Global War, 2nd edition - due 1\. November 2015

John Brown

Munck, and others, I finally got my Global Setup done. I hope you enjoy the pictures.

John

First picture is North America and the second picture is South America.

John Brown

The first picture and the second picture is the Atlantic Ocean.

John Brown

The first picture is Europe, and the second picture is Europe, the Mediterranean Sea and North Africa.

John Brown

The first picture are the Countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, and the second picture is of the Mediterranean Sea.

John Brown

These two pictures are showing the Western and Eastern part of Asia.

John Brown

The first picture is mainly China, and the second picture is of Australia and New Zealand.

John Brown

These last two pictures are basically the Pacific Ocean and Western US and Canada.

I hope all of you get yours soon. The Map is a work of art. Coach and the rest of the team did a wonderful job on this map.

I hope you enjoy the pictures.

Munck

John, thanks a lot for sharing.

Can you tell us more about the extra units/add-ons you have besides A&A G40 OOB?

it seems you have HBG’s entire stock :-o

deadlychipmunks

Does anyone know what the deal with the Soviet convoy line in the Atlantic is? It doesn’t seem to have an IPP value to conduct raids on. Is there something in the rules about it?

John Brown

@Munck:

John, thanks a lot for sharing.

Can you tell us more about the extra units/add-ons you have besides A&A G40 OOB?

it seems you have HBG’s entire stockÂ :-o

I do have a lot of things that HBG produces, because it adds so much to the regular board game components. I use a lot of their markers as you can see.

The main markers I use Munck are those long looking acrylic air bases, the naval marker that has the anchor, the shipyard markers, coastal sub markers, the orange damage markers that are not shown for ships, the yellow militia markers, and I use the old risk game grey cities for major factories and the minor factories, I use from older axis and allied games.

I buy a lot of specific markers, such as US Marines, Mountain infantry, Italian Blackshirt, German SS, French foreign Legion, Japanese SNLF, etc.

You can get escort duty markers, sub pens, etc.

I use old risk games for cavalry pieces.

If you don’t won’t use markers, coach has different colored chips, you can buy.

What I do is, after I buy a map or game, I compile a list of what I need versus what I can afford. If I can’t afford something, I will get a cheaper substitute, like chips.

There is no right or wrong way, you just have to figure out what you need versus what you can afford and go from there.

As far as units, you definitely need Global 1940 units, but to fill out your neutral countries, I would save up to buy the many different colored pieces, Coach has to offer.

To get you started, you can use different colored chips, until you can afford units.

I hope this helps. I can go on and on, but you really won’t know anything till you buy the map and rules. :-)

John

John Brown

@deadlychipmunks:

Does anyone know what the deal with the Soviet convoy line in the Atlantic is? It doesn’t seem to have an IPP value to conduct raids on. Is there something in the rules about it?

I haven’t got to study rules yet, but maybe someone can help soon. :-)

HBGWILL

@Warwick:

On the French and Great Britain reference sheet the following peacetime income modifiers exist.

France - “2D12 Axis initiates war with any country.”
Britain - “2D12 IPP Axis declares war on ANY OTHER country.”

Japan declares war on China. I am sure it is not the intention of the rules for WWII to breakout at the start of Japan-Chinese conflict, however what constituents “any country” for these powers? Or should Axis be changed to Germany?

Also
Britain has this modifier “D12 IPP Axis declares war on USSR.” If Germany, Japan, and Italy declare on USSR does this result in 1d12 or 3d12?

Okay so yes, you are correct China is not covered - Japan can declare war on China without triggering this. Declaring war and initiating are the same thing - so if for some reason China declared war on Germany it would not trigger a British / French increase. If it says Axis the increase only happens one time, not 3.

HBGWILL

@Warwick:

Can the Soviets use their rail factory ability on any turn? I could not find a restriction. I would think it should be triggered by war with a major power and enemies inside Russia, however it seems like the Soviets can move factories in July 1936.

The Soviets cannot rail their factory until they are at war with a Major Power. It can only rail minor factories.
I did check the rules and yes, they are not clear, so official clarification here - it has to be at war with a major power

HBGWILL

@Warwick:

@sophiedog2:

What happens when lend lease passes enemy ships, the rules don’t say?

If you look on page 30 under interdiction it states that if Submarine is on the path it gets an interdiction roll. Since lend lease routes are not escorted this would be a 1d6+2 (+4 if Advanced Sub) versus a d6 for the lender. If it is a unit any damage kills the unit. If it is money then IPP value reduced by damage.

Surface ships do not damage lend lease but may blockade. If 3 ships in a zone that zone is blockaded and lend lease would have to find an other way. If not alternate path exist then the lend lease is held until next turn and delivery is tried again.

This is correct.

HBGWILL

@deadlychipmunks:

Does anyone know what the deal with the Soviet convoy line in the Atlantic is? It doesn’t seem to have an IPP value to conduct raids on. Is there something in the rules about it?

It does not have an IPP value but lend-lease is likely going to travel along that line which is why it is there.
We might do something with it in an expansion but for the moment it is for your edification. In tracing lend-lease
it is likely that both the Turkish Straigts and Danish Straits are closed to lend-lease which means to get L-L to the USSR
most players are going to be running through the north - or you could invade Iran which the Allies did - or try to get some L-L into Vladivostok. They even shipped some down the Lena River from the North Arctic, which I will put in an expansion

HBGWILL

OFFICAL GLOBAL Q&A IS UP

http://www.globalwargame.com/wordpress/

As of 11/16/2015

John Brown

@HBGWILL:

OFFICAL GLOBAL Q&A IS UP

http://www.globalwargame.com/wordpress/

As of 11/16/2015

Will, thanks for the link, and thanks for answering some of these questions for us. This is a nice website for all things Global.

Thanks again. :-)

John

Munck

@HBGWILL:

The Soviets cannot rail their factory until they are at war with a Major Power. It can only rail minor factories.
I did check the rules and yes, they are not clear, so official clarification here - it has to be at war with a major power

Will you be updating the rules as official clarifications for uncertainties come to light? It is very easy with the digital format.

A problem with A&A G40 has always been you had to search for answers in the 100+ page FAQ, as the rules were printed…
It would be nice to have a definitive ruleset.

deadlychipmunks

@HBGWILL:

@deadlychipmunks:

Does anyone know what the deal with the Soviet convoy line in the Atlantic is? It doesn’t seem to have an IPP value to conduct raids on. Is there something in the rules about it?

It does not have an IPP value but lend-lease is likely going to travel along that line which is why it is there.
We might do something with it in an expansion but for the moment it is for your edification. In tracing lend-lease
it is likely that both the Turkish Straigts and Danish Straits are closed to lend-lease which means to get L-L to the USSR
most players are going to be running through the north - or you could invade Iran which the Allies did - or try to get some L-L into Vladivostok. They even shipped some down the Lena River from the North Arctic, which I will put in an expansion

Cool, thanks for answering my question, along with everyone else’s questions!

HBG

@Munck:

@HBGWILL:

The Soviets cannot rail their factory until they are at war with a Major Power. It can only rail minor factories.
I did check the rules and yes, they are not clear, so official clarification here - it has to be at war with a major power

Will you be updating the rules as official clarifications for uncertainties come to light? It is very easy with the digital format.

A problem with A&A G40 has always been you had to search for answers in the 100+ page FAQ, as the rules were printed…
It would be nice to have a definitive ruleset.

We will be updating the rules instead of an Errata as we see the need.

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