Axis & Allies Anniversary upgraded version

@Dagon81 (et al), spitballing some Italian NA ideas:

Italian Alps
All Allied ground forces that invade Italy from France roll no dice for the first round of the subsequent combat there. They are still participants in the combat and may retreat at the end of the first round and be taken as casualties as normal.

Industrial Latecomers
If you control Rome, during the ‘Collect Income’ phase of your turn you collect additional IPCs according to the below schedule:
Turn 1: +1 IPC
Turn 2: +2 IPC
Turn 3–> : +3 IPC

‘Bassotto’ SPG/A
Your Artillery have M2 and may accompany Tanks on a blitz on a 1:1 basis.

The Winter Line
The first time Italy is the target of an Allied amphibious invasion, place three German Infantry there for free before that combat is resolved.

Bordeaux Sub Base:
If the Axis controlled both Rome and Paris at the start of your turn, during the ‘Mobilize Units’ phase of your turn you may choose one of the following:

• Deploy 1 Sub in Sea Zone 7 at no cost, or
• Move all Italian Subs in Sea Zone 7 into France (they no longer occupy SZ 7), where they behave exactly like defenseless transports at sea. Return these Subs to SZ 7 at the start of your next turn.

Red Sea Flotilla
If there are no Allied units in Italian East Africa, during the ‘Purchase Units’ phase of your turn, you may roll a die for each enemy Transport and Destroyer in Sea Zone 57. On a roll of 1 or less, that unit is destroyed.

Italian Civil War
If Italy is ever conquered by the allies, your unspent IPCs are discarded (do not give them to the conqueror).

Eritrean Outpost
During the ‘Mobilize Units’ phase of your turn, you may always choose to place exactly one of your purchased Infantry units in Italian East Africa (no IC required), regardless of which power controls it.

Here’s some cards I got from printer. Printed on thinnest styrene sheets with rounded corners because other wise sharp points. Border cutting just a bit off but printer threw in 2 extra sets of 36 NA cards and 2 extra sets of 10 Tech cards. I can use the extra cards for US and UK on both sides.
Works for me.

We used to have a guy about 8 years ago who was an expert on making NA’s he had posted a thread on them and they were voluminous ideas that were very good. But i cant remember his name

Oh his name was Mr. Anderson

here is a typical post

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/23439/fortunes-of-victory-mr-andersson-s-house-rules-for-spring-1942-2nd-ed

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/2128/axis-allies-org-weapons-development-and-national-advanta/2

he was the master of this

Cool. Will look at these. Would need to see how much of an impact these would have on my game.

@Imperious-Leader wow that second thread, in particular, is fascinating- I can’t believe nobody replied. Now that @Dagon81 has donated this aweseome card art, I think it’s time to incarnate @Mr-Andersson’s work…

Another card.

Dagon81,
Excellent addition to A&A50!
I was reading through your explanation expounding on the rules book and noticed that on page 4 Free France the part about Free French tokens isn’t completed in that the dice roll is not included. From you post:
** Whenever a non-occupied territory joins (through diplomacy) the Allies (Free France) /or is captured you place one Free French token on that territory. The more of these tokens on the board, the higher the probability other territories (and their units) join the Allies through diplomacy: At the end of each round you roll one die for each non-occupied Vichy territory and these join the Allies on a roll of the same value or lower than the number of tokens on the board.**
Please try to add this in your rules page.
Another thought I had was regarding Vichy France and the set up on page 5. The thought was that some French units remain in France as defenders similar to the French Navy units. Maybe half the force remains intact following the German invasion like 3 infantry, and 1 artillery, and one fighter. As the game progresses these units are able to be used by the German player that is if France isn’t liberated or they are destroyed in combat.
Please give these some thoughts. It would be appreciated if you could incorporated them into your manual.
Thanks,
A fellow A&A enthusiast

There was one i remember that had a typo, it was fixed?

@Imperious-Leader
The pages that I was able to download weren’t updated.

Is there an updated version that I’m unaware of?

Thanks.

@Dagon81
Dangon 81
I want to repeat how intriguing this A&A Expansion is. I can see a lot of thought and work went into them. Not to take away from your work but to enhance it.

First this part of France on pages 4 & 5 needs to include the part explaining the dice roll and the French units joining the Free French specifically the portion blocked off below.

France is non playable, either Vichy France or the Free French Forces. Vichy French units just defend their territories on land battles and whenever an amphibious assault takes place from the sea zone with their sea units. Whenever a non-occupied territory joins (through diplomacy) the Allies (Free France) /or is captured you place one Free French token on that territory. The more of these tokens on the board, the higher the probability other territories (and their units) join the Allies through diplomacy: [At the end of each round you roll one die for each non-occupied Vichy territory and these join the Allies on a roll of the same value or lower than the number of tokens on the board.]
Joining the Allies means you can change the units for either US or UK equivalent units. The IPC income of these territories goes to the UK if its French West Africa or Madagascar. The occupied territories of France or Morocco-Algeria don’t join the Allies through diplomacy; these territories have to be captured.

Second a Seabase and more units (possibly a second infantry unit, and an artillery unit) could be added to the setup table of the Madagascar territory.

Historically Madagascar was an island that was fought over defended by the Vichy French for the harbor at the northern tip of Madagascar. According to Wikipedia Imperial Japan wanted to occupy this for a naval base of operations and cutting off the Allies to the Indian Ocean.

I hope you are able to update the A&A Expansion manual, and incorporate my recommendations.

Thanks

“All the cards you need” for all versions, by Expanding the Anniversary Upgraded version:
I have made some extra cards by editing these beautiful cards on my computer. These are shown in two pdf files, with the National Advantages of every version of Axis and Allies, but also for the Technologies of every version. Basically a complete book that includes all the cards and secondly a guide highlighting the similar cards between the different versions of the game. In the following links:
The Cards Book (pdf): https://www.dropbox.com/s/jknfsfavp8hvoqb/A%26A-The Cards Book.pdf?dl=0
The Cards Guide (pdf): https://www.dropbox.com/s/8gqpoae6fdaxdm7/A%26A-The Cards Guide.pdf?dl=0
Note that many cards between editions depict the same theme or have the same title, but have different text depending on the edition, since usually the same National Advantages or Technologies have a different description in each edition’s rules. But many are identical and can be used in more than one version.

@dagon81 First of all, thanks for the perfect upgrade and the cards you made with such a creative spirit. A great gift for all of us. If you want to work with my ideas for an even better and homogeneous result, I can send you the original photos I used as a theme οn my cards.

@dagon81 I also have these extra cards that I created from yours in the same size, image format and quality as yours and they are just as ready to print. Perhaps more easily printable than the pdf.

I am including the links to print the extra cards shown above in normal size, Poker card size 2.5"×3.5" (63.5×89mm). “The Cards Guide” can also be used for even more printing savings. This way one can save costs by avoiding reprinting cards (jpg):

1. AA50 Anniversary extra cards (Technology) (jpg):
   https://www.dropbox.com/s/h6ti2tljxyljvpm/Extra Cards For AA50 (Tech).rar?dl=0
2. AA Revised extra cards (NA & Tech) (jpg):
   https://www.dropbox.com/s/pllx81c0490czny/Extra Cards for AA Revised.rar?dl=0
3. AA Global 1940 2nd extra cards (Technology) (jpg):
   https://www.dropbox.com/s/9aooqd5gazqo3nl/Extra Cards for Global (Tech).rar?dl=0
4. AA 1942 2nd Ed extra cards (NA & Tech) (jpg):
   https://www.dropbox.com/s/pn5d86lteuzevue/Extra Cards for AA 1942 2nd.rar?dl=0
5. AA Spring 1942 (1st Ed) extra cards (NA & Tech) (jpg):
   https://www.dropbox.com/s/pn5d86lteuzevue/Extra Cards for AA 1942 2nd.rar?dl=0
6. Also Dagon81’s original supplementary cards in print size like his others and a slight change to the “Pact of Steel” card image (jpg):
   https://www.dropbox.com/s/mgxdawupts801di/Extra Cards for AA50 Upgraded.rar?dl=0
   A sample of them is shown below:
   

@dagon81 said in Axis & Allies Anniversary upgraded version:

@always-wanderer awesome work, well done. Glad you kept the spirit of the original idea and used similar illustrations as well. Love those tech cards.

Ya was gonna say it was you that brought these cards to the site awhile back