Posts made by vodot

@Imperious-Leader yep, smack in the middle of SZ 11 would be 3 spaces from EUS, Brazil, and ECAN. More than just SBR, it’s a good central point of threat for the Axis… on my map, transports here could drop troops at 5 different victory cities (Rio, D.C., Ottowa, London, Paris). I also make Neutrals less risky to capture with my G40 Lite rules.

Ships at SZ 32 off the Maldives, for that matter, can reach 4 VCs (Cairo, Cape Town, Calcutta, Singapore). Similar to the US getting a big force at the Carolines in a traditional AA50 game— nightmare for Japan; or either the US or Japan unconstested at Midway with some of my changes to the Pacific Coast/Hokkaido/Aleutians.

Malta, Azores, and Maldives :)

I set Maldives at the intersection of SZ 31, 32, and 35 to make them as interesting as possible. 1 IPC because I would imagine removing Ceylon as redundant.

@Titus I can’t wait to read the writeup!

Yes, I find Italy in particular far more fun to play with these simple changes.

I rarely find Italy able to balloon to great power status, even with these changes, but the explanation is probably in the fact that you lost Germany to the UK. It’s the UK’s job to rein in Italy, but a knockout blow to Germany is always the highest UK priority.

@Argothair said:

…The whole premise of this project is that it’s possible and useful to add a few more carefully chosen territories to create a middle ground between AA50 and Global.

I would say there is a part of this project that is very focused on mechanics- certainly the collaborative portion between you and I. In that sense, this is true. However I also have a lot of fun here seeing historical and ahistorical things become possible, and even more just enjoy the outlet for my creativity in the service of this community.

But along those first mechanical project lines:

That said, not every request to add territories to AA50 will make sense.

…this is certainly true.

but Vodot is too much of a softie…

Haha, this is so true that I’m doing this work with my therapist right now… Watch me equivocate in this very post!

@Titus said:

I think Vodot likes making the overlays/modifications

…and this is also definitely true :)

Regarding these changes in particular, mechanically, the Azores have been interesting as an “unsinkable aircraft carrier” for axis aircraft, with Malta a corollary for the UK. But yes- both these and the Maldives are gravy. like a lot of what I’ve done in this thread. :)

@Imperious-Leader I’ve drawn up Malta; it’s especially hard in AA50 because of geographical arrangement of the OOB board. Physical space in the Med is really tight, even on an enlarged map.

That being said, I’m working in it, and the Azores too :) Maldives I haven’t started yet.

@Titus Awesome! Looks like no Irkutsk, in that version?

Oh - also, this looks like it got misposted into the “G40 Lite” thread, instead of the “AA50 Overlays” thread.

@Panther, would you be willing to move Titus’ post above and this reply over to my (confusingly similar) AA50 Overlays thread?

@Titus I think ‘scenario’ setups like this are awesome. They have an asymmetrical impact— double transport cap is a big swing in favor of the allies— but for players who get bogged down into static openings I think mixing it up is good :)

Can you link a pdf of the cards?

@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”:

• 8.1.1 The Comintern no longer wins and loses with the Allies.
• 8.1.2 Comintern units may no longer share territories or Sea Zones with Allied powers, and vice-versa.
• 8.1.3 Combat between the Comintern and the Allies (and the Axis) is possible.
• 8.1.4 Whenever the Comintern attacks a Neutral Territory, there is no ‘re-alignment’ roll for other Neutrals.
• 8.1.5 The Comintern wins the game if a round ends with the Soviet Union and/or CC in control of 6 or more victory cities, including every USSR home Victory city.

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

Scotland! UK @ 6 optional.

@Titus looking at your overlays:

• Rio, Cape Town, Cairo, and Singapore VCs
• Morocco
• Sardinia, Sicily, Greece & Italian East Africa
• Basic update to Med SZs incl Bosphorus
• Ceylon
• Malaya, Split DEI 3+3 but keep single SZs
• Aus split 1 + 2
• 1PC for all pacific Islands
• Hokkaido + Aluetians
• NW China + Jehol
• Siberia + Irkutsk

• a Scotland split

…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.