A & A Classic Paratroopers

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Per the rules above, everyone gets three troop moves before the game starts. Mine are:

Russia:

2 tanks, fighter from Moscow to Sinkiang 1 sub from Karelia to sea zone outside of france/spain 1 tank, 1 man from Soviet Far East to Yakut.

GB:

2 men via transport, fighter from India to Egypt 2 men via transport, 2 fighters, BB from England to Karelia 1 man from Syria to Egypt

US

2 men in transport, fighter, bomber from Eastern US to French W. Africa 1 AC with fighter from Hawaii sea zone to Pacific Panama sea zone 2 men and fighter from Sinkiang to India.

Thoughts?

@barnee re: testing

Since the Axis each have a starting income that is divisible by 3, originally I had the mechanics for merging theatres as a function of the Axis country either increasing their income by 2/3rds more than their starting income, or decreasing it by 1/3rd less than their starting income. (Which sort of dovetails into the “2 out of 3” rule for Victory Cities.)

This effectively worked out to:
Germany: +14/-7
Italy: +8/-4
Japan: +10/-5

Changing it to a uniform +10/-5 made the math a little bit more intuitive, but it also means the USSR doesn’t have to get beat up so much (down half their income, possibly even losing their capitol) before the US/UK are able to jump in and help.

In terms of territorial gains/losses, this typically works out like…
+10 Germany = Karelia, Ukraine, Caucasus, Persia
-5 Germany = Finland/Norway, Eastern Europe

+10 Italy = all of Africa, plus Brazil or Eastern Canada
-5 Italy = all of Africa (except for one territory), or losing Southern Europe

+10 Japan = all Chinese territories, plus India or Philippines
-5 Japan = Indochina/Burma, Manchuria

So, Italy probably has the toughest time (as one might expect) but none of these scenarios are completely out of the realm of possibility.

@Midnight_Reaper There was a group of pieces made by pewtercraft each had their rules with them for use with axis and allies from that time period of MB. not sure if the rules can be found anymore and pewtercraft has been done for a while. The ones I currently have.

Fortresses
Heavy artillery
Anti tank guns
Mechanized infintry (this is in game now)
Pt Boats
Troop Trains (versions of this are now in game)
AAA/At guns
Scorched earth ruins
Pocket battleships

Some of the ideas are good if they are tweaked a bit.

Nice ideas. Thanks for posting. You have probably seen that many here do the same thing.

@Cmdr:

Where and how to place free infantry for violating the neutral agreement which derived from the cash for doing so.

Oh yes, now I dismember, I mean remember. We are starting a house rule game monday and I want to see a more binding non-aggression pact between Japan and the Soviets.

What does this have to do with the title?

It’s very good, except … I think the US scenarios
are a wee bit OVER THE TOP!