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Hey everyone, just wanted to share a new channel on You Tube. I am covering Axis and Allies Global 1940 as well as Global War 36 from Historical Board Gaming.

My channel name is “Admiral Sea Bass.” :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-DKPIkmeHk&feature=youtu.be

My first video series is all about taking the tech rules from Global War 36 into Axis and Allies Global 40, along with some house rules on light cruisers and battle cruisers.

Would love if you could follow me and give me feedback.

Rank Carcass and General Hand Grenade, you get special shout outs in my opening video. Thanks guys!

Rank Carcass is playing through a solo game on You Tube right now, and he has a house rule where the warlord territories that border the USSR become CCP after Japan invades China. This has made the Japanese invasion a lot more interesting, especially since he has three Soviet fighters in there helping out now.

@trig hey there I am the designer of GW 85. Happy to see a forum here and happy to answer questions and interact as I can.

Task Forces exist in the game because in the 80s the navies organized their naval groups into task forces to do certain things, mainly to protect sealift through enhanced capability to detect surface, air and subsurface threats to the sealift lanes. Capital ships - mainly carriers - were a key cog in this wheel and never moved outside of a task force. So the game recreates that through the task force concept. When a task force conducts combat it can do certain things that a bunch of frigates, subs and destroyers moving alone cannot do.

I wish I could say more but as everything is still being tested, I think it would be best if I didn’t.

Hope this helps!

@655321 on the d12 question, right now it is a mix. I am using D12 for a couple of new units - light cruisers and battle cruisers - but d6 for everything else. I have thought about implementing d12 across the board but then I could not use my new YG hit dice. :-)

Thanks for the comments and for watching my vids!

@Rank-Carcass that is basically the same strategy for how Russia defends itself. Pull back from the front, maybe set up blockers, then hit on the counterattack. I will try that in the game I am getting ready to play.

Hey global warriors, we do have a Facebook page for Global War 85. Lots of updates and pictures posted there and I try to answer questions as best I can.

Just finished the most recent playtest. China won the game (barely), Warsaw Pact second, NATO third. The game began with a hotspot scenario representing a significant Warsaw Pact buildup in Central and South America, which kept the US very busy (the Soviets even managed to briefly hold a U.S. home territory) and consequently NATO struggled to hold the Warsaw Pact back in Europe. China managed to hold out against an early Soviet attack by concentrating on purchasing lots of infantry and taking advantage of their ability to wage People’s War.

The game is really progressing nicely and we need to playtest two more hotspot scenarios (next on the agenda is Able Archer, then South Africa) over the course of the spring and summer.

@dazedwit welcome to YouTube! Enjoyed your video. Keep making them!

@Chris_Henry agreed. good thing the game is worth it!

Chris, that’s why in my house rules I give special abilities to battle cruisers and light cruisers. BC’s get naval target select and CL’s get AAA ability. That makes them a little more special and worth investing in all on their own.

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Hey everyone, I upgrade to a 4x8 map for GW 36, so I would like to give my 3x6 to someone who could enjoy this great game.

Details here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC41fa4uD6I

Good luck!

@mrgoatcheese a competent Japanese player will first take all naval bases from the KMT and if they do it in July 37 then you will have a long year until the Burma Road opens to Yunnan in July 38. And a competent Japanese player will also be pressuring Yunnan by late 38/early 39.

And then there is the fact that the US might not be able to lend lease at all to China until the US hits 15 IPP. It depends on how you interpret two contradictory statements on the US reference sheet.

The best USSR can do is lend their 2 fighters and 1 tactical to the KMT or the CCP if you use that house rule. Russia has to spend that 8 IPP on its own needs or risk foregoing Portugal/Iran/Mongolia/Finland in the short term and maybe risk getting steamrolled by Germany in the long term.

@Chris_Henry and then the 4th by just spending their 7 IPPs to spend BBs the rest of the game!