Global War 1940 2nd ed.

Is your map a bit different from Death Head’s?

Just for the Dutch Island Values and I made the UK pacific FEC Anzac. And drew a Line on map so West Germany is not connected to the same sea zone as London I believe. It was a map flaw that was pointed out.

Newbie question: how do you built your 12 sided dices pack?
How many do you have?
My local store only provide a large number of 10 sided dice pack.

@Baron:

Newbie question: how do you built your 12 sided dices pack?
How many do you have?
My local store only provide a large number of 10 sided dice pack.

Chessex dice. I bought 2 bags of 50 d12 per bag with different colors.

Dang, maybe I missed it but Chessex don’t sell d12 right now. I bought 1 bag of 50 d12’s at gaming Store and the other at Amazon I believe. HBG sells them .55 a piece but I believe its either 6 or 8 colors.

50 Dices… A real deal.
Besides D6, the highest bulk package was 10 D10, at the last gaming shop visited.

@Baron:

50 Dices… A real deal.
Besides D6, the highest bulk package was 10 D10, at the last gaming shop visited.

Amazon did have 25 packs of d12. Some transparent. I thought it said 13.50 with free shipping. Check on site. I think the 50 pack is obsolete now.

Thanks.

Go to E-bay. I found a set of 50 for 10.00 free shipping outside of US. They do have Chessex 50 pkg. dice there to like one I found was 23.00 plus 6.00 shipping. Probably more like 12.00 shipping for you but close to other sites that are selling 50 pkgs at 35.00.

I’ll probably buy another 50pk. Do need more for 2nd Table. I believe the item number on bag is Chessex 29412. This is the 2 bags I bought. Some dice I don’t use is because there to dark with gold number colored. So I may go with that transparent set because I can see all the white number coloring on them.

Had second thoughts on Victory points conditions but after rechecking I�m good to go. If axis don�t get Calcutta they will need Stalingrad for sure and vice versa with 1 bonus point.
Was just thinkin the Axis didn�t have enough ways to get 30 points if they didn�t get 2 of the 2 worth city�s.

Adding the 2 point bonuses really help axis to win like in 5 ways instead of just the normal blast to Moscow.
Got 7 guys for game this Saturday which will see how well the game goes finally with more than 2 to 4 test players. The game this Saturday is not a test game. The normal group is playing. Ill post a report Sunday.

Cool.
Have fun.
Thanks.

The game Saturday ended turn 6 with the Axis admitting they couldn’t over come losing Paris and trying to get 8 more points for a 30 point victory.
Germany made a major mistake with leaving 8 tanks on front line and I was able too takeout with Russia on Turn 2 before Rapitutia came up on turn 3 where all motorized ground can only move 1 space for both sides in Red Territories. I was able to use 7 tanks in my attack with fodder and planes.
Italy for some reason never did any can opening for Germany. That was a major mistake also.
Germany also didn’t build any planes. If you look at Atlantic side map you never see 8 -10 transports only being protected by 3 destroyers in a game for Allies.

Anyway the game was a success with all the guys and I need to just make 1 adjustment by removing 1 bad Event Card for Germany.

Tac bomber rule worked out great in game.
Cruiser wise some were bought and it does benefit Anzac a lot due to cost.
Probably was 5 cases where at least 1 transport could escape but not one did in game. Also all 5 cases it was only a sub attacking a lone transport or two. Better than risking a plane. Will raise escape roll to @3.
The UK did buy 2 carriers and 1 Escort Carrier for Anzac being placed in South Africa and running towards Anzac.
US had H Bombers with No AAA shots could hit them. This was nice in game also because US was able to bomb Berlin and Rome. One SBR resulted in a roll of 3 d10 die only rolling a 7 total. Ha Ha  30 chance damage but only 7 ! Epic.
Germany did a sea lion attack on London with 3 transport planes, 4 Paratroopers, 1 fig and 2 bombers. London had only an AAA gun and 4 ground. London was able to hold off the attack and win !!!  Saving a 70 icp swing. That was FR awesome. Just amazing.
Would of been nice to see if Axis could of still held off for a win if they got the 35 icps from UK.

The guys also loved the 2 NA’s for each country they receive at start of game. The event cards they liked also with 1 player grumbling once he started getting a few bad cards in a row. Oh well part of game and cards affect game in a very small way just like weather, supplies, fuel, morale and leadership.

Japan held there own and they also took out US fleet on turn 6 in the Pacific. Tacs worked great here also. Japan had 5 attacking Tacs and I believe they were able too hit 3 ships with no return shots. US got one no return shot also for 1 Tac on defense.
That rule for Tacs is just an amazing rule for navy and Ground.
Pic below is the final charts with the axis getting 4 techs by end of turn 2. 2 pics of map also.

Pacific

Atlantic

Whats wrong with this pic ? Italy of course.

Baron

Just a couple other things. I as Russia did buy 11 Art first turn and then on second turn parked the 11 Art in Orel-Kursk just outside of Moscow. So I did Gar’s RED BLITZ buy and move instead of the 7 tank buy. ( I didn’t have enough fodder to support the 7 tank buy if i went that route to take back Leningrad).  Yes it did make Germany hesitate and made him stack his tanks to close and then I was able to come South of Orel-Kursk with 10 fodder, 6 tanks and 5 planes to take out his 8 fodder and 8 tanks. This happened on turn 2 because I knew on turn 3 Rapituta was coming and all motorized pieces can only move 1. So i was able to move my Russian tanks 2 and best to punch Germany if you can.
So then after that I was able to focus more on Leningrad and if I needed to I could move the 11 Art and 10 Inf towards Leningrad that I never even used in last battle.

The Art being A4 D4 M1/2 C4 with the new A4 rule helped all sides in game.

As far as the Tac Bomber maybe to strong I can go with 3 options. Ships are also cheaper too. Cruiser A7 D7 M2 C9  Destroyer A3 D3 M2 C6. With Cruisers being better at A D and C balances out with Tacs.

Tac Bomber

1. A7 D4 M4 C10 roll 2 or less pick target with no return shot for every round of combat.

2. A7 D4 M4 C10 roll a 2 or less pick target with no return shot for first round only.

3. A7 D4 M4 C10 roll a 2 or less pick target but defender gets a return shot for every round of combat.

Checked with some guys in group and they want to stick with option 1.

A another planned war next Sat. Results Sunday.

Good Luck with it.
Christmas is coming, and Winter is coming too.

We got 5 turns in game. Germany got there u-boat NA which cost UK US 1 icp per turn for every sub in the Atlantic. So that put the UK US in a small hole (costing them around 30 some icp’s first 2 turns) and had to buy destroyers right away to clear out the Atlantic. Also Germany got the Tech Rockets 2nd turn and SBR Moscow and London every turn. Now Germany bought 10 subs and is trying to get them in the Atlantic to force the penalty on UK US again but I believe that 70 icp buy for Subs is going to cost them Paris if Italy can’t defend it for them plus less spent towards Moscow the better. Italy took care of Med and convoyed some boxes and now the US is taking care of them now. Here’s a pic of Europe.

Japan didn’t come south and take India out of game and spent to much in China which gave US some time to buy in the Atlantic. Some of FEC and Anzac had to go towards SA to see if they can regain that 1 point Victory City. Japan is out of position by not being down by the islands and would think next turn the FEC and Anzac fleet by India will move towards Saigon because the US may make a move towards Saigon next turn too. You would also think the IJN would move towards Hawaii to cut off US fleet from getting back to main land but now they need to make a choice. Looks like it may be an up hill battle for axis now. Here’s map pic.

Here is a pic of the charts showing what is going on so far in game. US tech not really good for now. Havent had any real Tac Bombers involved in this game so far and 3 Transports got to escape so far.