Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion

[BenPlay]

@The-Captain said in Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion:

@BenPlay

Hi Ben,

Both dice counts.

Please note:
The 2-dice rule also concerns Heavy Bomber units, SHB, Army units etc.

In other words: Both dice counts for all these units.

Thanks for the clarification !

[barnee]

@BenPlay

Hi Ben

In case you want to play online you can with triplea :)

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/17147/gargantua-s-k-i-s-s-triplea-instructions/30

Have a half dozen of us that do, if you want to join the fun :)

[BenPlay]

@barnee said in Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion:

@BenPlay

Hi Ben

In case you want to play online you can with triplea :)

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/17147/gargantua-s-k-i-s-s-triplea-instructions/30

Have a half dozen of us that do, if you want to join the fun :)

Hi Barnee,

Thanks ! I will look into that in the next few days :)

[barnee]

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[barnee]

@The-Captain

Hi Captain

I thought I had asked this but rereading the rules I’m not so sure.

Can Air Trprts transport allied units ? If so, Germany can transport Italian tanks etc …
They work same as Naval Trprts essentially.

Thanks

[The Captain]

@barnee

Yes - an Air Transport unit can transport a friendly unit. The game mechanism is the same as for Naval Transport units.

Important:
Only German Air Transport units can transport Tank (Panzer) units.

[barnee]

@The-Captain What do you think about making Vyborg worth a buck ? SSR would get a mini early game boost and usually G would after the baloon goes up.

We just ignore it so R can’t spawn Partisans right now.

Edit
It can still be used for Air to land if the soviets wanna do some suprise stuff. But basically, it just gets ignored.

Edit 2
That’d force G to occupy it . One less dude to the E Front. Idk the Soviets pretty strong in this mod imo. I kinda like playing them :)

[The Captain]

@barnee

We have discussed and play tested this idea in the Veteran Group back in 2018.

The conlusion was:

1. The 1 IPC income is not worth adjusting concerning the overall Game Balance
2. Since Vyborg has no IPC value, the Soviet player has an excellent option to split Soviet Forces between Vyborg and Karelia - and thereby force the German player to send units into an IPC Worthless Vyborg in order to avoid the Soviet troops to attack Finland.

This gives the Soviet player an option to counter attack from Leningrad the German troops in either Vyborg and/or Karelia.

In other words: When Vyborg is IPC worthless, it is a Tactical Advantage to the Soviet player.

[barnee]

@The-Captain

Regarding Lend Lease

The soviet player must activate any Allied units deignated as LL whether they want to accept them or not ?

Can they just ignore them and they remain allied ?

Thanks

[The Captain]

@barnee

The Soviet player and the UK and/or US players (s) must agree concerning Lend-Lease units.

Naturally - in a Two-Player game this is not an issue…

But in Multiplayer games the rule is, that all involved players must agree how, when and which Lend-Lease units are shipped to USSR.

The overall goal is to win the War - so we have never experienced any issues concerning this matter…

[barnee]

@The-Captain

yes a rare situation. After rereading the rules, it seems as if the Allies designate them LL, SSR needs to buy them.

Edit
Reason for question was if G took over Italy and UK wanted to use their LL forces to counterattack but it seems that once designated the commies are forced to buy them :)

[barnee]

@The-Captain

I can’t remember if I asked you but have you considered limiting the Hvy BBs to where they can be built ?

112 and 113 for G
101 and 10 for USA
6 for JPN

[The Captain]

@barnee

Originally the Super Heavy Battleship units had to be produced in a Capital (USA could also produce them in sz 10).

But during play testing we experienced that the production capacity of the Capitals were already under pressure due to the multiple units that can only be produced in a Capital.
This is true especially for Germany.

Nonetheless - our game experience shows that in more than 90 % of all games the Super Heavy Battleship units are produced in the sea zones mentioned above.

So, we decided to let each player decide where to produce the Super Heavy Battleship units.

[The Captain]

Air Fleet Commander & Air Fleet:

Rules, Markers and Game Boards have been attached to the Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion at the top og pg. 1 in this thread.

[barnee]

@The-Captain

Just checking out the Air Commander.
So Ftr Ace can be part of the Fleet but it would get no bonus rolls. Only a Ftr or a Tac would, along with the AC itself.

In the rare instance of 3 Ftr Aces in the Fleet, which only Germany can do, only the AC gets a bonus roll

An AC can be on a CV, it just can’t command a Air Fleet from there. It would fight as a normal Ftr.

That right ?

Edit
So if I had AC, Ftr and 2 Tacs in the Fleet, I could designate the Tac as the bonus roll and I would have 2 A3 for the AC 2 A4 for the Tac and a normal A3 and A4 for the last Ftr and Tac

Edit 2
Oh the AC can’t be supporte by a Tac.

Edit 3
Just saw there’s a separate thread for this. I’ll post any follow up questions there.

[barnee]

@The-Captain

Hi Captain

Was working on a triplea upgrade and I’m certain I’ve asked you this. Germany gets Italy Rail when it takes it over ?

I was just going through the rules but don’t see it. I checked the clarifications as well and it wasn’t there.

I’m almost certain they do though. I’m sure I asked you that before but I’m not gonna struggle through the search looking :)

They get the Italy rail for Europe after they take Italy over ?

They’ve been getting Italy Rail for a couple years in triplea anyway. What happened was, the USA took Rome after the takeover and that dusted the Italian Rail.

I was trying to figure out how to fix it and then now … I’m not as certain as I was :)

Thanks

[Panzerstahl-Helm]

@barnee

Here we go. it is hidden in section 3. Strategic Rail Movement

[The Captain]

Strategic Rail Movement Capacity:

Germany can use Italy’s SRM in Europe after the Take Over.

Important:
Europe includes 3 Soviet Original Territories:

• Baltic States
• Eastern Poland
• Bessarabia

[barnee]

@The-Captain

Hi Captain

Engineer question. Just read through the rules again and they can only remove LMs in CM when crossing that specific minefield ? Mines defending a different border than where they cross they can’t ?

And they aren’t allowed to remove any in NCM ?

Thanks

[The Captain]

@barnee

True - a Combat Engineer unit can only remove an enemy Mine during Combat Movement - and only an enemy Mine that defends the line which the Combat Engineer unit crosses.
This game mechanism is the same as Mines that can only defend the line on which they are dug in to defend.

During Non-Combat Movement a Combat Engineer unit can transport up to 3 Mines - and place them at a border - even in a newly captured territory.