Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion

@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.

@barnee

Yes, they can be ignored.

The German Volkssturm units have been activated during a few games only.

Usually, when Germany is fighting for its life at the end of the War, the activation of Volkssturm units is the last desperate attempt to avoid Total Defeat.

We will look through our foto archives during this gaming season and post some Game Report pictures from a scenario where the German Volkssturm units are acticaved.

A Soviet Army Corps is commanded by a Soviet Commissar unit.

Besides a Soviet Commissar unit, a Soviet Army Corps can include the following units:

• Infantry
• Mechanized Infantry
• Guard Infantry
• Artillery
• Tank

A Soviet Tank General unit cannot be part of a Soviet Army Corps since the Tank General unit is not a Tank unit - a Tank General unit only operates under Tank unit rules.

See more details at pg. 45 + 46.

@barnee

The Leningrad (Novgorod) Industrial Complex can only produce 3 units in each game turn.

A Heavy Industry upgrade to the Leningrad Industrial Complex can only be Heavy Industry 1 Unit since it is a Minor Industrial Complex.

So the Leningrad Industrial Complex can never produce more than 4 units.

The Stalingrad Industrial Complex can produce a maximum of 6 Red Army Conscription Infantry units - even if there is a Heavy Industry 1 Unit upgrade to this Industrial Complex.