Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion

@barnee

As part of the Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion, today the United States Strategy Guide will be posted in the Strategy Guide thread.

Later this year, the Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion rulebook will be updated with information concerning the Strategy Guide as well as Rules Clarification.:+1:

@barnee

Rules Clarification has been updated with islands that can be fortified.

@sgt-pitbull
Hi Sgt,

What’s the status on the enlarged G40 game board?

@victoryfirst

No, they must be repaired by paying 3 IPC for each damage hit. They are repaired anywhere on the game board.

@barnee

You’re right - United Kingdom can only produce their mines in London.

Also, I’ll correct the text you described concerning mines:+1:

You know, one thing is to develope and play with these rules hundreds and hundreds of times - and explain how it works face to face with new players. It’s another thing to describe it in text to players who have never used these rules.

So, fortunately we have the Rules Clarification to help answer most questions:relaxed:

Thanks for your notification:+1:

@victoryfirst

Hi,

You cannot allocate air units to protect a damaged Battleship unit (see pages 33-35).

When you allocate air units to protect a damaged Carrier, you should consider if this maneuver is essential. Otherwise you might want to send your air units on another mission.

We mostly use this air protection, when a damaged Carrier is within range of an enemy counter attack and there is no other option to hinder the Carrier from being lost.

It’s all part of the challenge to find out what you must do - and what you could do.

So, how many Japanese Battleships overran the US naval units in your game?

@barnee

Hi,

Concerning a damaged Carrier:

Example 1:
A Japanese damaged Carrier is in sea zone 6. There are 5 Japanese Fighters in Japan and the Japanese Air Base in Japan is undamaged.

The US player launches an attack against sea zone 6.

The Japanese player chooses to scramble with 3 Fighters and has already allocated another 2 Fighters to protect the damaged Carrier.

Example 2:
Japan has an undamaged Minor Industrial Complex in Shantung.

In Shantung there are 3 Japanese Fighters.

A Japanese damaged Carrier is in sea zone 19.

The Japanese player chooses to allocate 2 Fighters from Shantung to protect the damaged Carrier, since 2 UK Destroyers are able to reach the damaged Carrier if the UK player decides to attack.

@barnee

No worries:relaxed: :relaxed:

Issues should always be met with constructive consideration.

After all, it’s all about finding the best solutions - and still have fun & challenge.

By the way, I just checked our Global 1940 Game Recording List - and we’ve played 215 games of Global 1940 with the Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion.

Out of these 215 games “only” 168 games are fully recorded with pictures and notes.

The initial 47 Global 1940 games are only partially recorded, since we had to convert the original Expansion Rules from Axis & Allies Classic, Revised and Spring 1942 into a version that was compatible with Global 1940.

Also, new features were added during this convertion, such as Strategic Rail Movement Capacity, Air Transports, Panzer Armies / Tank Armies and Army Groups - just to mention a few…

Our latest developement is the Global 1943 House Rules Expansion, which began in 2018 and ended earlier this year.

A Background Clarification will be attached to the Global 1943 thread - with some explanations of why we chose this Game Setup as well as the text in the Military Situation and Historical Situation.

@barnee
Hi barnee,

Yes - an Underground Factory is conquered in the same way as regular IC. So, the Americans now have an Underground Factory according to your example.

You must control an Underground Factory from the start of your turn if you want to destroy it.

Advice:
Germany should upgrade all Frontline Factories to Underground Factories as soon as possible - to be able to destroy them - and to prevent them from Strategic Bombing raids.