Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion

@barnee

A Waffen-SS Army must conduct all moves and combat etc. as 1 unit.

This rule applies to all types of Armies and Army Groups.

The only Army that can make a Blitz move is a Panzer Army / Tank Army.

The only Army Group that can make a Blitz move is an Army Group that consists of 2 Panzer Armies / Tank Armies and 10 Panzer (Tank) units.

Concerning Soviet Factories:

Only Original Soviet Industrial Complexes that exist from game start (Early 1940) are covered by the rule described at pg. 20-21.

This means that any enemy Industrial Complex that the Russian player may capture (or any Industrial Complex the Soviet player purchases) during the game must be treated on the same terms as for all other Nations.

As part of the Axis & Allies Global 1940 & 1943 House Rules Expansion, Naval Mines are being play testet during the 2023 Autumn & Winter Axis & Allies gaming season.

Final results will be posted here.

Feel free to play test on your own. Rules are attached below.

Captain

1. G40 Naval Mines.pdf

@barnee

We have already begun the initial play testing.

So far the results are like this:

• Naval Mines cannot be placed until Early 1942 (round 5) - since it requires an Escort unit to transport & place the Naval Mines - Escort units can enter game from Late 1941 (round 4).
• Statistically it takes 3 Naval Mines to achieve 1 hit - so, at least 3 Naval Mines should be placed at any given Sea Line.
• When naval units pass through a Naval Minefield, it is adviceable to have a Battleship unit or Heavy Battleship - or even an empty Aircraft Carrier unit - unit as part of the naval force - in order to absorb any hit from Naval Mines.
• Any player that places Naval Mines must consider wether or not to protect the Escort unit against enemy counter attack - otherwise it is a costly affair to transport & place Naval Mines…
• Naval Mines should only be used as part of the overall Strategic Plan for each Nation - since the use of Naval Mines is a demanding task in terms of transportation and minelaying.

@barnee

France & the Soviet Union cannot produce Naval Mines - since these Nations Capitals are not adjacent to a sea zone.

An Escort unit can be part of a Convoy - even if it is loaded with Naval Mines.

An Escort unit can sweep enemy Naval Mines while loaded with own Naval Mines.

Remember:
An Escort unit can only perform 1 mission in each turn.

Important:
An Escort unit can be part of a Convoy - and sweep or lay Naval Mines in the same turn.

@barnee

An Army Group that has 5 Tank units and 5 Mechanized Infantry units can make a Blitz move during the Combat Movement phase.

This game mechanism is OOB rules since a Mechanized Infantry unit can make a Blitz move when it moves together with a Tank unit.

Concerning Home Defense:
For both United Kingdom and Japan; an Elite Infantry unit defends at “3” during the first round of Combat using two dice.

Concerning Paratrooper units:

A Paratrooper unit is a land based unit.

Paratrooper units operate under Infantry rules with a few exceptions (see more detalils at pg. 18 in the rulebook).

For transport purposes during Non-Combat Movement a Paratrooper unit counts as a Tank unit towards the capacity of a Transport unit (by sea) or an Air Transport unit.

Only Germany has the capacity to transport a Paratrooper unit by Air Transport.

A Paratrooper unit can also move 2 spaces by air by itself - either during Combat Movement or Non-Combat Movement.

Paratrooper units can also be transported by Strategic Rail Movement since a Paratrooper units is a land based unit.

@barnee

Aircraft Carrier Based Fighter units operate under Fighter unit rules with a few exceptions:

1. Carrier Based Fighters must land on an Aircraft Carrier. They cannot land on a territory/island (unless there the Aircraft Carrier is destroyed in combat).

2. US and Japanese Carrier Based Fighters can only operate in the Pacific Theatre & Indian Ocean - German and UK Carrier Based Fighters can operate in any Theatre of Operations.

Carrier Based Fighters can attack on land in the same way as any other Fighter unit - as long as they take off from an Aircraft Carrier.

See more details in the Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion rulebook pg. 31 & 32.

Transport units operate according to the OOB 1940 2E rulebook - with a few exceptions:

1. From Late 1941 a Transport unit defends at “1”
2. From Late 1941 up to 2 Transport units can be part of a Convoy.

Defending Transport units that are alone or together with other defending Transport units can be ignored during an enemy amphibious landing.

Transport units do not block enemy naval movement - not even when they have a defense factor at “1” from Late 1941.

See pg. 29 & 30 for further details.