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Normally it is the choice of the ideology that went latter in the turn.

US entry is handled differently than in a standard WiF game. It is a running total which the US uses to play certain options. Those options trigger the US entry items in the WiF rulebook.

Depends on the roll. Sometimes yes sometimes no. Pilots lost over sea zones is treated slightly differently as well.

Yes, I have been rolling for US entry for each Chinese city that Japan takes. Usually this occurs off camera after production. I will check the front and see if Japan took a city (or two) and then roll for it. Thanks for watching!

I do roll for each city in China that Japan takes. Usually this is off camera after production, I will go back and check for any citys that changed hands. This roll is unmodified. Thanks for watching!

Yes that is true but I don't abort damaged suds as they will abort anyway. I little balance there. I generally try to switch back and forth on subs damage effects on convoys during solo play. Again, the CW are trying to mitigate convoy damage.

Yes I did catch that after the fact. It has been repaired and is on the track to arrive in 2 turns.

Production is as follows in this format: Produced/ started with/ spent Ger: 51/40/40 Japan: 24/11/11 Italy: 15/8/9 USSR: 38/29/29 C.W.: 21/14/17 U.S.A.: 26/12/13 China: 6/4/4 Free France: 2/-8/5 Some MP's got LL from the USA so totals may look off from the previous turn. Scrapping is also going on. Thank you for watching!

No the Soviets need them. If I scrapped them there would not be enough INF to cover the line it totality. As it is now there is still gaps and the Soviet line is thin.

You would be surprised. Turkey is not as bad a having Spain in the Fascists camp. The Turk army is not as good and Germany has no direct route to Turkey. Bulgaria is still neutral. Plus attack into Russia from Turkey is all mountains with some impassible hex sides. The Turks found this out in WWI. The Itallians don't have alot to offer in support. Plus a USSR DoW on Turkey would just further damage US entry and maybe keep the US out until 43. And the Soviets would not gain anything as they would have the same problems as the Turks in the mountains.

@@TheBunker-hj5rp that makes sense, thanks! That Barbarossa looked really rough... Hope the Soviets manage to hold on with their militia army over the autumn!

Actually I think Trieste was sunk as well with a 5. Just checked and the defense is a 6

@@simonweinberger7720 Yes both indeed were sunk. Good catch. Since the Italians already paid to repair both of them I will change that to laying them down as new construction. As it has been 5 turns since they were repaired I put both in the construction pool.

@@TheBunker-hj5rp apologies for being late to the party :) just catching up after a weeks vacation. The CW is always tough to play at this stage so I was interested in the Med action

Yeah FWIW I find it a pretty tough system too, I think mainly due to somewhat ambiguous wording and the complications of all the different elements plus different combat types in different positions relative to each other. I imagine when correctly done it's quite elegant, though. Also I may be misremembering (am away for the holidays so don't have the rulebook here), but isn't there a rule that rain doesn't apply in desert hexes?

LOL I have played this game 4 times. Solo play is the hardest because there is no one there to check you when rules are misinterpreted. I will be correctly using the naval rules going forward. So yeah there should have been a naval battle in the above instance. Just misinterpreted what I was reading. I believe the weather was Storm in the Med so that gives rain in desert hexes.

The perfect unmodified roll is a 4 on a search. That means all the major powers naval units can be involved in combat. I will check it out.

Edit: The perfect roll would be a 1

Cheers it’s all a learning process and solo is hard, no one to question, help interpret and bring ideas

You are correct here. I had to reread the rules a couple of times and read the example to finally remember how it works. Good catch!

Good catch. You are correct. It ended up not mattering as all the Chinese units got scuttled.

Yes I missed that. Will need to remember that in the future as I had not been doing the triple defense for mountain units in mountain.

I think it's better again from about 1:09:00 or so

Yeah sorry about that. The device I use doesn't display when its record as slo-mo. And the slo-mo button is right about record. I'm going to have to pay alot more attention to what its in for now on. I have recorded the next turn and will do a total playback before upload that one to be sure everything is good.

No they are undeveloped resources. I think they are part of the Politics in Flames expansion but I could be wrong. Those are the back sides of the counters which list cost and development time. The front is the type either oil or resource. The Italians developed one in Libya I think first turn of the game. They add a little extra to the game.

@@TheBunker-hj5rp ah you put them on the map in advance to show where they could be developed? I just left them in the plastic bag until they're actually built :o

Thanks! I have wanted to get Fatal Alliances for awhile now. Still trying to get my group to commit to the game before I purchase it.

​@@TheBunker-hj5rp If you convince them, do a playthrough! 😂

That is true if they are in the same hex. However, there is a +1 for moving away from any allied major power so that may be the case here.

They didn't have the movement to all get in the same box. Without looking, I believe there are 3 different models on board right now all with different ranges and speed.

Thank you!

And at around 16:00 you got one of those moments when the camera suddenly went into slow motion (also distorting your voice) - what option did Japan pick?

Could be. Sometimes I forget to press record.

For the Nov-Dec turn Japan built a factory.

No I don't think its that. Right now I think the Democrats (C.W.) are in better shape than the last game. I believe that if Germany plays a "France First" strategy like she did in WWI the French just don't have time to respond well enough to prevent a German victory. Anyway look what happened historically. This was about the same time length. 2 turns in total. So, no I don't consider it to be a problem with Democrat strategy. Remember Poland is still intact so at best Germany will gain a few turns. As far as luck is concerned, yeah its just a roll of the die. Germany has had some good rolls but so has France and China. Japan has had some real bad ones. Thanks for the reply!

Thank you very much!

Neither set. I am using the section 11 rules in DoD III. The rules you mention are optional and require use of chits. Each MP has to have its own chit pool and the interaction of the pools seemed to be a pain to me. The section 11 rules use a simple formula for calcing what US entry is. When it reaches a certain level it allows the US to play a political option that actives certain US entry options in the WiF rules. Works pretty good really. I go into some detail on this in the next video which I hope to upload in the next couple of days.

I think it took me about 2 weeks in total to punch and separate everything by year plus starting forces. Picking up almost takes as long as setting up simply because everything has to be sorted out again. Good luck with your game!

Glad you enjoy it!

I believe the wording is "failed to play an option". Germany got one so no bonus bid points. Trying for two options is really just a "roll of the dice" to see if the major power gets both. Germany knew it was chancy but opted to anyway. She is feeling like the clock is starting to go against her at this point.

@@TheBunker-hj5rp Fair enough, although even if Germany succeeded in playing an option they did also fail to play an option (that they had paid for), so I'd say the actual ruling for this edge case would have to be called by the local judge. But your call is that one and it's respectable enough.

Hi, thanks for the interest and comment! I will try to answer your questions: 1. Yes the USSR and USA are in the London Naval Treaty rules. They happen to be the bottom two Major powers and are suffering a -1 Political Effectiveness modifier. No one is actually in the treaty but it affects all major powers except China. The limit on naval builds doesn't apply unless one is actually in the treaty but the modifiers do. 2. I am using the Ships in Flames add-on. It does replace most ships except subs. The costs for the original subs is higher than supposed to be so a -1 is applied to the first cycle for building. This is all detailed in the Ships in Flames notes that come with the game. 3, Wif US entry is chits, yes. DoDIII combined games use a points entry system. My next video I will spend a few minutes going over it as well as US entry options and how it works. 4. The print out sheets I got off of the BBG site. Very useful and very helpful especially with set-up. DoDIII is not completely compatible with the CE version of WiF but is probably 95%. The 5% I just house rule when something crops up. Its still very much playable though. Thanks for the questions!

@@TheBunker-hj5rp Thanks for answering, I really appreciate it! Looking forward to the US entry video :)

Yes I am making more effort to show more die rolls. I really need a die roll tray but don't have one. I want to start showing weather and initiative rolls as well. Next video I think I will. Thanks for the suggestion!

Yes. There is a Marine Div in the cups but Japan never got around to building it. Probably should have but Japan decided to try and rush things to break out in China. Instead they got hurt bad.

I will try to show more dice rolls. I have given thought to some kind of dice box to make the rolls in. Thanks!

Yes the convoys can be a pain and is one reason I house rule their deployment. The MP with the most convoys at start is the Commonwealth. What I do is pull in the closest resources first and work outward from there. So it between Canada and GB first, then Africa and so on. I use a note pad to detail which are being transported and which are not to try and keep it straight. There will be some more house rules upcoming to deal with convoys once general war breaks out. Thanks for the comment!

I will say this game is one of my favorites now. I have done a 4 player game as well and may try to do another next year sometime. Maybe even put it on YT lol. We will see as that is a long term project.

Like, I think you confused Chengdu (Chengtu here) with Chengchow (Zhengzhou), a different city :)

I will check it and if so move it back into its limit from its home city. Thanks for the heads up!

Thanks! I just don't have the time for a Vassal run game atm. Plus I don't believe there is a Vassal option for DoDIII. I could be wrong tho. As far as learning the game I recommend a good read of the rules and then just jump in. Look up questions as you go and as you play through the game will get easier. Summer is always a tough time for gaming for me. I have a group I am part of that tries to game a couple of times a month and thats about all I can get in this time of year. I will be posting more content shortly. Things other than WiF.

Its a really great game especially with Days of Decision added on. If you can manage the time to play. I have played 3R and AWAW as well as the old SPI WAR in Europe games and I feel like WiF is the better of them all. Just seems to flow much better and the rules system is been through so many editions that alot of the bugs have been driven out. It still has a few issues but house rules take care of those. At least thats my opinion.

Glad someone likes it LOL I enjoy these types of games as well. It makes the "players" think about future turns before they even play the current if that makes any sense.

Good point. I have a habit of walking away (ex: looking for the dice lol) and so the mic has a hard time picking up my voice. I will make an effort to keep the camera with me.

@@TheBunker-hj5rpalternately, you can just get a wireless clip on mic but keep up with the videos. people are watching and learning...

Thanks. I will look into that. Not sure if my device will support a wireless mic as its old. So far this has been fun. Its very interesting trying to think what each side will do and plan for that.

It has a title: WiFCE/DoDIII: Sept-Oct, Nov-Dec 1937

I am sure some wargamers know what that is, but I do not. It's the initials. The video seems interesting.

World in Flames Collectors Edition/ Days of Decision III. Both are separate games which can be linked. WiFCE starts in 1939 and DoDIII starts in 1936 as seperate games. By linking them you get to start a WWII game in 1936 which makes for interesting possibilities. I use initials simply because spelling it out would make for a rather long title. Hope this explains. Thanks for the comment.

Thanks for the comment. I'm giving it a go but am sure I will make a "few" mistakes along the way.