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ORIGINAL: paulderynck

Oooh, big topic, but I'll try to give you a quick summary. [;)]

Before the US can increase their production - which they can do twice - or embargo the NEI oil - or declare war, they have to achieve certain Entry and Tension Values against the axis. The US gets one chit a turn that it can place in either pool and certain actions the axis take will add chits to the entry pools - GeIt pool if done by the western axis and Japan pool if done by Japan. Likewise certain Allied actions will cause chits to be removed, so overly aggressive French, CW and Russian play can really delay the US entry into the war. Starting in 1942, the US gets 2 chits a turn and if Japan declares war on only the CW or only the Netherlands, the US gets an extra chit a turn for that.

...to be continued...

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ORIGINAL: Ur_Vile_WEdge

You need a certain amount of entry points to do most of your options. For instance, if you want to say, be able to lend resources to the CW and France, you need a total of 15 entry in your Germany/Italy pool.


You calculate total entry for a theater by 1.5 times the face value of the chits in that pool, + 0.5 times the chits in the other pool.


So, for example, say I've got 3 chits in my Ge/It pool, with a face value of 1, 2 and 4. Against the Japanese, I have a 3 and a 0.


My entry total against Ge/It is (1+2+4)*1.5+(0+3)*.5, for a total of 12. However, my total against Japan is only 8.

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1. Chinese build aircraft (Ja) (There is a 30% chance a USA (Ja) entry pool chit will be moved to the USA (Ja) tension pool)
You must choose this entry option before China can build any aircraft unit.

Minimum USA (Ja) entry level needed to choose this option = 1
Name of the USA entry option = Chinese build aircraft
Entry pool effect of the option = There is a 30% chance a USA (Ja) entry pool chit will be moved to the USA (Ja) tension pool
Description =
You must choose this entry option before China can build any aircraft unit.


4. Intern French CV (either) (There is a 60% chance a USA (Ge/It) entry pool chit will be moved to the USA (Ge/It) tension pool)
You can only choose this entry option if the French CV “Bearn” is on the map and Paris is controlled by the Allies.
You can either:
Remove the French CV from the game and put a random US TRS from the force pool on to the production circle to arrive as reinforcement next turn;
Or put the French CV in the construction pool. It is a US unit for the rest of the game.

Minimum USA (of either Ge/It or Ja) entry level needed to choose this option = 4
Name of the USA entry option = Intern French CV
Entry pool effect of the option = There is a 60% chance a USA (Ge/It) entry pool chit will be moved to the USA (Ge/It) tension pool
Description =
You can either:
Remove the French CV from the game and put a random US TRS from the force pool on to the production circle to arrive as reinforcement next turn;
Or put the French CV in the construction pool. It is a US unit for the rest of the game.

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Orignal: WiFFE-RAW=7.0.pdf
9.4 US entry
The USA can’t declare war on a minor country unless it has reached the US entry level that allows it to do so (see 13.3.2 US entry options, option 48 US may declare war on any minor country).

The US can’t even attempt (see below) to declare war (see 9.2 How to declare war) on an Axis major power if its entry level against that major power is less than 25.

The USA can declare war on Germany and Italy in the same step but it can’t attempt to declare war on Japan in the same step as it attempts to declare war on either of the others.

If it attempts declarations of war against both Germany and Italy in the same step, resolve it as one attempt, rather than one for each. If the attempt succeeds, it would count as 2 declarations for US entry purposes (see 13.3.2 USA entry options).

The USA may declare war on Vichy France (see 17.Vichy France) in any declaration of war step provided the USA is at war with Germany or Italy. This is automatically successful (see US entry action 32 Other Ally declares war on (Ge/It).


Attempting to declare war
Announce your attempt to declare war on a major power. Then, on the “It’s War” table, cross index your entry level against that major power with your tension level against it to find the war number. Now, roll a die:

• If it is less than or equal to the war number, your declaration has succeeded. Turn all your entry and tension markers over so your opponent can verify your result. If you succeed, roll for the declaration of war entry option (see 13.3.2 US entry options).

• If it exceeds the war number, your attempt to declare war fails.
You don’t have to turn any markers over but you have to return both 1 entry marker and 1 tension marker to the common marker pool. Choose them randomly from the pools of the major power you attempted to declare war on. If you have no marker in the entry or tension pool, you may never attempt to declare war on this major power for the rest of the game.

There are modifications to the die roll. All modifiers are cumulative:

When attempting to declare war on Germany and/or Italy;
-2 if the UK has been conquered.

When attempting to declare war on Japan;
-2 if China has been conquered.
-1 if China hasn’t been conquered but a Japanese unit is in China.
+2 if the US fleet is not in Pearl Harbor (see 13.3.2 US entry options, entry option 26).

When attempting to declare war on any Axis major power;
+3 if you have not yet chosen - Pass War Appropriations Bill (see 13.3.2 US entry options, option 34 ).
-1 if the USA is at war with any major power.

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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)


25. The CW or France or both declare war on Germany (There is a 90% chance a USA entry chit will be added to the USA (Ge/It) entry pool)
If the CW and France don't declare war on Germany in the same impulse this done separately for both the CW and France.


26. The USSR controls Eastern Poland (There is a 70% 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 eastern Poland during any Allied land movement step. However, it can only exercise those rights if Poland has not been conquered (see 19.5.1 Eastern Poland).