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@Pvt_Griff Hey there, this isn’t Griff Felt is it?

If so, that’s really cool, if not, it’s nice to connect with you. We play some in person A&A games in north central MA. If you’re ever interested in learning more, or joining us, let me know!

@barnee Thanks - actually will be busy starting a 6 person in-person game on Saturday.

@barnee Thanks Barnee, we totally overlooked that. Will downgrade it now so we can at least play correctly moving forward. We have all the rules printed out but it’s easy to miss something when there are so many.

@barnee You’re quite welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!

@The-Captain Question - Can you use Strategic Rail Movement for Paratroopers?

@The-Captain Awesome, thank you!

@The-Captain Thank you! If the Axis factory wasn’t captured in original Soviet territory would they still gain the benefit of being able to destroy it for free at any time, or would they have to pay 4 IPC like other countries?

@barnee Thanks Barnee! For VC’s the Axis have to hold 6 in the Pacific (or 8 in Europe) for a FULL turn. So since they achieved 6 on Japan’s turn it has to get all the way back to Japan’s next turn to be considered a victory. That’s why if Russia didn’t succeed in taking Shanghai it would’ve been game over.

Great idea about building an air base in Central, need to seriously consider that.

Score is currently: Axis 125 Allies 154

Scheduling is tough so we probably won’t play again until early November.

@The-Captain Question about moving Russian factories. Can you move German factories that Russia takes over and now belong to Russia? Same with all other special factory rules that apply to Russia.

1943 Europe Josh Schoorens Custom A&A Game Report - 1 time ever played

Finland, Romania, Vichy France - Cathy M
USA - Pat H
Germany - Mkgionet (me)
USSR - Alex M
UK - Mike K
Italy - Josh S (game’s creator)

I’m thinking I should’ve taken pictures of the empty board before placing any units as there are so many units it’s hard to see where many of them are located as they are covering up the names of several territories. My apologies.

EARLY 1943 took quite some time as there many battles. (Germany initiated somewhere around 15 battles on his turn.)
USA destroyed about half of Germany’s U-boats in the Atlantic , had a sizeable force about to land in Africa, and started making Brazil a staging area.
The remaining German U-boats were able to do some damage to the US Fleet, but not a major impact, though some ground units were lost due to transports being vulnerable in the middle of the Atlantic. Germany and Finland pushed toward Archangel in the North by capturing Novgorod. Moved directly toward Komi by capturing Kaluga, and pushed south capturing Kursk. A minor factory was built in Greece and troops were moved towards the front-lines, or anticipated front lines bordering the English Channel. The German navy took control of the English Channel.
USSR launched a massive counter-attack reclaiming most of the territory Germany had captured, with the notable exception of Novgorod, which still had a strong force. Many casualties on both sides.
Romania pushes into Kostroma.
UK started building up troops. Although Germany clearly was going after USSR hard, he knew it was only a matter of time before the UK initiated D-Day. Controlling the English Channel was going to be key. In the south the UK consolidated their navy in the Med and took Tobruk in Africa. Troops were pushed into USSR for lend-lease conversion.
Italy cleared out most of the Med, except where the UK consolidated, and they prepared to counter-attack in Africa.
Vichy France pushed towards Western Africa with fleet and troops to meet the coming USA force.

LATE 1943
Finland consolidated troops and pushed eastward with troops and westward with ships. Made the mistake of leaving several territories unguarded.
USA landed a massive force in Africa, with an equally massive navy. Brazil became a massive staging ground. Many ships, planes, and troops moved into position closer to Europe. A decent sized fleet is moved into the western part of the British Channel.
Germany sees an opportunity for attack with more ships and plans and sinks the US fleet that just moved into the western part of the English Channel, reclaims the Channel, and eliminates Allied ships off the Eastern coast of the UK. A massive battle takes place in Archangel (70+ German units) for a decisive victory. This lend-lease location wasn’t used and now is in control of Germany with little USSR resistance in the north. Not much progress in the southern part of USSR however. German forces in Africa move west towards the massive US force. A bold move utilizing (2) heavy bombers takes Gibralter. Likely a temporary move, but it will at least delay the Allies. Navy moved to meet the US when they are able to come through.
USSR effectively pushes back in the southern half of the country but is unable to retake Kostroma, and they sneakily move their northern navy out and capture Oulu.
Romania navy decisively takes out the southern Russian navy.
UK continues to feed troops to USSR in the south through lend-lease. and continues to amass troops in England. The massive UK navy consolidates and wipes out most of the German navy regaining control of the western part of The Channel.
Italy makes a bold attack to recapture Tobruk and succeeds rather easily.
Vichy France makes a risky attack with most of their fleet and air force against the massive US navy sitting off the coast of Africa. It doesn’t go well and they limp away after taking many losses and inflicting only minor damage. Vichy reinforces Gibralter as best as they can.

Turn 3 continuing on 7/5!

@mkgionet Hey all, I’ve been super busy and don’t really have time to do a full game report, but here’s a quick synopsis of what transpired during Day 2 of continuing this modified Europe game.

Germany kept troops in place along the north and east coasts, fully expecting D-Day to come, but it never happened. Instead, the UK focused mostly om North Africa and USA focused on East Africa, Spain, and to a lesser extent Gibralter. Germany harassed the UK/USA navy in the English Channel to interfere with landing boats and bombardment for any amphibious assault that may take place. Troops marched relentlessly toward Moscow with heavy casualties on both sides. By the end of Day 2 Germany is sitting with a large force 2 territories away from the Russian capital with amassed Finnish troops ready to swoop in behind them. Russia has lost a lot of territory, but has a sizeable air force so it will take constant pressure for the Axis to keep advancing.

The UK & Italy built massive navies in the western med., with the UK and USA briefly taking Greece before Germany recaptured. On the last turn of the day Italy took a gamble and attacked the UK navy, earning a major victory. The UK has significant ground troops in Africa, but thier navy has been wiped out.

Gibralter has gone back and forth between sides, but neither side kept enough troops there to hold it for a full turn. Germany currently holds it, but fully expects to lose it shortly. Spain is divided with one half housing a large amount of Allied troops, and the other a large amount of Axis - big battle coming!

USA has a massive fleet sitting off Africa just waiting to get in the Med. Massive force in Western Africa that keeps advancing. Only thing Axis can do is slow them down. Another massive force on its way from Brazil. An Atom bomb has been built and is sitting in Greenland. Where will the Allies choose to drop it next turn?

France has helped with Africa and Spain as they are able. Romania has pushed Russia back slightly on the southern front, but doesn’t have the firepower to take important territories.

Will the USA & UK be able to put pressure on Germany before Moscow falls? We should find out on Day 3 - 8/30

@The-Captain Hello, do you have an updated Timetable chart to help keep track of when all these new Optional Rules (self propelled artillery, Desert Army, etc…) come into play?

@The-Captain Thank you! I’m surprised you removed Rockets from the chart. We’re starting a game Saturday with ALL of the optional rules (except Bidding & 1939) - it should be fun!

**1/31/26 MA Axis & Allies G40 Game with all optional rules
Rounds 1-5

Germany - Josh S.
Russia - Mike K.
Japan - Mkgionet
USA - Pat H.
UK - Alex M.
Italy - Elliott G.

Early Action:

• Germany brings subs together to form Wolf Packs, sinks a few ships, takes nearby pro-Axis territories, builds 10 mines that are put on the Russian border, and takes all of France.
• Russia declares War on Japan, but doesn’t attack them, which puts the standard G40 Mongolian rules in play, builds 10 mines, pulls troops back from western USSR, reorganizes troops.
• Japan moves pretty much all naval forces into one massive force around the Caroline Islands, though the aircraft carrier & destroyer that were originally placed next to the Caroline Islands sail west off the coast of Fiji. Factory built on mainland, attack against China in full force, but part of Air Force flown to Caroline Islands.
• USA expands naval force on both coasts, flies a couple of fighters, and moves navy next to Philippines to Australia.
• UK builds a factory in Egypt and this becomes a focal point of the battle in the Mediterranean, with UK navy trying to defend it from attack by Germany & Italy.
• Anzac sends 1 unit out to capture a money island. China tries it’s best to fight back.

Next couple rounds:

• Germany takes the unusual strategy of focusing on the Mediterranean and building a wall of mines on the Soviet border. Also eliminates the UK navy in the Atlantic and starts building armies.
• Russia places a small line of troops on the China border, put their own line of mines on the German border, and starts moving into the Middle East.
• Japan attacks Queensland on Rnd. 2 and barely wins with one tank and a one tactical bomber surviving. Australia has no troops in the capital so on their turn they build 2 fighters & 2 tanks. Japan moves another wave of troops to the Caroline Islands but only leaves the two transports defended by one destroyer, with destroyers in the surrounding sea zones next to Hawaii. The US flies over the blockade and breaks through it, destroying the transports that were ready to support the Australia attack on round 3. There’s no going back! Japan attacks Sydney in round 3 via amphibious assault with the 1 tank the only ground troop, supported by a battleship bombardment, (3) fighters & (2) tactical bombers. With the bombardment missing the battle doesn’t start well but rolling 4 hits with the tank and fighters saves the battle, once again leaving a tank and tactical bomber as the lone Japan survivors. Japan lost about half of their air force but came out with the win and no allied ships anywhere close to take it back. Japan pushes deeper into China but meets heavy resistance on the Burma Road.
• UK and Italy committing a lot of resources to the Mediterranean battle.
• US builds up troops and navy to send a large force to Gibraltar.

Last couple rounds:

• Mediterranean cleared of allied ships. German navy blocking the US/UK forces from entering past Gibraltar. Italy and Germany combine to capture Egypt and force the remaining UK navy to retreat to India.
• Africa mostly dominated by Italy, with a few French and UK troops trying to hold ground.
• UK builds a factory in Iraq but loses it the following turn to Italy with some amazing rolls.
• UK and USA invade western France. We’ll see what response Germany has in round 6.
• Russian finally gets aggressive and sends all western troops to attack Japan. Counterattack destroys all invading troops.
• Japan expands control of China, but two territories on the Burma Road are still holding out.
• Russian troops attack Japan in China but are pushed back to their border.
• Japan has conquered a lot of territory but is running really thin. Have built a 2cd factory on the mainland to help try and revitalize the attack vs. India & China that has stalled. Escort off Japan carrying 3 naval mines to deploy in round 6.
• Several large Pacific battles but the USA is more quickly building back their navy
• Germany finally attacks Russia in round 5, with a counterattack by Russia.

Pictures below show where things currently stand. To be continued on Feb 7th

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@The-Captain
No, these pictures are from when we paused the game at the end of Round 5 (after France) - Early 1942. We’re about to start Late 1942.

No, surprisingly the Soviets didn’t produce Soviet Guard Infantry units.

Wow, the Soviet player was so focused on Paratroopers and the front line that he totally forgot about the Red Army Conscription rule. Being Japan, I wasn’t paying too close attention to what the Soviet player was doing if it didn’t involve my side of the world. Being a friendly game, I would have no problem with allowing him to do this in Round 6 unless you think it would disrupt game balance.

Ugh, thank you for that reminder, Captain, we were discussing that bonus a turn or two prior but I just confirmed that he didn’t take that bonus. We’ll let him do it before Germany takes his turn. I was focused on the Pacific side and didn’t pay close attention when Germany launched his attack.

Yes - big turn coming up for Germany!

@The-Captain CORRECTION!
I just talked with the Soviet player and he thought he could make them anytime starting in Early 1942, and overlooked the fact that he could ONLY make them in Early 1942.

@The-Captain Yes, that’s a nice setup!

@barnee That’s what I thought but just wanted to confirm. Thank you!

@The-Captain These new charts are useful - thank you!

**2/7/26 MA Axis & Allies G40 Game with all optional rules
Rounds 6 - end

Germany - Josh S.
Russia - Mike K.
Japan - Mkgionet
USA - Pat H.
UK - Alex M.
Italy - Elliott G.

Due to an oversight USSR received 10 IPC from Germany attacking them, and was able to execute Conscription in turn 6.

First:

• Germany reclaimed their original territory from USSR and the stalemate between Russia and Germany continues where they just watch each other at the border looking over a large minefield. This would continue almost until the end of the game.
• Interestingly no lend-lease was given to USSR the entire game.
• Germany didn’t have the forces to push the ground troops out of France and sink the fleet off the coast of Gibraltar. They chose to move a large number of forces into Paris and Southern France, upgrade the Southern France factory, and build 12 U-boats (4 wolf packs). They invaded Gibraltar and with good rolling could’ve taken it but instead chose to let the ground troops (2) be killed instead of sacrificing a plane.
• USSR sent troops south and into China to try and push back Japan and the Allies succeeded in reclaiming the factory in Persia.
• Instead of attacking with the troops in France, the Allies sent as many remaining troops as possible to bolster the forces they already had there. They also reinforced Gibraltar.
• Italy staged an all-out attack on Gibraltar and succeeded in taking it, while pushing deeper into Africa up to the doorstep of South Africa
• Japan expanded into Russia and reclaimed a portion of the Burma Road. Started taking over the money islands and moved most of its navy to the Philippines as they were unsure where the US navy in Hawaii was headed.
• US spent more of its money to wage war in the Pacific, attacked and succeeded in taking the Caroline Islands.

Next:

• Germany launched a massive counterattack to remove all the troops that invaded its mainland and succeeded in clearing them out. The Wolf Packs were devastating and sunk almost the entire Allied Navy except for a group of UK transports that fled to Iceland. They then took up a position just off the coast of eastern/central America.
• Persia went back and forth, with the Allies finally holding it at the end of the game.
• The fight in China continued, with Japan taking most/all of the Burma Road and then the Allies taking all or a portion back. Japan was never able to fully take China, even at the end of the game.
• US started taking massive Convoy losses of 35+ a turn.
• US moved troops into Alaska, built a navy base there, and moved part of its navy there in preparation for an attack.
• Japan counterattacked the navy sitting off the Caroline Islands and was able to defeat it. Ships were put into position to defend Japan if necessary. More islands were taken, with Japan’s income on the Economic chart going into the 80’s.
• Italy brought troops over, took Brazil, and built a factory there.

Last:

• In Round 8 the Axis noticed before Italy’s turn that we were 1 point away from achieving an Economic Victory. After discussion, Japan was overruled, and Italy refrained from taking more territory so that the Axis couldn’t win this round because Germany wanted to finally make a massive invasion along the Russian border and he wanted to see how that worked out.
• US made some fairly ineffective attacks vs. Japan.
• In Round 9 Germany launched their attack, and you can see the result of where things stood at the end of the round after that attack.
• US built some ships in the Atlantic to try and form some kind of defense against the Wolf Packs
• Japan took more territory and was very close to capturing China - just one far corner territory couldn’t be captured.
• Although the Axis clearly had the upper hand the Allies were a bit surprised that we easily achieved an economic victory at the end of Round 9.

Woot! Woot! See pictures of what the board looked like at the end of the game.