Hi all, I’m starting work on some G40 map overlays to add some of the same experimental and expanded features from my AA50 map. As with that project, I will be using Tjoek’s incredible ‘restored’ G40 map file as my starting point, so if you haven’t seen his incredible work restoring, cleaning, and fixing the G40 map, you owe it to yourself to check it out!
For anyone not familiar with my AA50 “modular” overlays project, the idea here is to offer ‘ala carte’ (use what you want, ignore what you don’t) changes for the G40 map in a modular, reversible way: print & cut out the overlays you want, stick them on top of your current printout or OOB map with removable poster putty, and voila- new scenarios/strategies await!
So: what balancing/historical/experimental map changes would you like to see for G40? Below are some initial thoughts of mine, based again on the additions/tweaks I’ve already done for AA50:
More VCs
Add Recruitment Centers
More Islands worth IPCs?
Sea Zone tweaks?
Identify Straits & canals
USA
UK
FRA
USSR
ANZAC
CHINA
GER
ITALY
JAPAN
@vodot Wow! I don’t have many suggestions, but here’s the ideas I thought of:
G40 is already a really complex game, so not too many more divisions should be made. A lot of your additions sound good though!
@CentralCommando said in G40 Map Overlays:
@vodot Wow! I don’t have many suggestions, but here’s the ideas I thought of:
- Sierra Leone under British Control instead of Neutral
- Repurpose one IPC from Queensland and give it to New Guinea, highlighting its importance during the Pacific campaign.
- Represent Borneo as Dutch (perhaps you could split British Sarawak into its own territory.
- Represent Western Canada as Canadian.
- Add Sakhalin to Soviet Russia
- Create a land bridge between Sicily and Southern Italy.
- Pro Axis Iran
- Make Mexico a Pro-Allied Neutral.
- Make Argentina a Pro-Axis Neutral.
G40 is already a really complex game, so not too many more divisions should be made. A lot of your additions sound good though!
Thanks for the input, these are great!
What do you mean by “Represent Western Canada as Canadian?” ‘De-yellowing’ the territory?
@vodot On the Pacific 40 board, Western Canada is marked with a British Roundel instead of a Canadian Roundel like Ontario and Quebec.
I’m glad you liked my ideas!
Really? On the one I looked at earlier it’s Canadian-roundeled :) Maybe Renegade fixed it in their reprint? I’ll check some of my older AH boards tomorrow…
@vodot They probably did, as on my physical copy of Europe 1940 Second Edition it has British Canada. If that’s already fixed on your map, then it isn’t an issue.
@CentralCommando well either way, here you go, my first G40 overlay :) Absolutely zero work on my part for this one- a copy-paste right from Tjoek’s raw map file.
Candian Western Canada!
EDIT:
I found the offending version of the OOB map, complete with Honolulu in the wrong place and all of Hasbro’s other hilarious geographical shenanigans that Tjoek and many others worked so hard to document and correct :)
“Copyright 2012 HASBRO” in bottom corner.
@vodot haha lol
@barnee said in G40 Map Overlays:
Hi vodot
Make Columbia border the Carribbean the way BlackElk did with UHD
I hadn’t seen that map from Black Elk, I’ll take a look thanks @barnee!
@vodot Just as I sent my standard map out for printing! You bully! Looking forward to your work! I finally have a global setup and am working my way through my first game.
@Titus I’ve just sent out this file to be printed a bit larger than OOB. I made it using Tojak’s map as a template. Do you have any advice on uploading images that look good despite the dimension limits on this site?
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@Titus The image already looks pretty good, but if you want to show the full quality of an image, There’s only a few options that I know of.
You could make a zoomed in shot. If your goal is to simply show a high-quality area on your map instead of the full thing, simply take a screenshot of that zoomed in shot and upload it the way you usually do.
You may be able to divide your file through a sectioner. You can upload your file onto a site such as PineTool or ImageSplitter and then divide your map into different parts. Then, you can download & then upload multiple crops of that image together in one post.
If you want to show the entire map in its high quality though, you’re likely going to need to upload your map through a 3rd-party file uploader. Some options include Zappfiles, Mediafire, and Dropbox. You can then link your exported image in your post.
If there’s a better method out there, please let me know, But these are probably the easiest options.
Also, good looking map!
@Titus said in Modular G40 Map Overlays:
@vodot Just as I sent my standard map out for printing! You bully! Looking forward to your work! I finally have a global setup and am working my way through my first game.
@Titus I’ve just sent out this file to be printed a bit larger than OOB. I made it using Tojak’s map as a template. Do you have any advice on uploading images that look good despite the dimension limits on this site?
Haha, well, take some time with the OOB map first and then let me know what you’d like to try as far as tweaks go.
RE: image uploads, I’ll echo @CentralCommando’s words above: I think the pic you uploaded there looks terrific for a preview, just like your AA50 version; for full size hi-res printable map files you would need a google drive share etc.
