Moderator: Shannon V. OKeets
Eastern Europe. Iron Curtain.HR 28. Final Victory
Final scoring & victory determination will be made at the end of turn 36 (Jul/Aug 1945) even if the game continues beyond that point. For this purpose, the major powers are divided into the following five: (1) Germany/Vichy, (2) Italy, (3) Japan, (4) Soviet Union/CCP and (5) Democratic Allied (USA, CW, France/Free France and Nationalist China).
A team’s score is the total number of objective cities for which they’re credited (i.e., controlled or closest to if owning country is neutral) minus their bid.
A major power must return territory to an allied major power even if the two major powers are not on the same team.
A major power may not deny to any other major power on their team access to enter, flyover or supply through hexes they control. This also goes for minor units controlled by a major power’s teammate.
A major power, or any of their teammates, may deny (with exception) an allied major power on another team access to enter, but NOT flyover or supply through, hexes they control. EXCEPTION. Denial to enter non-city hex (hexes) is prohibited if hex (hexes) is NECESSARY for the capture or liberation of an allocated enemy controlled city or port.
If allied major powers on opposing teams wish to capture or liberate the same enemy controlled city (objective or non-objective) or port, the major power allocated that city or port is determined at the start of their impulse as follows. If the city or port is undefended, sum the number of land combat factors of all units that could move into the city that impulse without flipping. Otherwise (if defended), sum the number of modified (by weather, terrain, O-chit) air & land combat factors that WILL assault the city or port THAT impulse.
In either case let AF-Total(Team=i) = total of such combat factors for team=i. Next calculate the likelihood probability for each team=i, as
Like-Prob(Team=i) = AF-Total(Team=i) /[AF-Total(Team=1) + … + AF-Total(Team=N)], where N=# of teams interested in same objective city.
Finally, determine which major power is allocated the given city or port by a D100 roll against the set of likelihood probabilities.
The major power that wins the allocation MUST capture if undefended or, if defended, assault/blitz with all air & land units (including O-chit if applicable) used in the allocation calculation. If an assault/blitz fails to take the city or hex, that major power retains the allocation and may or may not assault/blitz at their own discretion.
This allocation represents political, diplomatic and military negotiations between less than fully cooperating allies. Returning liberated territory to a non-cooperating ally represents the good faith necessary to continue to prosecute war against a common enemy.
