Posts made by vodot

@CentralCommando said in G40 Map Overlays:

@vodot Wow! I don’t have many suggestions, but here’s the ideas I thought of:

• Sierra Leone under British Control instead of Neutral
• Repurpose one IPC from Queensland and give it to New Guinea, highlighting its importance during the Pacific campaign.
• Represent Borneo as Dutch (perhaps you could split British Sarawak into its own territory.
• Represent Western Canada as Canadian.
• Add Sakhalin to Soviet Russia
• Create a land bridge between Sicily and Southern Italy.
• Pro Axis Iran
• Make Mexico a Pro-Allied Neutral.
• Make Argentina a Pro-Axis Neutral.

G40 is already a really complex game, so not too many more divisions should be made. A lot of your additions sound good though!

Thanks for the input, these are great!

What do you mean by “Represent Western Canada as Canadian?” ‘De-yellowing’ the territory?

Hey @The-Captain, are there map changes that you wish you could see or test for G40/G40HRE? What are some of the biggest map/territory/SZ oversights or opportunities based on your experience with vanilla G40 and these house rules over the years?

@crockett36 said in Advice to Renegade! What is on your top 10 for adjustments to G40 3rd edition?:

@The-Captain I have always assumed that we–axisandallies.org–had Renegade lurkers. That’s how I came up with the idea for the thread. Here’s to hoping they have seen it or will, when it comes time for a 4th edition (assuming tournament 42 is 3rd edition) consult this thread.

…we certainly do have Renegade lurkers, or at least people who lived here long before they began working with Renegade on A&A development projects (I’m not talking about myself).

@CentralCommando 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!:

@vodot If we’re just spitballing changes to the map, perhaps we can finally have French Madagascar aligned to the correct nation - Germany.

Operation Ironclad and Battles of Madagascar only began in the summer of 1942, before this they were part of Vichy France. I am kinda surprised only War Room is the only Larry Harris game to get this correct.

By the way, what you are doing is really impressive! Good work!

That is a great point! In my “G40 Lite” setup Madagascar rolls for joining Vichy or the Free French like most of the rest of the French Empire, but under default rules for the 1941 setup at least it should surely be German, or at least “neutral.”

To wit: German Madagascar!

Neutral VCs fascinate me, so here’s another: Istanbul on the Bosporus!

2/24/2026 UPDATE:
Some overdue work-life balance changes in my life recently have meant that this project needs to take a backseat, so the G40 overlays are going to be slow going.

In this thread, I will be releasing G40 map overlays to add experimental and expanded historical and strategic/geographical features, including new IPC values, territory subdivisions and border changes, Sea Zone reconfiguration, new minor powers, and the like. As with my AA50 Modular Overlays project, I will be using Tjoek’s incredible ‘restored’ maps as my starting point, so if you haven’t seen his incredible work restoring, cleaning, and fixing the G40 and AA50 maps, you owe it to yourself to check it out.

These changes are designed to be modular, swappable, and reversible way: print & cut out the overlays (or partial overlay) you want, stick them on top of your current printout or OOB map with removable poster putty, and voila- new scenarios and strategies await!

Completed Overlays:

1. Canadian Western Canada
2. Soviet White Sea Canal
3. Soviet North Sea Route
4. Soviet Vladivostok
   4.1 Amur/Korea border somewhat fixed/extended southwards
   4.2 Amur raised to 2
   4.3 SZ 5 redraw
   4.4 Convoy Zone added to SZ 5 (did you know that fully half of US Lend-Lease to the Soviets- far more than any other port/route- arrived via Vladivostok?)
   4.5 Recruitment Center added
5. Japan SZ 6 Split
6. Japan Kyushu split
7. Japan Hokkaido split
8. Aleutians IPC-ification and update
9. New Guinea IPC-ification
10. New VC: Istanbul
11. New VC: Rio de Janeiro
12. New VC: Cape Town
13. New VC: Singapore

Planned Overlays:

• Identify Straits & canals
• EUS subdivision
• WUS subdivision
• Exchange Maldives for Ceylon?
• Free France implementation ala G40 Lite?
• Add Communist China
• Add Strait of Messina
• IPC-ify italian islands
• connect Sicily to Italy

Community suggestions:

• Fix Columbia coastal borders
• Sierra Leone under British Control instead of Neutral
• Represent Borneo as Dutch (perhaps you could split British Sarawak into its own territory
• Add Sakhalin Islands
• Pro Axis Iran
• Make Mexico a Pro-Allied Neutral
• Make Argentina a Pro-Axis Neutral

Some love for Soviet naval mobility: the Baltic-White Sea Canal and the North Sea Route!

Provisional Rules:

White Sea Canal
If the USSR controls Leningrad, during the non-combat movement phase the Soviet player may choose to have up to one naval unit with IPC cost <9 take the “White Sea Canal” between Sea Zones 4 and 5(b). Taking this route requires 2 movement points, neither Sea Zone may be hostile, and the unit that takes it must be eligible to move during noncombat movement.

North Sea Route
If the USSR controls both Leningrad and the Soviet Far East, during the Soviet player’s turn he may choose to have up to one naval unit take the “North Sea Route” between Sea Zones 4 and 63. This move can occur during either the combat or non-combat movement phase. Taking this route requires 2 movement points, and a unit taking this route must be otherwise eligible to move in the movement phase in which it takes the route.

Unless they are being transported by the transiting naval units, all land and air units completely ignore the presence of the White Sea Canal and the North Sea Route.

@Stuka80 @newenr85 Welcome to the site, guys! This is a great community to hash ideas, find opponents, info, strategies, and customizations for your favorite A&A games.

@Stuka80, you asked about posting - go to the “categories” button at the top of this page:

…then scroll down to find your game, and fire away with the “New Topic” button. If it’s a house rule or customization, you can post your ideas in those two forums and then “tag” it with the game(s) you’re houseruling or customizing. Feel free to fire me or @Panther a DM if you have any more specific questions, and looking forward to chatting with you!

Hi all, here’s a map fix for the Sardinia misspelling. Printing this at 400DPI should give a perfect match to the board. Cutout the parts you want to keep/remove.

@Hansolo88 said in Deployment to Cyprus:

@Running-Away

Oh gosh I never noticed Sardinia being misspelled on the map! Just a proofing error I guess. Lucky that it’s a very unimportant territory for the game.

Sardinia fix. :) Print at 400 DPI.

Hi all, here’s some artwork to add two versions of the Tiger Tank (one with header, one without) and two versions of ANZAC Infantry (OOB + variant) to the Reference Charts. The four ANZAC Infantry divisions kicked ass in North Africa, so I thought a little stat boost would be a small but fun way to reflect that.

For the ANZAC Infantry, as I mentioned there are two versions.

The original Optional RAW is:

ANZAC Reinforcements
The United Kingdom player may deploy one UK infantry
each turn from the Reinforcements Zone directly to the
Indian Ocean convoy sea zone.

Version one just puts a visual on the reference chart to remind the Allied player of this optional rule.

If you use the “variant” version of the ANZAC Infantry (A3/D4, not supported by artillery) then there is FINALLY a reason for those larger ANZAC Infantry sculpts in AAP40.2… turns out they’re just better! Verbose rules for the variant version below.

I printed these out at 5.3" wide on some vinyl sticker paper and voila.

ANZAC Reinforcements (variant version)
The United Kingdom player may purchase and deploy one
ANZAC infantry each turn from the Reinforcements
Zone directly to the Indian Ocean convoy sea zone. If you
own a copy of Axis and Allies: 1940 Pacific use the ANZAC
Infantry pieces from that game; otherwise you may denote
these units in whatever way you choose.

ANZAC Infantry always attack at 3 (they are not further
boosted by Artillery) and defend at 4. A maximum of 4* of them
may be present on the board at any given time, and they may
not be represented or multiplied by chips. They are otherwise
identical to regular UK infantry in every way.

*One for each of the four prominent ANZAC divisions in North Africa: the Australian 9th, 6th, and 7th, and the 2nd New Zealand.

As a note, for anyone else looking to modify the Reference Charts or Map, it appears that the new font for Territories, Cities, and Unit Type is Barcelona (either ICS or EF), headers are Impact, and most other text appears to be Times New Roman.

Enjoy!

@FranceNeedsMorePower thanks for the heads-up, very interesting video!

@Krieghund Katyusha?

@FranceNeedsMorePower Hey, looking into this variant for my son and I’s next North Africa game! Any sign of that rulebook yet, other changes from the version above?

@Titus Awesome, I’m always looking for new tools and shortcuts.

@Titus wow! looks awesome! what was your process? FYI the “full download” link appears to be for your “normal-style” map, not this new version.

v10: G40 Lite including France, aligned Neutrals, Canada, ANZAC, Communist China, and all the recent additions up to 11/18/2025

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mBgt6KSM7oIE3uNmuESPSU2F1AhicYMG/view?usp=sharing

Adding two new full-size maps with the latest:

v10: G40 Lite including France, aligned Neutrals, Canada, ANZAC, and all the recent additions up to 11/18/2025

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mBgt6KSM7oIE3uNmuESPSU2F1AhicYMG/view?usp=sharing

v11: AA50 with all the recent additions up to 11/18/2025.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NIKcU-L3Hzh2jpF113TMyvAaE1GNZEQg/view?usp=drive_link

@Titus awesome!!

@Simnos @throgmorton these are looking incredible, guys, can’t wait to see the finals