Hey @vodot , first of all: amazing work you have done there!! I am a big fan of having many of your changes in Anniversary.

I took the liberty to change some of these things so that it still feels pretty much like the base game but hopefully better. In my opinion, giving Italy 7 more IPCs is a bit too much and almost doubles their IPC count.

I will upload my map for everyone that is interested, but these are the changes I implemented:

• The Sea Zone surrounding Japan is split (to avoid easy attacks from Carriers near the US West Coast and Japan, similiar to the change in 1942 2nd Ed.)

• Australia is split BUT it only yields 2 IPCs in total (as was the case in the OOB edition)

• Malaya is a new territory now BUT only yields 1 IPC

• The Money Islands have been split so that there are 4 of them and they all have their own Sea Zone BUT they are all worth only 2 IPCs except from Borneo, which is worth 3 IPCs (since it provided more benefit for Japan resource-wise in WW2 than the other islands). Other yields would have given Japan way too much income IMO.

• Italian East Africa is now Italian

• The line between Sea Zone 65 and 56 has been redrawn. Before that, you could shuffle fighters from the sea Zone bordering Morocco Algeria to the US West Coast which was almost half the map. That was a bit too much so I changed this.

I have also made new National Objectives and some setup changes regarding China. You can find these in House Rules and I will probably also do some more to cater for the changes on this map. Overall, it should be pretty balanced. Yes, the Axis get a slight IPC advantage now (by conquering Malaya, having Italian East Africa and the Money Islands yielding 9 IPCs), but Japan also has to send more transports to the Money Islands now and they are harder to defend since there is more space now.

I hope you enjoy!

Here is a link where you can download my map… since it is 390 MB, it is too big to upload it here:

EDIT: Please check my newer post for a new link that contains a better adjustment of the map.

Hey guys, some days ago, I posted some changes I’d like to implement (mainly splitting islands in the pacific, giving Italian East Africa to Italy)… And what shall I say? I edited the Triple A WW2v3 map so that you can play the game as i proposed some days ago! I combined this with my Progressive Objectives Scenario (which provides more balanced NOs and incited the US to actually engage in the Pacific, same goes for Japan; you can find it under House Rules). You can download it via my Dropbox link.

I am not that great at editing Triple A. I still have to create semi-transparent names for the new countries and also some Relief Tiles… But I hope it will suffice for now if you are keen on trying this one out!

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/i2y9t6f3tgvquv7xytur4/AOjq2_PTKG9YeczpvJQ-3n4?rlkey=azdts3ag3kzut1yipr3hpiwsm&st=rz916w3h&dl=0

@GigaSmoot Hey, since no one has answered yet, I figured I could leave you some feedback… Although take it with a grain of salt, because I am not that experienced in Global 1940.

First, I really like the idea of simplified National Objectives! It is true that the basic Axis and Allies is already complicated and Global 1940 tops that.

However, I think the NOs favor the Axis too much in Europe. Germany will push the Soviets to Moscow and occupy so many allied-territories that it will drown in IPCs. Russis however wont get any additional income through NOs until Germany has already been pushed out of its territory. I think with your NOs, Germany will snowball pretty hard.

But again, I am not an expert in Global 1940, but that’s my first inpression.

Hey guys, I read through all of the comments and I share your opinion: The game is more balanced now, but it is also more predictable and straight-forward.

Since I am still a fan of the 1942 game, I’d like to make a 4.0 setup so to speak - With the help of your ideas and with (hopefully) a lot of feedback from the community. there should already be a new thread in this forum for this.

However, I am already grateful for this long thread since so many great aspects have already been mentioned.

Ich bin ein Spieler aus der Nähe Leipzig. Würde mich auch sehr freuen über mögliche Spielpartner, meldet euch gerne :)

Very interesting idea. I like it a lot, I am a big fan of the change in 1942.2 that you have an additional IC in India, something that was missing in Anniversary.

I also agree that a term like “Outpost Base” Is more fitting than “Colonial Outpost”, especially if you take into account that Russia and the US can post it in places that are hardly seen as colonies.

I hope, this doesn’t stray too much from the topic, but I would really like to add this with an additional Infantry in China (to protect the fighter a bit more - though I am not sure this is still not enough) and 1 additional Infantry in Egypt since it is usually taken in R1 by either Germany or Italy with a 1-2-punch.

Hey guys, thank you so much for your input.

And yes, you are correct when it comes to Australia being worth 2 IPCs in one territory to allow for an IC there. That makes perfectly sense.

I am still a bit undecided on this possible shuffle from Africa to US West Coast in one turn. True, one turn represents 4 months, but I think it is the nature of the game to not being able to move units right to the frontlines or immediately from A to B. But I will think about this.

I also still think that splitting the money islands and giving them a lower yield will not benefit Japan. Yes, it will take a bit longer for the US to liberate them, but it will also slow down Japan in the first two or three rounds because they have to split their transports even more. There are just so many possible targets now (money islands/ philippines, Australia, mainland China, India, Hawaii,…).

Yes, making it so that these islands yield more IPCs would make Britain’s economy stronger - but only in the first or second turn. Although these are crucial turns, in the long run, these increases in yield will only benefit Japan. It is so much easier for them to capture and defend them than for the British Player.

I might do some test games on my current board and see how they go!

EDIT: This is the link for the same map as before but without the altered Sea Zone on The US West Coast and East Australia being worth 2 IPCs. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4aog2fx8fse0n8k442i3k/MODDED-2-AA_Anniversary_OOB_gimp.png?rlkey=5k4lcgbthv8tekdmg8pct5jb6&st=o91gy2zu&dl=0

@rocknroll Oh klasse! :) Hätte nach all der Zeit nicht gedacht, dass es hier tatsächlich noch andere Spieler gibt :D

This is what a Setup Card for my proposed 4.0 Setup could look like. I simply extracted parts from a rulebook page and tinkered them together.

This is just another rant post in which I complain how unbalanced Japan is. It is a shame that Japan is always too strong in almost every Axis and Allies variant:

I remember the old Pacific game in which Japan could basically win every game by just focusing on India.
Then there was The new Pacific game which had to be nerfed because of Japan’s “Death Star” and their invincibility because of the amount of fighters.
It is not particularly unbalanced in 1942 2nd Edition, but it is much easier and profitable for the US to go Germany first because it takes so long to build a fleet that can threaten Japan - and usually, Japan is already before Moscow before the US even starts going for the Money Islands.

There was a discussion that an Indian IC could balance things out, but here is a screenshot of me playing as Japan that shows you can assemble an army due to their 5 transports and their amount of fighters that can take India in R2… and you do not even have to neglect the Money Islands.

And even if you do not go India first, your first round will probably look a bit like this:

With this opening, you can push forward into Russia, defeat almost all of China, take the Money Islands, do Pearl etc. In my opinion, Japan has just too many options. Even if the US decides to go after Japan, they cannot stop them from taking all of Asia, from India to all of China and the Eastern parts of Russia.

Did I overlook something or is there any way to do a successful KJF in this game (assuming the Japanese player doesn’t make some serious mistakes)?

Sry for the late reply, i was having some internet problems, but now I am back!

Oh, there was a typo :D I often use China’s 1942 setup for 1941. It doesn’t impact the game that much actually, but it helps China not to get steamrolles in R1 and basically be irrelevant then. But for competitive play, it might make quite a difference (I am not that competitive so I am also not good at estimating any balance shifts there^^)

sorry for the late post, we had some kind of internet blackout here so I could only use internet via phone. now my PC is powered up again as well :)

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post: Americans round 11

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II v3 1941

Game History

Round: 11

    Purchase Units - Americans
        Americans buy 2 artilleries, 1 carrier, 1 destroyer and 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 0 techTokens; 

    Purchase Units - Chinese
        Chinese builds 0 units.

    Combat Move - Americans
        1 artillery moved from Eastern United States to 10 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Eastern United States to 10 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 10 Sea Zone to 18 Sea Zone
        1 artillery moved from 18 Sea Zone to Brazil
        1 infantry moved from 18 Sea Zone to Brazil
        2 fighters moved from 12 Sea Zone to Brazil
        1 armour moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan
              British take Trans-Jordan from Japanese
        1 armour moved from Egypt to Anglo-Egypt Sudan
              British take Anglo-Egypt Sudan from Japanese
        1 fighter moved from 12 Sea Zone to 22 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from 12 Sea Zone to Brazil
        2 infantry moved from Eastern United States to 10 Sea Zone
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 10 Sea Zone to 18 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from 18 Sea Zone to Brazil
        1 armour moved from Anglo-Egypt Sudan to Egypt
        1 armour moved from Trans-Jordan to Egypt

    Combat - Americans
        Battle in 22 Sea Zone
            Americans attack with 1 fighter
            Italians defend with 1 transport
                1 transport owned by the Italians lost in 22 Sea Zone
            Americans win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
            Casualties for Italians: 1 transport
        Battle in Brazil
            Americans attack with 1 artillery, 3 fighters and 3 infantry
            Italians defend with 1 infantry
                Americans roll dice for 1 artillery, 3 fighters and 3 infantry in Brazil, round 2 : 0/7 hits, 2,50 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 infantry in Brazil, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Americans lost in Brazil
                Americans roll dice for 1 artillery, 3 fighters and 2 infantry in Brazil, round 3 : 3/6 hits, 2,33 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 infantry in Brazil, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Brazil
            Americans win, taking Brazil from Italians with 1 artillery, 3 fighters and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
            Casualties for Americans: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Americans
        1 aaGun, 1 armour and 2 infantry moved from Eastern Canada to 1 Sea Zone
        3 fighters moved from Brazil to 12 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from 22 Sea Zone to 12 Sea Zone
        2 fighters moved from 12 Sea Zone to Egypt
        5 bombers moved from Russia to Egypt
        2 infantry moved from Libya to Egypt
        2 artilleries and 4 infantry moved from Morocco Algeria to Libya
        2 infantry moved from Eastern United States to 10 Sea Zone
        4 transports moved from 12 Sea Zone to 10 Sea Zone
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 10 Sea Zone to 12 Sea Zone
        1 aaGun, 1 armour, 2 infantry and 2 transports moved from 1 Sea Zone to 12 Sea Zone
        1 aaGun, 1 armour and 4 infantry moved from 12 Sea Zone to Morocco Algeria
        2 fighters moved from Eastern United States to Morocco Algeria

    Place Units - Americans
        1 carrier and 1 destroyer placed in 10 Sea Zone
        2 artilleries and 3 infantry placed in Eastern United States

    Turn Complete - Americans
        Americans collect 39 PUs; end with 39 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Americans regular : -1,83
Italians regular : 0,33

Savegame

@VictoryFirst hey, sure thing :) I am not sure how fast I can play though because there is a lot of work currently, but I#d be interested nevertheless :)

Do you have any preference as to which side to play, which bid to use, whether you want to try some fantastic setup changes like the China 1941 setup in 1941? :D

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post: British round 11

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II v3 1941

Game History

Round: 11

    Purchase Units - British
        British buy 2 artilleries and 4 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 0 techTokens; 

    Combat Move - British
        1 armour moved from Russia to Kazakh S.S.R.
              Russians take Kazakh S.S.R. from Japanese
        1 armour moved from Kazakh S.S.R. to Caucasus
        2 fighters moved from Russia to Caucasus
        2 bombers moved from Russia to Caucasus
        1 infantry moved from Archangel to Urals
              Russians take Urals from Japanese
        7 infantry moved from Archangel to Russia
        8 artilleries moved from Archangel to Russia
        1 infantry moved from Karelia S.S.R. to Baltic States
              Russians take Baltic States from Germans
        1 infantry moved from Karelia S.S.R. to Belorussia
              Russians take Belorussia from Germans
        1 artillery moved from Karelia S.S.R. to Archangel
        4 infantry moved from Karelia S.S.R. to Archangel
        2 artilleries and 4 infantry moved from Finland to Karelia S.S.R.
        2 artilleries and 4 infantry moved from Norway to Finland

    Combat - British
        Battle in Caucasus
            British attack with 1 armour, 2 bombers and 2 fighters
            Japanese defend with 1 factory and 2 infantry
                British roll dice for 1 armour, 2 bombers and 2 fighters in Caucasus, round 2 : 1/5 hits, 2,83 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 2 infantry in Caucasus, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0,67 expected hits
                1 armour owned by the British lost in Caucasus
                1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Caucasus
            2 bombers owned by the British and 2 fighters owned by the British retreated
            Japanese win with 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -2
            Casualties for British: 1 armour
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry

    Non Combat Move - British
        1 bomber moved from Caucasus to Morocco Algeria
        1 bomber moved from Caucasus to Russia
        2 fighters moved from Caucasus to Russia
        2 artilleries moved from United Kingdom to 3 Sea Zone
        4 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 3 Sea Zone
        2 artilleries moved from 3 Sea Zone to Norway
        4 infantry moved from 3 Sea Zone to Norway

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

    Turn Complete - British
        British collect 22 PUs; end with 22 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Japanese regular : 0,33
British regular : -1,83

Savegame

Okay, I should have specified what to do at which dice roll :D I will just leave it as it is now, poor Brazil! :D

[dice 1d6]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but in case we forgot to move something, do we roll a die? I will just try it, to move my British destroyer in the South Atlantic [dice1d6]

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post: Russians round 11

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II v3 1941

Game History

Round: 11

    Purchase Units - Russians
        Russians repair damage of 2x factory; Remaining resources: 18 PUs; 0 techTokens; 
        Russians buy 6 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 0 techTokens; 

    Combat Move - Russians
        1 armour moved from Caucasus to Kazakh S.S.R.
              Russians take Kazakh S.S.R. from Japanese
        1 armour moved from Kazakh S.S.R. to Russia
        1 armour moved from Caucasus to Eastern Ukraine
              Russians take Eastern Ukraine from Germans
        1 armour moved from Eastern Ukraine to Russia
        4 fighters moved from Caucasus to Russia

    Combat - Russians

    Non Combat Move - Russians
        1 aaGun, 3 armour, 14 artilleries and 14 infantry moved from Caucasus to Russia

    Place Units - Russians
        6 infantry placed in Russia

    Turn Complete - Russians
        Russians collect 17 PUs; end with 17 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Savegame

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post: Americans round 10

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II v3 1941

Game History

Round: 10

    Purchase Units - Americans
        Americans buy 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 5 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 0 techTokens; 

    Purchase Units - Chinese
        Chinese builds 0 units.

    Combat Move - Americans
        2 armour moved from Morocco Algeria to Egypt
        3 armour moved from Libya to Egypt
        8 artilleries moved from Libya to Egypt
        12 infantry moved from Libya to Egypt
        1 armour moved from Western Canada to Eastern Canada
        1 infantry moved from Western Canada to Eastern Canada

    Combat - Americans
        Battle in Egypt
            Americans attack with 5 armour, 8 artilleries and 12 infantry
            Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                Americans roll dice for 5 armour, 8 artilleries and 12 infantry in Egypt, round 2 : 8/25 hits, 8,50 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Egypt, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Egypt
            Americans win, taking Egypt from Japanese with 5 armour, 8 artilleries and 12 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Americans
        2 infantry moved from Morocco Algeria to Libya
        5 bombers moved from Libya to Russia
        1 transport moved from 12 Sea Zone to 1 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Western United States to Western Canada
        2 artilleries and 4 infantry moved from Eastern United States to 10 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Western Canada to Eastern Canada
        1 aaGun moved from Eastern United States to Eastern Canada
        1 transport moved from 12 Sea Zone to 1 Sea Zone
        2 artilleries, 4 infantry and 3 transports moved from 10 Sea Zone to 12 Sea Zone
        2 artilleries moved from 12 Sea Zone to Morocco Algeria
        4 infantry moved from 12 Sea Zone to Morocco Algeria
        3 transports moved from 12 Sea Zone to 10 Sea Zone

    Place Units - Americans
        1 artillery, 2 fighters and 5 infantry placed in Eastern United States

    Turn Complete - Americans
        Americans collect 39 PUs; end with 39 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Americans regular : -0,50
Japanese regular : -0,33

Savegame