With regards to the following
from the US thread:
ORIGINAL: Extraneous
ORIGINAL: composer99
pauldernyck:
The +.25 per year could be interpreted the same way you have jokingly interpreted +.25 per turn (just not as extreme [:)])
At any rate, the text Extraneous uses is copy/paste from RaW.
I am not aware of any interpretation of this rule other than:
"China's base production multiple increases by .25" (so they would have, using Hitler's War, a base multiple of .5 in 1939, .75 in 1940/41, 1 in 1942/43, and 1.25 in 1944/45)
The actual text of the rule is:
Option 49: (Hitler's war) Replace notes (b), (d) and (e) of the Production Multiples Table with:
(b) +0.25 to China each turn;
(d) +0.25 to the USSR while Germany and the USSR are at war with each other.
Using this option, major powers no longer receive a bonus for an in supply enemy unit in their home country, and the USSR no longer receives any bonuses based on the cities they control.
But (a), (b), (d), and (e) are additions to the Production Multiple base aren't they?
I believe that these increases only occur during each turn.
Think of it this way if China was at peace and Japan was not in China then China's Production Multiple would be 0.25.
But in 1939 China is at war with Japan and Japan is in China. So China's Production Multiple is a minimum of 0.50 and a maximum of 0.75.
PMB = For 1939 China's Production Multiple Base is 0.25.
A = +0.25 if enemy made any land attacks in your home country (not Siberia and only UK counts for the CW)
this turn
B = +0.25 to China each turn
If Japan does not attack China during the turn then China would get:
(b) +0.25 to China each turn;
Production Multiple = PMB + A
China's production multiple during this turn only would be 0.50.
If Japan attacks China during the turn China would get:
(a) +0.25 if enemy made any land attacks in your home country (not Siberia and only UK counts for the CW)
this turn;
(b) +0.25 to China each turn;
Production Multiple = PMB + A + B
China's production multiple during this turn only would be 0.75.
I don't believe that these increases accumulate to the base each turn.
New PMB = Old PMB + A
Or
New PMB = Old PMB + A + B
There does not appear to be any difference in the final numbers.
In 1939, when playing
without the Hitler's War option, China's base production multiple is 0.25.
(1) While in-supply enemy units are occupying hexes in home country China during any production step, China receives a bonus of 0.25 to its production multiple.
(2) China also receives a bonus of 0.25 during the production step of any turn in which Japan launches a land attack against a hex in China.
So in any turn in 1939 where both (1) and (2) are true, China's production multiple is 0.75.
When playing
with Hitler's War, China's base production multiple is 0.25.
(1) China
no longer receives a bonus of 0.25 to its production multiple for enemy units occupying hexes in the China home country.
(2) China also receives a bonus of 0.25 during the production step of any turn in which Japan launches a land attack against a hex in China.
(3) China receives a bonus of 0.25 to its production multiple in each production step.
Items (1) and (3) are
always true, so whatever Japan does, in 1939 China's production multiple is at least 0.5, and if Japan launches land attacks (that is, (2) is true), China's production multiple is 0.75.
