The Captain mentioned it in a private chat with me, so I’m sure he knows it, although I’m not sure on his opinions though. I might copy it to his glossary of his house rule topics.
Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion
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Great - I guarantee that you’ll have fun. Looking forward to hear about your first game impression.
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@the-captain
Hello, here is my verdict of the rules, and it is they are not awesome…
… they are incredible!
Unfortunately we had limited time, so we chose to only play Europe and Sections 2 and 4. Here’s a report of what happened:
1940 Early- Germany bought an Elite infantry and 5 Waffen infantry in Berlin plus Heavy Industrialized their factories. They also bought tanks ;) . France fell to Waffen supported German forces and Normandy also fell.
Germany also managed to sink the British fleets in 110 and 109 and aligned Finland.
Russia too industrialized their factories, moved their armies back, and also bought tanks (the looming tank race approaches…)
The US bought a super battleship as well as transports.
Britain attempted to retaliate against the German ships sitting in 112, but the Germans scrambled and the British rolled crap (forgive my language). Britain also tried to launch a Taranto raid, and again rolled crap (again, forgive my language). The only Italian ships they destroyed were the destroyer and cruiser in 96 and the cruiser in 97. They bought fighters and factory for Egypt.
Italy saw their chance and both sunk the remaining British fleet composing of 1 carrier with a fighter and 2 cruisers. Only the battleship and bomber survived They then launched an amphibious assault against Egypt and captured it. They also moved their tank to Romania through Bulgaria and then moved in the infantry.
France sunk the Italian battleship and transports with their Mediterranean fleet.
1940 Late- Germany bought another elite, a super battleship, a battleship and transports (hoping to land in Scotland, establish a factory, and force a surrender). German subs attempted to attack the remaining British fleet of 1 battleship and 2 destroyers in 118, but lost everything. Germany also tried to launch an air and small amphibious assault against the UK, but lost nearly everything. Germany captured S. France and the Waffen moved back to Berlin to prepare to invade Russia next turn.
Russia bought more tanks ;)
The US upgraded their infantry to Marines and bought an elite, some destroyers and some transports.
Britain moved all their remaining armies (last turn the British player had foolishly moved some units down south) to the Congo and made heavy their S. Africa factory. The fleet moved towards Gibraltar.
This is where we had to end off. If we had more time, we could’ve probably gone through all the rules. Even though we played a small percentage of the total rulebook, I can say with 100% honesty that I would always choose to play a with these rules! -
I truly appreciate your feedback:+1:
It seems that you and your play group had fun - and challenge.
As you gradually get more in depth with the first 4 Sections you’ll most likely discover that your Overall Strategy needs carefull planning - especially during the first 3-4 rounds of play.
I’m looking forward to hear more.
Thanks, once again:+1:
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Did you use the 2nd edition g40 map ?
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@gen-manstein
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@The-Captain finally read through all the rules. Very impressive. The fact you guys have been playtesting for ten years, even more so. A couple questions.
Do land mines kill/hit all land units ? Including Tanks ?
Can the Oberst-Gruppenführer blitz with the Panzers ?
No Artillery boost for the commisar correct ?
Once again, Nice Job :)
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Hi Barnee,
Good to hear from you again. Thanks for your comment:+1:
- Landmines destroy everything (land based units that passes through the minefield). So, yes: Tank units are destroyed if struck by mines.
- A Waffen-SS Oberst-Gruppenführer unit cannot make a blitz move, not even when moving together with a Waffen-SS Panzer unit.
- A Soviet Commissar unit cannot be supported by artillery.
Please note:
A Waffen-SS Oberst-Gruppenführer unit can be supported by a Waffen-SS Artillery unit - as long as both these Waffen-SS units are not part of a Waffen-SS Army. This is because the Waffen-SS Oberst-Gruppenführer unit operates under Waffen-SS Infantry rules. -
@the-captain right on. So, just to double check, any units in a Army/Corps don’t get outside support of any kind ? Or give support to units not in the Army ?
Thanks
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Also, can you give an example for Para NCM here “…can move into a friendly Capital by air during
Non-Combat Movement.”They can only NCM by air if it’s to an Allied capital ?
Another one :) If Lend Lease units do battle and are slayed before being converted, do they still count as part of the Lend Lease total ?
Can US Escorts escort UK Transports ? The Trprts/would follow w/e the US went ?
In an Army Group, Only 1 Army can still be active out of the two correct ?
Thanks again
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Hi Barnee,
Paratroopers operate under infantry rules, with the exeptions mention on pages 18 and 19. If a paratrooper wants to move into any Capital by air - this Capital must be friendly.
Ex.1: During NCM the German player wants to reinforce Axis troops in Rome with paratroopers from Western Germany. The paratroopers can move directly from Western Germany to Rome.
Ex.2: During NCM German paratroopers wants to move into Axis controlled Rome from Nothern Italy. They can choose to do so by air - even though this space is adjecent to Rome - og they can move by land.German paratroopers wants to reinforce Axis Forces in Africa during NCM from Axis controlled Rome. Since Rome has an Air Base, these paratroopers can move up to 3 spaces by air - and can fly over enemy controlled sea zones.
Lend-Lease: UK and US units cannot take part in any combat on the UK and US players turn before being send to the Soviet Union - prior to the first comming Soviet turn where these units are to be converted into Soviet units.
Once the Lend-Lease units are landed in an original Soviet territory (and Soviet controlled) these units can defend if attacked by Axis Forces - before they are converted into Soviet units.UK and US Transports and Escorts can be part of the same Convoy - if they are in the same SZ. They cannot move together, since they belong to different powers.
Army Group: This is the single largest and most powerfull formation of combat troops anywhere on the game board. The Armies within the Army Group are restricted to the same rules as when several friendly Armies are in the same territory. In other words: only 1 Army can obtain its ability to fight as an Army when multiple friendly Armies occupy the same territory.
Another example:
If 2 German Army Groups occupy the same territory - and each German Army Group attacks different territories from this territory - then both Army Groups attack as Army Groups - and each get 2 extra dice rolls at “4” in each round of combat as long as the Army Group is intact.Thanks for your comment:+1:
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Also - you’re right about units inside an Army & Army Corps.
All units withing a Waffen-SS Army, Soviet Army Corps, Panzer Army and Tank Army cannot interconnect with any units outside each type of Army.
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In a Waffen-SS Army that contains Waffen-SS Artillery and Waffen-SS infantry - the artillery can support the infantry inside this Army. -
@the-captain Excellent ! Thank you. It all makes sense now. :)
As I posted on the other thread, I’m gonna start on a triplea version. While requiring heavy use of edit, compared to most triplea mods, it shouldn’t be too much of a buzz kill and if you’re used to playing by tabletop, you have to move everything by hand anyway.
One area that I’ll need help in, is with the graphics part. I have access to a pile of triplea units, some will need to be recolored and whatnot. So if you know anybody who knows how to do that, it would be way cool. Someone that could make images like the ones you have in the rules would be even better.
At any rate, I know some people at triplea that’ll probably help and I can always hack something together and let others replace them with better images in the future.
While I don’t know how to redraw the map, triplea can make the Tank/Panzer Army boxes as well as the Corps/SS . It can have a D-Day box also, but I’ve already ran through how to do it on the regular map and think it’ll work fine.
Right now, Landmines will need the most edit. Everything else not too bad. I’ll start a separate thread for this so I don’t spam this one out. I’m just all jacked to get going, since triplea is the only way I can play and this looks BadAss lol
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Badasses ? What u looking at on triple a ? Lol
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@gen-manstein heh heh
gonna mod the Capt’n n Companies G 40 Expansion
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@barnee
That sounds great:+1:I’ll see what I can do about the units for use with TripleA - checking if some of our test players knows anyone with skills on that matter.
When you start up a new thread, let me know. Otherwise we can communicate by e-mail, including sending files etc.
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@the-captain right on. Just finished the Russian Guards : )
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@the-captain What happens if an Elite is forced to retreat to a TTy that has another Elite ? Is it killed ?
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@barnee
Hi Barnee,Yes, since only 1 Elite Infantry unit is allowed in each terrotory, the retreating Elite Infantry unit would be lost during this maneuver.
You could compare this scenario with Carrier Based Fighter units that has no place to land - they would be lost at sea.
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@the-captain right on thanks.
Also, tech starts in Early 1943, Rd 7, how does the shipyards tech work with the new naval unit costs ? And the Airborne tech, is it discarded ? I guess to simplify, what techs do I need to activate in early 43 ?
Thanks
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@barnee
:+1:The Shipyard Tech rule is not changed - so Naval units simply just become even cheaper etc. with the new Cost Of All Units chart.
We also left the Airborne Tech as it is - since nobody ever uses it anyway now that Paratroopers are available. In this case - what would you suggest?
Yes, Weapons Developement can begin in round Early 1943.
Basically, what we experience during play testing - and regular games as well - is that Weapons Developement is not used at all. Mostly because you can purchase a variety of units that make Weapons Developement redundant - and because it’s too costly at the expense of mass producing much needed combat units for Frontline Duty (see Total War rule from Early 1943).
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@the-captain right on. I’ll leave it alone then.
Just finished Lend Lease. Hopefully have version 1 ready for a test drive in a day or so.
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