Hey everyone! Here are some photos of my G40 custom job. I built this to be relatable to all players and only added features to subtly enhance playability. Dress right dress and standardization were the order of the day.

List of features:

1. NO MOLD LINES (all pieces were carefully sanded with sanding twigs)
2. LOW COLOR NOISE (no special camouflage or distracting colors)
3. Infrastructure replaced with actual pieces (all painted white)
4. Capital ships have magnetized hulls to “carry” orange damage markers
5. Aircraft Carriers are magnetized to “carry” aircraft
6. Aircraft magnetized to flight stands using “pin drill” technique for perfect balance.
7. Aircraft wear period correct decals for ease of spotting on the board (my exception to “color noise” reduction)
   *8) Some units were replaced for historical accuracy. Used only AH or WotC pieces to maintain aesthetic integrity. (exc: China P-40, artillery)

Check out my YouTube customization series for more info:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhtS9kBOK7s&t=859s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnA3xAM_CjM

Punchline: TripleA is the most efficient online platform on which to play Axis and Allies. This allows players to play more games with the added benefit of playing a variety of opponents. More games against different opponents means a far more diverse range of experience which makes the AnA player more lethal in all his future games…including those played face to face.

You’re welcome:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/kmjn20usjj693ec/Europe1999.png/file

This will act as a “one stop shop” for anyone interested in my work regarding digital downloads of AnA boards:

Classic (Milton Bradley): http://www.mediafire.com/view/x2tq68bqzf9svnv/Axis Allies Board.jpg

Europe (1999): http://www.mediafire.com/file/kmjn20usjj693ec/Europe1999.png/file

Pacific (2000): http://www.mediafire.com/file/322b1gupqmgnhm4/Pacific2000.png/file

Revised: http://www.mediafire.com/file/h3p3rbk0hq9xeiu/Revised.png/file

Guadalcanal: https://www.mediafire.com/file/3g7hongk3pk1ft6/Guadalcanal+Board+Final.png/file

Xeno Games 3rd Edition: https://www.mediafire.com/file/7i8mgxaom0d9oqw/Xeno+The+World+at+War+3rd+Edition+Board.png/file

Xeno Games 4th Edition (same map structure just published with different colors): https://www.mediafire.com/file/v26nobwcpm246rw/WaW4th.png/file

Fortress America (1986): https://www.mediafire.com/file/f4ku5mf8oxyszxa/FA.png/file

A review of two older ‘third party’ variants for Axis and Allies that deserve more respect than they get: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsm4is72-sc

My opening comments on this game as a player only (I helped with playtesting but can’t discuss that part). The intent here is to manage the expectations of new owners and to help those on the fence make a decision regarding purchasing this fine game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQq2sQ37v3s

The best and most functional versions of core Axis and Allies games for TripleA will be cataloged below. This work is primarily from @VictoryFirst but more may be on the way from other authors as well as VictoryFirst.

This thread will act as a living document and updated continually as more fixes to the various TripleA modules are completed.

Here is a youtube video that explains more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkgP1O3wQAs

Module installation instructions: You have to move the unzipped map to the “downloadedMaps” folder in the folder where you installed Triplea. Reboot the game and look for the title in the selection screen.

Europe (1999): https://www.mediafire.com/file/0d7x7n1khgw7gu3/europe_improved.zip/file

D-Day: https://www.mediafire.com/file/6gx5ogfjxxaoipj/d-day2_fix.zip/file

1914 (Original) https://www.mediafire.com/file/o6a6vc0g2jf5lr2/world_war_i_1914_improved.zip/file

1914 (Tournament Rules Edition) https://www.mediafire.com/file/4t8gcw8d2wc0zri/world_war_i_1914_tournament.zip/file

1914 (Balanced by TGC) https://www.mediafire.com/file/6iqf74g0s1zyktp/world_war_i_1914_balanced.zip/file

@Sherman

Just to nail this part down, I went ahead and pulled the exact stats for Egypt actually being captured by the Germans with an extra British infantry added in and its 35%:

You have to convert one tank to a fighter and select “Retreat when only air left”. This will ensure the calculator leaves one of the tanks alive along with the bomber resulting in an Egypt capture.

And if it helps, I have lost as the Allies even after holding Egypt on G1 (I’ve also won games after losing it on G1 but in that case, I feel experience won the day). And after reading your second post, I will say that when I make balance recommendations in the videos, they are very conservative relative to what I feel is the true game state. In other words, I’d rather the game remain imbalanced than go too far with too much for the weaker side. I might also make that more clear in a future video. Anyway, I hope that helps try to convince your group to adopt that second infantry into either Yunnan or Egypt - or even both for a total of three… or an additional bid of some kind.

Axis and Allies Anniversary Edition

Players must agree on the following options before starting the game:

1. Which Scenario are we playing?
   a) 1941
   b) 1942

2. How many victory cities will we play to?
   a) 13 cities
   b) 15 cities (default)
   c) 18 cities

3. Research and Development allowed?
   a) Yes
   b) No

4. National Objectives allowed?
   a) Yes
   b) No

5. Dardanelles closed to sea movement?*
   a) Yes
   b) No

6. Fighter Escorts and Interceptors allowed?*
   a) Yes
   b) No

*Found in the official corrections/FAQ located here: https://axisallies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/axis-allies-rules-anniversary-corrections-faqs.pdf

@Martin @elche @Ragnell804 @dawgoneit

Without knowing the experience levels of each of you in playing this version and to avoid any surprises, here is a list of non-intuitive “differences” when playing Classic compared to something like G40 or 1942. I bolded what I feel is the most critical of the bunch (at the bottom):

1. “Stack” restriction – Players are restricted in the number of “stacks” they can create by the number of pieces that came in the original game. “Chipping” remains unrestricted. (Page 7, middle column)

2) Column Rolling – In ALL combats, dice are rolled by individual column from lowest to highest. Casualties are applied BEFORE rolling the next column’s attack. (Page 18) This cannot be done through TripleA so we have to ignore this one.

3. During the COMBAT MOVEMENT PHASE, aircraft flying over a territory containing an enemy AA gun are fired upon as they fly over, even if they don’t end movement in that territory. (Page 13, right column)

4. *Newly purchased naval units are not allowed to be placed in sea zones containing enemy naval units. (Page 21, middle column)

5. If their original carrier was sunk, defending fighters may ONLY land on an island/island group or carrier in the same sea zone. Failure to do so results in elimination. (Page 15, left column)

6. Armor MAY “blitz” through a territory containing an AA gun or Industrial Complex. (Rules Clarification, last page, middle column)
   a. AA guns still shoot at aircraft flying over their territory even after having been “blitzed” in this fashon. (Page 5, left column “combat is considered simultaneous”)

7. The Suez Canal can only be utilized if both Anglo-Egypt Sudan and Syria/Iraq are controlled by your side at the BEGINNING of your turn. (axisandallies.org, “the intent was always for the Suez to mimic the Panama Canal rules” -krieghund)

8) During amphibious assaults, no units AT ALL are allowed to retreat (this includes air units). Amphibious assaults are a “fight to the death” as per the Rules Clarification and the official FAQ. In my experience, the game affect of this is to make amphibious assaults against Germany by the western allies very risky.

*optional rule on page 31 removes this restriction

@Ragnell804

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@Ragnell804

USA reinforcements: [dice 2d6]

I think we’ve pretty much diced out again but lets take it to the end anyway.

@Ragnell804

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@Krieghund follow up request for clarity: In the aforementioned, can a German piece end its turn in a zone occupied by allied units and no (zero) German units?

I feel strongly that the baseline game should use 2nd Edition rules configured with these optional rules:

Restricted attack (out of box rule)
Neutrals out of play (house rule)
Tech available on and after turn 4 (house rule)

Restricted attack is to prevent a catastrophic material imbalance that favors the allies. Neutrals out of play is to remove “Spanish Harlem”. Tech available on turn 4 is to prevent the USA tech spamming heavy bombers starting on the first turn AND ALSO to decrease the rate of games that go into 20+ turns.

As for bracketing, while I agree with @DoManMacgee, I feel strongly @gamerman01 should have full power to organize as he sees fit since he is assuming the burden of running the show.

@gamerman01 I have tied in with all of the gentlemen in the list. We are ready on your mark.

I’ve heard from everyone except @elche and @dawgoneit

Are either of you interested in playing?

Otherwise, it looks like everyone is interested except Eric Wool

ill run the numbers until the end of last turn to see how far over things were but I feel that also dropping a German tank from the at start setup is a safe recommendation for balance.

@Ragnell804

Game History

Round: 6

    Purchase Units - Americans
        Americans buy 3 bombers and 1 fighter; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Americans
        1 infantry moved from Norway to Danish Sea Sea Zone
        1 infantry and 1 transport moved from Danish Sea Sea Zone to English Channel Sea Zone
        1 artillery moved from United Kingdom to English Channel Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from English Channel Sea Zone to Danish Sea Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Danish Sea Sea Zone to Germany
        3 transports moved from Danish Sea Sea Zone to English Channel Sea Zone
        5 artilleries moved from United Kingdom to English Channel Sea Zone
        5 artilleries and 3 transports moved from English Channel Sea Zone to Danish Sea Sea Zone
        5 artilleries moved from Danish Sea Sea Zone to Germany
        8 infantry moved from Netherlands-Belgium to Germany
        1 artillery moved from Netherlands-Belgium to Germany
        1 infantry moved from Eastern France to Germany
        1 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Austria
              Americans take Austria from Germans

    Combat - Americans
        Battle in Germany
            Americans attack with 7 artilleries and 10 infantry
            Germans defend with 2 aaGuns, 1 armour, 1 factory, 5 fighters and 15 infantry
                Americans roll dice for 1 destroyer in Germany, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 7 artilleries and 10 infantry in Germany, round 2 : 6/17 hits, 5.17 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 armour, 5 fighters and 15 infantry in Germany, round 2 : 8/21 hits, 8.67 expected hits
                8 infantry owned by the Americans lost in Germany
                6 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Germany
                Americans roll dice for 7 artilleries and 2 infantry in Germany, round 3 : 1/9 hits, 3.00 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 armour, 5 fighters and 9 infantry in Germany, round 3 : 8/15 hits, 6.67 expected hits
                2 infantry owned by the Americans and 6 artilleries owned by the Americans lost in Germany
                1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Germany
                Americans roll dice for 1 artillery in Germany, round 4 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 armour, 5 fighters and 8 infantry in Germany, round 4 : 10/14 hits, 6.33 expected hits
                1 artillery owned by the Americans lost in Germany
            Germans win with 1 armour, 5 fighters and 8 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -37
            Casualties for Americans: 7 artilleries and 10 infantry
            Casualties for Germans: 7 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Americans

    Place Units - Americans
        3 bombers and 1 fighter placed in United States

    Turn Complete - Americans
        Americans collect 53 PUs; end with 54 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Americans regular : -1.83
Germans regular : 4.33

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@Ragnell804

Game History

Round: 6

    Purchase Units - British
        British buy 4 artilleries and 4 infantry; Remaining resources: 2 PUs; 

    Combat Move - British
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by British from United Kingdom: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Adding units owned by British to Netherlands-Belgium: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        1 armour moved from Danish Sea Sea Zone to Germany
        3 transports moved from Danish Sea Sea Zone to English Channel Sea Zone
        5 artilleries and 1 infantry moved from United Kingdom to English Channel Sea Zone
        5 artilleries, 1 infantry and 3 transports moved from English Channel Sea Zone to Danish Sea Sea Zone
        5 artilleries and 1 infantry moved from Danish Sea Sea Zone to Germany
        1 armour, 7 artilleries and 14 infantry moved from Netherlands-Belgium to Germany

    Combat - British
        Battle in Germany
            British attack with 2 armour, 12 artilleries and 15 infantry
            Germans defend with 2 aaGuns, 1 armour, 1 bomber, 1 factory, 5 fighters and 32 infantry
                British roll dice for 1 destroyer in Germany, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                British roll dice for 2 armour, 12 artilleries and 15 infantry in Germany, round 2 : 6/29 hits, 9.50 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 armour, 1 bomber, 5 fighters and 32 infantry in Germany, round 2 : 10/39 hits, 14.50 expected hits
                10 infantry owned by the British lost in Germany
                1 bomber owned by the Germans and 6 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Germany
                British roll dice for 2 armour, 12 artilleries and 5 infantry in Germany, round 3 : 8/19 hits, 6.67 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 armour, 5 fighters and 26 infantry in Germany, round 3 : 13/32 hits, 12.33 expected hits
                8 artilleries owned by the British and 5 infantry owned by the British lost in Germany
                8 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Germany
                British roll dice for 2 armour and 4 artilleries in Germany, round 4 : 2/6 hits, 2.33 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 armour, 5 fighters and 18 infantry in Germany, round 4 : 5/24 hits, 9.67 expected hits
                4 artilleries owned by the British and 1 armour owned by the British lost in Germany
                2 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Germany
                British roll dice for 1 armour in Germany, round 5 : 1/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 armour, 5 fighters and 16 infantry in Germany, round 5 : 10/22 hits, 9.00 expected hits
                1 armour owned by the British lost in Germany
                1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Germany
            Germans win with 1 armour, 5 fighters and 15 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -37
            Casualties for British: 2 armour, 12 artilleries and 15 infantry
            Casualties for Germans: 1 bomber and 17 infantry

    Non Combat Move - British

    Place Units - British
        4 artilleries and 4 infantry placed in United Kingdom

    Turn Complete - British
        British collect 30 PUs; end with 32 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans regular : -7.50
British regular : -1.33