Axis & Allies: Europe and Pacific 1940 Fact sheet ( AAE40 and AAP40)

[Imperious Leader]

LH 5/5

Three questions:

Is that the definate release date? Yes, well that’s what I’ve been told by the publisher.

does that date apply worldwide or just for the US? That’s usually the case.

and can we expect any previews / screenshots before release? if so how much longer will we have to wait? Not sure about this. Out of my hands… I know the game will be at Gencon, however.

[FieldMarshalGames]

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE AND GAME DESCRIPTION

Spring 1940
With the invasion of the Low Countries and the allied evacuation from Dunkirk, the German army is poised to march on Paris. Axis & Allies Europe 1940, designed and developed by Larry Harris, builds on the success of the acclaimed A&A Anniversary Edition. France appears for the first time in Axis & Allies and will represent a new playable ally! Italy will be included as a second Axis power along with Germany. The UK, USSR and the US find themselves vulnerable at this early and uncertain point of the war. Two new combat units that debuted in Axis & Allies Pacific 1940, Tactical Bombers and Mechanized Infantry, will also appear in this game.

Axis & Allies Europe 1940 will feature an oversized board that measures 35” wide by 32” high. With over 550 combat units, deluxe game components and local storage boxes, this game will raise the standard established by A&A Anniversary Edition. All new rules for neutral nations, naval & air bases, and convoy disruption will add even more depth and historical accuracy to this giant game.
Finally, this deluxe theater-level game is designed to play together with Axis & Allies Pacific 1940. Together these two games will create the greatest Axis & Allies experience to date, with a combined board measuring 5’ wide by 32” high and over a thousand sculptured combat units. Both games are designed to play alone or together to offer the 2-6 player global 1940 scenario, complete with weapons development, and national objectives.
Releasing August 24

[Napoleon]

Box art and gameboard :mrgreen:

[johnnymarr]

Per LH 7/16/10

Is France a speed bump ….? Well if it is it’s got to be the biggest speed bump I’ve ever seen in Axis & Allies. Does 2 destroyers, 2 cruisers, 12 infantry, 2 artillery, a fighter and a tank, along with elements of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) sound like a speed bump to you? Remember, this is the force that France begins the game with, and the game begins after Dunkirk. As we begin the game most of the French army has already been chewed up on the flat fields of Belgium and Northern France.

I know the French navy is probably under represented in the game. For balance and playability it had to have a smaller foot print. As for Vichy France, I consider that to have been a Nazi ploy forced on France. As such it has more political implications than military and to have it in the game would cause more confusion than it was worth. That’s exactly what the Nazis designed it to do - confuse. I decided that the game did not have to have this event represented in the game. The game was going to be confusing enough as is. Cheesy Furthermore, the implementation of the Vichy government occurred after the game’s starting date.

If you are controlling France, and if you are so inclined – go ahead and sign an armistice and install a poppet French government in Vichy and do exactly what your Nazi poppet master tells you to do. Be sure to add to you house rule, however, that France can’t build new armies… The vast majority of the French would have nothing to do with it.

France will fall… Paris will be captured unless something goes very wrong with the dice or the German player fails to invest enough units into the capture of the territory. The war does go on, however. The Free French units will play an important role in the allies effort to win this game. AND…. If and when Paris is liberated, France will not only once again have its own economy re-established but will benefit from a surge of 4 new French infantry units that suddenly appear on the territory containing the city of lights.

Hey Oztea … Sorry man. France and Western Germany do touch each other…

[johnnymarr]

Per LH 7/27/10

Global United Kingdom Rules
The player controlling the United Kingdom tracks income generated and spent in the European and Pacific theaters separately. UK units purchased and placed on the Pacific map can only be bought with IPCs generated on the Pacific map. Likewise, UK units purchased and placed on the Europe map can only be bought with IPCs generated on the Europe map.

Calcutta is considered to be a regional capital. If India is captured by an Axis power, that power will receive the UK player’s unspent Pacific IPCs only.

If the United Kingdom is captured by an Axis power, that power will received the UK player’s unspent Europe IPCs only. If one of its capitals is captured, the UK player may still continue to collect and spend IPCs in the other capital.

[calvinhobbesliker]

http://www.harrisgamedesign.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=2423&p=26703#p26703

I’m assuming that the West India territory that’s on the Europe map is worth at least 2 IPCs, couldn’t it be possible for the UK player to build a minor IC there and funnel European troops into India/Pacific? Or it may not be worth 2 IPCs and I may be worrying over nothing. Thanks!

West India is worth 2 IPCs. What exactly are you worried about?

[johnnymarr]

Per LH 7/28/10

Germany’s starting income is 30 IPCs and Russia’s is 37

[bennyboyg]

Larry Harris 7/28

The idea of the UK Pacific’s income suddenly being combined with UK Europe income and all being place in London was my main reason for splitting the UK income into two different accounts.

Great Britain’s proximity to Germany would make for an impossible, potentially game breaking, situation in Europe. Imagine the UK being able to purchase 45 IPCs worth of units and placing them on Germany’s doorstep each round

Total UK income = 45
Pacific UK income = 16
so
Europe UK income = 29

[calvinhobbesliker]

@johnnymarr:

Per LH 7/28/10

Germany’s starting income is 30 IPCs and Russia’s is 37

Can you link thj\is? I searched Larry’s posts and couldn’t find it on July 28

[johnnymarr]

http://www.harrisgamedesign.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=2423&start=24

[Imperious Leader]

Confirmed set up:

Italy 10 IPC:
Albania: 2 Infantry, 1 Tank
Ethiopia: 2 Infantry
Italian Somaliland: 1 Infantry
Libya:2 Infantry
Northern Italy: 2 Infantry, 2 Artillery, 1 Tank, 1 AA Gun, 1 Fighter, 1 Major IC, 1 Air Base
Southern Italy: 2 Infantry, 1 AA Gun, 1 Fighter, 1 Minor IC, 1 Naval Base
Tobruk:4 Infantry, 1 Artillery, 2 Mechanized Infantry, 1 Tank
Sea Zone 95: 1 Cruiser, 1 Battleship, 1 Transport
Sea Zone 97: 1 Destroyer, 1 Cruiser, 1 Transport

United States 35 IPC:
Central USA: 1 Infantry, 1 Mechanized Infantry, 1 Bomber, 1 Major IC
Eastern USA:1 Infantry, 1 Artillery, 1 Tank, 1 Fighter, 1 Major IC, 1 Air Base, 1 Naval Base
Sea Zone 108:1 Destroyer, 1 Transport

France 17 IPC:
Algeria: 1 Infantry
Normandy/Bordeaux: 1 Infantry, 1 Minor IC, 1 Naval Base
French West Africa:1 Infantry
France: 6 Infantry, 1 Artillery, 1 Tank, 1 Fighter, 1 Major IC, 1 Air Base
United Kingdom: 1 Infantry
Morocco: 1 Infantry
Southern France:1 Infantry, 1 Artillery, 1 Naval Base
Syria:1 Infantry
Tunisia:1 Infantry
Sea Zone 72:1 Destroyer
Sea Zone 93:1 Destroyer, 1 Cruiser
Sea Zone 112: 1 Cruiser

Soviet Union  28 IPC:
Archangel:1 Infantry
Baltic States: 3 Infantry
Belarus: 1 Infantry
Bessarabia: 2 Infantry
Caucasus: 1 Infantry
Eastern Poland: 3 Infantry
Karelia: 2 Infantry
Novgorod: 6 Infantry 1 Artillery, 1 AA Gun, 1 Fighter, 1 Minor IC, 1 Air Base, 1 Naval Base
Russia: 2 Infantry,  1 Artillery, 1 Fighter, 1 Mechanized Infantry, 1 Tank, 1 AA Gun, 1 Tactical Bomber, 1 Major IC, 1 Air Base
Volgograd: 1 Mechanized Infantry, 1 Tank, 1 Minor IC
Vyborg: 2 Infantry
Western Ukraine:1 Infantry, 1 Artillery
Sea Zone 115:1 Battleship, 1 Transport
Sea Zone 127: 1 Submarine

Germany  30 IPC:
Denmark: 1 Infantry
Greater Southern Germany: 6 Infantry, 1 Artillery, 2 Tanks
Germany: 6 Infantry, 4 Artillery, 1 AA Gun, 1 Bomber, 1 Minor IC
Holland/Belgium: 4 Infantry, 1 Artillery, 3 Tanks, 1 Fighter
Norway: 2 Infantry, 1 Fighter
Poland: 3 Infantry, 1 Tank
Romania: 2 Infantry, 1 Tank
Slovakia/Hungary: 2 Infantry, 1 Tank
West Germany: 2 Infantry, 1 Artillery, 4 Mechanized Infantry, 1 AA gun, 2 Fighters, 3 Tactical Bombers, 1 Major IC, 1 Air Base, 1 Naval Base
Sea Zone 103: 1 Submarine
Sea Zone 108: 1 Submarine
Sea Zone 113: 1 Battleship, 1 Cruiser, 1 Transport
Sea Zone 117: 1 Submarine
Sea Zone 118: 1 Submarine
Sea Zone 124: 1 Submarine

United Kingdom  29 IPC:
Alexandria:2 Infantry, 1 Artillery, 1 Tank, 1 Fighter
Anglo Egypt Sudan: 1 Infantry
Egypt: 1 Infantry, 1 Artillery, 1 Naval Base
France: 1 Infantry, 1 Artillery, 1 Tank
Gibraltar:1 Air Base, 1 Naval Base
Iceland: 1 Air Base
New Brunswick: 1 Naval Base
Ontario:1 Infantry
Quebec:1 Infantry, 1 Tank, 1 Minor IC
United Kingdom: 1 Infantry, 1 AA Gun, 3 Fighters, 1 Major IC, 1 Air Base, 1 Naval Base
Union of South Africa: 2 Infantry, 1 Minor IC, 1 Naval Base
West India: 1 Infantry
Sea Zone 71:1 Destroyer
Sea Zone 85: 1 Cruiser
Sea Zone 91: 1 Destroyer 1 Aircraft Carrier, 1 Tactical Bomber
Sea Zone 98:1 Cruiser, 1 Transport
Sea Zone 106:1 Destroyer, 1 Transport
Sea Zone 109:1 Destroyer, 1 Transport
Sea Zone 110: 1 Destroyer, 1 Battleship
Sea Zone 111: 1 Cruiser, 1 Battleship
Sea Zone 112: 1 Cruiser

[Imperious Leader]

Check the set up file thread. what is printed is accurate.

United Kingdom: 1 Infantry, 1 AA Gun, 3 Fighters, 1 Major IC, 1 Air Base, 1 Naval Base

[M K P]

• 1 French inf

[Imperious Leader]

• 1 French inf

???

[SilverAngelSurfer]

@Imperious:

Confirmed set up:

France 17 IPC:
Algeria: 1 Infantry
Normandy/Bordeaux: 1 Infantry, 1 Minor IC, 1 Naval Base
French West Africa:1 Infantry
France: 6 Infantry, 1 Artillery, 1 Tank, 1 Fighter, 1 Major IC, 1 Air Base
United Kingdom: 1 Infantry
Morocco: 1 Infantry
Southern France:1 Infantry, 1 Artillery, 1 Naval Base
Syria:1 Infantry
Tunisia:1 Infantry
Sea Zone 72:1 Destroyer
Sea Zone 93:1 Destroyer, 1 Cruiser
Sea Zone 112: 1 Cruiser

[Bigtiti]

@SAS:

@Imperious:

Confirmed set up:

France 17 IPC:
Algeria: 1 Infantry
Normandy/Bordeaux: 1 Infantry, 1 Minor IC, 1 Naval Base
French West Africa:1 Infantry
France: 6 Infantry, 1 Artillery, 1 Tank, 1 Fighter, 1 Major IC, 1 Air Base
United Kingdom: 1 Infantry
Morocco: 1 Infantry
Southern France:1 Infantry, 1 Artillery, 1 Naval Base
Syria:1 Infantry
Tunisia:1 Infantry
Sea Zone 72:1 Destroyer
Sea Zone 93:1 Destroyer, 1 Cruiser
Sea Zone 112: 1 Cruiser

France gets no AA gun?

[Napoleon]

Oh no AA in France……serious flaw no? i mean if India got a AA…i hope paris got one… :?

[Dylan the Canadian]

@Imperious:

• 1 French inf

???

Theres a French Infantry that starts in the UK, like ANZAC had a guy in Malta.