Axis and Africa!

@Krieghund ok tks

Yes, I was able to get a pretty decent looking copy. Thank you for the advice, and for the machine-readable manual. My Kindle thanks you too ;-)

@calvinhobbesliker:

Has any axis player won by capturing the US?

My brother in law was Germany and he was getting creamed by my other brother in law (US) and I (Russia), but he had a loaded axis transport just sitting in the Atlantic two squares away from the US for quite a few turns.  The US eventually forgot it was sitting there and on one turn left the US exposed.  Germany moved in with the one loaded transport and won the game.

Sorry didn’t get to this last night. There is a moved thread on about page 3 in this board (Europe) to this thread in House Rules:

http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=397.0

Yoper has a link in it that doesn’t seem to be working. The thread also offers this link which is:

http://www.wargamer.com/axisandallies/EUROPE/AAE-AAP-combined/AH/aae-aap_combined_rules_AH_MAIN.html

Not sure why Yoper’s link is bad. It is to Harris Game Design and I know that site is still going.  :lol:

Best I got. I’m not much of a House Rules Guy beyond the Larry Harris Tourney Set.

Edit: Here is the ‘moved’ thread link: http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=7398.0

@Bluecoat1861:

(First post for this newbie so i hope you all go easy on me :-D )

Has anyone done  rules or map for an expanded (sub Sahara) Africa in AAE game? I know for the most part part the war was over in this part of the world by mid-1941 but games with 39, 40 and early 41 scenarios would be greatly aided with there inclusion, espically if your playing with France and Italy.

I did create a game for this.  It is called Battle of the North Altantic (not sure if I spelled Altantic Right)  Anyhow it should be on the forums here somewhere.  Check the Variants or House Rules section.

Sweet Jesus! has it really been 6 years (oh yeah gray hair now-)  The personal issues I described pulled me away from it, but I don’t see why we can’t pick up where we left off.

When I play tested this with some AAE rookies, well they didn’t work as a team (I was the axis). A combination of bad dice rolling by me especially in the east, and their lack of team work ensured the war went into 1947!  In that particular game, Italy was the real “winner” as the Allies were not really able to dislodge them from North Africa, until fall, 1944.  In any event, that particular game was AAE as it is supposed to be set up but with the following changes:  Italy was her own power of course allied to Germany.  The German Territory stayed at six Ipcs, Vichy France is activated as it’s own power collecting 3 Ipcs, which they hand over to the Germans anyway  , N. Italy was worth 4 ipcs instead of 2.  Added to the Italian fleet was 1 sub, and 1 additional trans. North Africa looked like this: Spannish Morrocco- undefended and no one collecting the Ipc, Algeria I french inf, Tunisia 1 French Inf (oh and Vichy had 3inf).  Italy had control markers on Corsica and Sardinia. The Western Med SZ had the Vichy Fleet: 1 Battleship, 1 Destroyer, 1 sub.  The rule was- if an allied power attacked the Vichy Fleet each piece rolled a die prior to combat the results were 1-2,  join the allies (and be available for the attack) 3-4 join the axis (and be available to defend), 5-6 “scuttle” and the piece is removed from play.  Some other changes were, Germans could build inf up to the Ipc value in Finland, Hungary, and Rumania.  The USSR could build inf up to the Ipc value in any territory it controlled at the start of the war. So, I put the '39 version on the back burner, just to play test some things. I think it would have been different against experienced players.  Almost forgot - The Axis could “lend” units to each other (like Allied Patriotic War Rule-Soviets can claim a piece and replace it with one of their own). And Axis could “split” the oil money.  It was fun but like shooting fish in a barrel if you know what I mean.  Anyway, I promise to work on the set up and post the results here for all to share, comment, bitch and moan about etc.  Take care, God Bless.

what is going to stop him from building a shit load of bombers and then placing 1 destroyer in the water

Looking to find a full page scan of the A&A:E map? Then head on down to http://www.wargamer.com/axisandallies/images/aae_large_map.jpg

The image is huge so expect a long load time if you have a slow connection. But what a beauty it is.