WW2 Path to Victory - Strategies

@jkprince indeed 🙂

Thank you both for your interest!

What I would like is a package of poker chips (compatible with existing A&A versions) to use with 1914. I find that there simply isn’t room on the board for all the different stacks for each army, especially on the crowded western front.

So I just give each nation a single stack of chips with the required infantry unit on top.

The system I use is:

grey/white = infantry
red = artillery
green - tanks
blue = fighters

Additional colours might be reserved for new units vis:

black = bombers
yellow = cavalry

A nice touch would be for each colour to be embossed with the appropriate unit type.

Equivalent pieces for ships aren’t as important but maybe double sided chips for naval units?

When you start the game, select “Game Options” on the left side of the menu to find the “Territory Turn Limit” option.  I’ve also always played with a house rule of ‘no tech’ because it I feel it introduces too much influence on a few technology roles.  I think your strategy is sound, we just play different games :)

As an aside, I do like the technology development that Global Conflict in this forum introduced.

Craig

Great thought! I will play test!

Just had another thought, if you wanted to eliminate dice, you could setup a rock/paper/scissors type game using those Units

Infantry defeat fighters/tanks, lose to artillery/bombers
Tanks defeat artillery, or other tanks
Fighters defeat bombers/tanks but lose to infantry/artillery (imbedded aa guns)

That type of concept anyways.  It would take some thinking through , more than this post from my cellphone haha but would be possible!

I believe I may have VP locations set, along with solid win / loss numbers.  I need to play through a few more games with these rules, but this is very close (if not the) final product.  Still, I’d like some input from you guys.

The Axis win if they have a total of 27 VPs (they start with 20) for 2 whole turns (they must hold the locations), and the Allies win if the axis have 10 vp for 2 wholes turns.

(edit: I realize now that 27 is insanely high, and is very hard to obtain and is a pretty decisive victory.  25 seems like a good number; the Allies have to get off of their asses to take away a victory point or two to even things out before the Axis make a big breakthrough on one of the fronts [which will net 2 or 3 VPs, with a fourth probably not far off]).

VP LOCATIONS: Listed by nation, and also showing how many VPs each territory is worth (1 is minor, 2 is major).

Germany:
East Germany - 2
West Germany - 2
Italy - 2
France - 1
Austria - 1
Norway - 1
Ukraine - 1

Japan:
Southern Japan - 2
Northern Japan - 2
Chosen - 2
Shantung - 1
Thai-Malay - 1
North Philippines - 1
New Guinea - 1

Russia:
Moscow - 2
Leningrad - 2
Stalingrad - 2
Sverdlosk - 1
Archangel’sk - 1
Vladivostok - 1

United Kingdom:
England - 2
Scotland - 2
Bombay - 2
New South Wales - 2
Eastern Canada - 2
Burma - 1
Egypt - 1
Iraq - 1
South Africa - 1

China:
Western Sinkiang - 2
Kansu - 1

United States:
Northeastern United States - 2
Southwestern United States - 2
Widwestern United States - 2
Southern United States - 1
Northwestern United States - 1
Hawaiian Islands - 1
Alaska - 1
Central America - 1

Tell me what you think.

@Toonster:

The rules for World at War says the following about an Axis IPC win:

“Germany and Japan win whenever their combined IPC total is 20 IPCs higher than all of the Allies combined.”

Does this mean directly after Japan has finished his turn, implying Russia and US cannot fight back?

Toonster

I assume (as in orig. A&A), that the Axis must maintain the IPC total at the end on one complete round of play (meaning every player has had a turn).