Research Phase

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 * 1) The European Axis, Japan, the Western Allies, and Russia may each select one research project each from the 5 research categories to perform Research Die Rolls.
 * 2) * Each selected project must have at least 1 RP allocated to it.
 * 3) * An alliance faction may only select each research project once per year.
 * 4) * The Axis player makes all Research rolls first, and any research rolls made within an alliance faction are considered to occur simultaneously
 * 5) * Research Breakthroughs affect Production costs in the same turn they are completed
 * 6) * A Research Die Roll receives the following modifiers:
 * 7) ** +1 per unused RP on the project
 * 8) ** +1 per Breakthrough in the respective research category
 * 9) ** +/-# based on a previous research result
 * 10) ** Additional modifiers for different projects, as detailed in the Research Tables
 * 11) * Any RPs on Research Projects that are targeted for a Research Die Roll are removed
 * 12) * Any unused RPs are carried over to the next Game Turn
 * 13) ** Exception: RPS on Conventional Submarine and Transport Production projects must be used on the turn which the are allocated
 * 14) * If a '1' or '2' is rolled in a non-Atomic research category, the player may reassign RPs within the same category to increase the result to a maximum of '3', exempt from RP allocation limits