OK, our FTF play group (yes, from the Chicago area) is finding the 1941 rules set to be somewhat limited in strategic options or can become a ‘crap shoot’ if you add the random OOB tech rules under the guise of different ‘strategic’ options.
Being from an AARe (Enhanced) background, we LOVE naval battles in the pacific. So a major idea was to enable a way to slow Godzilla (japan) without enabling King Kong (germany) to just overrunning Russia.
Attached is the most recent version of the Chicago Rules. The major modifications are changes to how China works. She’s a lot more like a ‘real country’ with an IC (mobile) and IPCs.
Feed back is welcomed and appreciated.
These rules can be used in conjunction with the Tech Via a Point system, discussed in thread:
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=16240.msg541728
Chicago rules variant 2.0-97.doc