@The-Captain said in In how many hours can you complete a G40 game:
To all Axis & Allies Global 1940 players:
How long time does it take to complete an OOB Global 1940 board game - face-to-face - with either 2, 3, 4, or 5 players ?
How long time does it take to complete a modified OOB Global 1940 board game - face-to-face - with either 2, 3, 4, or 5 players ?
Captain
Depends on the skill and experience of the players, with 2 or 4 players with each playing their own countries so no 2 generals for each country it will take 12-16 hours i recon. After that you might not have won the game but it becomes so obvious that 1 side might as well resign.
Tournamen rules game can be done in about 8-10 hours, with 2 players a bit faster with 4 as you can play parallel.
Assuming that you can do quick combat rolls ( so 4 colors ) and have more then the 12 dice that come with the game. Having your dice pool to reflect the units and just removing them once your doing fighting saves a lot of time in the long run.
@The-Captain I don’t play with many others (mostly myself), but in the few times I have it has taken somewhere in the range of 25 hours to complete a game of OOB Global 1940.
It would probably be wise to mention however, that I play with one relatively inexperienced player and another hyper-control freak who take upwards of 30 minutes to complete his moves. We once played for 5 hours and hadn’t even finished the second round of play…
I have a long attention span, but - my gosh.
Sad to say I haven’t played any modified games with other, mostly myself. I hope this is at least a little helpful and I’m not just talking to talk. I appreciate your work with house rules - very good stuff.
@The-Captain if people are experienced, but not masters, they can complete two games in a marathon game day (15h or so). The game takes about the same time for 2-5 players.
Highly experienced people with careful battle calculations will take more time per round and play 3x more rounds before the outcome is decided, but it is rare to find high quality opponents.
@Arthur-Bomber-Harris said in In how many hours can you complete a G40 game:
@The-Captain if people are experienced, but not masters, they can complete two games in a marathon game day (15h or so). The game takes about the same time for 2-5 players.
Highly experienced people with careful battle calculations will take more time per round and play 3x more rounds before the outcome is decided, but it is rare to find high quality opponents.
True that experienced players will think things over more, but especially round1 they start with a plan. New players might start by looking at germany and going so what will i do. Experienced players already know in advance they play germany and already desided their buy and moves before the game starts. Same with japan.
Also verry experienced players might see the writing on the wall well before beginners see it. So they might actually play fewer rounds. They know what is reasonable possible and what the other side can do.
A few things that i normally do to speed the game up.
4 color dice. So each combat round can be rolled in 1 go.
IPC update phace, during combat move place upside down roundels in the land combat areas. If you win leave them there, this phase you flip them over and update the income tracker.
Reorganize phase, inactive player will make neat stacks of the units on the board. So during combat/non-combat you dont swap units for chips you do that when your not doing anything.
Thank you all so far, for your replies.
The purpose of finding the time span for an OOB G40 game - or modified G40 version - is to compare to the time span with the Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion.
It seems that the time spans are more or less identical for both the OOB G40 game and the Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion (aka G40 HRE).
An average G40 HRE game lasts an average of 10-11 rounds - a total of 11-12 hours.
This is true even for new players who are only partly familiar with the G40 HRE.
With 2 equally skilled Veteran Players a G40 HRE game takes an average of 13-14 hours.
In other words;
On average a G40 HRE game is slightly faster to play than the OOB G40 (or modified G40) game.
We have analyzed more than 120 G40 HRE games from 2020 to 2024 and calculated that some of the rules and units that makes the G40 HRE faster than the G40 OOB version are:
Economic Related Rules:
Military units & Rules:
As we continously keep analyzing G40 HRE and OOB G40 games and developing the G40 HRE a set of G40 HRE Tournament Rules are now available.
During the G40 HRE World Championship in Late 2026 the G40 HRE Tournament Rules will be used.
Once again, we thank you all for responding to our request about the time span for the G40 OOB board game.
45 to 1:15 against a newb. They surrender by turn 3 or 4.
We play 2nd edition OOB, and it takes 2-3 sessions of ~8 hours each.
We don’t take breaks, but we smoke a lot of grass (legal in Canada) and allow ourselves a little time to think and to do math.
@zooooma said in In how many hours can you complete a G40 game:
but we smoke a lot of grass (legal in Canada)
@shadowhawk said in In how many hours can you complete a G40 game:
4 color dice. So each combat round can be rolled in 1 go.
I have never seen this actually speed up any game. Usually the person doing it is a proponent of the method, trying to convert others, and wastes an enormous amount of time trying to perform conversions.
Also, they take a lot of time counting out the appropriate dice of each color.
Finally, they insist on sorting them in the box after the roll is complete.
Yeah, never seen this actually make a difference.
Marsh
Dr Buzzman says high
He see’s that you and your fellow buzzheads play OOB G 40 and recommends a House rule mod https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/36945/axis-allies-global-1940-house-rules-expansion
You can also play it online with triplea https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/17147/gargantua-s-k-i-s-s-triplea-instructions/30
Have fun gaming
@barnee said in In how many hours can you complete a G40 game:
Dr Buzzman says high
He see’s that you and your fellow buzzheads play OOB G 40 and recommends a House rule mod https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/36945/axis-allies-global-1940-house-rules-expansion
You can also play it online with triplea https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/17147/gargantua-s-k-i-s-s-triplea-instructions/30
Have fun gaming
Thanks! I’m not much interested in house rules or online play. But I’ve been getting lots of A&A in! We have finished six games this year and are on number seven.
