Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion

Attacking Landing Craft units can be send into combat - without cargo.

Example:
If your Landing Craft units have to pass through an enemy Minefield, you might want to consider using some of your empty Landing Craft units as cannon fodder if they are struck by a Mine.

Remember that if a Landing Craft unit is hit by a Mine, the units inside the Landing Craft unit are also lost.

The Rules Clarification has ben updated today.

The clarifications concern:

• Landing Craft units
• Heavy Bomber units

Coming Up in 2023:

• A full color printed rulebook with the Revised Edition of Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion
  The Revised Edition is mostly based on questions and comments from players in the Axis & Allies community and includes several rules clarifications.
• New color coded plastic playing pieces
  A combination of “Punch Out” card board roundels and color coded plastic units is available to make it easier for players to manage the game - and make the game look more realistic.
• A YouTube Channel is created, with videos and pictures of “How to use the Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion”.
  Also, various strategies will be promoted with explanations.
• Global 1943 is included as an appendix in the new printed rulebook.

This ambitious project is expected to be released no later than 21st April 2023.

More informations and updates will be announced at this forum - stay with us.

Correction concerning Army Group and Landmines:

• An Army Group must be formed either during Non-Combat Movement or the Place New Units phase.
  The Army Group is then ready to defend in the same round and can attack in the next or on any future round.

This correction now reflects the same game mechanisms that involve all other Armies - an makes game play easier.

• Landmines can be produced by all Nations - except China.
  India is considered a Nation/Capital - so mines can also be produced in India.
  The game mechanisms concerning production of mines are not changed however.

Those two corrections will be part of the Rules Clarification and the revised Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion rulebook.

Remember that in India, the United Kingdom player can spend a maximum of 20 IPC each round.

So, for each 3 Mines, an Infantry unit can be produced instead.

Statistically, you’ll need 3 Mines to score 1 hit.

What we have seen so far is, that Mines produced on a massive scale does not benefit the defender.

Mines are usually used to defend a line that the enemy would have to pass several times.
In that way the possibility of scoring hits is increased significantly.

@victoryfirst

Yes - United States can declare War on it’s 3rd turn - Early 1941 - against Germany and Italy - but not Japan. This is the same as the OOB G40 rules.

In this way, if Japan attacks - or declares War on - any US, UK or ANZAC units/territories, the United States will activate the US National Guard (6 Infantry units and 2 Fighter units.)

In addition, United States would be able to declare War and attack Japan any time in any future round.

@barnee

If an Infantry unit leaves the Fortification for any reason, the Fortification is destroyed.
Even if a new Infantry unit is moving into the same territory/island during Non-Combat Move.

So in your example, the Bunker is destroyed.

The challenge about Fortifications is, that you must consider future movements at an early stage - to avoid loosing the Bunker.

@mkgionet

It sounds as a great game.

Concerning demolition of facilities:

1. Air Base & Naval Base:
   These facilities can be demolished at a cost of 4 IPC, since they are considered to consist of simple structures and supply areas.

2. Industrial Complex:
   An Industrial Complex is considered to consist of more complex and extensive structures with multiple production facilities.
   Further more the area in which the Industrial Complex is present represents vast logistical supply lines etc.

During play testing, we tried various scenarios in both cost and procedures on how to demolish facilities.

Clearly, there had to be a major difference in not only demolishing an Air or Naval Base and an Industrial Complex - but also a difference in the process.

Simply because these facilities are different in both size and complexity.

Since we had already play tested the Underground Factory - as part of the Strategic Bombing concept - we went on to play test the suitability of Underground Factory for destruction.

Play test results showed, that the game mechanisms were functioning - and we achieved both a difference in cost as well as procedure in demolishing an Air or Naval Base compared to an Industrial Complex.

For game play reasons, it was important to keep the Demolishion rules as simple as possible - and also make it attractive to players.

The final result is now part of the Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion.

Thanks for your comment - I hope the above explanation is adequate:+1:

Combat Board is used for resolving Combat with Global 1940 and Global 1943 Expansions.

The Combat Board (see attached file) will be included in the revised edition of the Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion.

Note:
The Army Group Markers are represented for Germany (red outline) and the Allies (blue outline) - and are attached to both the Attacker and Defender side.
Remember that an active Army Group has 2 extra dice rolls.

Combat Board.pdf