Flak towers…

@barnee I have guys to playtest, first update is already there. But I appreciate every help with testing!

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this was fixed in edit

Update 31st August 2025: Total number of recorded Axis & Allies games in 2025 played by The Captain: 23

2025: Axis & Allies Global 1940:

@Vendetta said in [Global 1940] Blitz After Attacking With No Casualties:

My proposal is this: tanks (and any other blitzing unit) are only prevented from blitzing if they fight a battle where the defenders inflict at least one casualty on the attacking force - i.e. if you invade that territory with 1 infantry and kill him, and he doesn’t land a hit on you, your tanks are then free to invade one more territory.

Tanks become much scarier when you play this way - you won’t be sure what exactly it takes to stop them, and you can never be 100% certain that a breakthrough is impossible. Defense in depth remains a valid strategy - but now you have to think more about how strong of a blocking force to leave behind in your front line territories.

I think the Path to Victory modification, with its expanded number of Eastern Front territories, would especially benefit from this rule

Good idea. Will use this to build off both for this and for Destroyer screens.

Concerning the addition of multiple Optional Rules (see the Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion thread) we advice players to study those Optional Rules in order to implement some of the units during Strategic Planning.

Rules Clarification:

Concerning islands in the Pacific Ocean with increased IPC values:

The starting IPC level for each Nation is the same as OOB. The increased IPC values on the islands in the Pacific Ocean has no influence at the Starting Income from game start.

When an islands is captured by the enemy it goes like this:

If Philippines Islands is recaptured by Allied forces, the US IPC level is increased with 5 IPC - and the Japanese IPC level is decreased with 5 IPC.

The same rule aplies when Dutch islands are taken over by either Axis or Allied forces.

What about giving it the ability to fire first in battle, defender removes casualties, then normal combat begins. Or what about being able to fire from adjacent territory. Also can it be used as AA and land combat at the same time or do you have to designate in defense.

But doing that does not model the capabilities of these units. The game OOB permits the preemptive firing because it is against just air units that are flying over to attack. It is marginally acceptable to allow this, but realistically these are just basic artillery.

Since they were made as a new unit it stands to bring it fully into the fold as a normal combat unit.

To allow preemptive fire every round is too strong for a 5 IPC unit IMO.

Plus this unit needs to be 3-2-5 as the other units took the other values, so the value of a 5 IPC unit must balance out and preemptive is worth more.

@Cobert:

It’s like when people try to incorporate the rules from Europe involving bomber escorts into Revised or AA50 - with each turn representing a period of several months and each territory representing miles upon miles of land or entire countries, I think it’s insane that they want a rule that makes a unit shaped like a fighter accompany a unit shaped like a bomber to actually mean that there are fighter escorts with the bomber.

Well I can see your point ref scale of the action and so I’d support the geographic boundary with no house rule for CAP or any FTRs defending adjacent space etc.

But otherwise, I’m leaning towards the optional escort / interceptor rule as it reflects the operational decision on whether you use your fighter resources defensively or base them forward to project air cover.