1939 Map

[radar231]

@Tigerman77:

[Thamks. Its always good to have someone else read over these rules. I made all the necessary changes and clarifications.
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Great.  Will wait a few days to see if there will be other suggestions then print the whole thing again, that’s over 30 pgs including the setups. Cheers

J.  8-)

[salan]

are the current charts the ‘go to’ charts that everyone is using?  My map will be here soon, just getting ready for it ;)

[cminke]

how many games have you guys played and how long did they take?

[salan]

heh, normally my wife and myself play a game over a few weeks / month whenever we can find time to do turns.  But this map is going to be that much bigger its going to be hard for us to find space to ‘leave it’ safely (with toddlers wanting to roll dice and play with the boats…)

I’m looking to stick it to a metal sheet and magnetize all the pieces and hang it on a wall in order for it to fit with our living space and needs.

hopefully the vinyl works out for this, will know soon!

[Tigerman77]

We are playing this weekend and we are allowing 12 hours, 9am-9pm. 1 hour per turn is a good pace!!

[salan]

Got my map in the mail today, great fast service!

Just gotta figure out if I’m goin to get some wood or metal to sit it on… hmmm

[Deaths Head 420]

@Tigerman77:

We are playing this weekend and we are allowing 12 hours, 9am-9pm. 1 hour per turn is a good pace!!

for the first turn or 2, after that you should get a complete game round plus most of another round in 1 hr.

[Tigerman77]

TRUE…If you are playing with experienced people. I hope we can get in 12-14 turns in 10-12 hours. Thats my goal!!

[Deaths Head 420]

try this to speed the game up.

Since your using an updated '39 map of my map, try letting the Japanese player start his turns, during Russias turn. since all of IJN’s naval power and Most of it’s Army power is out of reach for the ruskies, you should be able to start IJN’s turn “early” but you still would use the normal turn order. Just don’t let IJN roll any dice till RU is completly done with its moves.

[Deaths Head 420]

thisd also works for Italy and USA, until USA can influence Italian moves, you can also start USA turn “early”. You can do this with most Countries. Start new country turns during the previous countries Non combat moves and Placement.  The map is rather large, so there is always space on the map to start country turns early without screwing with other countries abilities to act normally.

[Deaths Head 420]

Not to mention after 2-3 rds of play, the board cleans up and everyones turn goes quicker, especially if players know what they r going to buy and do b4 their turn starts. the reason I think this game takes so long is the vast number of units to move around for all the countries. But once everything is basically in their respective stacks, things move forward nicely. Also you might consider not only using Fleet markers, but also Army Markers. These work really well and keep the board clutter free. Its alot easier to move 1 Army Marker then 20+ individual units and chips.

[cminke]

thanks, this will go a long way to help bring our time from 1 month:P to 1 week.

[picard]

I am late to the party but I love the whole idea of this. I want to order a map but I play with colleagues at work over our lunch hour so it takes forever to get through a round - say about a week per turn. I just don’t know if I have room to setup a 4x8’ map - though that is what I covet - you mentioned you’d rework the territories so 3x6’ was less cramped. How is that board vs the bigger one now.

Incredible effort by the group here. Qudos.

[Tigerman77]

@picard:

I am late to the party but I love the whole idea of this. I want to order a map but I play with colleagues at work over our lunch hour so it takes forever to get through a round - say about a week per turn. I just don’t know if I have room to setup a 4x8’ map - though that is what I covet - you mentioned you’d rework the territories so 3x6’ was less cramped. How is that board vs the bigger one now.

Incredible effort by the group here. Qudos.

This revised map is still a work in progress!!  But it will be a better map, and a not so crowded map!!

[picard]

Ok. Thanks so how close to ready is the map? I’ve grabbed the pdf just to have a look over it. Really impressive. Can’t wait to play it using FMG’s new units.

[Tigerman77]

Not sure….but we will let everyone know when it is ready. Hopefully in a month !!

[Warplayer12]

@Tigerman77:

Updated map at top of this thread with spelling corrections and slight changes to some territories.  Also go to www.historicalboardgaming.com to order in a 96X48….great quality for a good price! I got my order in!!

Feet? inch? Sorry, i am only used with meters and centimeters…

[Tigerman77]

@Axistiger13:

@Tigerman77:

Updated map at top of this thread with spelling corrections and slight changes to some territories.  Also go to www.historicalboardgaming.com to order in a 96X48….great quality for a good price! I got my order in!!

Feet? inch? Sorry, i am only used with meters and centimeters…

1.03 meters x 2.07 meters for the largest map and .778x1.55 meters for the smaller global sized map.

[HBG]

46" X 96" (1.16m x 2.44m)
34" x 72" (.86m X 1.8m)

I believe this is correct.

[picard]

So if I want to score the 34" x 72" map it is worth waiting for a new revision in about a month?