I saw in the Global 1940 section someone asked what the proper turn order/sequence of play was and it made me think of a possible wrinkle in the rules.

(not sure if this has been talked about on the forums before or not)

Maybe have some kind of initiative. By that, I mean a point in the game (either triggered by a game event, or after a certain amount of time/turns) the country turn order can move up and down the scale, representing a country on the initiative/offensive. I’m not exactly sure what the criteria would be to trigger it, or what kind of short term and long term ramifications this might have on the game, or if it would even convey an advantage to the faction on the “offensive” or whatever.

Just curious what your guy’s thoughts might be.

Just dropping in to say go big red  :-D

My name is Nick. I live in Manassas, VA. I have Axis and allies Global 1940. I built a replica of Young Grasshoppers table and set it up in my basement, as well as printed out his map file, kind of like my own battle bunker lol.  I used to play a good amount but no longer have friends with time to play. I also have and love to play: Fortress America. Aliens vs Predator: the hunt begins, Napoleon in Europe, Star Wars: Rebellion, ZOMBIES!!!, and basically any other strategy war game. I primarily like global though Wink

Cheers,
Nick

My name is Nick. I live in Manassas, VA. I have Axis and allies Global 1940. I built a replica of Young Grasshoppers table and set it up in my basement, as well as printed out his map file, kind of like my own battle bunker lol.  I used to play a good amount but no longer have friends with time to play. I also have and love to play: Fortress America. Aliens vs Predator: the hunt begins, Napoleon in Europe, Star Wars: Rebellion, ZOMBIES!!!, and basically any other strategy war game. I primarily like global though ;)

Cheers,
Nick

I think the American and Soviet war effort rule is cool, but what happened to the random aspect of it? Now it’s set in stone what unit you get each subsequent round after the USA/USSR is at war? Wouldn’t the random roll out of the pool be a little more fun?

YG, what happens after all units have been rolled for, does it just restart over, or is that bonus expended? Like, on turn 7 after a J1 attack for instance.

I wonder if the USA could have a NO where each turn they’re at war, they get an IPC bonus that incrementally rises in each sequential  turn, sort of showing the industry ramping up. Like, maybe in increments of 5? Maybe this helps to deter J1 attack? And maybe it caps out at a certain number, or instead of 5, may increments of 3 or 4? I also wonder if this might put the pressure on the axis to quickly achieve victory as soon as they can.

YG is on to something overall here I think.Thus does add more variety and excitement to playing the USA. This doesn’t feel like the tech rule, in that the USA isn’t expending any resources to gain a free unit. In regards to the USA receiving units for free that may be to powerful, I believe that chance should exist, because the arsenal of democracy churned out a lot of hardware during that war. Like your said YG, the USA does start a bit behind the 8 ball.

I don’t think marines were transported by destroyers, cruisers, and battleships, or made beach assaults from the same. I see your point with the extra capacity for a transport though, it would be annoying having everyone just buying marines lol.

Thank you, sir. I find the marine idea interesting, but I’m not a fan of loading troops onto warships….why not just give transports the ability to carry a marine in addition to their normal compliment (infantry, tank, marine)?