[Global 1940] Air units fly over question

@FranceNeedsMorePower

Go to https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/releases/

Click on the latest version (the top post).

Under “Assets” there should be a set of links. Click on the one that fits your computer (if you use Mac, click on the link with the macos, Windows, the one with windows in it, etc.).

Click on the file in Downloads. It should open up a TripleA downloader similar to the one you used when you first downloaded TripleA. It should open (if there’s an error, it’s probably on your end).

It’s a vast improvement over 2.5 but is very easily navigable.

@FranceNeedsMorePower France only needs a infantry in Normandy.

My setup for Dutch East Indies for my game if your interested in is
Sumatra 2 inf
Borneo 2 inf
Celebes 2 inf
Dutch New Guinea 1 inf
Java 1 inf 1 tank
Cruiser, Destroyer and a sub in Java sea zone with a naval base.

Argo is correct in a way. J
there were a lot of tanks on Java, but most ships were in Java sea zone. When it was attacked Dutch only had 5 ships but allies had some there to.
Not a fan of an IC on Dutch East Indies. Japan just take and use plus collect 11 icps if game has can capture IC and use next turn.

@The-Captain

I would love to hear more about your Most Precious Soviet Strategies. I love talking about strategy, especially if it’s about my favorite power when it comes to tactical decision making 😀

Continuation of Multi Game 1 Report

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/37723/global-1940-1943-expansions-game-reports/730?page=30

Well I just got burned on America’s 30 min turn report, so take a bit to get back into it :)

Uncle Sam would go with a heavy Army buy, as well as a AB for Espana.
Strat Bmbrs would do 17 Damage to the N Italy Fctry. No Interceptors would rise to challenge the 5 Ftr Escorts and the AA Guns would all miss their targets.

Small battles would take place across W EUR and the Pacific. US Naval Forces would be concentrated in 110. Large numbers of Army Air Corps would be based in Spain.
The Java TF would move to 39 off India, with major Air assets landing in India.

The Hawaiian JPN DD would be sunk but the Islands remain under JPN control. TF 7 splits, with the majority going to 3 SZ off Kamchatka, the others to the Canadian West Coast.

There are 9 Trprts in 101 off the East Coast.

China continues to struggle for Freedom. Their resolve remains strong.

Well the above isn’t as good as what I wrote earlier but whatever lol

UK buys 2 Trprts and some Army. They save 20 bucks.

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Then 20 is deleted. I’m not sure why.

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I will have to check the game thread as this makes no sense to me.

OK. It was for the India Fctry. I didn’t realize Victory was still with us at this point :)

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Major combat takes place in Greece

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The Reich would prevail in a close fought battle. HOL and Iraq battles would see the British victorious. The Indian Army would once again move into Burma in Force.

UK would reinforce the Russians in Turkey and produce Tanks out of their Egypt Fctry.

Italians are looking forward to their arrival in US prison camps.

ANZC would produce Ships for their Navy and give battle to the JPN Escort and Trprt off Celebes with a SS and Air attack. The attack would succeed but with heavy losses. A lone Ftr would be left after the intense combat.

Their Aircraft Carriers would join the Americans in 39, with another supporting US Ships off Johnston Island.

Continued 10-22-25

Late 1945
The Reich purchases another Panzer Army, as well as moving the W GER Fctry underground and upgrading it. Infantry, Paras and a Hvy Bmbr also deploy.

The Type XXI would begin a new phase of the U-boat war by getting a hit on a Hvy BB in 110. W EUR would see massive counterattacks supported heavily by the Luftwaffe.
Novgorod would be taken in force with 1st Panzer and 1st SS. A UK Trprt is sunk off Greece.

1st SS Pnzr would move to W GER and 2nd Pnzr and 2nd and 3rd SS to Romania.
The Scandanavian Army moves to Norway.

The Soviets would invest in Total War Tanks and small combats would take place on their European Front. Central Asia and Western China would also see combat, with Sikang seeing a moderate clash of Forces.

The Moscow Army moves to Bryansk.

Japanese Demolition charges are placed at the Bases in Hawaii. Support Ships are launched for the Navy, with the rest of their resources going to the Army.

Major battle takes place in Sikang.

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Nippon would win a costly fight.

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Closely matched Forces would faceoff in Timguska and Siberia. Java, Celebes and DNG would also see combat. Japan would prevail in all battles.

IJN would be dispersed off the above SW Pacific Islands, while the PHI’s would see the greatest concentration of Naval assets.

The IJA would be concentrated in Kweichow preparing for potential battle against the British Indian Army in Burma.

Uncle Sam would go with a heavy Naval buy that would include 2 CVs and 2 CAs, along with 4 Total War Ftrs. I don’t normally see Cruisers built in our small play group, but they do have value at 9 bucks in The Capatain’s mod. Especially if you plan on large Amphibous attacks that can’t be blocked by bombard. They still hit at a 3 regardless :)

W EUR TTys would change hands again. US Naval Ftrs would canopen for the British in Shan State, albeit at the loss off a Ftr. They’re only 6 bucks though and Crockett learned early the risk reward of using them in battle.
Siberia would see the largest battle and USA would win easily. Portugal would fall to an Amphibous landing with heavy Armor support.

There are a large number of USN Ships scattered throughout the North Pacific. The TF off India moves to Singapore and is directly challenging IJN units in the PHIs.
New Ships continue to flood into the Pacific. The Atlantic Fleet remains in 110.

China hopes their new best friends the British can liberate some territory, as the Soviets are having trouble defending their own :)

UK buys Tanks and Mech Inf. There would be a correction on the Mechs, as Crockett didn’t realize he couldn’t do Total War builds in India.
Still, the 5 Mech would be a good purchase.

A small battle would succeed in Greece and the Indian Army would move into Yunnan in strength.
I may have missed something with a edit in Iraq as the 2 Tanks didn’t move, no reason or well not a good one that I can see :) they didn’t move. It may have been changed in the future or just been missed.

It happens in a complex game like this :) or it’s part of crockett’s master plan :)

At any rate, British Tanks have taken control of SE Asia. AA Guns are sent to Yunnan to support the 36 Infantry Divisions there.
Hmm … not a whole lot going on in Europe. 6 Tanks in Caucasus and Cairo produces 3 more are the biggest moves.

ANZC produces 3 Tanks. Combat takes place in 46 with a SS sinking a lone Trprt.

The French are confined to base as English resentment continues to grow.

End Late 1945

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Edit

The USN moved to 38 from 37. I can’t remember why but it should be documented in the Game Thread. I’ll look before next post :)

Edit
oh yea just a simple mistake :)

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Continued 10-25-25

Early 1946
The Reich would go with two Total War Mech buys, along with large Infantry and Para builds.
Tigers would be repaired and another Type XXI U-boat would launch.

A Hvy Bmbr, immune to AA Fire, would stike Moscow and cause 10 damage.
N Italy, Greece and S FRA would be taken via counterattack. Normandy and Bessarabia would also go down in defeat.

A rule misunderstanding on my part would see S Italy taken by Paratroopers.
Paratroopers are forbidden from attacking Capitals. Even if it’s not under control by it’s original owner.
This would be corrected at end of Soviet turn.

The Moscow Fctry would be repaired and moved underground. 3 British Tanks would be activated via LL and 3 Partisans would prepare to become active in original Russian and now vacated Axis controlled TTys.

Combat would succeed in W China and Central Asia. Partisans would cut Ground Lines Of Communication, GLOC, in Baltic STs and E POL, preventing German Rail movement to Belarus.

The “Karelian Knot” anchored by 1st Army Group, would remain intact, as well as the Moscow Forces.

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Japan would go with a mixed build fortifying their Navy as well as the Army in China and the Home Island.
They would conduct numerous small strikes in the SW Pacific, most notable being Singapore. Isolated USN units would also be struck in 16.

The main event would take place in Yunnan.

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JPN would have good odds

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All UK AA fire would miss. JPN would hit slightly above avg by 2-3 hits first rd of battle. Unfortunately for the British, they would hit 3 hits below avg.
JPN would hit slightly below avg rd 2 and the Brits would once again underperform.

This would result in a Major Japanese Victory.
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The IJN would be concentrated off the PHIs and in 6 SZ. The Army in Kweichow, with strong mobile Forces, as well as Air Units, to go along with the surviving mobile units in Yunnan.

@Partydad do a search on the forums here- there are several groups here that use a variety of well-tested event cards.

@phd_angel

Thanks so much! Sorry for the delayed response here. I was on parental leave with my son, so I wasn’t online much the last few months!

I definitely appreciate the feedback. I’m with you, my hope for any houserule is to keep a semblance of realism while working out whatever game play issues there were that made the houserule pop up in the first place!

The uncertainty of allegiances pre-battle is quite interesting. But I try to minimize dice randomness. IRL (in real life), Vichy troops (just like Italians) surrendered as soon as seeing enemy superiority: thus, in the game, if Allies send more land + air units than defending Vichy units, there is no battle but surrender. Or, make it unlikely that a battle would ensue (for example, need to roll a 1).

I definitely agree overall here, I think this one got away from A&A mechanics the most. Part of me didn’t want to make it completely against the Axis, but I think something like you suggest on bringing more men (or maybe twice as many), would void any combat.

IPC system, however, is historically inaccurate (as in most, if not all, Vichy mods I’ve seen): IRL, Nazi Germany profited handsomely on Vichy which had to quite richly sustain 300,000 German troops stationed in Northern France! So, in the game, Germany should actually gain IPC bonus, whereas Vichy and Free France gain nothing. How much, certainly 3 IPC, at least.

I also get your point here. However, the main goal for me in creating the Vichy France rule was an overwhelming thought by players that the Axis has too great an advantage. By creating Vichy in this scenario it weakens the Axis some by taking away from them, as well as adding to the Allies by adding the Free French. I think if we were to give the Germans more IPC’s, it takes away the point of creating the rule in the first place (which again, was to try and help weaken the OOB Axis advantages).

Finally, Germany never fought Vichy. IRL, with Operation Torch, Germany simply occupied Vichy in 1942, with no resistance whatsoever. Vichy units were disbanded. That can be also the case in the game.

I also agree that combat did not really happen, at least on a large scale. I suppose I don’t know enough to understand every potential action that might have happened, no matter how small. This was again something designed to make the German player think twice before just invading the Vichy territories. It’s going to cost them a bit. Again, just a device to hopefully help balance.

I personally don’t like the idea of bids at the beginning of a game. We try and either house rule to help change, or just deal with it how we can. But yeah, the main hope/goal here was to have a somewhat realistic scenario, while also hopefully tipping the scales a bit away from the Axis, while not ruining gameplay and design too much.

Thanks so much for your input! Hope 2021 is treating you well!

Chris

You could use the same general rules for AA50, but you would have to pick one of the AA 50 setups (1941 or 1942) then add up the total cost of starting units to get the starting cash for each country. For one thing, I think there are less starting pieces for all the nations because AA 50 has a smaller map than the 1940 games so there are less pieces. Another thing is I think the prices are a little different in AA50 than in the 1940 games, plus you won’t have Tac Bombers or Mechanized Infantry as those units didn’t come out until the 1940 games.
Also, I’m not sure how you would handle China, since in AA50 they don’t actually get IPCs but rather 1 infantry for every 2 Chinese territories still under Chinese control at the beginning of their turn.
Other than a few small changes though, I think you could still adapt this idea to AA50.