Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion

@barnee

Example 1:
An Escort unit is passing a naval line with 1 enemy Naval Mine. The Escort unit can roll 3 dice in order to eliminate the enemy Naval Mine.

Example 2:
Two Escort units are passing a naval line with 1 enemy Naval Mine. Those Escort units can each roll 3 dice in order to eliminate the enemy Naval Mine.

Example 3:
Two Escort units are passing a naval line with 10 enemy Naval Mines. Those Escort units can each roll 3 dice in order to eliminate a maximum of 6 enemy Naval Mines.

After the mine sweeping, the Escort unit(s) can be chosen as casualties if there were any enemy Naval Mines that survived - and detonated.

@barnee

If the attacker retreats, the attacking Escort that sweeped Mines must also retreat since the Escort cannot stay in an enemy occupied sea zone.

The 3rd Northern Europe Axis & Allies Wiking-Con has just been held in Denmark.

Game Reports will soon be posted at the Global 1940 & 1943 Expansions Game Report Thread

We experienced that a few players was still using the “old” Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion rulebook.

This came to our attention when a rule concerning the Soviet Air & Naval bases.

The Soviets can destroy their bases any time at no cost (see pg. 21.).

Make sure, that you use the updated version of the rulebook.

The final updated rulebook is available at pg. 1 in this thread.

The updated rulebook was released about 1 year ago.

@barnee

In the Explained thread (see Facilities) it is described why Underground Factories cannot be targeted by Strategic Bombing.

Play testing concerning the Underground Factory rule initially included the following:

• An IPC Penalty must be paid by the owner - the IPC amount is half the dice rolls combined.

or:

• Damage to an Underground Factory can only be half of the damage inflicted to a regular industrial complex

The results were mixed - and the Underground Factory rule was not attractive enough with those rules.

It is known today, that Germany dispersed some of their factories to the forrests (Surface Forrest Factories) - in combination with underground facilities.
This was not known by the Allies until after the War.

We also included these facts in the decisions about the Underground Factory rules.

The final results of the Underground Factory rule are now included in the Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion

Concerning Air-To-Air Combat Over Target Area during Strategic Bombing of factories or other facilities, we studied the scenarios from various battles of WWII.

• During the Battle of France in may-June 1940, the French fighter pilots flew only 1 mission a day - whereas the German pilots flew more than 5 missions a day.
• During the Battle of Britian, the RAF pilots flew multiple missions a day - whereas the German pilots flew a maximum of 2 sorties a day.
• During the air defense of Germany in 1944 and 1945, Allied fighter pilots flew up to 2 missions a day - whereas the Luftwaffe pilots were sent up in the air as soon as they were refueled an rearmed - multiple times a day.

Defending fighter pilots were close to their bases - but the attacker was hundreds of miles away from their own bases. This had an effect in both morale and fighting capacity.

Those facts were also included in our play testing.

These are some of the reasons that defending fighters defend at a higher factor than attacking fighters.

The Air-To-Air Combat Over Target Area scenario was not over until either the attacker pushed his bombers through to the target - or was eliminated.

Concerning Paratrooper units - this was the very first rule that we implemented in 1993 for the Axis & Allies Classic game.

A lot of studying went ahead before we came up with multiple suggestions for the Paratrooper unit. Some aspects that we play tested were:

• Infantry can be transformed to Paratrooper
• Sabotage: Partroopper units can cause sabotage to enemy facilities
• Airlifting: How to airlift a Paratrooper unit (Airlift Token or Bomber etc.)
• Cost, attack, defense, movement on land, sea and by air (for example the US 82nd Airborne Division was transported by sea to North Africa in Late 1943).
• Fighting in a city (Capital City area)
• Education & Training of Paratrooper units

The final result is now included in the Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion on pg. 18.

Concerning the Total War rule:

From Early 1943 (round 7) the 5 major powers can mass produce units in accordance with the Total War rule.

Those 5 Nations can use any of their own original Industrial Complexes for Total War production - as long as these factories have the required production capacity.

Exception:
United Kingdom cannot use India for Total War production. Only the Industrial Complexes on the European side of the map can be used for Total War production.
The rulebook says “London only” - but the original UK factories in South Africa and Canada can also be used for Total War (Air units only…).

See pg. 50 for further information.

@barnee

Yes - Air Transport units operate under Transport rules concerning transportation of units.

Important:
Only German Air Transport units can transport Tank units.

@barnee

Only a German Air Transport unit can carry an Anti Aircraft Artillery unit, since an Anti Aircraft Artillery unit counts as a Tank unit for transport purposes.

@barnee

The rulebook Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion describes the transportation capacity that is required for each unit.

The rules concerning transportation by Sea, Air and Strategic Rail Movement is described under each unit - and in some cases also under “Escorts & Transports” as well as “Air Transport” and “Strategic Rail Movement”.

We recommend that players refer to the Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion rulebook in case of any questions concerning transportation of units, since specialized units such as Mines, Rockets, Factories etc. have various transportation requirements.

Even among our Veteran Players we repeatedly refer to the Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion rulebook.

@barnee

Okay - now I see :-)

The Transportation Capacity that is required to transport each unit is described under the units profile.

Example:
A Paratrooper unit (see pg. 18) is a specialized Infantry unit - but concerning transportation a Paratrooper unit counts as a Tank unit towards the capacity of a Transport, Landing Craft and Air Transport unit.

Anyway - we’re grateful that you ask questions, since there is always something we can improve concerning the rulebook and Rules Clarification.

Thanks again barnee :-)