Travel Axis & Allies set?

Newest version now ready, still have a few spelling errors and discoloring in Turkey will be fixed in next version. :-(

http://www.mediafire.com/?4n6scpgcp5duqnf  :-)

Here is the intro I wrote for the rulebook, thoughts anybody?

"It is fall of 1940 and the Axis war machine is driving across Europe, yet to see defeat.  France, Poland, Norway, and Denmark have all fallen under German and Italian control.  By mid 1940 Germany had seen great military success where Italy had little to its name other then its puppet state of Albania.  Eager to prove himself to Hitler, Mussolini issued an ultimatum to the Greek Prime Minister, Ioannis  Metaxas, demanding free passage through Greece, access to un-named strategic points, and annexation of the Aegean Islands. Metaxas refused these demands saying “Alors, c’est la guerre”, French for, “Then, it’s war.”.  Within hours Italy started attacking Greece from Albania, the Balkan’s Campaign had begun.”
:-D

@spartan:

Here is the intro I wrote for the rulebook, thoughts anybody?

I like it.  It sets the stage nicely, I think.

A few editorial suggestions:

“It is fall of 1940 and the Axis war machine is driving across Europe, yet to see defeat.”

Technically, the Axis forces weren’t driving anywhere in Europe in the fall of 1940.  Hitler was stuck at the English Channel and was losing the Battle of Britain.  Italy wasn’t moving either.  It would be better to refer to the Axis war machine having overrun most of Europe, or having made itself the master of Continental Europe.

“France, Poland, Norway, and Denmark have all fallen under German and Italian control.”

It would be better to just say German control.  Italy had only taken a small bite out of southern France, and to my knowledge it had no troops whatsoever in Poland, Norway, and Denmark.

“where Italy had little to its name”

’ whereas ’

“the Balkan’s Campaign had begun.”

’ Balkans ’

thanks for the grammar editorial I will post the first half of the rule book later today.

If you don’t mind, I’ll start another forum to try my hand at the East African Campaign.

That sounds great, pm me if you need any help!  :-D

I think once I am done with Axis and Allies Express Greece I will do one for the Winter War, Finland vs Russia, thoughts anybody? :-)

Sounds Great

@spartan:

I think once I am done with Axis and Allies Express Greece I will do one for the Winter War, Finland vs Russia, thoughts anybody?

That conflict is on a good scale for an Express game.  You might consider adding some special (perhaps optional) topography rules, because the landscape of lakes and forests had a considerable effect on the fighting.  Finland has been described as a country consisting almost entirely of obstacles to military operations, as the Russians discovered to their chagrin.

Just to add to Marc’s previous post:

@spartan:

Italy had little to its name other then its puppet state of Albania.

The bolded word should be than

Here is the final copy of the map, hopfully the rules come out soon!  :-D

http://www.mediafire.com/?770t7xjhwm967xc

@spartan:

Here is the final copy of the map, hopfully the rules come out soon!  :-D

Maybe it’s just my monitor contrast settings, but Albania and Turkey are very difficult to distinguish from the sea zones because they’re all in very similar dark colours.  Perhaps the sea zones could be changed to a medium or pale blue?  This would also help to see the black dividing lines between the sea zones, which are hard to see in the northern part of the map.

sorry but because of the way the program works I can’t adjust the sea color without having to adjust or redraw all the islands and sea zone lines  :-( :cry:

If it’s easier, an alternative would be to change the colour of Turkey and Albania to something lighter, and to make the colour of the sea zone separation lines white rather than black.

ok I will have a new map up tomorrow and if all goes well the rest of the game will be done by monday! :-)

Awesome looking map, I can’t wait to see what the game looks like when finished.

Hey Spartan, did you ever think about making an Iwo Jima, Okinawa, or Singapore battle maps? That could have some potential…

@CWO:

The size is good for the kind of “mini” A&A game being considered: 16 territories (I’m including the Aegean Islands, but excluding neutral Turkey) and 20 sea zones.  Enough space for decent maneuvering, while at the same time compact enough to keep things simple and short, plus ample opportunity for both land and naval actions (with air support in both areas).

A couple of typos: “Centreal” rather than Central Greece, and “Agean” rather than Aegean.  And I think the Albanian capital is supposed to be spelled Tirana.

In terms of the rules, a good approach might be to have four nations: the Greeks and the British on one side, and the Germans and Italians on the other.  That way, the basic two-player game could potentially be stretched into a three-player or four-player one which could perhaps serve as a miniature introduction (for new players) to what a multi-player game like Global 1940 is like.  Four is a manageable number at this scale.  The Bulgarians participated in the Battle of Greece, but adding them would complicate matters unnecessarily, as would splitting the Commonwealth forces into U.K. and ANZAC components.

Anyway, looks good so far, and the revised map improves nicely on the first version.

Technically Tirana is the Albanian spelling but the english is Tirane, so it doesnt really matter.

When you finish your rulebook, can you post it? Id like to take a look at your extra ideas.

Hey I just found a new one for Spartan to work on. The Battle of the Coral Sea. Takes place with ALL PLANES! Interested? It could be a good  difference…  :mrgreen: