New Axis & Allies Global War Variant (free map)

Does it have a specific date?

According to Deepblue its a Summer (June/July) 1941 start date with some variations.

I think, but not certain, that the variations refer to a winter 1941 start date for the Pacific front.

Hope that helps.

Just a few errors I noticed:

The end of Italian East Africa is generally considered to have come in May 1941 with the surrender of the duke of Aosta.  Though various small guerilla groups continued to fight in the hope of a German/Italian victory in north Africa, it cannot really be said that Italy controlled Ethiopia or Somalia after May '41.
Madagascar and French West Africa were definately still loyal to Vichy at this time, so placing them under U.K. control is completely wrong. If simply making Vichy German, as this map does with French North Africa and France itself, then the same must apply to the other Vichy held colonies.
Netherlands colonies (DEI) to U.K. is reasonable, but Iran is incorrect.
The Anglo-Soviet invasion was in August-September 1941, so the map is wrong for June/July (Iran was then still independent). Even for December it is incorrect, as control and occupation of the country was divided with the U.S.S.R. controling the north including Teheran, the British occupying the south.  On a map that divides Iran north/south there really is no excuse for not representing this.
Calling southern Libya Fezzan is correct, but really this was just desert and should be part of the Sahara.
FWA covered a much wider area; the territories here would be more accurately called Senegal and French Soudan.
FEA should be Chad.
Congo is wrong, this is Ubangi-Shari, later Central African Republic/Empire.
“Bangladesh” should of course be East Bengal.
“Dutch East Indies” should be Timor, or “Flores islands”.
Bonin islands and Iwo Jima hardly justify two territories.
As I mentioned, Volgograd is the post Stalin name for Stalingrad so is a complete anomoly.
Caucasus generally refers to the region named here as “Georgia”. It would be correct to call the northern area “Ciscaucasus” and the south “Transcaucasus”, but I prefer to apply Caucasus soley to the southern region based around the Caucasus mountains.  The north migh be called “Terek” after the major river running through it.
Nova Scotia is not an island but a penninsular of the Canadian mainland.
Can’t imagine what that large island off the coast of Wales is; Atlantis?
I do not care for the ambiguous usage of, for example, calling one territory “France” and then another “Western France”.  Each should be distinguished individually from the whole country.
Baluchistan bordering Uzbekistan is wrong; the British and Russians deliberately drew the Afghanistan border across to China to prevent there being a Russian/Indian border.
Yakut does not border Mongolia or China.

Actually, what is called Bangladesh should be more properly called Assam, as that was the way it was referred to in WW2.  Calling Vichy French territories German is incorrect, but any reasonably accurate treatment of them is going to be a big headache.  Remember that the US maintained diplomatic relations with Vichy up to November of 1942.  Madagascar was taken over by the British in May of 1942, mainly to prevent is possible use by the Japanese in the same way as French Indochina.

You’re wrong about Bangaladesh; Assam is STILL in India.  BENGAL-adesh is definately the eastern part of the province of Bengal.

Madagascar is one of those annoying either-or questions (Crimea is another).  The British took the northern port of Diego Suarez to forestall a Japanese sub base there, but didn’t take over the island proper 'till rather later, so June '42 could arguably reflect either Vichy control (of 99% of the island) or UK control of the important naval base.

I rather hypocritically leave Madagascar to Vichy, but have Crimea still Soviet to reflect the continued siege of Sevastopol, despite the Germans having taken over the other 99% of the penninsular.

Flashman-

Nova Scotia is an Island of Canada, along with PEI and Newfoundland.

hate to burst anyones bubble, but just to let you know that Nova Scotia is not an island, it is hooked to the main land (New Brunswick) about 25 miles worth of land. the only major island next to Nova Scotia is Prince Edward Island.

Yeah you are correct, I am used to getting there by the Blue Nose out of Portland Maine.  It is connected to the Mainland by a stretch of land big enough to Spit across

Your forgetting the Elizabeth Islands…

So far this game looks great! This game has not been completed has it? Where can I take a look at the current game and rules?

I’ve played Positronica’s map 4 times now.  It is a great and balanced game.  The axis have won twice, and the Allies have won twice.

However, the Japanese start out way too strong.  They are so strong, it is not worth the allies even trying to fight the Japanese.  The only way for the allies to win is to defeat Germany before the Japanese conquer the world.  When the allies basically ignore the Japanese, we might as well be playing A&A Europe, because nothing that happens in the Pacific matters.  Its all about killing the Germans before the Japanese take over the world.

I think the Japanese need to lose a Battleship, Carrier, 2 or 3 destroyers, and 3 or 4 fighters to make things more interesting in the Pacific.

Craig

Thats kinda like the milton bradley edition for AA… Kill germany before japan takes over the world

Is it the usual Japan expanding west into Siberia/Russia?

How about trying it with a Japanese/Soviet non-aggression pact?

In our 4 games, the Japanese have not exanded into Siberia/Russia.  There is little income there.  The usual path is to take China, India, and all the South Pacific Islands.  In one game the Japanese took Australia.

At least in our games, a Japanese Soviet non-aggression pact would have no effect.

@Flashman:

Is it the usual Japan expanding west into Siberia/Russia?

How about trying it with a Japanese/Soviet non-aggression pact?

Why was it decided to make it different point in time for europe and pacific theatre anyway?

Wikipedia has a animated timeline map for Europe threatre.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Second_world_war_europe_animation_small.gif

I wish someone could make one for world or Pacific.

Summer (specifically June 1st) 1942 is in my view the optimum start time for a World version.

The Europe game clearly starts with Barbaraossa in June '41, while Pacific begins with the massive Japanese expansion in December '41 to June '42.  When dealing with these specific scenarios it’s difficult to argue against the chosen dates.  An Autumn '39 start for Europe presents all the difficulties associated with the Germans and Soviets being Allies at this time.

I think it would be a neat game if Russia and GE had a slim chance to work out their differences peacfully

Yeah just depends how much diplomacy you want the game to have.
US+UK vs Germany vs Russia vs Japan

Don’t forget about Italy and China.
:-D

Hello folks, have been away for a long while……where are we at with the project.  Is the last map that deepblue made the final product?? Are the IPCs sorted?  Are there set up cards available as of yet??  My group is looking to play again, but I want to be sure that I have the most up to date material.

Oh I just realised there IS an animated world timeline map at wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ww2_allied_axis.gif

Theres a reference.