Advanced Europe 1941 game

[Imperious Leader]

To do that you have to post a pink to the map where people can DL the thing in PDF and have a chance to try it.

You should post the setup so people can use it as a starting guide before they tweek it.

[Emperor_Taiki]

Wow! that is a really nice map, i can defintly see the the HOI influence. You better include rules for increasing units movement in the non-combat phase cause that map look like a b%^h to cross.

With all those awesome terrritories I would suggest moving the setup date back so that full advtage of the additional territories can be taken. Either make it early 1940 before the german invasion of Norway or mid 1940  after France has been conquered and right before the battle of Britian.

If you dont want to recolor board, your spring 1941 is a great starting date looks cool to.

What are the new rules ?

[Dylan the Canadian]

Lot’s of Russian places how much IPC’s is that worth?

[lozmoid]

Hi guys, very many thanks for all your cool feedback and compliments. Okay, now to answer some questions:

Here is a link to another thread with a pic of the map for download: http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=17545.30 The file is too large to post here.

I will post the unit setups very soon. They are by no means set in stone - I will probably need your help to get the balance just right!  :-)

I have made the game start in June 1941, at the launch of Op. Barbarossa, but I am obviously happy for players to create their own scenarios and victory conditions as they wish.

The turn order, as well as the starting IPC levels for the nations are:

Germany = 60
Soviet Union = 48
Italy = 20
United Kingdom = 50
United States = 80

I am trying to come up with some house rules of my own with regards to the Air and Naval bases, Axis Minor forces, rail movement and Militia units. I use a D12 combat system whereby a unit’s normal attack and defend values are just doubled, e.g. a Tank (Att 3, Def 3) is now Att 6, Def 6. This leaves a margin for modification to those values, chiefly by the implementation of field testing technology. There will be two types of tech - Practical (slow and cheap, which eventually upgrades your units to better models) and Theoretical (major breakthroughs in innovation; quick and effective immediately, but expensive).

Each power will have different levels of unit tech that they start the game with. The first or lowest level is ‘Basic’, then it can be upgraded to ‘Improved’ level, then ‘Advanced’ and so on - each time your unit reaches the next level it will be more efficient in combat, but will also be more expensive to produce. For example, Germany and UK begin the game with Improved Infantry (Att 3, Def 5) while the other nations, including the Axis Minors, all begin with just the Basic (Att 2, Def 4). However, the Soviets start with Improved Tanks (7,7). This makes for some interesting battles!

Okay, that’ll do it for the moment! I’ll be back shortly! Thanks for reading.  :-)

[Imperious Leader]

The file is too large to post here.

Post a link to the file using mediafire.com upload and post here. This is how its done for files.

[bennyboyg]

Is that TWO battleships for Russia I see?

[Krupp Steel]

Very nice job on the map. Also nice to see actual British fleets in Alexandria and Gibraltar, like there was.

[Guest]

@Lozmoid:

Here is a link to another thread with a pic of the map for download: http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=17545.30 The file is too large to post here.

Okay so the map hasn’t changed?

[lozmoid]

Thank you guys for the comments and compliments!

I will post a link to the mediafire map as soon as I can. It’s strange because axisandallies.org let me post the pic here as an attachment in the A&A Europe '40 sub-forum (‘Turn Order’ thread) but it won’t let me post it here, saying it’s too large. Well, I haven’t changed the size of the map… I’ll see what I can do.

By the way, for those who wish to print out the map, please bear in mind that it does come out a little pixelated due to the zoom magnification; I only designed it on ms paint. I will post two pics of the map: the 1st will have all the territory names and sea zones on it (for your reference), and the 2nd will be blank. When I printed off the map, I left out all the names and numbers as they were too big and looked rather ugly. Better to write them on by hand afterwards, and that’s what I did.

Yes, the Russians get two Battleships! I haven’t yet determined the strength of these vessels (their att/def values). Again, I’m basing my unit set up on the data found within the Hearts Of Iron II pc game, as Paradox do tend to be quite historically accurate. I appreciate that this will unbalance the game, and that is where I ask your help. Believe me, I was shocked when I saw how many Cruisers the UK had!

Okay, back shortly.

[lozmoid]

Okay, sorry about the wait. Here are the links to the two versions of the map - one with all the lettering and numbering, and one without:

http://www.mediafire.com/i/?kzjjuadq2uw

http://www.mediafire.com/i/?nr4dmtymnwc

I’m new to using mediafire so I hope that this works and that the files can be downloaded. Please let me know if there are any problems.

I would recommend that you print the blank version and then write the words and numbers on yourself because it’ll look better. I’ll be posting the setups shortly…

[Imperious Leader]

Can we get this in NOT a JPEG?  Jpeg ruins all artwork by pixelating it. Can you PDF>?

[lozmoid]

What, exactly, are my options? I’m no techie or anything and so I don’t know how to PDF>. Can anybody please explain/help ?

Obviously, I want to improve the quality of the images.

[lozmoid]

Anyway, I’m going to post the initial set up charts now, starting with Italy:

[lozmoid]

And now the Axis Minor nations. I use the blue-ish coloured German pieces from A&A Revised for these guys. There is a Finish Cruiser in SZ 8; use a Battleship piece for this.

[lozmoid]

Okay, now Germany:

[Imperious Leader]

Obviously, I want to improve the quality of the images.

under the program your using hit ‘save as’ and click one of the options which can be PDF or PNG which will do the job

Or look under options under ‘export’

[lozmoid]

United Kingdom set up:

[lozmoid]

United States:

[lozmoid]

And finally, Soviet Union:

[lozmoid]

This is where I’m up to so far with the rules regarding the Axis Minor nations:

AXIS MINORS

The Axis Minors represent the nations that were either allied to or directly supported Germany and Italy during the war. These nations are:

Nation   Game Territories

HUNGARY           Hungary
SLOVAKIA        Slovakia
FINLAND         Northern Finland, Central Finland, Southern Finland
ROMANIA       Transylvania, Bessarabia, Ploesti
BULGARIA         Varna, Sofia
VICHY FRANCE Vichy, Toulouse, South Morocco, North Morocco, Oran, Maghreb, Tunis, Gabes

Axis Minor (AM) units cannot be upgraded by technology and cannot share technology with Germany or Italy. All AM unit models have varying levels of tech but they will stay that way for the duration of the game.

If the German player builds an Industrial Complex in any of the territories above, that IC will be considered to belong to the AM nations in whose territory it now sits (i.e. if Germany builds an IC in the territory of Ploesti, then the IC will belong to the AM). Any units produced at an IC in an AM territory will be AM units (use the grey German pieces; not the black ones) and will all be of the ‘Basic’ level technology. These units are placed in exactly the same way as normal.

Germany controls all AM forces during her turn in exactly the same way as her own German forces.  She may move them during the Combat and Non Combat Move phases, just like her own units. Germany may attack an enemy territory or sea zone with a mixture of German and AM units.

AM forces operate in exactly the same way as German units however, there is one exception: AM Infantry cannot be paired one for one with German Artillery. AM Artillery cannot be paired with German Infantry.

I am undecided what to do about the Vichy French fleets that were based in the Med at the time. So far I have not included them but I’m not too sure about what actually happened historically. Did these fleets actively seek out Allied navies and do battle with them? I would certainly appreciate any feedback with this, thank you guys.