Hockey Talk

Customizing your gaming experience

Map
The boards that come with the game are fine, however, if you don’t like them separating while you play, you can use strong paper clamps, or velcro to keep them together. If you play a lot and have the money, you might consider downloading a file and printing a large custom map which can be found here…

Money
The game does not come with any tangible currency, you can get special paper money at HBG (historical board gaming), or special poker chips at IWNGU (I will never grow up).

Facilities
Everyone hates using those cardboard counters for facilities because they are hard to pickup, time consuming to setup, and they take up valuable space on the board. I use the gray factories from 1942 1st edition as minor ICs, and the factories from risk revised as major ICs, but you could also use anything from settlers of catan settlements, to monopoly houses and hotels. Also, HBG has many types of plastic facilities including bases, and shape ways has a variety of plastic factories.

Extra Units
I myself bought 2 copies of both 1940 Europe and 1940 Pacific when I first got started, and I have never run out of anything during a game, but I understand if people don’t want to spend that much money. My suggestion is to play the game a few times and find out what you usually run out of, and then buy extras from HBG. For example: if you find that the Japanese tend to use mech infantry a lot, or if Germany always buys bombers in your games… than add extra units accordingly.

Chips
The game does not provide enough chips, and HBG is usually of stock when it comes to the A&A out of box chips. So apart from buying 2 full sets of 1940 global, I suggest replacing all of them with HBG chips, I would get 100 whites, 50 greens, 50 reds, and 10 blues.

Dice
Even if you buy 2 full sets of 1940 Global, you still won’t have enough dice… and HBG is always out of stock. I just got a ton from IWNGU which are almost identical to the A&A out of box dice.

Game Aids
There are helpful game aids here like my national objective cards that you can download, print and cut in order to track NOs better. Just keep in mind that there is an error on the “North Africa” NO for Italy which states that Egypt is needed to collect the 5 IPCs, you can find that file here…

http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=36011.0

G40 GAME COMPONENTS (When both Europe and Pacific are combined)

Control markers

20 German
20 Russian
40 Japanese
45 American
5 Chinese
35 British (including 2 Union Jacks)
20 Italian
10 ANZAC
5 French

Facilities and Kamikazes

18 Major factories
20 Minor factories
30 Air bases
32 Naval bases
6 Kamikaze tokens

Game aids

2 battle boards (the Europe board is bigger)
2 casualty zone strips
1 research & development tracker
2 Rulebooks (1 Europe, 1 Pacific)

Game accessories

4 Game boards (2 from Europe, 2 from Pacific)

10 Unit trays

1 German
1 Russian
1 Japanese
1 American
1 China
2 United Kingdom (1 Europe, 1 Pacific)
1 Italian
1 ANZAC
1 American / France

110 Gary plastic chips
30 Green plastic chips
20 Red plastic chips

6 Red dice
6 Black dice

Plastic unit pieces

GERMANY

40 Infantry
8 Artillery
9 Mechanized Infantry
12 Tanks
8 Antiaircraft Artillery

8 Fighters
9 Tactical Bombers
4 Strategic Bombers

2 Battleships
2 Aircraft Carriers
4 Cruisers
6 Destroyers
6 Submarines
6 Transports

SOVIET UNION

40 Infantry
8 Artillery
9 Mechanized Infantry
10 Tanks
8 Antiaircraft Artillery

8 Fighters
9 Tactical Bombers
2 Strategic Bombers

2 Battleships
2 Aircraft Carriers
2 Cruisers
4 Destroyers
4 Submarines
4 Transports

JAPAN

41 Infantry
12 Artillery
9 Mechanized Infantry
12 Tanks
8 Antiaircraft Artillery

16 Fighters
9 Tactical Bombers
8 Strategic Bombers

8 Battleships
8 Aircraft Carriers
8 Cruisers
12 Destroyers
12 Submarines
12 Transports

UNITED STATES

40 Infantry
12 Artillery
15 Mechanized Infantry
12 Tanks
16 Antiaircraft Artillery

16 Fighters
15 Tactical Bombers
12 Strategic Bombers

8 Battleships
8 Aircraft Carriers
8 Cruisers
12 Destroyers
12 Submarines
12 Transports

CHINA

30 Infantry

UNITED KINGDOM

40 Infantry
12 Artillery
12 Mechanized Infantry
16 Tanks
16 Antiaircraft Artillery

16 Fighters
12 Tactical Bombers
12 Strategic Bombers

8 Battleships
4 Aircraft Carriers
8 Cruisers
12 Destroyers
12 Submarines
12 Transports

ITALY

20 Infantry
8 Artillery
6 Mechanized Infantry
10 Tanks
8 Antiaircraft Artillery

8 Fighters
6 Tactical Bombers
4 Strategic Bombers

2 Battleships
2 Aircraft Carriers
4 Cruisers
6 Destroyers
6 Submarines
6 Transports

ANZAC

20 Infantry
6 Artillery
6 Mechanized Infantry
8 Tanks
8 Antiaircraft Artillery

8 Fighters
6 Tactical Bombers
6 Strategic Bombers

4 Battleships
4 Aircraft Carriers
4 Cruisers
6 Destroyers
6 Submarines
6 Transports

FRANCE

20 Infantry
8 Artillery
8 Mechanized Infantry
10 Tanks
8 Antiaircraft Artillery

8 Fighters
6 Tactical Bombers
2 Strategic Bombers

2 Battleships
2 Aircraft Carriers
2 Cruisers
4 Destroyers
4 Submarines
4 Transports