New Axis & Allies Global War Variant (free map)

Is the full resolution Paint Shop Pro files for version 7 of the map available?  Any recommendation if I should spend the $$$ to print v7 or wait for a later revision?

its not finished yet… wait for the final version.

yes good approach!

I don’t care what the actual names of the ports are.

When referring to ports refer to the territory the port will be attached to.  This will hopefully speed things up and allow people to follow the thread more easily.

Currently there are 29 port icons on the map.

Almost every territory that a port before has one now with a few exceptions.

The major exception is the west cost of the United States it is just not far enough or too close to everything.

One idea is to put a port on Kamchatka.  What do you think?

Their was no port there. The only warm water Soviet port that could qualify was Vladivlastok.

It’s Friday!

The Eighth draft has arrived!

I have made the following changes from the seventh draft:

Added:
Airfields

Changed:
Ports

Reminders:
When reviewing the map please consider both historical accuracy and game play.
The image has been reduced by 50% for faster downloads. (Makes it a little fuzzy)
Unfinished elements have been removed.
This is a work in progress.

http://www.mediafire.com/?fjjrvm2nyzn

Starts to look better and better!  Maybe add a harbor to the north of Norway (Narvik) and an airbase to the Azores. (it was used for that only)

What happened to Ceylon, Kiel, Dakar, Calcutta, Mariannas,Port Moresby,Puget sound, Vladivlastok, Portsmouth, and San diego?

These are in every case more important than the ones you did sake Hawaii.

Greetings.

I’m new to the site as a poster and have a few comments…

First, a top-notch job with this map, best seen to date. (Would it be possible to get a PDF or Illustrator version at some point?).

1. Recommend reinstating the SZ line between DENMARK and the border NORWAY/SWEDEN. —OR— As an alternative, extend the southern line of SZ-10 to DENMARK and give SZ-10 a vertical eastern border from DENMARK to NORWAY creating a ne SZ west of DENMARK. (Note: For what it’s worth, the Kiel Canal (then the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal) allowed German ships to travel from the Baltic to the North Sea without having to go around Denmark and avoid potentially dangerous storm-prone seas.  The Bismarck traveled through the canal during its short career. It might be cool to add that feature – just a thought.)
Rational: Bombers from anywhere in the UK can hit GERMANY and POLAND via the Danish Staits in the Baltic (and vis versa) – never passing over Western European ground positions.  This should not be possible – the bombers of that era just didn’t have that kind of range especially navigating to stay over water as presented.  (Bombers from Berlin/Warsaw to Edinburgh/Glasgow?)

2. Why isn’t Hong Kong a VC? I’d include it before I gave a VC to Okinawa’s Naha.
Raitional: It was a MAJOR port of the Far East during WWII, if not one of the most important.

3. Recommend adding the Falkland Islands.
Rational: During World War II, the Falkland Islands served as a Royal Navy station and serviced ships which took part in the Battle of the River Plate.

4. Recommend adding the Diego Garcia inside SZ-63 (after all it is as important as Johnston Island is in the Pacific).
Rational: The RAF seaplane outpost was established to partol the Indian Ocean sealanes;  the island also serviced battle damages ships.
Note:  The Corvette HMIS BENGAL, an Australian built minesweeper in the service of the Indian Navy which had been escorting the Royal Dutch tanker ONDINA, arrives at Diego Garcia to repair battle damage after a battle with the Japanese Armed Merchant Cruisers HOKOKU MARU and AIKOKU MARU; the HOKOKU MARU’swas sunk as a result.  This victory causes the Imperial Japanese Navy to abandon commerce raiding with surface ships in the Indian Ocean.

Thanks for all the work you all are doing – I look forward to the final product.

Cheers,
Raider

A Western US port would only function if you also had one in Kamchatka, Solomons, Gilberts, Wake, or Johnston…. or Cuba/East coast of Panama!

Great work on the map deepblue, I have been following this thread with much interest!

~Josh

Welcome Raider & OutsideLime,

Glad to see some new “faces” on the thread.

Raider your suggestions are good but…

1. Well crap, your right I see the issue.  I have not had time to really look at this but it looks like the only way to “fix” it is to add a sea zone.  This means renumbering the sea zones.  I loath the thought, where were you two weeks ago?

Group do you agree with Raider’s suggestion?

2. You can’t compare VCs from two different nations.  Each has a set and equal number of VCs with values.  The decision was between Hong Kong and Singapore, and Singapore won.

3 & 4) The map is set except for game play issues like the one you discovered.  I can’t keep adding to this map it will never get finished.

@OutsideLime:

A Western US port would only function if you also had one in Kamchatka, Solomons, Gilberts, Wake, or Johnston…. or Cuba/East coast of Panama!

Does anyone like any of these ports?  It is a bit odd to not have a port on the western United States.

Thanks for the support, keep the suggestions coming.

Gentlemen,

I would like to close the port topic soon.

So… is everyone happy with the current ports?  If not please get your suggestions up on the thread.  Remember that ports need a pair so list pairs and use the names on the map so thread members can follow the discussion easier.

Airfields?

Everyone happy with the current airfields.  I will be adding one on the Azores per Micoom’s suggestion.

How about Europe or Russia? There seems to be a shortage of airfields in the Atlantic theater.

Changing up the Baltic seazones, per Raider, I think is a good call.

I think you have to be careful with the airfields, if you go with historical aspects for it, you quickly end up with one on every seaside territory, Northern Africa for instance

Morocco–2 airfields near Mehdia, Morocco, 80 miles north of Casablanca
Northern Algeria–“Maison Blanche” airfield near Algiers
Tunis–Djeddeida, Tunisia airfields
Tripolitania–Castle Benito Airfield, near Tripoli
Cyrenaica–El Adam airfield, or El Adem

Personally, I am not too big on the whole port/airfield concept.  I think they add to the game in smaller theatre operations like AAP, but not so much in a global map.  The US dropping troops into southern Europe in 2 turns does not scream, “possible chance of an Axis win to me”.
  I would suggest to consider restricting airfields to island territories; midway, solomons, malta, crete, even azores or London if you are going to have them.

It’s Friday!!!

But… not much has changed with the map, so I will not be posting a draft this week.  Get your suggestions in.  I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, we are almost there.

Open Topics:
Ports
Airfields

Have a great weekend,

deepblue
(I will be out of town with limited internet access until next week)

Deepblue:

So how are you adding the SZ to the Baltic?

Numbering SZs.  I know this is late but numbering SZs by their major regional Ocean/Sea might work better and helps players locate a given SZ faster.  Example use the following abbreviations: NP - North Pacific; SP South Pacific; NA - North Atlantic; SA - South Atlantic; WI - West Indian; EI - East Indian; MS - Mediterranean Sea (region). If you add a Baltic NA-7 then you don’t have to renumber the whole map – just the North Atlantic SZs.

Convoys:  I’d number these also for PBEM. Suggest using something like: USA-NAC1 (US North Atlantic Convoy 1) or UK-SAC3 or USSR-NAC or IJ-SPC2.

Airfields in the North Atlantic: I would think that the year-round weather uncertainty of the North Atlantic would also limit effective use of ‘airfields’ in this region.

Is overflight of “impassable” zones possible; ie ‘Flying the Hump’ from Burma to China?  I would think so.  However, if overflight is possible, you should consider splitting them somehow to prevent abuse such as flying: Morocco to Lower Egypt or Singkiang to Burma.

I understand your position on adding Diego Garcia to SZ63 and the Falklands to SZ39, but I would hope you would reconsider.  Either way – thanks anyway.

Cheers,
Raider

What happened to Ceylon, Kiel, Dakar, Calcutta, Mariannas,Port Moresby,Puget sound, Vladivlastok, Portsmouth, and San diego?

Hey All,

New to the board, but have been following the forum for quite some time.  Especially this thread as I’m very interested in obtaining this map/rules once finished.

You guys are way advanced on myself in terms of map setup.  I think it looks fantastic!!

Like I stated above, I am assuming this will have its own set of rules that are a subset/combination of AAR, AAE and AAP.  That has got to be quite a checkout in and of itself.  Thanks to whomever is assigned that task.

With that in mind, and as a tangent to all the map focus and comments, if I may so be allowed;  I’m wondering…  Has anyone ever thought or discussed the possibility of airborne troop transports?  Historically it would be accurate, and would only be able to carry either infrantry and/or artillery.  I’m not aware of any tank carrying capability at that time…

I’m sure its been thought of before, but I’ve never seen such a thread.

Forgive me if this isn’t a good time to bring this one up, but since it seems this is quite a task with regards to enhancing this fantastic game, I was wondering if this has been discussed?

Thanks…

Rowdy