Oztea's 1942 Global Setup

As part of the Axis & Allies Global 1940 & 1943 House Rules Expansion, Naval Mines are being play testet during the 2023 Autumn & Winter Axis & Allies gaming season.

Final results will be posted here.

Feel free to play test on your own. Rules are attached below.

Captain

1. G40 Naval Mines.pdf

There was a bit of discussion recently over here…

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=42496.0

…about what the victory conditions ought to represent from a realistic viewpoint.

@Black_Elk just suggested what i think to be an excellent idea over at the triplea site. Have Normandy be “Original Owner True Neutral” or could make it “Pro_Allied”. Will start out controlled by France.

At any rate, when Team USA comes in and takes it and then Liberates Paris, it’ll still be USA controlled. Which is historical as well.

Gonna add it to the House Rules : )

Edit
So you’d need to use Gamerman1’s Normandy turns Pro-Allied if not Axis controlled after turn 1 as well. Can add a 2 PU objective for France if US of A controlls Normandy and Paris is free if you want.

This sounds like it might be worth a try. I posted an after action report on the forum about AA42 NOs. I really like what you have done to make AA42 an even better game. Thanks Hobbes.

Next round you always get extra units but because they were the best Attacker/Defender last game they get extra units next turn.

new file…
fixed a few issues…

http://www.mediafire.com/?gbhfnm2hjdr

Anyone tinker with the setup, in order to make the game less linear?

We’re finding  that G1 and J1 pretty much open the exact same every game, decimating allied navies then G going heavy armor.

My buddy has come up with an interesting house rule which we are going to try out next time.  Its a bit complex, but in a nutshell the setup is kinda “Risklike,” in that you alternate unit placement.  Each county has so many IPC’s to spend and you can purchase and place what/where you want; with limitations of course.  You cant just place crap randomly all over the place.  You’ll need to start in countries controlled a the start and adjacent sea zones.  This gives players the option to go heaveir navy or air, or whatever.

I know, it pretty much takes away from historical accuracies, but thats alright.  The idea was to change the opening setup, allow for new strategies and make the game a bit less linear for us.

Well that explains that.  I wish there was some really easy way to create a good hex map.  Have not found out how to do that yet.