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Thanks for the quick clarification.

I couldn’t really find a clear answer about this situation.  Can naval units bombard during an allied amphibious assault?  Here is an example:

• Japan controls Philippines with one infantry. They have no naval units in SZ 35.

• US moves three battleships into SZ 35 on their turn.

• ANZAC declares an amphibious assault on Philippines with two transports each carrying two units (four total units).

Can the US BB’s bombard to support the ANZAC invasion?  In other words, what is the definition of an “accompanying” battleship or cruiser?

Here are an assortment of game aids that I created for my game.  They include setup cards for Global and Pacific (the original setups), a political situation reference for Global, and a few others.  They are all in print-quality PDF format.

EDIT:  I have just uploaded the charts with Alpha +3 rules and setups included.

http://www.vector1design.com/AxisAllies/

@johnnymarr:

three misc. boxes

Nice setup cards!

Variable, what program are you using to open the spreadsheet?  Office 2004 for Macs supports VBA, but Office 2008 does not.  Microsoft has said that the next version of Office for Mac will support VBA again, but if you’ve got 2008, you’re SOL.

Hey, great code on this!  I added buttons real quick to eliminate the need for hotkeys.  (Sorry, but I already started customizing the colors and fonts on mine, too!)

I never would have thought to do this, but this is awesome!  This runs great if you take the headings off and run it full screen in Excel.  Thanks again!

AAG40_Bank.xls

@leddux:

My understanding form Krieg was that Dutch territories are taken during the non combat phase by either ANZAC / UK as the other “pro” neutrals.

I was under the impression that the takeover part had to be done in the combat phase.  Correct me if I’m wrong, though.

EDIT:  Ok, I went back and reviewed the clarifications on the Dutch, and have modified the chart to reflect a UK/ANZAC land unit takeover during the non-combat phase.

If I tried making these without posting them here for all of you to comb over, they would be a mess!  Thanks for all the input!

@marechallannes:

6 russian inf in Amur missing
6 russian inf in Sakha missing
6 russian inf in Buryata missing

@marechallannes:

There is one american airbase and one american naval base too much in Central USA.

Thanks, these have been fixed.  All of the changes so far to the cards have been fixed and posted to the web page.  Also, I finished up the Political Situations reference and posted that as well.  Let me know what you think about it.  Sorry about the mistakes, like I said, it’s been real busy around here lately!

Ok, here is something I came up with for the political situations.  The main idea here is to use this as a quick reference, not to completely replace the rulebook.  I know that I took some liberties by not including some fundamental rules in here, but I think all of the main situations that directly affect gameplay are included.  Let me know if you like this layout, or if something in here needs to be fixed that could affect gameplay.  Thanks again!

@calvinhobbesliker:

Could you make another card with the political situation?

Working on one!  I don’t know how it will turn out, but if it’s cool, I’ll post it up here!

@marechallannes:

Just one thing: the global income for France is 19 IPC not 17(French Indochina)

Balls… the Soviet income was wrong, too.  Thanks for pointing it out.  It has been updated.  :x

Ok, all of the setup cards for Global are done and ready!  The link is here:  http://www.vector1design.com/AxisAllies.  These are high-resolution PDF’s that print directly onto standard 8 1/2 x 11 paper.

I know that the print is kind of small, but they are designed to be inserted into the individual boxes.  For the same reason, Calvin, the UK is split into two cards, sorry!  Most of the friends I get to play are Axis & Allies noobs, so that’s why stuff like the turn orders and turn phases are on there.

On another note, I’m playing around with a Political Situation chart that uses the same format, but is full-sheet sized.  If it ends up turning out ok, I’ll post that too!  Let me know if anything needs fixed, I’ve been real busy and haven’t had time to proof real well!

Here is the link to my Setup charts for Global:  http://www.vector1design.com/AxisAllies

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Hey, I just wanted to let everyone that was interested know that I’m putting together Global setup charts like the ones I did for Pacific.  These charts aren’t as in-depth as the ones that Bob does, nor do they match the style as well, but I still have people downloading the Pacific charts so I thought I’d share these for anyone that might want them.  Attached is a low-res image of two of the charts so you know what I’m talking about.  I’ll let you know when the high-res PDF’s are ready to be downloaded.  Thanks!

When they say “bases can be built on any controlled territory”, they mean controlled by whoever is doing the building.  You may not build bases or IC’s on allied territories, only your own.

@Krieghund:

I’m sure that an announcement will be made on their website on Monday, including full information on how to proceed.

@C_Strabala:

I’m not seeing anything on the Wizards site about trading my battleboard & more tactical bombers.

My guess is we won’t see anything on there until Monday.  Just shootin’ in the dark, though.  ;)

Unbelievable, Krieg!  What did you have to do, threaten to unleash a Juzam Djinn on them??  ;)

My interpretation of the rules says “no”.  Japan would only enter into war with UK/ANZAC, not the Dutch.  Good question, though.  Can’t wait to hear the real answer.  ;)

@lukef17:

mistake on the US card?

5 IPCs for controlling iwo jima AND okinawa.
" (each) " should not be be there.

Yep, this was copy & pasted from Japan’s card.  I can’t believe it took so long for someone to notice!  Thanks Luke, files have been updated.

@Texas:

Okay, can anyone tell me what’s wrong with my pix?  Does this not like jpegs?  I can probably fix it with a little guidance.  Thanks!

Hmm… not sure why they’re not showing up.

I’ve only played this 3-player so far, and our breakdown was US/China and UK/ANZAC.  This seemed to be the best balance for play experience.  I can see where a UK/China and US/ANZAC might work as well, though, although it splits up the US player’s turn.  Maybe I’ll try that out some time.