@barnee

Aircraft Carrier Based Fighter units operate under Fighter unit rules with a few exceptions:

Carrier Based Fighters must land on an Aircraft Carrier. They cannot land on a territory/island (unless there the Aircraft Carrier is destroyed in combat).

US and Japanese Carrier Based Fighters can only operate in the Pacific Theatre & Indian Ocean - German and UK Carrier Based Fighters can operate in any Theatre of Operations.

Carrier Based Fighters can attack on land in the same way as any other Fighter unit - as long as they take off from an Aircraft Carrier.

See more details in the Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion rulebook pg. 31 & 32.

@Krieghund

Oh…

I’ve been playing wrong this entire time???

😞

Thanks for clarifying though. I’ll take that into my next physical game.

@Vendetta

Thank you for clarifying!

@ButterSurge

Nice, not just the World War 1 empire but the glory days centuries ago.

@GoekaWar Thanks for your support!

I am thinking of adding a third research table to our G40 games. I believe one or more might have been suggested already.

1. Self-Propelled Artillery Artillery can move 2 spaces and can blitz when paired with tanks. Infantry and mechanized infantry paired 1:1 with SPA attack at 2.
2. Super Carrier Aircraft Carriers can transport 3 aircraft (fighters and tactical bombers).
3. High Speed Transport Destroyers can transport 1 or 2 infantry
4. Convoy Escorts Enemy units disrupting convoys ignore roles of 3 or more.
5. Mine Layers Destroyers can lay mines instead of moving, attacking or defending. Anti-Submarine rules are not applicable when laying mines. SZ that is mined do not impact friendly units. Enemy units entering a mined SZ roll 1d for each ship. Each ship that rolls a 6 is hit by a mine. Aircraft on carries that hit a mine can fly to a friendly territory or carrier up to 5 spaces away; if there are no applicable territories or carriers then aircraft are lost. Mined SZ is cleared after enemy contact.
6. Improved Transports Transports can carry 2 infantry plus one additional ground unit

@The-Captain

Cool!

As part of the Axis & Allies Global 1940 & 1943 House Rules Expansion, Naval Mines are being play testet during the 2023 Autumn & Winter Axis & Allies gaming season.

Final results will be posted here.

Feel free to play test on your own. Rules are attached below.

Captain

1. G40 Naval Mines.pdf

As part of the Axis & Allies Global 1940 & 1943 House Rules Expansion, Naval Mines are being play testet during the 2023 Autumn & Winter Axis & Allies gaming season.

Final results will be posted here.

Feel free to play test on your own. Rules are attached below.

Captain

1. G40 Naval Mines.pdf

As part of the Axis & Allies Global 1940 & 1943 House Rules Expansion, Naval Mines are being play testet during the 2023 Autumn & Winter Axis & Allies gaming season.

Final results will be posted here.

Feel free to play test on your own. Rules are attached below.

Captain

1. G40 Naval Mines.pdf

@SuperbattleshipYamato

Finished the first game:

2023-8-13-World-War-II-Global-1940-2nd-Edition.tsvg

The game was certainly unique and spiced up from the original rules. It’s quite biased towards the Axis, with the “cannot move into pro-Allied territories while the Soviets and/or the Americans are neutral” is crippling.

I definitely could’ve been more creative as Japan, but overall it was still a fun and unique game.

So logistics.

There are many, many, many ways to house rule this. Obviously.

Here’s an idea though:

What if you imposed maximums on how many units can be in a given territory?

Say, 3-5 times a territory’s IPC value. Air bases allow 1-2 more air units, minor industrial complexes 1-2 more of any unit, and major industrial complexes 3-5 more units (undecided yet).

Territories with no IPC value can hold a maximum of 2-3 units.

So, what do you think? Perhaps it should be less strict, but this rule is meant to encourage a more even distribution of units on a frontline instead of consolidating units into one stack.

It also makes infantry less valuable. Not sure what the implications are.

@Eric-Poppleton well I tried it by myself some and it sorta worked. My goal was to get my buddies into the game and try it with them but we’re still in the learning phase-figured it’s only a valid test if they have developed strategies in the normal game