Kamikazes for Japan, what for Germany???

I doubt it because of mech inf but I really don’t know.

Well the original Europe board gave Germany better tank defence which everyone has now and 1 sub free each turn.  Would not be surprised with the free sub a turn thing in this new board.

Free sub? Better tanks?

Those were probably house rules?

@Tavenier:

Free sub? Better tanks?

Those were probably house rules?

Yes, I don’t recall these either. I know in D-Day the German tanks were better on defense than the Allied ones, but that’s the only OOB example I can remember.

@Tavenier:

Free sub? Better tanks?

Those were probably house rules?

I don’t remember those rules either. Where did those rules come from?

Germany (and, in fact, all other powers) will NOT have a ‘special’ national ability. Larry Harris already confirmed this on his site.

Well that finishes that

Nothing is ever finished around here just because Larry said something. We are still talking about Canada as a power and US having a split income.

I’m hoping for a Hitler Youth rule, where after 8 turns all German infantry attack and defend on a one!

Germany had worse tanks than the Russians.

I like Idealogical Warfare: Whenever Germany captures a land territory from the USSR it gains one free infantry there to represent local anti-communists (Germany had about 1 million such recruits).

@Gwlachmai:

I’m hoping for a Hitler Youth rule, where after 8 turns all German infantry attack and defend on a one!

that would be stupid no affense, and isnt kamikazies helpful??(dont own the game but i think it would help japan right?)
so hittler youth would make it harder for germany to win, by alot!!

I can hope for whatever rules I want!

Taking that “Hitler Youth” thing a step further, what would really be awesome (in some future game, obviously not in aa40) would be a kind of “population limit thing” where the total amount of units you could have in play at a time would be limited based on the territories you had, or something like that. Thoughts? Does anyone think that the game will ever evolve to be that advanced?

Doubt it. You may want to try Third Riech if you want a more in depth game.

Along these lines, I’ve always thought the game could benefit from a ‘Conscript’ rule. Conscripts are units that cost 2 IPCs each and can be placed on any territory a power controls, in numbers up to the value of that territory. This would represent the ability of nations to draft large masses of poorly-trained soldiers whose main function was to serve as rearguards and cannon fodder.

Cost: 2
Attack: 0 (increases to 1 if paired with Artillery)
Defence: 1
Move: 0 (increases to 1 if paired with non-Conscript land unit)

So, for example, the UK could pay 4 IPCs to drop 2 Conscripts in Egypt at the end of the turn, to help hold the territory.

Conscripts are just buffer units whose main ability is to take a hit for a more expensive unit; the only real advantage in buying them is their flexibility in placement. (If you have older editions of A&A you can use different colours of Infantry to represent Conscripts: brown for the USSR, grey for Germany, mint green for UK, yellow for Japan.)

@Make_It_Round:

Along these lines, I’ve always thought the game could benefit from a ‘Conscript’ rule. Conscripts are units that cost 2 IPCs each and can be placed on any territory a power controls, in numbers up to the value of that territory. This would represent the ability of nations to draft large masses of poorly-trained soldiers whose main function was to serve as rearguards and cannon fodder.

Cost: 2
Attack: 0 (increases to 1 if paired with Artillery)
Defence: 1
Move: 0 (increases to 1 if paired with non-Conscript land unit)

So, for example, the UK could pay 4 IPCs to drop 2 Conscripts in Egypt at the end of the turn, to help hold the territory.

Conscripts are just buffer units whose main ability is to take a hit for a more expensive unit; the only real advantage in buying them is their flexibility in placement. (If you have older editions of A&A you can use different colours of Infantry to represent Conscripts: brown for the USSR, grey for Germany, mint green for UK, yellow for Japan.)

i like that idea, but the draw back it would be hard to keep track of which unit is the conscript

I think Germany should get a free industrial complex for every territory they take to reflect the new slave labor gained.

Lol they didnt actually do that. Most joined willingly

@idk_iam_swiss:

Lol they didnt actually do that. Most joined willingly

When you say willingly, you mean they took that other than the other choice of death.

So I guess all the Jews willingly went to the concentration camps.