Actually, we are still working on the first game. We only get to play for a few hours each weekend so sometimes a game of Global 40 will last 2 or 3 weeks. Luckily, I have a room where I can keep the game set up.
Aside from a number of odd ball placements, I noticed two main differences: 1 > the Soviet Union forces started a lot more spread out across Russia which made Germany’s initial attack a little easier. 2 > the United States had almost no presence in the Pacific. The bulk of the US Navy ended up in SZ 101, plus most of their ground units and air units in East USA. As a result, they decided on a “get Germany first” strategy and almost ignored the Pacific.
That caused Japan to get HUGE. At present, Japan rules the Pacific, including Australia, and is threatening the US West coast. Japan also took out all of China and India.
Germany managed to take Moscow and make the Russians extinct. However, USA and Britain overwhelmed Germany and Italy and liberated Paris. There are no Italian units left and only 3 German units left on the board.
So, on the Europe board, we have a lot of German controlled but unoccupied Russian territory with the US, British and French occupying almost all of Europe and ready to start moving into Russia. Japan rules most of the Pacific board and is threatening the US West coast. Japan also has a small force traveling through the Middle East. They made some landings in Africa, but the Brits spanked them hard. The Brits are strong in Egypt with part of the US Navy there to back them up.
Technically, this would have been an Axis win with Japan getting 6 of 8 VCs on the Pacific board. But when Berlin and Rome fell, we decided to see how this plays out.
1939 set up placement
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i’m trying to set up a game of ‘a and a’ beginning in 1939,i have one set up although i think the board may be over loaded in some areas and not enough in others, germany are in four region’s with about 24 inf 18 tnk 12 fghtr 12 artlr and about 10 various sea units japan also are in four region’s with about half the forces of germany, the s.u. control all the s.u. and ukraine, belarus,west russia and eastern europe, they have 17 inf 5 tnk 8 artlr 3 fght 1 bmb 2 tns 2 sub and 1 btls the u.k similar forces with larger navy in seven region’s including western europe, and the u.s. with a force of 10 inf 4 tnk 2 artlr 7 fghtr 2 bmb 4 tns 2 dstr 2 btls 2 a.c. only in the u.s., i was thinking of only using the u.s. after the first attack on the u.s. except for the u.s. supported chinese in china, the axis start with more i.p.c’s and less territory value the allies are the opposite, sort of a “war chest” if you like,i’m not sure how many units should be in china, 1 in each region or more,also should there be a relatively large force in india, i have no units in the south pacific, japan controls shanghai, with a large force.i’m leaving unoccupied axis region’s vacant and of no value unless conquered, but only by axis powers and allied unoccupied region’s only add to i.p.c’s when “activated” i.e. when friendly units occupy or liberate them, should the u.s. be gathering let’s say small i.p.c’s while idle. any idea’s, answers, related topics or suggestions greatly appreciated, i’m playing the 2004 version.
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24 inf 18 tnk 12 fghtr 12 artlr and about 10 various sea…
have a look at our AARHE 1939 set up to guide you because its based partly on that map. Your figures are way too high for 1939 for german hardware
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yeah i think your right about that, i had a look at the AARHE map 1939 set up,it looks really good,i think i’ll modify it for the board i have and see how it works.is there a rule set online for AARHE,thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
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yea find tekkyy and look under his signature line for the links… hes all over this place.
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i found the links to the threads really helpful,i downloaded the rules file and saved it on the computer then i couldnt open it, i had this problem before with other files,i think its something to do with “word” or something,are there any other files or sites that have the rules
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yeah, i can download those files,i can definetely use some of those rules in my game,i think i’ll use the new units and fortresses and some of the politics,and as near to the set up as i can.thanks
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