Newbie And Vet

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Just received my custom Battle Board that I had printed to go along with the upcoming giant 1940 Global map that I pre-ordered. Inspired by the original vintage game from 1984 with the design of the original battle board, I just wanted to pay homage to that original design where this now includes expansion pieces for my own AXIS & ALLIES game at home with my son using house rules and third-party pieces (mostly from Historical Board Gaming). This custom board measures 14" x 14".

Thought I’d share this as I thought some might like to see.

I’m a graphic designer and illustrator. I put this together myself using mainly Adobe Illustrator and some Photoshop when I needed to create some of the silhouette icons. Some were borrowed from the actual game’s images for the units.

Scott

I usually just snap a quick photo of the board with my phone before packing up. It makes it easy to pick up where we left off.

Hi All,

I created these setup sheets/cheat sheets for an upcoming game. They’re designed so that each player can sit down and have most of what they need to know in front of them all the time.

Example:Germany Setup Sheet.png

Download all the sheets here: [https://www.mediafire.com/file/je5iw8q2v16g0qt/Simnos_Setup_Sheets.docx/file](link url)

Feel free to use them in your own games, or change them as you see fit. I’ve put them on the Word file I worked from so everything is editable. I’ve printed mine on glossy paper and I think they look great. I may laminate them too so they last.

If you see any mistakes please let me know (especially if you see them before my game on 13/10/24).

Additional note: I have slightly changed the factions so that the US player has control of ANZAC and the UK player has China. I just prefer it that way. If there’s a will for it I could probably do an altered sheet with the original combinations.

I haven’t used that map, but I’d recommend scaling your pieces up by about 10-20% to keep things proportional. Test fit as you go to make sure it works.

@The_Good_Captain Yes Captain! We really enjoy your photo edited maps, and we have them custom printed out for our games. They are awesome. We would love the original MB Conquest of the Empire and Shogun maps via an edited photo like your other maps. Unfortunately we dont have a high quality digital camera! Thank you for your offer to assist us!

@CorporalClegg Thank for your reply.
Yes I did see those, but i thought I didn’t need two separate versions and I am very fond of your layout. So if you one decide to make the last 4 cards to play global, and you would like to share please let me know :-)

@Call77 A bit late to the party, but if you don’t mind, I’d really appreciate those PDFs!

@Tottes1337 all versions (previous and current) of the BBR cards are also available for purchase here:

https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/yg-card-decks

If you want a free download, they are available on the discord (link should be above).