Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion

@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

@barnee

The Elite Infantry production must be in the owners Capital - and since Italy cannot produce Elite Infantry, the German player can only produce these units in Germany - even after the Take Over Of Italy.

It has now been clarified in the revised rulebook that we are working on now.

@barnee

This is part of the revised rulebook (soon to be released):

A Paratrooper counts as a Tank unit towards the loading capacity of Transports/Landing Crafts & Air Transport.

An Air Transport unit can transport 1 land based combat unit (infantry, artillery, mechanized infantry etc.)

Exception:
Only a German Air Transport can transport a Tank, Paratrooper or any other land unit that counts as a Tank towards the loading capacity.

@barnee

That is almost accurate:muscle:

Landing Crafts cannot move by Air Transport - not even German Landing Crafts.

This will all be more clearly specified in the revised rulebook.

Concerning Landing Crafts:

Production of Landing Crafts has a minor change for United Kingdom and United States:

Note 2:
The production of Landing Crafts is limited to these Nations and numbers – and the production must be in these cities:

USA (Washington or Los Angeles): 8
United Kingdom (London): 12
Germany (Berlin): 6
Japan (Tokyo): 4
Italy (Rome): 4

Landing Crafts can only be used by the owner.

Exception:
See D-Day rule.

Landing Crafts lost can be reproduced.

The RULEBOOK Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion is being revised - and we expect to be able to release this Revised Edition in Early 2023.

Basically all rules are more or less the same as now - the Revised Rulebook mostly incorporates the Rules Clarification - as well as the numerous questions & answers throughout this thread - the Global 1943 thread - and the Global 1940 Strategy Guide thread

A few minor changes have been made - and mostly concerns rules that were unnecessarily complicated - or rules that simply needed to be more smooth during game play.

We do however recommend that players (quickly) read through the Revised Rulebook when we release it.

Some new components have also been added at the request of multiple players, such as:

• Army Group Boards & Markers
• Allied Army Group Markers
• Updated Cost Of All Units list (no cost changes however)
• Updated Timetable (Heavy Bombers are added)
• Revised Naval Task Force Boards & Markers
• Additional Optional Rules: Desert Army and Combat Engineer unit. Those rules are added as an appendix - and do not necessarily have to be incorperated in the game to keep the ultimate Balance of Play.

We’ll be back with more information as we get closer to Release Date.

@barnee

During play testing we did have an option to produce Combat Engineers at any factory.

But since this unit is highly specialized, it would have to be produced at an Industrial Complex in a Major Capital - same rule as for all other specialized units.

During Game Play, only Major Capitals are considered to have the capacity needed for construction & training of specialized units.

The Revised Rulebook, Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion is now available on this thread - at the first page.

The Revised Edition includes rules clarifications and a limited number of modified rules.

@barnee

German King Tiger unit is available from Early 1944.

This timeline has not changed (see Timetable) - the text has simply been corrected so it matches the Timetable.

There are no changes to the timeline (Timetable) for units & rules to enter the game.

Concerning the Revised Rulebook, here is a brief view of what has been clarified or changed (read through the specific rule):

• Cost of All Units
• Pictures at page 14 (Army Group)
• Paratrooper
• Lend-Lease
• Facilities
• Non-Agression Pact (Germany-Soviet Union)
• Expanded Pacific IPC Values (Celebes worth 4 IPC)
• Escorts
• US National Guard
• Defensive Fortifications & Atlantic Wall
• Strategic Rail Movement
• Home Defense
• D-Day
• Red Army Conscription
• Landing Crafts
• Army Group
• Take Over of Italy
• Air Transport
• King Tiger
• Type XXI U-Boat
• Heavy Bombers

Read through each rule mentioned above in order to get familiar with the clarifications and minor changes.

We recommend that the entire rulebook is studied.