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@aadudecphdk1981

On Amazon UK, I was able to find the game sealed and shrink wrapped for only 130 pounds! This is compared to the normal (rounded up) 500 US dollar price on Ebay-I was able to ship it to a friend’s house in Scotland and from there sent to my place. Unfortunately that was the last copy, so I can’t help anyone else with this-still, keep looking and you should be able to find it eventually! It took me a long time, but I was able to find it!

@witt

I believe that they could have captured Tripoli-however, if Germany launched an all out Mediterranean campaign instead of Barbarossa, Germany would have been able to regain the initiative due to possibly an entire Panzer Army being sent to Libya, or if not possible, Tunisia (historically, Germany made quite good negotiations with Vichy France to get them to join the war on the Axis side, which only stopped after the failure of talks with Spain), crossing the Mareth Line. In the end, Germany would have won especially as they would not have needed to invade Crete (if the British did not move troops to Greece, they wouldn’t garrison men off Crete), allowing for an assault on Malta, and Hitler, summoning all of his “diplomatic strength”, would convince Franco to invade Gibraltar. In the end, the Suez would have fallen. And if the Panzer Army couldn’t reach Cairo, Hitler would also have been able to convince Turkey to join the Axis, or invade Cyprus, which either way, would allow Germany to move into Syria and Iraq, driving from the east to the Suez.

I’m so happy. I voted Stalingrad, but still we are getting a new Axis and Allies game. I’m sure Larry Harris passed the torch well. I hope that this community will like this game, and it won’t be controversial.

@kaleu

This is all true.

Firstly, it’s possible that Hitler could have restrained himself for the moment and go against the Mediterranean, a decision support by Raeder and Goring.

Secondly, the main reason Franco was so toxic was that before Hitler’s meeting with Franco, he sent Wilhelm Canaris, a secret member of the German resistance movement, to negotiate with Franco, and Canaris said that he though that Germany was going to lose the war and Hitler was planning to move to the east (it’s said that Hitler was actually going back and forth between the Mediterranean and the Soviet Union). If Hitler really committed to it, he would have been more forceful, and Franco would have relented, especially if the Battle Of Britain had not concluded yet. If Vichy France entered the war, Hitler might have been able to mediate between it, Italy, and Spain about North Africa.

Finally, a similar situation could have appeared with Turkey, where if Hitler really did everything possible to convince them, it might have worked out. If it didn’t, Germany could use their paratroopers (as they would not be beaten up at Crete, due to the British heading for Tripoli) to possibly take Cyprus, depending on the result of an airborne invasion of Malta. Due to no British intervention in Greece, there would have been no disaster at Cape Matapan, and Italy’s navy, along with a Luftwaffe not burdened with commitments on the Eastern Front, could have swept the waters around Cyprus (as likely as not), and launch an amphibious invasion if paratroopers alone can’t cut it. If Cyprus is taken, a leap into Vichy French Syria would be in order. From there, Germany can launch a massive offensive against the Suez Canal, which Britain cannot hold with an attack on two fronts. Additionally, Germany will have support from Iraq, which won’t be destroyed with direct aid from Germany and Italy.

@captainwalker

Today where I live is the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Rimini, a town on the Adriatic coast of Italy. Its liberation was part of the broader Operation Olive, an attempt by the Allies to break through the Axis-held Gothic Line in Northern Italy. While they experienced multiple tactical victories, the Germans were able to hold out long enough to prevent a decisive breakthrough until winter came. It would not be until 1945 that the Allies would break through the Gothic Line and liberate the rest of Italy.

Rimini was actually liberated by a Greek unit fighting with the British, one major highlight in the Greek military history of the war following the country’s fall in 1941.

@nolimit

I also have an idea for another Soviet national objective:

5 IPCs if the Soviet Union controls 6 Chinese territories. Theme: aid to the Chinese communists and establishment of a Communist Chinese government.

@The_Good_Captain

Amazing video! One of the most helpful videos you’ve ever made (and a lot of them have been extremely helpful). 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Have you ever heard of the book called If The Allies Had Fallen? It examines many what ifs of World War 2, with all of them very grounded in reality. A lot of the chapters are written very differently, from basically scholarly analysis to what the history books would have said had the timeline changed in the way described. If you had read the book, what do you think? Thank you!

@nolimit

Oops, sorry! My mistake…

The reason I hoped to do 15 victory cities is that the Axis will have to build up a big navy, instead of just doing an all continental assault, perhaps we can make it a 13 victory cities required win, as that will require at least an Operation Sealion which, without a Japanese navy to worry about, the Americans and British can completely focus on the Atlantic, which will lead to epic naval battles.

I think you should make so if China has all it’s territories captured, and the Allies control Africa (excluding strict neutrals), that combined, should be a substitute for capturing an Axis capital-it still won’t be an easy fight.

Another insane idea that I have for you is to have the US join the Axis-how you will balance this is your choice (also, please tell me how many rounds it will take for the Axis to win with only the US with the Axis).

@Krameleon

Welcome!

One thing to keep in mind is that the Axis only need to win on one side of the board.

This means, that if a Japanese strategy is good enough, even if Germany gets their butt kicked the Axis might still be able to win if Germany buys enough time for Japan to win.

It’s still risky, of course, as an increase in IPCs on the Europe board can translate to an increase in units in the Pacific, but it’s an option and a far more viable one than the equal version for the Allies.

Personally I’m not a fan of J1 or G1, but that is more out of principle than practicality.

I found this cool J1 video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRi3aIsj8P8

Important note about this video:

There are some astericks in the video, and it is not explained what they mean. I have gotten information from the maker of the video what they are, however.

The only thing that can/will stop this J1 attack is if the Soviets stacked all 18 infantry in Amur.

In that case, both I and the maker of the video strongly advise not to do this strategy (I learned this the hard way, trust me, it’s painful to watch). I recommend, if the Soviets declared war, to attack that stack. Air units, landing back, can defend Jehol and Manchuria from the Mongolians.

@VictoryFirst

Because there were no British territories surrounding Lorraine, the British forces couldn’t be moved out. Because of that, I didn’t need to leave a French infantry. I corrected it.

Now what I am looking for here are accurate mechanics for the game. This means that I can do anything whatever I want (within rules, of course) but such things such as logistics, public support and morale, climate and terrain, accurate territory IPC amounts and setup for all the powers and pilot training, among other things. Leave no question unanswered, and touch on every aspect of the game to make it historically accurate (perhaps improved convoy rules, to make Malta more important)? What I don’t want is to have rules that forces all the powers to only do the things and actions they did historically. Basically, I want the game to have as accurate a situation and mechanics, but allows both sides to come up with different strategies, whilst the Axis and Allies will be faced with the same problems (at the start of the game, at least) regardless of strategy (different rail networks across different countries, US isolationism, always weird to me that the US can declare war without an attack, but maybe that is accurate). I do not mind the game becoming over complicated with these new rules. As I don’t know how to do these rules, I humbly ask the community to come up with these new rules. Thank you everybody!

Soon after the Battle Of France, Hitler is informed by the Devil that on the day that when Operation Sealion begins, a massive land bridge (stretching from Pas-De Calais to the western edge of Normandy) connecting France to Britain will magically appear. With this information, Hitler immediately orders the suspending of Luftwaffe operations over Britain to conserve aircraft for the invasion (that way, if pilots are shot down, there is more of a chance for them to be recovered). This information is not found out via Ultra, and Hitler informs only his top generals, admirals, and Luftwaffe officers of this information. No civilian cargo ships are converted to transports, the resources used for the conversion used to produce additional army equipment.

With the striking power of the entire German army catching the British by surprise, could Germany have won the war? Thank you!

@superbattleshipyamato123

Here are the ground forces comparison (Italy, Britain, Japan, ANZAC, and France, or Allies to China, Germany and the Soviet Union, or Axis):

Infantry: 101 to 98 (in favour of the Allies)

Tanks: 8 to 11 (in favour of the Axis)

Artillery: 22 to 11 (in favour of the Allies)

Mechanised infantry: 5 to 6 (in favour of the Axis)

Anti aircraft artillery: 18 to 12 (in favour of the Allies)

Total ground units (Allies to Axis): 153 units to 138 units (in favour of the Allies)

Total IPCs in ground units (Allies to Axis): 545 IPCs to 488 IPCs (in favour of the Allies)

Adding the US adds another 8 infantry, one tank, three mechanised infantry, two artillery, and four anti aircraft artillery, or 70 IPCs worth of ground units.

@VictoryFirst

I was looking at the Global 1940 map and rules again, but it seems like a fighter in New Zealand can fly to Southeast Mexico in 1 turn.

By going 63-50-51-64-Southeast Mexico.

These rules (https://store-kftzvkkgjv.mybigcommerce.com/content/File Storage for site/Rulebooks/Axis Allies/A%26A_Pacific1940_2ndEd_Rulebook_WEB.pdf) on page 35 clearly state that sea zone 51 is connected to sea zone 64. It seems like the problem is with the map’s design being inconsistent with the code, rather than the other way around.

There’s no reason to change my moves now, but it’s still worth bringing up for future use.

I’m sure people have already done this a lot, but here is my own take on this:

All nations can start developing a nuclear bomb, except China.

Every turn for ten turns, a nation must pay 5 IPCs to be able to purchase the bomb.

Once it’s possible to purchase the bomb, it costs 40 IPCs to produce one. The unit is placed on the power’s capital’s industrial complex.

In order to move the unit in the Noncombat Phase, a strategic bomber, a cruiser, or a battleship can load the bomb, and move it to the desired destination.

If a ship containing the bomb is sunk, the bomb is destroyed with it.

If a territory containing a bomb is captured, the nation that captured the territory will control it.

Nuclear bombs do not defend, and cannot be taken as casualties in a battle.

In order to drop the bomb, the bomb must be in a territory containing a strategic bomber.

When the bomber arrives at it’s target destination, it is exposed to fighter intercepting like in a normal strategic bombing raid (use the attack and defence values from a normal strategic bombing raid for this air battle). After that, the bomb is dropped. This is what happens:

5 land units in the territory are destroyed.

Two sea units in a sea zone bordering the territory take one hit (a capital ship can take two hits if it is the only sea unit in a sea zone bordering the territory).

A major industrial complex is downgraded into a minor industrial complex (if there is no major industrial complex, another two land units in the territory are destroyed, or one sea unit in a sea zone bordering the territory takes one hit).

Two air bases, naval bases, or minor industrial complexes are destroyed (if there is no minor industrial complex, naval base, or air base, another two land units in the territory are destroyed, or one sea unit in a sea zone bordering the territory takes one hit).

All units destroyed are chosen by the player who dropped the bomb.

What do you think? I’m looking forward to your comments!

@all-encompassing-goose

Thank you for responding!

The Monster was not a tank-it was a planned self propelled gun, with the main gun being the Schver Gustav, the largest artillery piece ever, requiring 2000 people to use. It was only ever used as a railway gun. The Monster would have allowed it to move anywhere. This is why I did not put “tank” in the title.

Your post was awesome! Keep up the good work!

@nolimit

Actually, there is a Spring 1941 game using the Axis And Allies 1940 board! I didn’t know about Oztea’s game until yesterday. I also found one for 1942 by someone else.

Still, I hope the community has some ideas about a 1943 or 1944 game using the 1940 board. Any ideas? Thank you!

How would the game proceed if France has the first turn? Germany goes after that, and Soviet Union after that, and so on. To balance this, Germany has “Tiger 1” units-the pieces are from the 1941 game (the pieces are out of stock on the Historical Board Gaming website, but the 1941 game isn’t too hard to find). They can be produced on Germany’s fifth turn.

Tiger 1 unit statistics:

Attack: 4

Defence: 4

Move: 1

Cost: 8 IPCs

If you want to have the Tiger tank unit but don’t want to have France go first, use the 1941 tank pieces for the Soviets (IS-2, I believe) as heavy tanks, with the same statistics as the German Tiger tanks. They would be available to be purchased from the start, representing the superiority of Soviet armor early in Operation Barborossa (at least when we don’t consider logistics and more complicated factors, but this game never does, so why stop now). It would also help balance the game.

Here is how the Heavy Tank unit looks using AndrewAAGamer’s method for determining the value of units in Global 1940 Second Edition (found here https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/35286/warfare-principles-of-axis-allies-by-andrewaagamer/3?page=1):

1 hit point on land is worth 2 IPCs, so 2 hits points is worth 4 IPCs. Offensive Firepower and Defensive Firepower is determined by dividing the unit’s values by half. So the unit’s Offensive Firepower is worth (4/2=) 2 IPCs, same with Defensive Firepower.

So the Heavy Tank unit is worth (4+2+2=) 8 IPCs, the same as its cost. and the same value as a regular tank. It has an Offensive Firepower Combat Ratio and Defensive Firepower Combat Ratio of 0.5, the same as a regular tank.

@abworsham4

I read that, and is one of my sources. Funny enough, KaLeu put a link to Quora asking the same question, and one of the answers just copied and pasted the article you sent me.