My idea for Vichy is that after Germany takes France, the Axis( or Italian in bigger games) player places three French infantry in actual France, and southern France becomes the capital of a Vichy France. The Sub Saharan infantry becomes British, and so does the cruiser in the English channel as well as French units in England. The French cruiser and destroyer in the Mediterranean start in the sea zone above Algeria. Vichy has 10 ipcs per turn. This hasn’t been playtested, so may need to be tweaked. As I am a student, I cannot check this idea out until Thanksgiving break.
Nice :)
In case you don’t already have it, triplea is an excellent resource to test things.
https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/17147/gargantua-s-k-i-s-s-triplea-instructions/30
@barnee Thanks! I’ll try out triplea soon.
Good ideas.
What is Vichy’s political status though? Pro-axis neutral? Axis? And what of French Indochina and Madagascar (and the destroyer near Madagascar)? Thank you!
@SuperbattleshipYamato they are an axis power, similar in strength to Italy, though still the weakest. The destroyer off Madagascar is Vichy.
Thanks for clarifying!
@SuperbattleshipYamato no problem. I decided to make them axis due to the small historical precedent that the Vichy government fought Britain when the brits bombed the Vichy fleet in Casablanca at the beginning of torch.
I think making them pro-Axis would be more historically accurate and still lend to combat between the sides, but I do believe that making them Axis makes your system more unique (and probably more doable on a physical board as opposed to TripleA).
@SuperbattleshipYamato you’re right, but it is mostly for physical boards, like you said. I still have almost no idea how to use or install triplea, though. It also gives an extra player.
Agreed on all counts.
Let us know what you’re having trouble with on the triplea install on the triplea thread https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/category/28/triplea-support
I will try and help. If we can’t figure it out, I’m sure Panther can :)
