World Championship 2026 A&A G40 Expansion

[The Captain]

@aa_sloth

You can play against any other player who is also a member on this forum.

All games must be recorded at the Game Report thread on this forum with pictures and text.

I suggest that you check out Global 1940 No. 12 Game Report - this will give you an idea of how your Game Reports could look.

[The Captain]

We have posted updates to the World Championship 2026.
See the top of the first post in this thread.

The updates are:

• Air Fleet Commander is part of the rules during this event.
• The time frame has been expanded to 15 hours for each game.
• The time frame has been expanded to 40 minutes for each side in each round.

[barnee]

@The-Captain

Nice :)

Would you explain why some options were chosen and others weren’t ? The Free Ships seems surprising to me.

Thanks

Edit
I guess additional units make for longer gameplay ?

[The Captain]

Why are some HRE rules available and some are not:

The G40 HRE WC26 is the first of its kind. The event is also used to test the HRE Tournament Rules.

We have analyzed more than 200 G40 HRE board games in the period 2015-2024 to find out which units & rules are most widely used.

The Units & Rules that are not available in the G40 HRE WC26 are either not commonly used during most games - or they are only used when the outcome of the game seems to already be determined.

With one exception: Increased Shipbuilding in the Pacific Theatre (US & Japan).
This rule is a basic element of the HRE - so it seemed obvious that the rule should be included in the G40 HRE WC26.
Then why is it not included:
We are play testing a new unit & rule: Naval Fleet Commander and Naval Task Force Group

Since we concluded that Increased Shipbuilding in the Pacific Theatre might have an effect on the impact of the Naval Fleet Commander, we decided - initially - to exclude the Increased Shipbuilding in the Pacific Theatre rule from the HRE Tournament Rules.

By Late 2025 we might have the Naval Fleet Commander ready for use after the final play testing.

We will then decide if this rule - and Increased Shipbuilding in the Pacific Theatre will be included in the G40 HRE WC26.

[Trout]

@The-Captain Trout and his teenage son Mussolini Pizza Emperor plan to attend from the USA if the dates are not an issue for Pizza’s High School schedule.

[The Captain]

@Trout

Awesome - we’ll look forward to your G40 HRE Game Reports in the near future.

[Cornelis Post]

@Trout looking forward to it 💪🏻😎

[barnee]

@Trout

Don’t forget those game reports. They are a requirement :)

[Alexander]

@The-Captain

Hello from Canada!

Depending on work and event timing next year my buddy and I are interested in joining!

We’ve mostly been playing OOB G40, both on Triple A and in person. We’ve trialed a few house rules but nothing compared to this expander rule set - looking forward to learning.

[The Captain]

@Alexander

Hi Alexander,

Thanks for your message.

We truly appreciate your announcement.

We suggest, that you join one of our Axis & Allies G40 Wiking-Con events before you sign up for the G40 HRE World Championship.

When you begin to study the Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion, please contact us for questions anytime you need help.

We are only one click away.

Captain

[barnee]

@Alexander

Hi Alexander

Welcome to the site !

Since you and your buddy play with triplea sometimes, a heads up that the Captain’s House Rules have been modded for triplea.

There is a small group of us who play on triplea and you are welcome to join us.

Here’s the triplea thread if you are interested.

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/36998/global-1940-and-1943-expansion-for-use-with-triplea

Have Fun gaming :)

[Alexander]

@The-Captain

Thanks for the heads up, I’ll keep an eye out to see if any Wiking-Con events pop-up.

From my quick search, I don’t see any upcoming ones (but am also new to the forum).

[Alexander]

@barnee

Thank you. I’ll take a look at playing on Triple A to learn the rules first before I get too distracted with making all the extra units for the table top!

[barnee]

@Alexander

Right Arm

Captain has it set up so you can print paper ones until you go Big :)

Triplea has the Basic Rules, as well as Sections 1-4 and all the optional rules.

Tournament Rules also but you need to turn certain options off for them.

[The Captain]

@Alexander

We have an event from Friday 31st October to Sunday 2nd November this year.

Look under “Events” and search for 6th Northern European A&A Wiking-Con 2025.