There’s no official answer that I know of. A&A is such an abstracted game that, in one sense, it would be meaningless to say that game unit X corresponds to real-world military (or naval) formation Y. Given the scope of A&A Global 1940, however, the various unit types on the map would roughly correspond to large formations if we were to assume that the allocation of units in the rules corresponds to real WWII numbers. As an example, Germany’s invasion of the USSR was carried out with over 150 divisions – so from that perspective, the small number of sculpts on the actual board could at best only correspond to army groups. At that level, it shouldn’t even be possible to differentiate between the components of the army groups, nor even of their consitutent armies or corps; the highest-level tank formations in WWII were, I think, armoured divisions and (one level further down) tank brigades. So one way to look at the game would be to imagine that we’re not actually seeing the military formations themselves, but rather a patchwork picture showing some of the elements of those formations, with some of these elements being high-level ones and others being lower-level ones (like tank brigades).
Question about Oztea’s 1939 map
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If Italy declared war on China, would that count as a state of war and allow it to invade pro Allied and activate pro Axis territories? Thank you!
Also, are the Danish Straits closed if Denmark is neutral?
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Italy in China ! I can’t take these games no more !
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Just saying it, not doing it. Also,
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S SuperbattleshipYamato referenced this topic on
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China is already in a state of war with Japan, it doesnt matter what other Axis partners do with their declaration of war (politics) early in the game or later on. It only matters when they want to invade China aswell.
Regarding the invasion of pro Allied and activation of pro Axis territories, I assume that the same restricitons/rules apply during the state of war with Japan as they would when either Germany or Italy would declare war.
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You misunderstand. I’m asking about how a declaration of war would affect Italy, not China.
Italy starts as a neutral power (similar to the US), presumably meaning that it cannot atack strict neutrals or mess with the pro-Allied or pro-Axis neutrals in any way. Would Italy declaring war on China lift these neutral restrictions for Italy? Or would it not count the way the Soviet Union declaring war on Japan doesn’t lift the restrictions in Europe?
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I assume you are talking about the Oztea 1939 map, I dont know what it would mean for those politics, the only way too find out is by playing in local and see what happens. I have other questions about the whole political phase :) Like f.e. the Dutch etc. Well the only way to find out is by playing and making mistakes and learning from them. I love to see how it goes when you are just goofing around and stuff happens. Like experimenting on one thing and then discovering something totally different.
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Also, are the Danish Straits closed if Denmark is neutral?
I believe the Danish Straits are closed, seeing when I played in local I couldnt send the German Kriegsmarine (navy) into the atlantic, So it seems to me that the Straits are closed for either side.
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I agree, but TripleA is usually not representative of the actual rules, which is why I’d like answers from (preferably) the creators of the rules.
In case you’re wondering, I took the game for a spin a year ago (didn’t finish it because of these questions), and the Danish Straits are closed. This is a good example of my issue: Is this a TripleA feature or a bug (in this case, bug doesn’t mean a techinical bug, but simply a part of the map that doesn’t match up with the rules)?
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Yeah, it might be a bug and the rules say otherwise. I just havent found the rules for this edition yet.
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Here:
https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/32236/oztea-s-1939-global-setup?page=1
I don’t think it says either way, which is why I have all these questions.
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