I recently ordered pieces from HBG (half 1941 and half 1942 because a lot of the 1941s were out of stock) and purchasing just one or two more of each kind of unit for each country has worked out great so far.  I’ve also been experimenting with larger incomes. The only major difference in piece size with the 1942 edition seem to be the tanks, they are slightly smaller than the 1941 ones but it’s bearable.  Also the 1942 B17s are pretty big, but very cool!  Any thing you order from there will fit on the map just fine though, just make sure to order some more dice and better chip counters.  The 1941 edition is all I have right now but I’ve had lots of fun with customization, hope you do too!

Thanks for the thorough response, Black_Elk! One of the reasons I’d rather stick to 1941 is that it’s easier to introduce to my friends, but now I’ll be able to add house rules when I play with people who become familiar with it. I ordered around seventy extra pieces from HBG for twelve dollars and I plan to use your IPC idea to allow bigger purchases and larger battles. I’m guessing you mean +1 for each territory already designated a value, so 11 for USSR, 19 for Germany, 21 for UK, 13 for Japan, and 24 for USA, right? At least I think that is very reasonable. Hopefully this alone will make things interesting, but I will implement bombardment, bombing, and artillery just in case.  :-D

Alright, I’ll consider it, thanks!  :-)

I’m considering buying more pieces from a site like historical board gaming.  Has anyone tried tweaking IPC values or implementing artillery, AA guns, or strategic bombing for this edition?

Hey everybody, I’ve been checking out a lot of stuff on these forums and finally decided to sign up.  My only A&A game is 1941 so far, I love it, but it still leaves me wanting more, sort of like how the simplicity of Risk led me to start A&A in the first place.  Not wanting to drop the money for 1942 or 1940 at the moment, I was wondering if anyone has made any house rules or anything to make 1941 a little more like these other incarnations.  I’m just looking for a little more depth to the game because it really does feel like a dumbed down version of 1942, the small map surely can’t be fixed but what else can be done to enhance it?  Please post any stories about experiences with changing the rules to this game at all and how they worked out, thanks guys!