@Titus said
…The Hokkaido landing zone is a great threat for Japan as they actually need to keep navy near japan instead of running away south.
Really glad it’s working well for you guys!
The Aluetians should present a corresponding (and historical!) problem for the US as well, should they go KGF crazy- a couple transports with light cover can shuck a pretty large Japanese force into Canada by turn 4-5 if the US doesn’t maintain west-coast assets to scare them off…
Communist China!
Have fun coming up with rules for this one, it’s a brain burner. Best I can do off the top of my head: One simple version, one muuuuch crazier version:
Simple Version:
8.0 Communist China:
8.1 Communist China (CC) is a controlled Pro-Allied Minor power, moving with and controlled by the Soviet Union.
8.2 At the end of the Soviet Union’s turn, place 1 additional CC infantry in one CC Territory, up to a maximum of 3. If no CC Territory exists with less than three Infantry, place one Artillery unit in any CC Territory instead, again up to a maximum of three.
Crazy Version:
8.0 Communist China & the Comintern Alliance:
8.1 If Communist China (CC) is included in the game, then the Soviet Union and CC become a third, separate Alliance called “The Comintern”:
8.2 Communist China (CC) is a Minor Comintern Power controlled by and moving with the Soviet Union.
8.3 All Comintern-controlled Territories in China become CC-controlled.
8.3 At the end of each Soviet turn, CC places one infantry plus one additional infantry for every two original Chinese territories they control, rounding down. Place the infantry units in any CC Territory.
8.4 If any CC territory borders a Soviet-controlled TT, the CC may place one of the above infantry units as an artillery unit instead, placing it in any CC territory connected in an unbroken chain of Comintern territories to that Soviet territory.
8.5 If there are no communist forces remaining on the board at the end of the Soviet turn, place no CC reinforcements. Instead select an original Chinese territory adjacent to a Soviet territory, and roll a d6. On a 3 or less, Place one CC infantry and one CC artillery in that territory; combat will ensue here as applicable in later turns.
Roundels (print @ 4x6in):
@Titus said
@vodot You are a smarter man than me. XD
Almost definitely not true… but I have spent years thinking about, staring at, tweaking, and cutting out these overlays :)
@Titus When you cut out the overlay, just cut off the 2 :)
Addition of Anhwei (1) split off from Suiyuan (1) and Jehol Recolor (previous upload had Jehol and other Japanese-occupied Chinese TTs colored orange like Tjoek’s source img):
@Titus looking at your overlays:
…all based on Tjoek’s “clean” version of the map.
Did I miss anything?
@Titus said:
…I should spend my time just playing instead!
If only you knew the power of the dark side [of modifying endlessly a game you only rarely have the opportunity to play]… Can’t wait to hear your postgame notes!
@Titus I noticed that I had picked up the art, mobi charts, and IPC trackers again. Also, Jehol’s conflicting coloration bugs me :P I will have to strip all that back out at some point. If I can get to it I’ll generate a clean version with no RCs for you.
@Marco-Luti, once you download the file, you need to tell the printer what dimensions you want to print it in by using “page setup” or some similar feature. Tjoek’s map files are super dense and easily support being blown up to twice the size of the OOB map or more.
At 400DPI, Tjoek’s files should printout at the size of the OOB map.
At 300DPI, you will get a +33.3% dimension boost, close to what you’re looking for.
At 200DPI, you will get a +100% dimension boost.
…and so on. Here’s another thread where I talk about printing (in this case it’s my overlays, but the info still applies)
DM me if you want to share specifics of what you’re looking for.
@TitusJames Awesome!! And I was just thinking about Scotland… coming up soon.
previous pics were missing the German naval setup, this one should be better (yes, that’s a sub in SZ 8):
@FranceNeedsMorePower I haven’t put this on triplea, but @Argothair has created a similar 1941/2 map based off of my overlays, find that here: https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/post/1771557.
@FranceNeedsMorePower
Here’s what we started with. I tried to meld in the G40.2 setup, combining and splunching unit groups where needed:
@FranceNeedsMorePower said :
@vodot Is this the board state setup or no?
This was close to the endstate for our first playtest. This is the end of I6, Allies conceded after J7.
@TitusJames said :
@vodot Thats awesome! I plan to print out a number of your changes for my copy of the game. Do How do you scale all of your printouts?
Almost all of them should be able to be printed exactly as posted to the forums here - at 400 DPI (dots per inch). This would match the original game board as shown above. If your map is larger than the OOB board, you would have to scale the printouts yourself to match. The OOB board is 24 x 46in, so your printouts should be scaled by whatever the ratio is of the dimensions of your map to those of the original board.
For example, I printed Tjoek’s AA50 map files out at 300DPI, producing final printed dimensions of 32in x 61.33in. That’s a ratio of 4:3 compared to the OOB board, so if you were trying to match my overlays to that printout you would need to scale your prints up by that same ratio (4/3 or 1.33x ). In this case, that would mean printing the overlays at 300 DPI (fewer dots per inch = more “inches per dot”), rather than their native 400 DPI.
I posted the link to the latest full map file in the OP, but for myself no, no full printout or board yet. Just printing out the overlays and sticking them atop a normal anniversary map like this while we playtest:
Oh, Canada! Here are some overlays that add Canada as a playable Major Power.
For expediency, have Canada be controlled by the ANZAC player, moving together and sharing a turn but remaining separate in every other way (capitals, treasuries, purchasing, placement, etc.).
Similar to adding ANZAC, this has the effect of reducing the British paycheck by 5 and adding 3 IPC to the Allies overall… while also shunting it off into a relatively ineffectual power, again due to concentration of force mechanics.
Creating minor powers like this forces (and limits) investment into a particular area.
Need some roundels? Print these on 4x6 photo paper and stick 'em on extra roundels you have lying around:
Oh Canada! Overlays that add Canada as a playable Major Power with 8 IPCs:
@Argothair said in [AA50/Anniversary] Modular Map Overlays - Splitting Australia, the Balkans, and Sea Zones; adding Cairo, Malaya, Singapore, Rio, Cape Town, Recruitment Centers and tons more!:
…Flying Tiger drop-off zones are marked with symbols on the map.
man that flying tiger rule slaps! I need to integrate something like that into the G40 lite rules…
