Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion

The full color printed rulebook is still available in few numbers.

A reprint will take place later in 2023.

Today, it is 2 years ago since we released the Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion.

I would like to thank all of you, who is active with both game play as well as usefull comments and questions concerning the Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion.

Captain

We truly appreciate all the feedback that you guys come up with, based on your game experience using the Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion.

@barnee

No - the Army Group must be intact to get the extra 2-dice rolls for that Army Group.

During Non-Combat Movement you can change the combinations of Armies inside the Army Group.

Does this answer yor question ?

@victoryfirst

At pg. 22 in the rulebook (Japanese-Soviet pact) you can look at Note 2.

“The IPC granted to the violated Nation can be spent on the same terms as with the German-Soviet pact.”

Does this answer your question?

@barnee
For game play reasons, an Army Group is a single Combat Formation - and all rules that concerns an Army Group must be kept in order to avoid confusion.

In other words:
When an Army Group attacks, all units inside the Army Group must fight on Army Group terms.

An Army Group cannot interact with units outside the Army Group - which means that a Tactical Bomber unit cannot support a Tank unit that is included in the Army Group etc.

This also means, that only one of the two Armies that form the core of the Army Group can fight as an Army - whereas the units in the second Army in the Army Group must fight as individual units.

So in the same territory, a Panzer Army outside the Army Group cannot fight as a Panzer Army, since only 1 Army in each territory can obtain its fighting strength as an Army - and that Army is inside the Army Group.

If you want that Panzer Army to fight as an Army during your attack, you would have to “split up” the Army Group during this attack - then all units from the Army Group fight as individual units - and the Panzer Army can then fight as an Army during this attack.

Does this answer your question?

The only exception is when two or more Armies are defending Eastern United States (Washington), Germany (Berlin), United Kingdom (London) and Russia (Moscow) - in this case (Capital Defense Rule, see pg. 48, note 7) two Armies can both fight as an Army - whether they are part of an Army Group or not.

@victoryfirst

If you save all or some Penalty IPC for later use, you can use these IPC on same terms as all other IPC - which means that you can also purchase naval units.

Depending on when the Nation is violated (Japanese-Soviet pact) the number of Penalty IPC is reduced in each round - so if the violation occurs later than 3 rounds after the pact is effective, you would not be able to purchase naval units anyway, since the most cheap naval unit costs 6 IPC.

If you are planning to violate the pact within a few rounds anyway - you should attack or declare War during Early 1940 or Late 1940 to avoid the pact from being effective.
That would save you some IPC - but it would also open another Front.

The Penalty IPC rule is intended as an instant support to the violated Nation, so the violated Nation can purchase units to counter attack the enemy or block further advance for at least one round, etc.

@barnee
That is correct:+1: As long as the Army Group is intact you also get 2 extra dice rolls at “4” during the attack - and 2 dice rolls at “5” during defense.

As you’ll see in the next two Game Reports that I’m going to post today, those Army Group dice rolls are crucial:muscle: