WOTC Reposts the Sales Flier for Axis & Allies 1941

@taamvan:

unusual?  World hotspots for AxA interest;

South/Central England (The old “Games Workshop” Domain)

Belgium and North Germany  (aka Rooting for The Other Team)

Eastern Dominion of Inland Canadia (The Cliffside Bunka)

Kansas City, Kansas, Leavenworth, KS Warrensburg MO (Team KC: Bold Cold Rolls)

The very shallow south, eg. Tennessee/Ohio (The Battle of Middle TN and Smorey Swamp)

Old TSR country with Long winters "The Lake states MI WI MN"  (Snowed In)

You totally missed a very major hotspot… the deep South… namely Pensacola Florida… though I don’t know if you can consider one guy who plays a “hotspot”.

Or you could add 1 IPC value to every territory. i.e. New Guinea is now worth 1 and Borneo is worth 2.

Final Map:

SETUP:
UNITED KINGDOM-17
United Kingdom: 1 Infantry, 1 Fighter, 1 Bomber
Eastern Canada: 1 Tank
Gibraltar: 1 Fighter
Anglo Egyptian Sudan: 1 Infantry, 1 Tank
South Africa: 1 Infantry
Middle East: 1 Infantry
India: 2 Infantry
Australia: 2 Infantry
Sea Zone 5: 1 Destroyer
Sea Zone 7: 1 Battleship
Sea Zone 10: 1 Aircraft Carrier
Sea Zone 13: 1 Destroyer
Sea Zone 21: 1 Battleship
Sea Zone 24: 1 Submarine, 1 Transport

GERMANY-15
Germany: 3 Infantry, 1 Tank, 1 Fighter, 1 Bomber
Western Europe: 1 Infantry, 2 Tanks, 1 Fighter
Norway: 1 Infantry, 1 Fighter
Eastern Europe: 4 Infantry, 1 Tank
Southern Europe: 2 Infantry, 1 Tank, 1 Fighter
North Africa: 1 Tank
Sea Zone 6: 2 Submarines
Sea Zone 8: 2 Submarines
Sea Zone 12: 1 Battleship, 1 Transport

SOVIET UNION-14
Russia: 1 Infantry, 1 Tank, 1 Fighter
Karelia: 1 Infantry, 1 Tank
Archangel: 1 Infantry
Belarus: 3 Infantry
Ukraine: 3 Infantry
Caucasus: 1 Infantry, 1 Tank
Urals: 1 Infantry
Siberia: 2 Infantry
Amur: 2 Infantry
Sea Zone 3: 1 Submarine

JAPAN-10
Japan: 2 Infantry, 1 Fighter, 1 Bomber
Manchuria: 2 Infantry, 1 Fighter
Coastal China: 1 Infantry, 1 Tank
Indo China: 2 Infantry
Iwo Jima: 1 Infantry
Caroline Islands: 1 Infantry
Sea Zone 29: 1 Destroyer
Sea Zone 30: 1 Submarine, 1 Aircraft Carrier, 1 Fighter
Sea Zone 33: 1 Battleship, 1 Transport
Sea Zone 34: 1 Destroyer, 1 Battleship, 1 Aircraft Carrier, 1 Fighter, 1 Transport

UNITED STATES-19
Eastern United States: 1 Infantry, 1 Tank, 1 Bomber
Western United States: 2 Infantry, 1 Fighter
Hawaiian Islands: 1 Infantry, 1 Fighter-
Philippines: 1 Infantry
Northern China: 1 Infantry
Southern China: 2 Infantry
Sea Zone 4: 1 Destroyer
Sea Zone 32: 1 Battleship, 1 Transport
Sea Zone 37: 1 Submarine, 1 Destroyer, 1 Aircraft Carrier, 1 Fighter

Here are some pictures of the game. I took them approximately once a round, after the US turn. I was playing the UK. The reduced income and factor production really hits hard in this game: being able to build only one unit in India per turn was frustrating, and I was careless and lose undefended transports and even my fighters in the Caucuses because the Japanese player decided to attack it using his carrier fighters (and thus abandon his navy to be killed by the US).

The Russian player lost her capital to Germany due to this 2-front pressure (and the fact that the US was mainly focused against Japan), and after that happened, the German player used her units to start mopping up Eurasia. The US player tried invading Japan once, but he lost, with one Japanese fighter surviving. At the end of the game, when it was approaching midnight, he decided to try a last desperate invasion of Japan, but it was easily repelled, and so an Axis victory was declared.

Now, I’m not sure if I would conclude that the Axis have the advantage in this game, but I certainly think that it’s harder for the Allies to play optimally and they have to be more careful and fight cooperatively.

Glad to have helped. Hope you love the game as much as I do …. :-D

Okay.  Thanks for all your other help though.

Cheers
PP

remember that you can only load one Infantry unit and one Tank, or one Tank, or i think, two Infantry

Well, it’s not hard - then again buying enough navy to get enough troops over (without BB bombardment etc.) can take a LONG time…