Alright, my first draft map for an AA50 1940 + France Setup (v0.6) is ready to rock. G40 Lite, anybody?
Becuase this is a whole new kettle of fish I will split this one off into it’s own thread for further discussion, new rules, setup charts (oof), and of course playtesting/refinement. The idea was born and first discussed here, however, so I’ll leave the inital release preview and the link to v0.6 below.
Details for v0.6:
The French Empire, c. ~spring 1940:
France proper split into Northern (capital) and Southern (becomes Vichy) France
Six discrete French African colonies and protectorates
– Morocco
– Algeria
– French West, Central, and Equatorial Africa (which gets RC and becomes capital of Free France)
– Madagascar
Syria (maybe relevant with pro-axis Iraq next door?)
French Indochina (Frenchified; remains ahistorically merged with Thailand; no game-reason to split them)
French Guiana (maybe relevant now that we have a VC-posessing pro-allied Brazil?)
New Caledonia in the South Pacific …mostly for flavor/possible IPC balance
Lots of other changes to create viable 1940 setup:
Addition of
Albania
Addition of
British Guinana (Suriname)
Splitting
Iraq (2, pro-Axis) off from Trans-Jordan (0, UK)
IPC-ifying of many “True” (or game-functionally true) Neutrals:
– Sweden
– Turkey
– Saudi Arabia
– Spain
– Argentina Chile
– Afganistan
– South American amalgamations
– Angola
– Mozambique
De-possessifying of various “Aligned” Neutrals:
– Finland (pro-axis)
– Romania Bulgaria (pro-axis)
– Iraq (pro-axis)
– Brazil (pro-allies; drops to 2 IPC, a Neutral VC? Whaaat?)
– Yugoslavia (pro-allies) (no more “Balkans”)
– Greece (pro-allies)
– Persia (pro-allies)
– Eire (pro-allies)
And finally, some unrelated changes that potentially improve any AA50 setup (and therefore actually belong in this thread):
In China, split off “Jehol” (1, Japan-occupied, China Roundel) from Manchuria (3)
Addition of “Impassible” to a few important regions:
– Sahara
– Himalaya
– Mongolia (functionally)
– Switzerland (functionally)
…and probably many other changes I’ve forgotten.
Below are a couple preview images as well as the link to the full file.
AA50_1940_West.png
AA50_1940_East.png
Full Size Download (v0.6):
https://www.mediafire.com/view/l61zki2myh8b1cw/AA50_1940ed_v0.6.png/file
Discussion thread here! https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/41968
For fun, here’s a look at all of the changes that have gone into this version of the map!
G40LiteChanges.png