@Pvt_Griff siiiick
[AA50/Anniversary] Modular Map Overlays - Splitting Australia, the Balkans, and Sea Zones; adding Cairo, Malaya, Singapore, Rio, Cape Town, Recruitment Centers and tons more!
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@Titus I can’t wait to read the writeup!
Yes, I find Italy in particular far more fun to play with these simple changes.
I rarely find Italy able to balloon to great power status, even with these changes, but the explanation is probably in the fact that you lost Germany to the UK. It’s the UK’s job to rein in Italy, but a knockout blow to Germany is always the highest UK priority.
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Malta, Azores, and Maldives :)
I set Maldives at the intersection of SZ 31, 32, and 35 to make them as interesting as possible. 1 IPC because I would imagine removing Ceylon as redundant.
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@vodot Excellent!!! Azores should be within flight range of Eastern Seaboard for a Bomber. This gives a reason for axis to capture so they can SBR New York
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@Imperious-Leader yep, smack in the middle of SZ 11 would be 3 spaces from EUS, Brazil, and ECAN. More than just SBR, it’s a good central point of threat for the Axis… on my map, transports here could drop troops at 5 different victory cities (Rio, D.C., Ottowa, London, Paris). I also make Neutrals less risky to capture with my G40 Lite rules.
Ships at SZ 32 off the Maldives, for that matter, can reach 4 VCs (Cairo, Cape Town, Calcutta, Singapore). Similar to the US getting a big force at the Carolines in a traditional AA50 game— nightmare for Japan; or either the US or Japan unconstested at Midway with some of my changes to the Pacific Coast/Hokkaido/Aleutians.
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@vodot
I had the map printed on .04 Styrene. Turned out sweet
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@Titus awesome!!
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Here is the map file if you want it!
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@barnee no means yes to me
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Adding two new full-size maps with the latest:
v10: G40 Lite including France, aligned Neutrals, Canada, ANZAC, and all the recent additions up to 11/18/2025
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mBgt6KSM7oIE3uNmuESPSU2F1AhicYMG/view?usp=sharing
v11: AA50 with all the recent additions up to 11/18/2025.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NIKcU-L3Hzh2jpF113TMyvAaE1GNZEQg/view?usp=drive_link
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@vodot I made a fully custom map using the changes I used from this thread. I made it using Inkarnate/Gimp.
UPDATE 11/22/25 added VC and some shadows to make text more readable.
full quality download
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@Titus wow! looks awesome! what was your process? FYI the “full download” link appears to be for your “normal-style” map, not this new version.
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@vodot Fixed, thank you! I used the web app inkarnate which is a D&D map maker tool which is incredibly useful for that purpose and others. I can import “stamps” so I imported the aa50 map to trace the landmasses and borders. The tool has lots of built in map making features so I didn’t have to do much for that just selecting settings/painting. I exported the finished map and added the text and roundels in gimp. Inkarnate is sweet for map making and I used it to make the Battle Deck cards as well.
Just realized I totally forgot capitals LOL.
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@Titus Awesome, I’m always looking for new tools and shortcuts.
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