Anyone care for a game? G40 Dice Tech

I also prefer playing the latest rules by the book, and I enjoy creating house rules as a hobby even if they never get played.

Mark: We will be starting the game around 9 or so this morning, so I will let you know how it goes. I usually spend some time going through various scenarios in my head and speculating as to which side should have the greater advantage when doing changes like this. Without really looking at the board, I am thinking it will be the Allies, because for one their are many more of them so they stand to gain more by teaming up/attacking the Axis at the same time. Furthermore, one of the 3 Axis players (Japan) can’t really use this advantage, b/c they are pretty much isolated. With that in mind, I am considering weakening the Allies a bit and see how it pans out. One idea I have is reducing the major IC in India to a minor, and adding another minor IC in West India as well. I will probably also add a couple extra infantry in India to start out with too. This will allow India to serve as a legitimate garrison for the UK, with allowing them to dominate…at least thats the plan. I am considering this approach b/c I believe the Allies will dominate the Atlantic, and Germany will be hard pressed against a combined US/UK invasion plus Russia breathing down their necks, so my thinking is that by weakening India’s offensive capabilities a bit, Japan will be able to pressure Russia more from the east, thus making up for the imbalance in the west. Like I said, this will take some time to get down, but I think the two-turn system will be worth it in the end. I really wish A&A would move to this system in the first place, as I know many that use it, or would like to use it. Let me know your thoughts!..

Yep G40 has a big learning curve

So what’s the…wait. I gets it now: there are 36 techs on 6 charts. Roll 1 die for the chart and 1 for the tech. If that’s what he means definitely no.

@Karl7: @Talleyrand19: Been following this thread as best as possible so sorry if this was already mentioned and I missed it… But what happens if Allies spend most of their money on the Atlantic with only a few capital ships in the Pacific to join up with Anzac. The Atlantic money goes to transports and capital ships and then tanks and infantry. With England’s help, you hit Spain and Gibraltar  (for the naval base). Then every single turn the US can land more stuff and set up a nonstop funnel. If Russia does its job then axis should not be able to keep up on both fronts. If Germany sent its Dark Skies bombers to try to stop the funnel, then fine you can wipe each other out and still land more US troops the next turn. My friends and I have done this to each other and the Spain landing always overwhelms the Axis eventually. … What have you all experienced when trying this? Yes, this is a good strategy.  The weak point is then the Germans blitz into the middle east, ignoring Moscow.  They can get an economic advantage and then just sit back and outbuild the allies. UK can easy build 2 minors there and funnel troops into the ME and even contest caucasus and stalinggrad with the germans. If germany pulls out 2 much of its armor to counter this then bryansk will be 2 lightly held and russia can break through it and start regaining lost areas while the german stack is basicaly surrounded by stronger forces without any help of reinforcements.

In what way would taking your allies into battle even remotely slow the game?

@MarkVIIIMarc: The red dots are a GREAT idea! I also used the old school fighters and red but merely painted the wing tips red.  If I make anymore I am going to copy your idea. Did you paint silver “+” symbols or mini swastikas on the Germans? My modeling skills aren’t that good.  I might get a “+” to look ok. I have put crosses on some of my non-A&A German units but have done nothing with the original black units so far.

@Frederick: Great videos YG, I own 1940 europe 2nd edition and the factories are really annoying to pick up. But since you pointed out that you can use monopoly cottages and hotels as factories I am starting to use them and its much easier to use and I also use monopoly money its much easier to use then paper and pencil. Again great videos. BTW when is your japan run through coming out? Hey Frederick II, Thanks for your comments, glad to help… part 4 of the runthrough series (japan) should be posted on the weekend or early next week.