World Championship 2026 A&A G40 Expansion

@aa_sloth

You can play against any other player who is also a member on this forum.

All games must be recorded at the Game Report thread on this forum with pictures and text.

I suggest that you check out Global 1940 No. 12 Game Report - this will give you an idea of how your Game Reports could look.

We have posted updates to the World Championship 2026.
See the top of the first post in this thread.

The updates are:

• Air Fleet Commander is part of the rules during this event.
• The time frame has been expanded to 15 hours for each game.
• The time frame has been expanded to 40 minutes for each side in each round.

Why are some HRE rules available and some are not:

The G40 HRE WC26 is the first of its kind. The event is also used to test the HRE Tournament Rules.

We have analyzed more than 200 G40 HRE board games in the period 2015-2024 to find out which units & rules are most widely used.

The Units & Rules that are not available in the G40 HRE WC26 are either not commonly used during most games - or they are only used when the outcome of the game seems to already be determined.

With one exception: Increased Shipbuilding in the Pacific Theatre (US & Japan).
This rule is a basic element of the HRE - so it seemed obvious that the rule should be included in the G40 HRE WC26.
Then why is it not included:
We are play testing a new unit & rule: Naval Fleet Commander and Naval Task Force Group

Since we concluded that Increased Shipbuilding in the Pacific Theatre might have an effect on the impact of the Naval Fleet Commander, we decided - initially - to exclude the Increased Shipbuilding in the Pacific Theatre rule from the HRE Tournament Rules.

By Late 2025 we might have the Naval Fleet Commander ready for use after the final play testing.

We will then decide if this rule - and Increased Shipbuilding in the Pacific Theatre will be included in the G40 HRE WC26.

@Trout

Awesome - we’ll look forward to your G40 HRE Game Reports in the near future.