That must be it. I have a mac and I didn’t have any problem downloading it just now. Try doing it on something other than your phone.

@cdatkins74 Yes there will be a new map.

@cdatkins74 I talk about and playtest some of the proposed rules in this game;
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXHm3hvGKezj8GoKHzPxziDub-fv6oudP

Stay tuned to my channel. In the near future I’m going down to Tulsa to playtest the game with HBG. After that I’ll have more information to share with the community.

@CWO-Marc said in Global War 1936-1945 3rd Edition:

Thanks for the supplementary info GHG. I didn’t really know very much about the context of the thread, since GW1936-1945 is a game with which I don’t have much familiarity, so I hadn’t realized that the sculpt choice was a deliberate one which was made for the reasons you described.

By the way, as an amusing historical footnote: during the long design process for the German “H-class” battleships which were supposed to come after the Bismarck class (but which ultimately were never built), Hitler at one point suggested arming the class with 800mm (31.5-inch) guns, the same caliber as Germany’s Gustav and Dora railway guns. In a rare example of common sense prevailing over Hitler’s propensity for gigantism (the Maus tank being a case in point), a German admiral talked him out of the idea by telling him just how big a battleship would have to be to carry such an arsenal and by pointing out that no German port in existence could handle a ship that enormous. By contrast, the Super Yamato class would have looked modest.

By comparison in the game, the H-44 is a larger piece than even the Super Yamato. And the numbers;

H-44 A-10, D-10, M-3 C-6/6/6/6/6/6 It takes 4 hits to sink
Super Yamato A-10, D-10, M-3, C-5/5/5/5/5/5 It takes 3 hits to sink

You would love the wealth of pieces in this game, Marc, including the all of the weapons that were on the drawing table and never built. You have the option of developing and building them as the commander of your nation.

The regular pieces in the game are interesting and numerous as well. The Japanese have the 2 classes of BB;

Battleship A-8, D-8, M-2, C-5/5/5/5 2 hits to sink
Yamato Class A-9, D-9, M-3, C-7/6/6/6 3 hits to sink

Not all of the nations have the same stats for units. A German BB will cost 22 IPP compared to Japan’s 20 IPP. However, a German medium tank is 6 IPP while a Japanese one is 8 IPP. Each nation has a different type of specialized infantry to go along with their Militia, Regular Infantry, Mountain Infantry, Marines, and Airborne. Here’s an example of one of their cards;

@CWO-Marc You are correct of course, Marc. That is the Super Yamato.

When you look at the above photo you will see all of the ships that I listed beside the regular Battleships from those nations. You will notice that in all cases except for the French Alsace the sculpts for the listed BB’s are physically larger. Notice that the middle BB for Japan is the OOB Yamato. It is actually smaller than the Nagato Class BB which I’m using for the regular BB in the game. The Yamato is supposed to be a heavy BB according to the rules of the game. I’ve chosen the Super Yamato to represent it because of it’s larger size for use of easy identification by the players. It is a significantly more powerful unit than the regular BB and so it is important that players don’t mistake the 2 sculpts on the board. When they are displayed like this it is easy to tall the difference but when they are grouped with several other units it would be possible to mistake them. The following picture is of the game I’m playing now to demonstrate what I mean;

You can’t mistake that unit even with all of the others around it. Not everyone has as keen an eye as you have for military hardware, Marc. Most people won’t even have any idea that it is a Super Yamato.

The ships that I’ve listed are ones that I have found to be of a suitable size in my opinion. Larger than the OOB for ease of identification but not too large so that they look out of place. I had mentioned about 2 people’s interpretation of 1/3000 scale and this is a glaring example of what I mean. 2 designers, same unit;

The Iowa Class on the bottom is already larger than the OOB sculpt by a fair margin. The one on the top makes everything on the board look tiny and just doesn’t fit. I was sharing my finds because these are the ones that I’ve ordered and received and can attest to their size. It’s expensive enough to oder from Shapeways, it sucks when you receive pieces that you just can’t use.

@Mustang There is no solid date for release, but they’re hoping for this summer.

If you look on their shop on Shapeways you will find many of the pieces that you are looking for. I don’t know if they will come up with sculpts for more inexpensive options. They already have light cruisers for Germany, Japan, and the US in their battle pieces section of the HBG site. I’ve started building the battleships and carriers already and will give you some of my finds;

Japanese carrier
https://www.shapeways.com/product/DLMG4KGEQ/taiho-kai-ijn?optionId=65200078

Russian Battleship:
https://www.shapeways.com/product/XS6FSXSWL/soyuz-class-battleship-russia-global-war-scale?optionId=64693044

Yamato;
https://www.shapeways.com/product/U28L5CCS2/a-150-super-yamato-japan-gw1936-scale?optionId=64692643

UK Battleship;
https://www.shapeways.com/product/KBMY8AEJ3/vanguard-class-battleship-u-k-global-war-scale?optionId=64693243

French Battleship;
https://www.shapeways.com/product/U8TKX9GGV/alsace-class-battleship-france-global-war-scale?optionId=64692432

German Battleship:
http://www.historicalboardgaming.com/H-44-German-Super-Battleship-Set-3d-Printed-Qty-1_p_1981.html

Iowa Class;
https://www.shapeways.com/product/9SKN2PTPN/uss-iowa?optionId=62776190&li=ostatus

UK carrier;
https://www.shapeways.com/product/JE28BJ8AJ/hms-ark-royal-1-3000?optionId=62472082

US carrier;
https://www.shapeways.com/product/FSFU8JU79/uss-enterprise-1-3000?optionId=62194906

There are several Battlecruisers on HBG’s Shapeways shop as well. The problem with getting them from someone else is that one shop’s 1/3000 scale is not that same as another shop’s 1/3000 scale. I have the Iowa that I listed here and it’s the perfect size for a heavy battleship for 36. The carriers are just a little over 3 inches long, which I believe is what you’re going to need. I think what they will be is a carrier that carries 3 planes instead of 2 and so that’s what I have. If you’ve played the game before you will probably already know that you’re not going to need a carrier for France, Russia, Italy, ANZAC, and probably not Germany. That is subjective of course and you should build however you feel would be best. I went with 2 carriers for the US, UK, and Japan. I may get 1 for Germany and Italy. Use your discretion when it comes to purchasing Battlecruisers too. I can’t imagine building a French one, hehe.

I get a lot of questions about what people should buy for Global War. I finally took the time to sit down and make out a list. You will find the 4 page document in the description box of this video;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzQROvSaivU&t=1s

@Guam-Solo The thing players need to understand is that UK is only one nation but with 2 economies. The only time you separate them is when it’s time to purchase, collect income, and place units. Other than that they are one nation. Any territory on the Europe side of the map belongs in the UK Europe economy while any territory on the Pacific side of the map is counted in the UK Pacific economy. It doesn’t matter where the UK units come from or where they end up, after they are placed they fight as one nation. So to answer your question, it MUST be the UK Europe economy that places the minor IC on Persia. UK Pacific could not possibly place it there because they must place their units on the Pacific side of the board. The Union Jack roundel does not get placed on Persia because it belongs in the UK Europe economy. The fact that the units that took control of Persia came from India is of no consequence whatsoever.

Ironically I just spent the entire day creating a list of pieces that you need to build the game. I just finished making the list and tomorrow I will shoot an accompanying video to go along with the list. I will post a link for you tomorrow, Hopper.

Let me reintroduce myself I’m GeneralHandGrenade from Prince George, BC, Canada. I like long walks on the beach and singing in the rain…oh wait this the wrong site for that.

I’ve been playing A&A since 1984 and been a member of this site for about 2.5 years. It’s great to see so many more new players getting into the game. I’ve noticed it not only on this site but on Facebook and YouTube as well. One of my favorite things to do is play with little plastic army men on the internet. I get such a kick out of knowing that over a quarter of a million times people have watched me do that over the last 2 years.

My go to game now is HBG’s Global War 1936-1945 and I’ve seen a large growth in that game over the last year. People keep asking me what they need to play the game so now that I’ve been playing that for awhile I’m going to put together a comprehensive list over the next week or so and release it on my channel. Unlike any version of A&A there isn’t a complete game that you can purchase, you have to build it yourself. Look for that before the new year as well as a continuation of the game that I’ve been playing for a few weeks now.

Here’s hoping we can throw some dice together sometime!!!