Simple things you can expect to see in my house rules.

[oztea]

Well, I personally avoid injecting anything else into the box. (because some people might not have AB/NB tokens at their disposal)
There aren’t NB and AB tokens in the box….so any AB or NB rules would be tied to the units themselves, not a separate piece.

For instance, Capital ships needing to repair at a sea zone bordering a victory city or factory is really just modifying the rules for capital ships…not adding an airbase.

And for scrambling, it would be limited to 1 plane. And may apply only to territories with a factory or victory city…if scramble is even within the scope of this game.

[Canuck12]

I would go with the no factories on islands rule, but given the weakness of japan in the pacific you might not even need it.

For everything else, why not just play global?

[Koningstiger]

amphibious assaults: Each defending unit defends at +1 during the first cycle of combat (each time it is attacked).Simple, effective and makes amphibious assaults a lot riskier!

[Jennifer]

oztea,

I was thinking more globally, like applying it to all games, not just 1942…of course, if you dont have ab/nb tokens, then dont use those.  Heck, you could even say you need to move a destroyer (submarine for games without destroyers) to your damaged ship to repair it.

Might get conveluted, but it’s Axis and Allies, it’s SUPPOSED to be conveluted!

Here’s what I am thinking:

A destroyer (or submarine) cannot have moved, must be owned by the player with the damaged warship, and must be able to move too the damaged warship to repair it
else
The warship must be adjacent to a victory city or industrial compled

[oztea]

Thats a little too bizarre Jen.
I know ships were used to repair other ships, and still are to this day, but the mechanic is that capital ships need to stay close to somewhere they can repair at, so they are kind of limited in their ability to soak wounds.

Otherwise, it doesn’t really get us anywhere if the battleship can stay where it is, and you just build a destroyer each turn and sail over to it and repair it.
(or just cram a sea zone full of destroyers and battleships)

Actually, im not exactly sure what you are saying on this one.

[Jennifer]

THat one was more a “realism” thing…I was thinking a DD to move there and back in a turn to allow the BB to remain on patrol…but I knew from the get go it was a bit too fancy.

I like keeping it in “port” (next to a VC or next to a NB or next to an IC - depending on what flavor of Axis and Allies you are playing) to repair it, or it stays unrepaired.

I also like the idea of paying the higher of 2d6+2 to repair it. (Akin to bomber damage in one of the games.)  Max cost would be 8 IPC, way better than buying a new battleship, not as good as just buying a destroyer, minimum would be 3 IPC - the value of an infantry.

[spc71]

First of all Mallery’s houserule should be a requirement. That said, I think a good house rule would be as long as UK controls India, the US can place 1 free infantry in China each turn. Its to simulate flying supplies over the hump and China’s large population. Strictly speaking burma would be a more realistic requirement but this gives India that much more importance.

[oztea]

Oh yea, definitely. US being able to bulid an INF in china is crucial.

[spc71]

Ha, I just now noticed you had the same houserule minus the India requirement. We can’t be the only ones thinking China needs some help

[Witt]

It will be funny going back to a China that no longer takes over Asia. The good old days!

[digitallimit]

Why have the no-ICs-on-islands rule?

[Der Kuenstler]

@Cmdr:

I like keeping it in “port” (next to a VC or next to a NB or next to an IC - depending on what flavor of Axis and Allies you are playing) to repair it, or it stays unrepaired.

I used to like the “repair it in port” rule as more realistic, but then you have BBs floating around the board looking silly on their sides, able to coast bombard and fight at full strength. How unrealistic is that? Now I just think of the first hit as “bouncing off” the thick armor and not damaging the ship. That helps me justify turning it upright at the end of a battle. To me it’s a cleaner and simpler rule.

[oztea]

Yea, but then you end up with fleets with 4 battleships that are damn near impervious to damage.
If you attack it and lose, its back to full strength, and sets sail right for the stuff you just built.

[Jennifer]

@Der:

@Cmdr:

I like keeping it in “port” (next to a VC or next to a NB or next to an IC - depending on what flavor of Axis and Allies you are playing) to repair it, or it stays unrepaired.

I used to like the “repair it in port” rule as more realistic, but then you have BBs floating around the board looking silly on their sides, able to coast bombard and fight at full strength. How unrealistic is that? Now I just think of the first hit as “bouncing off” the thick armor and not damaging the ship. That helps me justify turning it upright at the end of a battle. To me it’s a cleaner and simpler rule.

I put a control marker under it to represent damage.  Sideways battleships are very silly. ^_^

[Der Kuenstler]

@oztea:

Yea, but then you end up with fleets with 4 battleships that are damn near impervious to damage.
If you attack it and lose, its back to full strength, and sets sail right for the stuff you just built.

True - realistically they ought to do everything at half strength, including half movement, and cost something to repair, if damaged. But then you have more rules. I used a system for a while where damaged BBs were placed in a “drydock” area made on my reference cards and placed back out at an IC when you paid to fix them, but then there was a problem with then “teleporting” to the reference cards.

Jennifer - I like the marker idea.

[Der Kuenstler]

@oztea:

Yea, but then you end up with fleets with 4 battleships that are damn near impervious to damage.
If you attack it and lose, its back to full strength, and sets sail right for the stuff you just built.

How about this for a house rule:

When fighting with multiple BBs, hits must always be applied first to
other units or to BBs with one hit. (no putting one hit on five different
BBs)

[adaptation]

1 infantry per turn in China is a great rule. It makes 1942 much better

[oztea]

Not sure how to handle the Non-Aggression pact yet.

[oztea]

DEFCON 3 Rules
1. Straits
a. Strait of Gibraltar
Surface warships may not move from sea zone 13 to sea zone 14, or vice versa, unless a friendly power controlled Gibraltar at the start of your turn.
b. Strait of Denmark
Surface warships may not move from sea zone 5 to sea zone 6, or vice versa, unless a friendly power controlled Northwest Europe at the start of your turn.

2. Factories on Islands
Industrial complexes may no longer be built on islands. (territories surrounded by a single sea zone)

3. Scramble!
During the combat phase, you may scramble one fighter from any of your victory cities to participate in a naval battle in an adjacent sea zone. Only one fighter may scramble from a victory city. If the fighter survives, it must return to the territory it originated from.

4. Russo-Japanese Non-Aggression Pact
The first time Japan attacks an original Soviet territory, or vice versa, the defending power may place three infantry and one AAA, distributed as they wish, amongst any territories that are under attack by that power. After the first time one power has attacked the other’s original territory, this rule is no longer in effect.

5. A Stronger China
As long as the allies control India, during the Japanese combat phase, one US infantry may be placed in any one Chinese territory that is under attack by Japanese forces.

6. Capital Ship Repairs
Battleships no longer automatically repair after combat. They repair during your power’s purchase units phase and only if they are in a sea zone adjacent to a territory containing a friendly Victory City or Industrial Complex.

DEFCON 2 Rules
1. Carriers as Capital Ships
Carriers require two hits to sink, and repair exactly as battleships do. When damaged, they may not hold planes. Carriers profiles are also changed to 0/2/2 and cost 16 IPCs

2. National Objectives
Collected during a power’s collect income phase if you fulfill the outlined requirements:

Soviet Union
3 IPCs if the Soviet Union controls any 3/5 of the following: West Russia, Belorussia, Baltic States, Poland, Ukraine S.S.R. and no Allied units are present in original Soviet territory.
Theme: Reclamation of occupied Soviet territory.

3 IPC if the Allies control at least one of the following and also control a series of adjacent land territories that links it to Moscow: Archangel, Persia, Soviet Far East
Theme: Lend lease supplies.

Germany
3 IPCs if Germany controls Norway and Northwestern Europe.
Theme: Vital iron ore supply from Norway.

3 IPCs if Germany controls Italy and Southern Europe and any 3/5 of the following: Gibraltar, Egypt, Trans-Jordan, Anglo-Egypt Sudan, Italian East Africa.
Theme: Support from Italy as it’s empire expands.

3 IPCs if Germany controls Poland and none of the territories adjacent to Poland contain allied combat units.
Theme: Living space in the East

United Kingdom
3 IPCs if the United Kingdom controls Gibraltar, Egypt, Trans-Jordan, and India.
Theme: Vital supplies and raw materials move to and from the colonies.

3 IPCs if the United Kingdom controls Eastern Canada and no German warships are in Sea Zone 9 or adjacent to Sea Zone 9.
Theme: Vital supplies from Canada, and lend-lease supplies from the United States.

Japan
3 IPCs if Japan controls all of the following: East Indies, Borneo, Philippines.
Theme: Vital raw materials from territories in the South Pacific.

3 IPCs if Japan controls India, Eastern Australia, or Hawaiian Islands
Theme: Control of a western power center in the Pacific.

3 IPCs if Japan controls Manchuria and Kiangsu and any 3/5 of the following: Burma, Sikang, Szechwan, Anhwei, Yunnan
Theme: Control of the Central Asian mainland.

United States
3 IPCs if the United States controls Central Untied States and any three German territories are controlled by the Allies.
Theme: Supporting the fight in Europe against Germany.

3 IPCs if the United States controls Western United States and any three Japanese territories are controlled by the Allies.
Theme: Supporting the fight in the Pacific against Japan.

3. Convoy Raiding
If an enemy combat naval unit borders a territory named in one of your National Objectives, and you control the territory in question, then collect 1 IPC less from that bonus. In the case multiple territories are bordered by hostile naval units, then deduct 1 IPC for each occurrence"

4. Technology
Technology dice cost 5 IPCs. Breakthrough dice are rewarded as follows. You may buy as many rolls as you wish per turn, but can only achieve one breakthrough.
1-2 No Effect
3-5 Tech Token (Place National Control Marker on your capital, Free Roll next turn)
6 Breakthrough (choose a tech tree and roll a die)

Economic Technology
1 or 2 “War Bonds“ - Roll a die during your collect income phase and collect that many IPCs
3 or 4 “Rockets“ - Your AAA also launch rockets. Target an Industrial complex within 3 spaces and deal one die of damage. (Only one AAA can target any one enemy complex)
5 or 6 “Increased Production“ - Repair damage to your factories at ½ price. Also, your victory cities may serve as a mobilization point for one infantry per turn.
Air Technology
1 or 2 “Long Range Aircraft“ - Fighters and bombers move two additional spaces
3 or 4 “Jet Fighters“ - Fighters attack at 4, and during interception roll before enemy bombers and escorts
5 or 6 “Heavy Bombers“ - In combat and strategic bombing you may roll two dice and choose the better result
Naval Technology
1 or 2 “Improved Shipyards“ - Transports, Subs and Destroyers cost 1 IPC less, Cruisers, Carriers and Battleships cost 2 IPCs less
3 or 4 “Super Subs“ - Your subs attack at 3. Additionally they defend at 2 if enemy destroyers are not present
5 or 6 “Radar/Sonar“ - Your AAA guns now hit on ‘2’ or less. Your destroyers also reduce the attack power of enemy subs by ‘1’ at a 1:1 ratio
Land Technology
1 or 2 “Mechanized Infantry“ - Your armor may bring one infantry with it when moving two spaces.
3 or 4 “Advanced Artillery“ - Your artillery now supports two infantry during attacks
5 or 6 “Advanced Armor“ - Your tanks now attack and defend at 4 on the first round of combat.

DEFCON 1 Rules
1. National Advantages
(WORK IN PROGRESS)

2. Alternative Setups
a. 1941 (WORK IN PROGRESS)
b. 1942 Alpha (WORK IN PROGRESS)

3. Attacker Targeting
Non-Infantry, Non-AAA rolls to hit of ‘1’ are assigned by the attacker

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More to come, wish me luck

[UrJohn]

Very cool. Would you like feedback?