Global 1943 Expansion, Revised

Here is what you do. upload the AA rules of whatever version. then Chat Cpb or Genmini upload the rules and it will decide with brutal logic. The Battleship is priced correctly if its 20IPC and takes 2 hits and SB at 4. the only issue might be the Carrier could have different combat values, otherwise its good. Let AI solve your issue!

@FranceNeedsMorePower

That’s a better idea, especially since Japan is usually somewhat stretched to the limits on their declaration of war on the US.

Global 1940, No. 20 Game Report:

This is the only post in the No. 20 Game Report.

Players:
Axis: The Captain
Allies: Keld R.

Germany:
From Early 1940 to Early 1941, Germany captured Western Europe and prepared for an attack on the Soviets in Late 1941.

A German defense of Western Europe mostly included Mines & Infantry.

Soviet Union:
The Soviets prepared for an agressive defense with a combination of Fighter units, Tank Armies, Army Corps and Soviet Guards.

When Germany in Late 1941 launched the attack against Russia, the Soviets agressively counter attacked the Germans with heavy casualties on both sides.

The Soviet Strategic Plan was skillfully coordinated with both United States and United Kingdom.

Japan:
The Japanese Strategic Plan was to capture most islands in the South Pacific while the Chinese Front was secondary.
From Late 1940 UK units from India supported the Chinese defense - and by Early 1943 China was still defending against the Japanese invaders.

United States:
The US Navies in the Atlantic and the Pacific were gradually reinforced massively.
The US Strategic Plan in the Pacific was to support Russia - with US troops landing in Soviet Far East - and moving towards Japanese occupied China.

United Kingdom:
UK Lend-Lease Air & Tank units were shipped to Russia from Late 1941.
UK units were contiuously attacking Western Europe with Paratrooper units and Naval Assaults.
UK declared War on Japan in Early 1940 and units from India immediately supported the Chinese defenders.

As the War went on, Axis forces were gradually eliminated by agressive Allied counter attacks on land, sea and air.

By Late 1942, the combined US and UK Naval forces in the Atlantic - and the US Navy in the Pacific - were superior to the Axis Naval forces.

The End:
In Late 1942 the UK Navy in the Atlantic moved from sz 91 to sz 92 - and thereby leaving the US Navy vulnerable to attack from the German Kriegsmarine.

The German Kriegsmarine launched an attack on the US Navy - and eliminated an enormous US Invasion Fleet.
This left the US troops stranded in Gibraltar and Morocco.

German casualties were heavy - and the Kriegsmarine was facing elimination from a UK Naval Counter attack.

In Early 1943 after the catasrophic US Naval losses in the Atlantic, the US launched a massive Naval and Amphibious Assault against sz 6 and Tokyo.…

to be continued soon…

Update on G40 No. 20 Game Report; 7th December 2025:

The US Navy attacked the Imperial Japanese Navy in sz 6.
All Japanese Warships, Air units and Transports were eliminated.

US Troops supported by the US Army Airforce landed on the beaches of Homeland Japan.
Japan activated the Home Defense - and received 2 Infantry units. These were the only Infantry units in Japan, since all other land units were Artillery and Mechanized Infantry units.

Japanese AAA failed to destroy any US Air units…

The US Army swiftly eliminated 75 % of all defending Japanese units.

But the costs were extreme for the US Troops & Air units…

After 6 rounds of Combat, the last attacking US units were eliminated by a few surviving Japanese Mechanized Infantry units.

A few Japanese troops barely survived the massive US attack on the Homeland of Japan.

Since the US Navy in sz 6 was now facing a counter attack from a superior Japanese Airforce and Japanese Naval units - the US Navy would certainly be eliminated.

This scenario left the USA with no Warships anywhere on the game board - and so the initiative was lost for the US player.

The overall situation in Early 1943:

The German Army managed to halt the Soviet offensive on the Eastern Front Western Europe was heavily defended by German & Italian forces, including numerous Mines Italian troops were firmly holding on to Egypt - even though almost all of North Africa was under Allied control. The thread from any US Amphibious Assault in Western Europe was eliminated. US Troops in Soviet Far East were cut off from any reinforcements The Japanese Navy was the only Navy in the entire Pacific Ocean - with no Allied Naval units to stop the Japanese expansion Western USA was captured by Japanese Infantry units…

The Allies surrendered in Early 1943 after the failed amphibious attack on Japan.

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Okay so I that title sounds kinda clickbait-y and I apologize for that. To get it said and done, no I don’t think France should be scrapped entirely replaced with Britain or something. I just think that as is, it needs way more to be an actual nation worth having a person play if you have a lot of people while still being balanced. So we all know that 99% of the time, France is gonna fall on the first turn to Germany. Maybe they pull some weird new mega brain ultra plan but that’s pretty unlikely. Paris falls, Germany gets cash money and the French are left playing the most minor and conservative support role known to man.
This really sucks for you when you first pick up the game and think maybe there’s gonna be some interesting new faction with special rules like China but instead you’re just a stepping stone. So here’s what I would suggest:

Instead of having just France it be France and a collection of the other minor allied powers in exile. So France, Dutch, Poland, etc. Change Congo to this new faction and place an infantry down there. Maybe one infantry in Indonesia and one in Indo China, an extra fighter in Britain, and maybe a Transport in either the Atlantic or Med.
But that still isn’t really much of an improvement for the player, so similarly to China I would say that the exiled Allies should get some special way of recruiting units. It’d be very small like at the end of every turn roll a die and if you roll a one you can place one infantry down in any territory of yours worth at least one IPC. While I do want to make it more interesting for the exiled Allies player, I don’t want to make them too powerful to significantly hurt the Axis. To counteract this maybe make a few territories they own worth an extra IPC? They won’t be making money once Paris falls and a few more IPCs I think would add up to a rough equivalence. Territories like Normandy, Indochina, Tunis, etc.

I’m not gonna pretend like I’ve actually tested this yet and I’m also fully admitting that I might be accidentally suggesting some horrible completely unbalanced idea that would throw it to the Allies. But this is just a little idea I thought up to try and help make things slightly more fun for the poor French player. Is this a good idea? Am I a big dumb-dumb? (Those are not mutually exclusive.) I really want to know your guys’ thoughts on this before I actually try it or anything I could do to change or fine tune it so please let me know!

But other than that I haven’t seen any errors so great work! They’re especially good for newbies since it has the NOs and Political situations

@crockett36
What you talkin bout Willis?

If you NoDOW, this usually means you are after Russia and defeat China and stall the US in the Pacific.
UK will likely grow strong and a Calcutta Crush (CC) is almost not doable.

This helps out Euro Axis alot.
BUT!:
If anything goes wrong with the german march on Moscow, you are screwed on both sides of the Map.

I tried it over and over with minimal success.
Now i prefer a solid J1 in BM and Vanilla since the impact on both Theaters are enormous.
The US has to choose a side and need to quickly balance out the whole board.
UK has all hands full as well.

A J1 is putting a lot of pressure to the Allies.

a CC is very likely stabilize J’s income arround 70-80 ipc creating many Threats at once by better pistioning your self in the Pacific.
-better odds on achivieving all 6 VC’s

@knp7765:

I think the other nations would welcome such a development. “Oh, you have a bunch of paratroops and transport planes? Good! Now I’m going to invade you with my stack of tanks and mechs.”

Yes, this would echo the principle of unequal force ratios stated in the proverbial Law of the Sword, which says “The guy with the gun usually wins.” Â