Oil Rig/Drums,V2 Rocket And Train Playing Pieces

The Play Testing has now ended.

This has resulted in the following:

"From the moment that Germany, Japan or Italy declares War on - or attacks the Soviet Union, the Soviet player receives 1 Tank unit in each round, to be placed in Urals.

The Soviet player must control Urals from the start of the Soviet players turn in order to receive this Tank unit.

If Germany, Japan or Italy are not at War with the Soviet Union by Early 1941, the Soviet player receives this Tank unit from the start of the Soviet players turn in Early 1941.

Other rules concerning this Soviet Tank unit are still according to the rules described at page 13.

This rule will be part of the updated Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion (expected release Summer/Autumn 2022).

@Megatron it is a large drawback, which is why subs are the cheapest naval unit.

Don’t tempt me SS.  You know that French swear words are not included in the forum censorship.

Here is what I use for my Oil Production Rules. They add bonus income which can be used for Research and Development, Purchasing more units, and Infrastructure development if desired. As a note I use the Global War 39 XL map in my games so some of the territories would need to be adjusted for an A&A Global 40 Map. I generally use the Bonus income for Research and Development to help build up my R&D Labs early in the game. This way I have a good chance getting some really helpful technologies mid game.

New Facilities

#1. Oil Derrick = +1 IPC
#2. Oil Refinery = +1 IPC

Oil Territories
Axis 
Germany West Germany = Oil Derrick, Refinery
Germany Hungary = Oil Derrick, Refinery
Germany Romania = Oil Derrick, Refinery
Germany Argentina = Oil Derrick, Refinery
Italy Albania = Oil Derrick, Refinery
Japan Sapporo = Oil Derrick, Refinery
Total Domestic Bonus IPC = 12

Allies
USA Deep South = Oil Derrick, Refinery
USA Alaska = Oil Derrick, Refinery
USA Western = Oil Derrick, Refinery
USA San Francisco = Oil Derrick, Refinery
USA South West = Oil Derrick, Refinery
USA Mid West = Oil Derrick, Refinery
GBE Alberta = Oil Derrick, Refinery
GBE Upper Egypt = Oil Derrick, Refinery
GBP Bangladesh = Oil Derrick, Refinery 
GBP Burma = Oil Derrick, Refinery
GBP Brunei = Oil Derrick, Refinery
Total Domestic Bonus IPC = 22

Comminturn
Caucasus = Oil Derrick, Refinery
Baku = Oil Derrick, Refinery
Uzbekistan = Oil Derrick, Refinery
Stalinbad = Oil Derrick, Refinery
North Sakhalin  = Oil Derrick
Vladivostock = Refinery
Surgat = Oil Fields
Southern Kazahk = Oil Fields
West Siberia = Oil Fields
East Siberia = Oil Fields 
Total Domestic Bonus IPC = 14

Neutrals
Southern Iran = Oil Derrick, Refinery
Iraq = Oil Derrick, Refinery
Venezuela = Oil Derrick, Refinery
Colombia = Oil Derrick, Refinery
Peru = Oil Derrick, Refinery
Mexico = Oil Derrick, Refinery
Poland Eastern = Oil Derrick, Refinery
Dutch East Indies Sumatra = Oil Derrick, Refinery
Dutch East Indies Borneo = Oil Derrick, Refinery
Dutch East Indies Java = Oil Derrick
Dutch East Indies Celebes = Oil Derrick
Total Domestic Bonus IPC = 20

Oil Derricks and Refinery Rules

#1. These units are fixed at game start and can’t be moved.

#2. These units can be strategically and tactically bombed. Three hit points renders these facilities inoperative.

#3. If the oil producing territory is captured it takes 2 turns for an Oil Derrick to start producing again and 3 turns for a refinery to produce again. The turns to full production are represented as hit point counters placed under facility same as other bombed facilities.

#4. Domestically produced Oil with a clear supply route to the Capital via land or Sea is produced at full production. However Domestic or Foreign produced Oil that doesn’t have a clear supply route to Capital is reduced to half capacity. The Exception is a territory with only an Oil Derrick or Refinery which will have no point value for that turn and again until a clear supply route is obtained.

@Narvik:

I guess the map designers made all this mistakes on purpose, just to start an extra conflict inside the original conflict, man. Dont tell me they made the map wrong seven times in a row just by accident, I dont buy that, man.

I love how Narvik says man after every sentence.  It carries with it an air of sincerity and character.
:-D

I look forward to hearing Argothair’s answer to your question about the intended purpose of his proposal, but for whatever it’s worth my impression is that he wanted to speed up the game by taking advantage of the G40 map’s Europe / Pacific geographic split to eliminate the time wastage that’s caused when the action on the whole board gets held up by the turn of a player power which, for all practical purposes, operates on only one side of the board.

On the other hand, the higher workload of the 4-person option might be seen as an advantage in that it would keep people busier and reduce the boredom of waiting for one’s turn to arrive.

Couldn’t have put it better myself – my main two goals here are to save time, and help keep players occupied.

@Baron:

Young Grasshopper has made a video on YouTube  Cliffside Bunker Channel which explains clearly how it works in Global game.

Then you should read my thread on Convoy Disruption for 1942.2.
There is two mechanics invented to try.

Thanks again, took a look at YG’s YT channel and found the explanation for CD.  That clears it up nicely and now we can add that to the game as well.  Should be quite interesting to add this tactic.  He mentioned that it’s the responsibility of the player to point out to the other players where he can be CD’d.  Only thing I don’t necessarily agree with.  Should be the other person’s responsibility to keep an eye on the board for when/where they can CD.  Other than that it looks pretty straight forward now that I’ve seen it explained.

Taking a look at your thread as well.  :-)

Amazing, thanks a lot CWO!