 1 non-oil resource


5. Japan occupies Madagascar (1 USA entry chit and a 50% chance of another will be added to the USA (Ja) entry pool)
Japan aligns Madagascar but only if it is a Vichy territory (see 17.2 Determine control) and there are no Allied units there. Japan does this by announcing the occupation during an Axis declaration of war step. Japan must have aligned French Indo-China (see entry action 1) in a previous turn.

Move any Vichy units in Madagascar to the Free French force pool.

All hexes in Madagascar immediately become Japanese controlled.

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Factories: None
Resources: None

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19.9 Netherlands East Indies
You can’t move Allied land and aircraft (except Netherlands) units to the Netherlands East Indies until:
• you have chosen US entry option 51 (see 13.3.2 US entry options); or
• Japan is at war with the Commonwealth; or
• An Axis land unit has entered the Netherlands East Indies.
Thereafter, there is no restriction.

Note: there is an error here under 13.3.2 US entry options there is no option 51.

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43. CW reinforces the Netherlands East Indies (JA) (2 USA (Ja) entry pool chits and a 50% chance that anther will be moved to the USA (Ja) tension pool)
You can’t move Allied (except NEI) land and aircraft units to the Netherlands East Indies until:
• you have chosen this option; or
• Japan is at war with the Commonwealth; or
• an Axis land unit (other than a partisan) has entered the Netherlands East Indies.

Thereafter, there is no restriction.

You can only choose this entry option after you have chosen entry option 31 and Germany or Italy have declared war on the Netherlands.
The Netherlands must supply Japan with 2 oil resources a turn. This continues until Japan is at war with either the Netherlands or the Commonwealth, or the US embargoes oil sales to Japan (see 13.3.2, entry option 31Oil embargo).

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31. Oil embargo (Ja) (There is a 90% chance that a USA (Ja) entry pool chit will be moved to the USA (Ja) tension pool)
This entry option can only be chosen if you have already chosen entry option 23. Freeze Japanese assets. Japan no longer receives any resources from the US or from the Netherlands East Indies. You need no longer maintain a convoy chain to Japan.

A neutral Netherlands must supply the CW with all its remaining oil.

1939 1x TERR, 1x MIL (Reserve)
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Factories: None
Resources: 4 Oil resources

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19.11 French African minors (edited: I removed all references to Africa maps)
Mauretania, French Sudan, Senegal, French Guinea, Ivory Coast, Upper Volta, Togo & Dahomey and Niger Colony are separate minor countries.

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5.1 Trade agreements
In each turn, Germany must lend lease 2 build points to the USSR while the USSR must supply Germany with 7 resources (2 of them must be oil). These numbers can change if circumstances vary.

For each of Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Rumania; and Turkey that an Axis major power either declares war on or aligns with (see 9.7 Controlling new minors, 9.8 Aligning minors. and 19 Minor countries), reduce the number of resources the USSR must supply by 1 (minimum 0). Reduce the ordinary resources before you reduce any oil resources.

For each of Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Norway, Sweden or Yugoslavia that the Soviet Union declares war, or a Soviet controlled unit enters, Germany may choose to either keep one of the build points it would normally send to the Soviet Union, or receive an extra oil from the Soviet Union, each turn. This choice cannot be changed later.

The USSR and Germany stop supplying these resources and build points once the Nazi-Soviet pact is broken and keep them for themselves, even the turn the pact is broken.


The USA and Japan start the game with an agreement in place to exchange a Japanese build point for US resources. The USA must supply Japan with 4 resources each turn. Two of them must be oil resources. These amounts can be reduced, or avoided entirely, by certain US entry options (see 13.3.2 US entry options). Japan must lend lease the USA with 1 build point a turn until the USA embargoes strategic materials (see 13.3.2 US entry options, entry option 13 Embargo on strategic materials).

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13. Embargo on strategic materials (Ja) (There is a 50% chance that a USA (Ja) entry pool chit will be moved to the USA (Ja) tension pool)
The US only convoys 3 resources to Japan per turn instead of 4. This takes effect from this step. Two of the resources must still be oil resources. Japan no longer needs to supply the USA with a build point.

Shipment
Where possible, these resources (or build points) are transported by rail (see 13.6.1 Resources). If this isn’t possible, the recipient must provide the convoys required to receive them (exception: the joint Japan-USA convoy, see above). If the recipient cannot provide the convoys, they do not receive the resources (or build points).

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19.5.3 Breaking the Nazi-Soviet pact

If a German controlled unit enters any hex in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania or Turkey or declares war on any of these countries, then the Soviet player can break the Nazi-Soviet pact during any Allied DoW step. Setting up the Baltic States’ convoys is not considered entering a hex in these countries.

If a Soviet controlled unit enters any hex in Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Norway, Sweden or Yugoslavia, then the German player can break the Nazi-Soviet pact during any Axis DoW step.

Once broken, there is no longer a neutrality pact (see 9.5), nor a trade agreement (see 5.1), between Germany and the USSR.

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13.8 Victory check
Subtract 1 from an Allied major power’s total for each minor country on the American map that it declared war on. Subtract 1 from the USA’s total if the USA has declared that both Mexico and Brazil are aligned with it (see 19.8 Allied minor countries).

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ORIGINAL: Ur_Vile_WEdge

Very good post Extraneous, but could I suggest you add in a little note that if the U.S. aligns both Mexico and Brazil, they lose a point? Makes you choose which one you really want, of if you think you can advance far and fast enough to just not care.

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ORIGINAL: Ur_Vile_WEdge

Generally, you can align certain countries if you've hit the pre-reqs. You don't have a huge amount of choice in the situation. If you've done the pre-requisite stuff, it's very hard to think of a reason NOT to pick up the minor country. The question often becomes how much effort are you willing to go through to achieve those.

For instance, to align Iraq as the Axis, you need to have 4 corps on the border from either the Germans or the Italians respectively, to align with that major power. Getting 4 corps there involves either taking Suez and going around the Gulf of Aden, invading Basrah, and setting up shop there, or more likely, attacking into Syria and getting on the border.


Doing either is quite a bit of work, since the CW is likely to cling to Egypt pretty hard, and you'll need to pry them out. So it's not so much as "Do I want the Iraqis on my side?". It's "Is getting the Iraqis worth the sort of effort I need to do to get them?"

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ORIGINAL: vicberg
Another thing to consider. What if RU claims the Baltic States? IT units can come in and "liberate" them, so it's another aligned minor that IT can transfer the gov to and keep IT units on the board. So what's the counter to that? Don't claim the Baltic States.

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20. The Axis declares war on: (if Japan declares war place USA entry chit in the USA (Ja) entry pool else place it in the USA (Ge/It) entry pool)
Poland, Spain, Turkey or any American country (1 USA entry chit and a 20% chance of another will be added to the USA entry pool)
Belgium, Finland, Rumania, Sweden or Switzerland (There is a 80% chance of a USA entry chit will be added to the USA entry pool)
Other minor (There is a 30% chance of a USA entry chit will be added to the USA entry pool)

27. The USSR controls Nazi-Soviet Pact areas (Baltic States) (There is a 40% chance a USA entry chit will be removed from the USA (Ge/It) entry pool)
The USSR can exercise its Nazi-Soviet Pact rights to occupy the Baltic states (Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia) during any Allied land movement step after it has exercised its rights to eastern Poland. You can only exercise your rights over those states that are neutral (see 19.5.2 Baltic States).


19.5.2 Baltic States
The USSR can exercise its Nazi-Soviet Pact rights to occupy the Baltic states (Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia) during any Allied land movement step after it has exercised its rights to eastern Poland. You can only exercise your rights over those states that are neutral.

You exercise those rights by moving a land unit into any hex of the Baltic States.

Once you exercise those rights, the Baltic States are considered immediately conquered by the Soviet Union (without the Baltic States being aligned or its units set up).