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@barnee OK. so this is a serious thing ? How many peeps?

Always in Europe? None in Japan, Taiwan, or Korea? Or California ?

The Danish Axis & Allies Association would like to invite Global 1940 players who live in Scandinavia and Europe - to Denmark for the Axis & Allies Global 1940 Expansion 2026 Autumn Event.

The event is scheduled for early or mid October 2026.

Travel costs to Denmark will be refunded in cash (Euro) upon arrival - all costs for accomodation etc. will be paid by the Danish Axis & Allies Association.

We have 8 seats available for this event.

More information will follow in spring 2026.

Please contact us on this thread.

Captain

@The-Captain

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I will go ahead and add them with the above parameters. The number and date of entry are easily changed.

I will wait for the final test results before putting them in the update.

@chrisbump86

Hi Chris,

The intended design of the Self-propelled Artillery unit was to support “fast moving” units that operate alongside Tank & Panzer units - such as Mechanized Infantry etc.

The background for the limitations in production numbers and Nations that can produce SPA is partly based on:

Play test results (game balance) Historical production numbers of SPA compared to the production number of Tank units Historical use of SPA Ease of Game Play

At this point our play test results - and their use during recent games - show that mostly Germany and the Soviet Union are using the SPA units.

The Soviets most often combine their SPA units with their Soviet Guard Infantry units - either as part of Soviet Army Corps - or as independent units.

Prior to the introduction of SPA units Germany is already familiar with the use of SPA since the German Waffen-SS units include SPA units.

@The-Captain

Nice!

Since Early 2024 we have play tested the Strategic Bomber Commander rule.

The rules are similar to the Air Fleet Commander, but includes only Strategic Bomber units - and the production is limited in numbers as well as specific Nations.

Test results are positive, and we expect to release the Strategic Bomber Commander rulebook no later than Early 2026.

More information will follow in Late 2025.

@The-Captain

Makes sense.

We expect to release the latest Global 1940 Expansion Rule: Naval Task Force Commander no later than 16th December 2025.

This rule concerns:

Germany Japan United States United Kingdom

More will follow soon…

The Captain

The 8th Northen European A & A Wiking Con is scheduled to begin in March 2026.

In Late 2025 we’ll announce the exact dates.

All games during this event are OOB Axis & Allies Global 1940 games combined with the Axis & Allies Global 1940 HRE rules.

All Axis & Allies players that participate must be able to play with the Axis & Allies Global 1940 HRE rules.

Players who play with the Axis & Allies Global 1940 HRE rules for the first and second time during a Wiking Con event are playing with only a limited number of rules from the Axis & Allies Global 1940 HRE rules.

Those rules are attached (pdf file) below.

Tournament rules Limited 1st and 2nd.pdf

For the players who have participated 3 times or more the entire Expansion Rulebook is included, with a few exceptions:

Exception 1:
In Section II, the following units & rules are not included:

Increased Ship Building in the Pacific Theatre (US & Japan) German Atlantic Wall Fortifications

Exception 2:
In Section V (Optional Rules) the following units & rules are not included:

German Volkssturm German King Tiger unit Heavy Waffen-SS Panzer unit Rocket units US Heavy Transporter unit German Type XXI U-Boat unit

Exception 3:
The following Optional Rules are included:

Combat Engineer unit Waffen-SS Assault Pioneer unit FLAK Tower unit Strict Neutral rules & units Air Fleet Commander unit & Air Fleet Waffen-SS Panzer General unit & 1st Waffen-SS Panzer Army Elite Tank unit & Elite Waffen-SS Panzer unit

Important:

Each game is scheduled to last no more that 15 hours At least 10 rounds must be played (Late 1944) Each side (Axis side & Allied side) will have an average of 40 minutes for each round Winning Conditions are described in the G40 HRE rulebook at pg. 11

This post has been updated 13th August 2025.

Captain

@The-Captain

Finished reading it.

Looks great!

Hopefully in the future you can add Japanese impulse rounds to reflect their action in the Second Sino-Japanese War (maybe even simulate Khalkhin Gol).

The 6th Northen European A&A Wiking-Con event 2025 has ended.

All winners are encouraged to post their Game Reports at the Global 1940 & 1943 Game Report thread.

Concerning Game Table 1 (Berserker & The Captain):
There was an OOB rule misenterpretation in Late 1940, where Japan attacked UK and ANZAC forces in the Pacific - and the US activated the US National Guard - but was held out of the War until Early 1941.
This flaw was not clarified until the US turn in Early 1941.

This mistake clearly rests on my shoulders.

We tried to fix it - and after a short evaluation of the overall game in Early 1940 and Late 1940, a plausible agreement was reached in order to continue the game, rather than starting the game over from the beginning.

Nonetheless we decided to cancel the Axis victory after the game ended in Late 1943.
We also rewarded Berserker with the prize (hand-painted units: 6 Waffen-SS Infantry & 4 Waffen-SS Panzer units) for putting up a good fight.

We are already training and preparing for the 7th Northern European Axis & Allies Wiking-Con event which we truly look forward to.

This is the release of the Elite Tank unit rules and the German Elite Waffen-SS Panzer unit rules.

These units are powerfull in both attack and defense.

During the final play testing in Late 2024 we concluded that Elite Tank units should be part of the G40 HRE Tournament Rules that are used during the 2026 G40 HRE World Championship.

The Elite Tank unit rules are also attached to the Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion threat.

11. G40 Elite Tank unit.pdf

@Screamer

Hi Screamer,

We would like to invite you to Denmark.

Our Axis & Allies Gaming Headquarter is located 6,5 hours drive by car from Leipzig.

We also have an Axis & Allies Gaming Facility in Sonderburg (Sønderborg) just across the Danish-German border.

Please contact us anytime - and we can guarantee that you will play with enthusiastic Axis & Allies players here in Denmark.

We also have players coming from Holland to Denmark - 7,5 hours drive by car.

We exclusively play Global 1940.

@shadowhawk

Agreed. Though it is more bearable online.

Hi @tmshort34

We are located in Denmark.

We have Axis & Allies members all over Europe.

Our TripleA tournaments are online Worldwide, naturally.

@shadowhawk which tournament rules do you use? Have a link?

The rules concerning Air Fleet Commander has been clarified & updated - see more the revised attached pdf file for information at Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion.

@The-Captain said in G40 Tank Buster & Ground Attack air unit:

due to the massive amount of G40 HRE games we currently play

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