Any bonus for attacking from 2 location at the same time?

@vodot Makes sense, I guess.

Hi all, here’s some artwork to add two versions of the Tiger Tank (one with header, one without) and two versions of ANZAC Infantry (OOB + variant) to the Reference Charts. The four ANZAC Infantry divisions kicked ass in North Africa, so I thought a little stat boost would be a small but fun way to reflect that.

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For the ANZAC Infantry, as I mentioned there are two versions.

The original Optional RAW is:

ANZAC Reinforcements
The United Kingdom player may deploy one UK infantry
each turn from the Reinforcements Zone directly to the
Indian Ocean convoy sea zone.

Version one just puts a visual on the reference chart to remind the Allied player of this optional rule.

If you use the “variant” version of the ANZAC Infantry (A3/D4, not supported by artillery) then there is FINALLY a reason for those larger ANZAC Infantry sculpts in AAP40.2… turns out they’re just better! Verbose rules for the variant version below.

I printed these out at 5.3" wide on some vinyl sticker paper and voila.

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ANZAC Reinforcements (variant version)
The United Kingdom player may purchase and deploy one
ANZAC infantry each turn from the Reinforcements
Zone directly to the Indian Ocean convoy sea zone. If you
own a copy of Axis and Allies: 1940 Pacific use the ANZAC
Infantry pieces from that game; otherwise you may denote
these units in whatever way you choose.

ANZAC Infantry always attack at 3 (they are not further
boosted by Artillery) and defend at 4. A maximum of 4* of them
may be present on the board at any given time, and they may
not be represented or multiplied by chips. They are otherwise
identical to regular UK infantry in every way.

*One for each of the four prominent ANZAC divisions in North Africa: the Australian 9th, 6th, and 7th, and the 2nd New Zealand.

As a note, for anyone else looking to modify the Reference Charts or Map, it appears that the new font for Territories, Cities, and Unit Type is Barcelona (either ICS or EF), headers are Impact, and most other text appears to be Times New Roman.

Enjoy!

@The_Good_Captain

No, the British player cannot buy supply with pre-game variable RPs.
On page 9, the plastic game pieces are referred to as combat units and trucks. As supply is not a plastic piece, they are not combat units.

Under LAND UNITS on page 30: “Infantry, mechanized infantry, artillery, anti-tank guns, anti-aircraft artillery, scout cars, and tanks are combat units, but trucks are not combat units.” Supply is not listed here as a combat unit.

Looks like we should have defined combat units more carefully, but the phrase “combat unit” appears dozens of times in the rulebook and it is clear in those uses that supply is not considered a combat unit.

Thanks,
Matt

@DoManMacgee

Thanks! Think i got i covered then :)

@Ramstark 1-2 is for Anti Air. I’m not quite sure if the German AAA’s were that better to warrant for a 3 or less. If so then I would be happy to add it to my North Africa 1939 Variant game.

If an Italian bomber attacks the Malta Convoy zone in where you have 3 Supply Tokens and 1 UK Fighter, his attack value is technically 6 with the Fighter having a defense value of 5. This is of course quite absurd that a slow bomber would be able to attack a Spitfire and have a stronger attack value. Has there been a complimentary rule on this in order to reduce the bomber attack value to well below the Fighters value to reflect the very slim chance of success
?

@Axtivate I tried to play as close to the rules as possible. I believe I got about 90% of them correct. The ones I missed were minor.

I’ve played it more times now and I have seen results split between the sides with the Allies getting more wins. Getting to Cairo is hard and by the time Operation Torch starts Germany has to then focus on protecting Tunis from the Allies. The times I have seen the Allies lose was a failure in having enough supply.

@FranceNeedsMorePower

AI is trash when it comes to Axis and Allies. I asked it a few times, it only gives very generic info that’s not really helpful. Still, a specialized AI explicitly tasked with coming up with Axis and Allies strategies and loaded with all the rules and maps could be very helpful (although it doesn’t exist yet).