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While any number of land based air may
be present in a given section of a sea box, each side may not
include more land based air than three times the section number
during any round of naval combat. If a side has land based aircraft
in multiple sections and these are included in the combat, then
the number of land based air that can be included is limited
both for each section and in total by the highest section. The
zero section allows 2 land based air. These limits apply to the
entire naval combat in that sea area, even if all of the planes
in a higher section are aborted or destroyed.
For example: If the Allies have 6 LBA in the 4 section and 10
in the 3 section and rolls a 2 for its search number, it may
include a maximum of 12 LBA in each round of combat, and no more
than 9 of these may be from the 3 section.
Rationale: LBA never dominated sea
zones the way they do in WIF. Specifically, Axis FTR and NAV
hordes waiting in the 2 box to get lucky and smash Allied fleets
is a very unrealistic tactic. This rule brings CVs back as important
means of power projections.
Marine units are not halved when attacking across an all-sea
hexside.
Rationale: It makes no sense whatsoever
that marines invading off of landing craft from the open sea
are not halved, but doing the same thing across a short channel
suddenly halves their combat abilities. Invading across a channel
is at least as easy, if not easier, to conduct, and on a tactical
level there should be no difference between the two.
A sub combat may only be called if one side has subs.
Rationale: There were some funky
results that could be gained if a side got 4 surprise points
and called a sub combat with no subs present on either side.
The only missions which may be flown at night are:
- Strategic Bombing
- Air Transport
- Paradrop
- Air Resupply
- CAP (Combat Air Patrol)
Specifically, Ground Strike and Ground Support missions are
not allowed at night.
Rationale: Except for a very few
Russian missions, almost no close support missions were flown
at night during WW2. The idea of hordes of night ground support
missions from WW2 aircraft borders on the absurd. Plus, Jeff's
head explodes whenever we discuss the subject.
The option from the 2008 World in Flames
Annual that allows the US to lend lease 1 build point or resource
to Russia each turn (except J/F) if Russia controls one of three
certain Siberian ports or cities is modified so that the US must
control Dutch Harbour. If the US does not control Dutch Harbour
during both the Lending Phase and the Production Phase of the
turn, then the Northern Lend Lease Route cannot be used.
Should this be the case, the resource or build point lent
to Russia is still wasted and cannot be used by the US.
Rationale: This route went from
Alaska to Siberia and the US should have to at least minimally
maintain some sort of hold over the flight route. This also makes
Dutch Harbour somewhat more important and worthy of its victory
hex status.
All Norwegian air and land units with build dates prior to 1940
are changed to 1940.
With respect to Finland and Sweden, penalties for Allied declarations
of war are doubled in 1939 and increased by 150% in 1940. Note
such increases pertain to Chorus of Nations. If not using Chorus
of Nations, such penalties could be applied to USE.
Narvik now has absolutely no effect on Swedish resources.
During any turn in which all of the Swedish resources are
Allied controlled or no Swedish resources are either German controlled
or being lent to Germany (irrespective of whether Germany actually
receives the resources), the cost of all oil-dependent units
built by Germany increase by 1 build point. This represents the
importance of Swedish iron ore to the German war effort.
Rationale: WIF handles the entire
Norwegian situation very badly. Norway fell ridiculously easily
to the Germans once they landed, and the country's mobilization
was so disorganized that only a few battalions ever got into
combat.
Furthermore, the reason for the Norway campaign was Hitler's
fear that the Allies would invade Norway and then enter Sweden
and take over the Swedish iron ore fields. This house rule now
incentivizes the Allies to possibly try to take over the Swedish
iron ore, at great cost to Germany if successful), but makes
the penalties for such preemptive action before 1941 great enough
to hopefully not make it a no-brainer. Overall, this rule is
designed to encourage the German player to preempt the Allies
by DOWing and taking Norway easily in 1940.
If a partisan counter exists for the specific territory, it should
be placed instead of drawing one of the generic partisan counters.
If all of the territory-specific partisan counters have been
placed, then further partisan results for that territory should
use the generic partisan counters.
Rationale: Partisans are weak enough
in WIF without limiting the counter mix so severely that enough
cannot be placed around the world. In addition, this rule allows
for some territories to have tougher partisans than others.
Do not apply a bonus for NAV or long ranged CVP when calculating
the search points generated for a port strike.
Rationale: It doesn't make sense
why NAV and long ranged CVP would somehow be better at port striking,
and the RAW leads to a weird situation where having a CVP with
4+ range as a fighter in the port strike somehow gives you surprise
points but having an even longer ranged FTR as a fighter does
not.
Any and all bonuses for attacking, except for HQ support and
ENG, are halved when the attacking units are halved or thirded.
Rationale: It should be harder to
do the things represented by the attack bonuses when crossing
a river.
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