Global 1940 Basic Expansion

[The Captain]

@barnee
We discussed in our Play Testing Group a few minor changes to the Basic Expansion - one of them was the cost reduction of the Waffen-SS Infantry unit.

The main reason for this change, is to avoid confusion when players go from Global 1940 Basic Expansion to the full capacity of the Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion.

Concerning Play Balance in the Basic Expansion, it doesn’t seem to have any major influence - mostly because players only use the Basic Expansion 3-5 times before stepping up to Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion.

A few more changes to the Global 1940 Basic Expansion might come within a few months.

[barnee]

@TheCaptain Sorry to ask again but are Lenningrad and Ukraine only able to place 3 conscripts or 4 if upgraded ? Stalingrad only minor that can produce 6 ?

These
infantry units can be placed at any Soviet
Industrial Complex that the Soviet player controls
from the start of that turn.

Russia can place a maximum of 20 Red Army
Conscription infantry units in Moscow and a
maximum of 6 Red Army Conscription infantry
units in Stalingrad in round Early 1942.

[The Captain]

@barnee

If the Soviet Union upgrades a Minor Industrial Complex to Heavy Industry 1 Unit - then the Soviet player can place up to 4 Red Army Conscription Infantry units at that Industrial Complex.

The Soviet player can place up to 6 Red Army Conscription Infantry units at the Industrial Complex in Stalingrad (Volgograd) - even without any upgrade to Heavy Industry.

[The Captain]

The Global 1940 Basic Expansion is being revised.

We expect to release the revised edition in Late 2023.

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@the-captain

Nice.

[The Captain]

Concerning Soviet Factories:

Only Original Soviet Industrial Complexes that exist from game start (Early 1940) are covered by the rule described at pg. 20-21.

This means that any enemy Industrial Complex that the Russian player may capture (or any Industrial Complex the Soviet player purchases) during the game must be treated on the same terms as for all other Nations.

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@The-Captain

Thanks for clarifying!

[The Captain]

As part of the Axis & Allies Global 1940 & 1943 House Rules Expansion, Naval Mines are being play testet during the 2023 Autumn & Winter Axis & Allies gaming season.

Final results will be posted here.

Feel free to play test on your own. Rules are attached below.

Captain

1. G40 Naval Mines.pdf