A pair of us play in Flower Mound regularly. We play’40 with a fair amount of optional rules.
Let me know if you’d like to join us or just see what kinds of optional rules we use.
Chris at 972 768 4149

@Titus thank you so much!

@MAG Mostly on weeknights for a couple hours at a time. We do play some weekends on Sundays mostly. Interested in coming and seeing?

@MAG we are playing tonight. Probably start around 7.
My address is::

6014 Plantation ln
Flower Mound, 75022

@FranceNeedsMorePower you’d have to paint them blue, but etsy has some nice figures with multiple options- even French Foreign legion

@Vendetta said in [Global 1940] Blitz After Attacking With No Casualties:

My proposal is this: tanks (and any other blitzing unit) are only prevented from blitzing if they fight a battle where the defenders inflict at least one casualty on the attacking force - i.e. if you invade that territory with 1 infantry and kill him, and he doesn’t land a hit on you, your tanks are then free to invade one more territory.

Tanks become much scarier when you play this way - you won’t be sure what exactly it takes to stop them, and you can never be 100% certain that a breakthrough is impossible. Defense in depth remains a valid strategy - but now you have to think more about how strong of a blocking force to leave behind in your front line territories.

I think the Path to Victory modification, with its expanded number of Eastern Front territories, would especially benefit from this rule

Good idea. Will use this to build off both for this and for Destroyer screens.

2 of us play Global 40 with a fair number of optional rules. We play up in the Flower Mound area.
If you are interested in joining us, or coming to see what kinds of optional rules we use, reach out to me.
Chris at 972 768 4149

@Titus or would you be willing to just share a pdf of the silhouettes you used on your battle board? Looking forward to your thoughts. TIA, Chris

@jacobg We play with the limitations, ie only as many dice as there are planes and a max limit of 3 dice per AA gun, but we use 12 sided dice. So before the first round of battle begins, those AA shoot with a 1 or 2 being a hit. Before the second round of combat, same process, but now they hit only on a 1. So it might be worth saving them or buying the occasional one.

@MAG will tonight not work for you? We generally decide the day of or night before we are going to play, so any opportunity to come play or learn the optional rules we use will be on short notice.
Let me know so I will know whether to expect you.
Thanks,
Chris

@The-Captain Were you able to release the total war rules?
Cheers,
Chris

Looking for thoughts on some ideas I have for events that would bring a surge of troops to the table so to speak.
I read in one of the optional rules about the US getting an immediate influx of 10 infantry at no charge once war was declared on them or they declared war. I don’t fully recall and am paraphrasing, but the notion was that that sudden influx represented the mobilizing of the National Guard that took place on Dec 8 and after.
If Japan proper was attacked, would there- should there be an immediate influx of volunteers or civilians who’d been training for repelling an invasion? In such a circumstance should Japan get 10 (or more) infantry to defend the home island at no charge?
Should Russia get an infusion of infantry the turn after or maybe 2 after Germany attacks?
Would Germany get such a mass infusion of troops if Germany came under attack- akin to the Volkstrum and the masses of men and boys who picked up arms in the final months?
I have my own ideas but would love to read what others think about my questions.
Cheers,
Chris

Hi Plano Guy and NatChris,
We play Global 40 in the Flower Mound area pretty regularly and are always looking for people who want to play/ learn who also have a laid back attitude about gaming. We play for fun, although the competitive juices do come out some times lol. If you are intrigued, drop me a note or call me.
I hope to hear from you.

Chris Bump
cncbump@verizon.net
972 768 4149.

@edfactor if you are still of the mind and looking, we play Global 40 pretty regularly in the Flower Mound area. I can be reached at cncbump@verizon.net and 972 768 4149 if you’re interested in learning more.
Hope to hear from you,
Chris

@TANK78 we play up here in the Flower Mound area pretty regularly. Sebastian has even joined us a couple times. There is also a large group who play regularly down in the Hurst/ Grand Prairie area. You can reach me at cncbump@verizon.net or 972 768 4149 if you’re interested.
Love to hear your thoughts.
Best,
Chris

@PlasticKnight Hi,
We play pretty regularly down here in the Flower Mound area of North Texas. You are welcome to come if you’re willing to make the drive. We might be able to wrangle up some accommodations for you if you do decide to make the trek.
My email is cncbump@verizon.net and my phone is 972 768 4149
Hope to see your thougths.
Best,
Chris

Interested in how you are positioning these too. Are you thinking that they could go into the attack so that the attacker may also have AA against defending aircraft in addition to being able to move more further/ faster? Are you thinking of giving them a land combat capability? I’ve been acquiring models for each of the major nations. My challenge is that they were used in such small numbers since they tended to be distributed into battery sized units (4-6 vehicles) and assigned to various battalions or brigades, so how much land combat value to give them. Look forward to your play test results- hope you share as you play each time.
Thanks,
Chris

All the major protagonists had mobile artillery in one form or another. Is your thought to limit the availability to nations who made the most use of it? We’ve had discussions around these type things, but ultimately decided that the game is a game more than a simulation and so if a player wants to buy one or if the Italian player wants to research jets, they should be allowed to.

@Titus thank you so much!

@Landkreuzer1000Ratte Did the Dutch fight? I was of the impression that when they capitulated in 1940, their military ceased all defensive operations. But fully prepared to be corrected. All that Dutch infantry will make the limited Japanese available infantry even more of a liability for Japan. If I were going to add all those troops, would feel obliged to balance with more Japanese troops. Does that then cause in balance in China if the Japanese player then opts to use his new found troops there rather than for an invasion of the money islands? Not sure I see the upside to this adjustment?