World Championship 2026 A&A G40 Expansion

[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.)

[The Captain]

@aa_sloth

You can play against any other player who is also a member on this forum.

All games must be recorded at the Game Report thread on this forum with pictures and text.

I suggest that you check out Global 1940 No. 12 Game Report - this will give you an idea of how your Game Reports could look.

[The Captain]

We have posted updates to the World Championship 2026.
See the top of the first post in this thread.

The updates are:

• Air Fleet Commander is part of the rules during this event.
• The time frame has been expanded to 15 hours for each game.
• The time frame has been expanded to 40 minutes for each side in each round.

[barnee]

@The-Captain

Nice :)

Would you explain why some options were chosen and others weren’t ? The Free Ships seems surprising to me.

Thanks

Edit
I guess additional units make for longer gameplay ?

[The Captain]

Why are some HRE rules available and some are not:

The G40 HRE WC26 is the first of its kind. The event is also used to test the HRE Tournament Rules.

We have analyzed more than 200 G40 HRE board games in the period 2015-2024 to find out which units & rules are most widely used.

The Units & Rules that are not available in the G40 HRE WC26 are either not commonly used during most games - or they are only used when the outcome of the game seems to already be determined.

With one exception: Increased Shipbuilding in the Pacific Theatre (US & Japan).
This rule is a basic element of the HRE - so it seemed obvious that the rule should be included in the G40 HRE WC26.
Then why is it not included:
We are play testing a new unit & rule: Naval Fleet Commander and Naval Task Force Group

Since we concluded that Increased Shipbuilding in the Pacific Theatre might have an effect on the impact of the Naval Fleet Commander, we decided - initially - to exclude the Increased Shipbuilding in the Pacific Theatre rule from the HRE Tournament Rules.

By Late 2025 we might have the Naval Fleet Commander ready for use after the final play testing.

We will then decide if this rule - and Increased Shipbuilding in the Pacific Theatre will be included in the G40 HRE WC26.

[Trout]

@The-Captain Trout and his teenage son Mussolini Pizza Emperor plan to attend from the USA if the dates are not an issue for Pizza’s High School schedule.

[The Captain]

@Trout

Awesome - we’ll look forward to your G40 HRE Game Reports in the near future.

[Cornelis Post]

@Trout looking forward to it 💪🏻😎

[barnee]

@Trout

Don’t forget those game reports. They are a requirement :)