[AA50/Anniversary] Modular Map Overlays - Splitting Australia, the Balkans, and Sea Zones; adding Cairo, Malaya, Singapore, Rio, Cape Town, Recruitment Centers and tons more!

[Titus]

@vodot sweet. I don’t know if it’s possible to incorporate the map overlays I put on and maybe removing the mobilization zone and map art like Tojaks clean variant into a full map file. I think that would be a very versatile map for a better AA50 experience. Thank you for all of your great art work!

[vodot]

@Titus I noticed that I had picked up the art, mobi charts, and IPC trackers again. Also, Jehol’s conflicting coloration bugs me :P I will have to strip all that back out at some point. If I can get to it I’ll generate a clean version with no RCs for you.

[Titus]

@vodot No rush at all! I’m sure by then I’ll have cooked up some other hair brained scheme to waste my time on this game :D I should spend my time just playing instead! Anyway ill include some thoughts about a game I’m playing with a friend here after the game is over to see how the overlays affect play. I also did come up with a setup modification rule set for the set of overlays I applied which I will send to this thread soon.

[vodot]

@Titus said:

…I should spend my time just playing instead!

If only you knew the power of the dark side [of modifying endlessly a game you only rarely have the opportunity to play]… Can’t wait to hear your postgame notes!

[vodot]

@Titus looking at your overlays:

• Rio, Cape Town, Cairo, and Singapore VCs
• Morocco
• Sardinia, Sicily, Greece & Italian East Africa
• Basic update to Med SZs incl Bosphorus
• Ceylon
• Malaya, Split DEI 3+3 but keep single SZs
• Aus split 1 + 2
• 1PC for all pacific Islands
• Hokkaido + Aluetians
• NW China + Jehol
• Siberia + Irkutsk

• a Scotland split

…all based on Tjoek’s “clean” version of the map.

Did I miss anything?

[Titus]

@vodot I think that’s it!

[Titus]

I’ve included a full PDF of various rules I’ve made for my “Deluxe AA50”. Noted below is the section regarding setup changes for this specific set of overlays.
Axis & Allies House Optional Rules - AA50.pdf

Map overlays have been added in the following areas:

1. Australia - split into two territories +1 UK. (Units placed during setups on East Australia).
2. United Kingdom - Scotland added.
3. Borneo/East Indies - Borneo has been split into Celebs and Borneo, East indies split into Java and Sumatra +4 UK.
   (1941 Setup - no units) (1942 Setup - 1 UK Infantry on Borneo +3 UK, 1 JPN Control Marker on Java, Sumatra, Celebes. 1 JPN Infantry on Java, Sumatra, Celebes +1 JPN).
4. French Indo China - Malaya has been added (Singapore Victory City Added) +2 UK.
   (1941 Setup - 1 Infantry) (1942 Setup - 2 Infantry).
5. India - Ceylon added +1 UK. (1941 Setup - no units added) (1942 Setup - 1 Infantry).
6. South Africa - Cape Town Victory City added.
7. Brazil - Rio Victory City added.
8. Italian Africa - Swapped to Italian East Africa under Italian control +1 ITL -1 UK.
   (1941 Setup - 1 Infantry) (1942 Setup - 1 Infantry).
9. Italy/Balkans - Sicily, Sardinia, Greece added +3 ITL.
   (1941 Setup - 1 Infantry on Greece) (1942 Setup - 1 Infantry on Greece, 1 Infantry on Sicily).
10. Morocco/Algeria - Countries split into Morocco and Algeria +1 GER. Units from Morocco/Algeria moved
    in setup to Algeria (1941 Setup - 1 Infantry on Morocco) (1942 Setup - 1 Infantry on Morocco).
11. Egypt - Cairo Victory City added.
12. China - Chinghai split into Xinjiang and Tibet, Chinghai added +2 Territories CHI
    (1941 setup using optional setup on “China Power Level Change” optional rule add 1 infantry unit to each new territory) (1942 Setup - Same as 1941 setup).
13. Soviet Far East - Siberia replaces SFE which is moved to the right +1 RUS.
    All units to be placed in SFE are moved to Siberia (1941 Setup - 1 Infantry) (1942 Setup - 1 Infantry).
14. Yakut - Irkutsk added +1 RUS. (1941 Setup - 1 Infantry) (1942 Setup - 1 Infantry).
15. Alaska - Aleutians added, no units for setup.
16. Midway - 1 IPC value added +1 US.
17. Wake Island - 1 IPC value added +1 US.
18. Japan - Hokkaido added +1 JPN (1941 Setup - 1 Infantry) (1942 Setup - 1 Infantry, 1 AAA gun).
19. Caroline Islands - 1 IPC value added +1 JPN.
20. Iwo Jima - 1 IPC value added +1 JPN.
21. Manchuria - Jehol added +1 JPN. (1941 Setup - 1 Infantry) (1942 Setup - 2 Infantry).

1941 Setup:		1942 Setup:
UK	+8	UK	+7
US	+2	US	+1
RUS	+2	RUS	+2
ITL	+4	ITL	+4
GER	+1	GER	+1
JPN	+4	JPN	+6
Allies Total	+12	Allies Total	+10
Axis Total	+9	Axis Total	+11

[vodot]

@Titus

Scotland! UK @ 6 optional.

[vodot]

Addition of Anhwei (1) split off from Suiyuan (1) and Jehol Recolor (previous upload had Jehol and other Japanese-occupied Chinese TTs colored orange like Tjoek’s source img):

[Titus]

@vodot Sweet! Jehol recolor is awesome!! Scotland looks great too! Thank you for all your hard work.

[Titus]

@vodot would you be able to do a Scotland 0 ipc value variant? Thank you!

[vodot]

@Titus When you cut out the overlay, just cut off the 2 :)

[Titus]

@vodot You are a smarter man than me. XD

[vodot]

@Titus said

@vodot You are a smarter man than me. XD

Almost definitely not true… but I have spent years thinking about, staring at, tweaking, and cutting out these overlays :)

[Titus]

@vodot So far in our testing game its been really great with the overlays. The Hokkaido landing zone is a great threat for Japan as they actually need to keep navy near japan instead of running away south. The Island splits on Borneo and East indies make the play there much more dynamic as the uk has more opportunities to recapture/harass Japan. Chinas extra territories work well and my updated rules to add artillery have balanced them out well I think. I would be super stoked if someone else would play with the ruleset as I find it much more fun than the OOB game. The extra money and strategy from the oil rules is super fun.

[vodot]

@Titus said

…The Hokkaido landing zone is a great threat for Japan as they actually need to keep navy near japan instead of running away south.

Really glad it’s working well for you guys!

The Aluetians should present a corresponding (and historical!) problem for the US as well, should they go KGF crazy- a couple transports with light cover can shuck a pretty large Japanese force into Canada by turn 4-5 if the US doesn’t maintain west-coast assets to scare them off…