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Global 1943 Expansion, Revised
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The second Global 1943 game has now ended.
As predicted, The Axis won by defeating The Allies economically.
Eventually it would have ended with a Military Victory - but according to the rules, when The Axis have a combined IPC level at 148 IPC at the Expanded National Production Chart, victory is achieved.
The War ended after France’s turn in Early 1946 with an Axis IPC level at 151.
Germany took over Italy in Late 1943, after succesfull Allied landings in northern Africa - and defeat of all Axis forces in Africa.
A renewed German offensive on the Eastern Front, pushed the Soviets back in disorder.
In Late 1944 a Soviet Army Group was surronded and cut off in Rostov. It was reinforced by Paratrooper units from Moscow - but stood no chance against the onslaught from a German Army Group and 20 Waffen-SS units supported by 10 German Paratrooper units.
In Early 1945 the Soviet lines of defense simply collapsed, and German forces - spearheaded by Waffen-SS Panzers & Waffen-SS Panzergrenadiers - drove around Moscow - encircled the Soviet Capital - and attacked deep into Soviet territories behind the Urals and further on.
By that time, the United States and United Kingdom had landed in Europe - and the Western Front was now on the border to Western Germany.
In the Pacific, Japan had reinforced the defensive positions on most of the conquered islands - and by a briliant naval strategy, was able to hold back the US Navy long enough to achieve Victory.
UK controlled Calcutta & New South Wales were still holding out - but as German Panzers pushed on deep into the Middle East, defeat was imminent.
In Early 1946, the Germans spend all their income, purchasing exclusively U-boats and Me 262 Jetfighter units, in order to defeat the UK and US navies in the Atlantic.
The War ended before The Second Battle of the Atlantic could begin…
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@the-captain Awesome ! Great game report :+1:
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Who do you think would have won the Second Battle Of The Atlantic?
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@superbattleshipyamato123
Most likely the Axis, since the losses in ships would be difficult for the Allies to replace at this time of the War.
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Is it possible you can shows us a map of the board at the end of the game please? Thank you!
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@superbattleshipyamato123
Yes - most likely in 7-9 weeks from now, when we edit our picture registration from our ftf games.
You might need to remind me at that time, since our A&A gaming season 2021/2022 has already begun - and we spend our time on playing A&A.
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Thank you!
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I’m happy to share your statement:+1:
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This Axis & Allies Gaming Season will mostly include the Global 1943 scenario.
One of the greatest benefits is, that Global 1943 offers players an opportunity to experience the use of Armies from game start.
Within a few rounds of play, we also see German Me262 Jetfighter units on the game board - and from then on, there is only limited Strategic Bombing against German factories.
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Try telling that to Goring, where most of the jet fighters were destroyed on the ground due to lack of fuel.
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Also, do you have any plans to alter the 1940 game setup to include the new units from the house rules (to include existing paratroopers, elite infantry, and other units historically existing)? Thank yoU!
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@superbattleshipyamato123
The creation of the Global 1943 House Rules Expansion was an enormous task.
It took more than 3 years to complete the setup - and was based on more than 168 Global 1940 games (combined with the Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion).On top of that, we had to playtest the 1943 version 32 times, before the final result proved the game to be balanced.
We don’t have any plans for a revised 1940 setup.
We are convinced that Larry Harris and his team did the best job.
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Thank you for responding!
Yes, but the it’s a bit different adding in all the new units (and it would make sense to add existing Waffen-SS units and paratroopers that were around in 1940 to the board). I did not know that it took that so long to make the 1943 game! Looks like that’s not going to be a reality-I don’t have enough time to play this one anyway.
Keep up the good work!
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I’ll get back shortly, with some information from the game we had Sunday:relaxed:
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Is it possible to have the Global 1943 setup ready for TripleA, this year?:relaxed:
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@the-captain yea actually you can already do it with edit. Make a saved game after you get it setup. But that’s next on the list. To make it easier with a Map Option click and go
Probably a week on the test game a day to fix/enhance. I have to reread 43, but there are no rules changes just setup and timeline correct ?
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Great,
Yes - no rule changes. It’s all Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion - with the Global 1943 setup.
Winning conditions are also still the same:+1:
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@the-captain cool yea have to Player Enforce Victory conditions for now. I guess I could throw a notification in at end of round but I hate to spam anymore than necessary .
Also I don’t think triplea can check for economic victory. hmm… well plenty to do before that : )
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@barnee
Yea - I assume that it could be a challenge to have TripleA check for economic Victory, since most islands in the Pacific have increased values… -
@the-captain well maybe I’ll throw a notification in at end rd for France after x amount of rds. Maybe start at 6 or 8 ? whenever Victory is most likely to first happen. Can use the comment log to document it if needed
The PU totals are totaled for each side as well as each player so it’s easy to check
Although I still need to fix DNG being hardwired at 2
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