World Championship 2026 A&A G40 Expansion

[The Captain]

We are announcing the Axis & Allies Global 1940 Expansion World Championship.

The event takes place in Late 2026 in Denmark.

The Danish Axis & Allies Association will pay all costs concerning accommodation, food, supplies etc.

For players who travel to Denmark from outside continental Europe, the Danish Axis & Allies Association will also pay parts of the travel costs.

For payment concerning travel costs, each player will coordinate with the Danish Axis & Allies Association.

To participate in the Axis & Allies Global 1940 Expansion World Championship the following must be fullfilled:

• At least 5 games of Axis & Allies Global 1940 Expansion must be won by each player who wants to participate in the championship
• Games that are played on TripleA do not count towards the 5 Victory Limit that are required to qualify for the championship.
• All these 5 games that are won must be recorded and published at the Global 1940 & 1943 Game Report thread at this forum with supporting pictures and text.
• All players must be a member of Axis & Allies.org

Questions can be posted at this thread.

For the World Championship the entire Expansion Rulebook is included, with a few exceptions:

Exception 1:
In Section II, the following units & rules are not included:

• Increased Ship Building in the Pacific Theatre (US & Japan)
• German Atlantic Wall Fortifications

Exception 2:
In Section V (Optional Rules) the following units & rules are not included:

• German Volkssturm
• German King Tiger unit
• Heavy Waffen-SS Panzer unit
• Rocket units
• US Heavy Transporter unit
• German Type XXI U-Boat unit

Exception 3:
The following Optional Rules are included:

• FLAK Tower unit
• Strict Neutral rules & units
• Air Fleet Commander unit & Air Fleet

Important:

• Each game is scheduled to last no more that 15 hours
• At least 10 rounds must be played (Late 1944)
• Each side (Axis side & Allied side) will have an average of 40 minutes for each round
• Basic Winning Conditions are described in the rulebook at pg. 11
• Further Winning Conditions will be described no later than Early 2026.

This post has been updated 9th April 2025.

The Captain

[Witt]

@The-Captain fantastic .
Can I ask how many members you have in your Danish Association?

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@The-Captain

How exciting! Better start playing…

[The Captain]

Hi @Witt

The core of the Danish Axis & Allies Association is 5 Veteran Members.

We founded this Axis & Allies Members Club in Early 1993.

We have since then created a fund to pay for our events. So it is all private fundings.

The entire association counts 88 members across Denmark, Germany, Norway and Holland.
Most members are from Denmark, naturally.

[Witt]

@The-Captain thank you for your answer. That’s a great achievement. Well done guys.
Hope your competition goes well
I would love to attend (and visit Denmark ) for the first time , but my wife and I work very hard in our small restaurant. It wouldn’t be fair to her .
Perhaps , I can make your 4th or 5th convention (as a 65 year old !).

[barnee]

@The-Captain said in World Championship 2026 A&A G40 Expansion:

The entire association counts 88 members across Denmark, Germany, Norway and Holland.
Most members are from Denmark, naturally.

[barnee]

@Witt

Hi Witt

Let us know if you want to give it a roll on triplea sometime :) I think you’ll enjoy it :)

[Witt]

@barnee I Onky have time for 2 or 3 team games now. Rarely start a 1-1. Too much going on in my life (and those close to me ).

[The Captain]

@Witt

You’re always welcome - anytime. Like barnee said - you should try it out on TripleA - it’s worth a shot.

I have a small restaurant myself - lot of work & fun. And a small carpentry company with one of my brothers.

But I have always and stil do prioritize Axis & Allies on a massive scale.

Great to have your feedback.

[barnee]

@Witt

Yea Leo, so just to expand on The Captain’s A&A Danish Group. I can’t find his post but their Group includes:
Ex and current military, members of academia, civil engineers and businessman, as well as tradesman, historians, university students and just overall avid board gamers. :)

Anyway, point being, this thing has been crunched out hard with over a thousand games played :)

So, I hope you give it a shot when you get the chance. Of course you have the Battle of Britain coming up too :)

P out

Rock On

[aa_sloth]

Sounds fun! Would love to make it. How many days do anticipate the tournament itself will last?

[The Captain]

@buddytoliver

Hi buddy,

The Tournament is scheduled to last 3 days, from Friday 10.00 to Sunday 16.00 CET.

Players who qualify for the Final must play 3 games in total at the Tournament.

Players arrive Thursday afternoon/evening, game start Friday at 10.00 CET.

Each game lasts a maximum of 10 hours.

[aa_sloth]

@The-Captain
Thanks! Haven’t been to a tournament before, but this one is very tempting. Are tournament games 1 v 1 or can people enter and play as a team?

[The Captain]

@buddytoliver

All Tournament games are 1 vs 1.

This is also how most players are playing during training - 1 vs 1.

[The Captain]

The World Championship 2026 A&A G40 Expansion has been updated.
See the top of this thread.

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@The-Captain

Dang, stricter requirements.

[Cornelis Post]

Hi everyone… 💪🏻
Really looking forward to this tournament.
Can’t wait to play against the best

[aa_sloth]

@The-Captain
Sorry for so many questions, but if TripleA games do not count, how are people playing - does that just leave face to face board game play?

[The Captain]

@aa_sloth

Hi Sloth,

Thanks for your question.

Most of those who want to qualify for the World Championship are playing both on TripleA and on game board for training.

The championship is played as a board game - face-to-face and 1 vs. 1.

The Danish Axis & Allies Association will provide board games for all players during the event, with hand-painted game pieces (see pictures from the Game Report thread).

Even though the rules are the same, playing on the game board is very different from playing on TripleA in multiple ways.
One major difference is that you have to do everything manually - and managing several hundred game pieces and playing against a highly skilled opponent is simply overhwelming if you don’t have the rutine.

When we are training new players in using G40 Expansion on the game board, the fact is that those new players do not have the same rutine and skills in overview and handling - even though they have played multiple games on TripleA.

One of our members told me about his experience on the game board vs. TripleA:
“It is not only about being a great Axis & Allies player. It is also about logistics, withdraw or attack - and ofcourse the psychological part as well when you are sitting Face-to-Face with a highly skilled opponent…”

[aa_sloth]

@The-Captain

Thank you, agree face to face games add a different dimension to play. You mention that many who are trying to qualify are playing both, but only game board games count toward the 5 victory minimum? Could those all be against the same person? (The only person I regularly play on a game board is my son.)