In the version we use in my group,  Arty Works differently (we think the avalon hill arty rules blow goat cheese)

We leave AA guns alone as a game balance issue…

But on the issue of guns defending an AA we allow arty to fire back at the boats involved in an amphibious assault.

Also note,  Arty  is a 1/2 unit (with first strike) when paired with an infantry (otherwise they are 0/1 no first strike).  So they only attack the incoming boats at 1.  This allows Germany and Japan to build up coastal defences.

As for Islands stopping boats from going by…the ocean is too large for even the biggest guns to do that when stationary. You might catch an unwitting boat who didn’t know you were there once,  but in the end there are hundreds of miles of ocean to cruise in.

Seriously?

Savefile is up there with Photobucket.  It really surprises me you’ve never used it before considering it takes no registration to upload or download.

Well, looking at it at least 7 of you have started downloading so I guess some of you are in fact seeing how good the rules are.

No, and 7 pages.

Attached is a Link to a word doc with the rules a group of Canucks made up over 6 years of constant weekend gaming.

I figure these may have a place here because our view of how the game should be played was 100% opposite of what Avalon hill brought in.

Battleships were not made 2 hits because quite frankly,  by WWII battleships are a useless relic and people stopped making new ones. They should die easily to planes,  WWII was about carrier navies.

We also did not make each nation have to fight the way they did in WWII.  We know how that battle worked out. The point of Axis and Allies was to see how the war could have turned out differently if people acted differently (in our eyes that was the point).

You could have Russian Kamikazee planes,  Super heavy Japanese Tanks, etc

The rules are listed with a “why” section next to them you so you can follow our logic.

http://www.savefile.com/files.php?fid=4737515