Jeez, this looks just gorgeous! Amazing! Terrific! Brilliant! This is just a masterpiece, I can’t wait to learn the rules and play it!

I was playing a game of Oztea 1941, and from turn 5, the game began to be so interesting I started making pictures of it. Let me know your thoughts and comments about the variant in general and specific strategies you thing they should be done in this game. I played with Low Luck, and the house rule that when a capital gets captured more than 2 times, the subsequent time the player pays his IPC’s to the bank, instead of to the conquering player.
I did use an outdated setup though, with an added naval base in both Kwangtung in Malaya.

I played my first game of Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rule Expansion with the Section 1 rules. I am currently playing a game with the Section 2 rules, and I have to admit: Each time I add another section the game becomes ten times more fun than OOB! My favourite rule is the Extended Pacific Theatre rule, it adds so much depth to the Pacific, and it makes it way more historical than in OOB. The Japanese in my game took Guam, just because it was worth one buck. I have never seen the Japanese take Guam. They also tried to take Midway and Wake, which kind of failed because the Americans took them immediately back.

That aside, I wanted to tell how my Section 1 game went: (no extended pacific theatre though because thats a section 2 rule)

The German player thought that the cheap 5 IPC panzers in this game were overpowered, so he built mostly those only. Because it was the first time he played the game, he did mostly the same moves as in OOB. He destroyed the British fleet in sz 110 and 111, took Paris, Normandy/Bordeaux and Yugoslavia. The Germans tried to overpower the Russians with lots of tanks by building a minor IC in Romania. The Russians were beaten back pretty badly, and in Early 1942, the Germans tried to attack Moscow with a large force. They had an extensive amount of combat factors, more than the Russians had. But after several rounds of combat the Russians came out on top and the Germans had to retreat.

The Eastern Front was very interesting through the rest of the game, with the Germans trying to build up a large force again to destroy the recovering Russian units in Moscow, but they weren’t able to, as the Soviet Union was building a lot of infantry and guards (jeez, these were handy!). The Germans focused their attention on Caucasus and Stalingrad. A lot of back and forth, but finally in 1944, the Russians had a master move. They weren’t able to move their guys to Bryansk, as the Germans had a lot of tanks to counterattack. So they moved all their forces in Samara and Kazakhastan (which were sitting there to take back Stalingrad and the Caucasus if needed) to Stalingrad. The Germans had to attack this stack with everything it had and were able to destroy it with just four tanks left. This was too little to survive the counterattack by the Russian units in Moscow, and the battle of the Eastern Front was won by the Soviet Union

Italy was defeated very early, in 1942 already. They didn’t pay attention to the French destroyer, which was able to destroy an Italian blocker. This way the Americans were able to take not very well defended Rome.

The Japanese Empire was the biggest power on the board. They built factories in Kiangsu(?) and French Indo China, were able to take all over China and Calcutta in 1943. They were able to defeat the American navy, but the Americans had a master move, sacrificed all of their fleets to secure W US (The Japanese took Hawai with three transports and all their fleet. They could take W US if left alone with all the fighters and bombards, but because the Americans reduced it to a small navy they weren’t able to take W US anymore). Only later in the game, the Americans were able to build up a large fleet in the Pacific again.
The Japanese couldn’t do much to win the game, as you need to take an Allied Major Capital. They weren’t in a position to move into Russia, as the British in Calcutta retreated to Persia, and they set up a great defence in Persia. All Japanese tanks and planes were needed for a chance to breach this defence, but they weren’t able to, and in 1945 their forces were even defeated.

The game ended in an Allied Economic Victory. Berlin was turned into a fortress with 50 German Infantry, all their airpower and a lot of tanks, but it would fall inevitably if the game would go on one more round. The Japanese weren’t able to grow much further.

This game was way more interesting than an OOB game. It maybe sounds like a standard OOB game but the extra units added so much depth to the game. Is Germany going to be putting tanks in Berlin, or is it going to place some infantry there in order to turn them into Waffen units? Should I turn this factory into UG now or maybe later? All these questions need to be answered and the side that makes the best decisions wins.

And to add one more thing here, these were just section 1 rules. there are 4 more sections to go which add ten times more depth, strategy and fun to it. My Section 2 game is even more interesting, as the Germans are building submarines to attack Britain. They are not going fully against Russia so the question is if Germany is going to take out Russia? Or Japan, with its giant fleet, decided to build transports over factories to take over the Pacific islands, but now the situation in mainland Asia has grown very dier. They built two factories to stabilize the situation, but is it too late? Almost all of China has been taken back, so the clock is ticking.

I can’t wait to play my first game of Section 3 or 4, as the Armies and Army Group rules seem very interesting and fun to me!

Hi Captain,

I had two questions regarding the rules.

1. In OOB, it states that if Russia isn’t at war with Japan, Allied units cannot enter the Russian territories on the Pacific side on the board. Is the US still able to lend lease units to e.g. the Soviet Far East if Russia is not at war with Japan?

2. The Red Army Conscription rule states that Russia can build 6 units in Stalingrad that turn. But what if the Stalingrad factory is moved to a different location e.g. Samara? Is Russia able to place 6 or 3 units at that factory site? In the Russian strategy guide, it seems to state 6 units.

@the-captain Yeah, playing the 1943 setup immediately is not the right way to go. Learning all those House Rule Expansion rules may look a bit boring, but it’s definitely worth it. I am learning the rules section by section and playing a game for each section. I have now reached Early 1943 in my section 3 game. Wowy, what is this exciting! The Eastern Front is such an interesting battle. I will post my Section 2 game report, and a report for my section 3 game in the Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion thread.

@the-captain said in Global 1943 House Rules Expansion:

Concerning wives - they knew from the beginning that Axis & Allies is part of our lives. Besides, they mostly spend the time shopping etc. anyway.

Lol, I had to laugh so hard at this!

@the-captain Wow, just read it. Amazing game report. Maybe you can play as the Axis one time to make @SuperbattleshipYamato happy as you’ll probably defeat any opponent as the developer

I started a new game of the House Rule Expansion with all five sections. I did start a game earlier but another game I bought arrived in the middle of the game, so I cleaned it all up and played the other game. Now, I have enough of that other game so I decided to actually play a full game of your great expansion. It’s currently Late 1941, and things are interesting as usual… I followed the strategy guides for Germany, Soviet Union, Japan and United States for this game.

Germany did their opening moves. They took over all of France and Yugoslavia. Finland and Bulgaria joined the Axis. The fleet in sz 111 was destroyed. Near Canada, three U-boots attacked the British destroyer and transport. The destroyer got a hit, so the Germans will not be able to form a wolf-pack if a counterattack happens.

They slowly built up their forces for an Early 1941 Barbarossa campaign. The first Panzer army was created, as well as two Waffen armies, and large stacks of infantry. The initial advance towards Leningrad was successful, and the stack of Russians that took flexible positions in Belarus retreated to Archangel, leaving Leningrad open for the taking. In the south, things didn’t go according to the German plan… a lot of trading took place.

The German force in Bessarabia was attacked with everything the Russians had, and everything but five German tanks got destroyed. The Russians could go on, but they were afraid of an outflanking in Western Ukraine with the German armies in the north. So they retread towards Ukraine and stacked it up with everything it had. The British lend-leased two aircraft to the Russians and flew them to Ukraine, to beef up the defence even more. But the Germans did a risky but bold move. They attacked the Russian forces in Ukraine with everything it had. The five surviving German tanks, a Waffen army in Romania, and all their airpower. The fighting was very exciting, and the Germans managed to destroy the Russian forces (including a Russian army corps and ALL their aircraft) but took heavy losses too. Only one tank and two German planes survived. The Russians regrouped, counterattacked some areas and formed a massive stack in Archangel to counter the German one in Leningrad. The south didn’t have large reinforcements (just a Soviet Army Corps with three guards and a couple of infantry), and with German reinforcements in Poland on their way this may look bad, but next turn the Red Army Conscription will reinforce this area significantly.

The Japanese situation looks pretty bad. A large Japanese army got destroyed by a large Chinese army way deep in china. More Japanese large forces are in Yunnan, keeping the Indians honest but now this army needs to move towards the Chinese in Tsinghai, in order to have a chance to defeat China. The Americans reinforced the Philippines significantly, and the Japanese attack in round 4 didn’t go well. Five American fighters managed to survive and regrouped to the main fleet. The USA, seeing the Japanese struggling with everybody continued to build up naval forces in the Pacific, with a super heavy battleship, destroyers, and carriers.

The situation in Africa is in favour of the Allies. The Italians weren’t able to bring up reinforcements, because their primary goal was to destroy all Allied ships in the Med. After a successful British Taranto raid, the Italians weren’t able to do both. The UK, seeing this, built a factory in Egypt, to build tank units to help in Africa, and aircraft to be lent-leased to Russia.

I can’t wait to see how these events will play out. Japan quickly needs to regroup and take the Philippines, as well as the Dutch East Indies. Italy probably needs to withdraw from Africa, but they can gamble and reinforce it as much as possible, with German aid, and maybe having a chance to dislodge the British from Egypt. On the Eastern Front, the fighting is really exciting and interesting. Both sides have good chances of winning, but German reinforcements are just a bit out of time. And with the Red Army Conscription, lend-lease units (the British can now send three new aircraft as they were destroyed before they were converted into Soviet units), Soviet Guards and eventually Soviet Mass Tank Production, the Soviets have a slight edge. Both sides have a decimated airforce but the Soviets have the lend-lease units.

Start of Early 1943, things are looking really bad for the Axis. Allied navies entered the Med. On top of that, during the Soviet turn of Early 1943 (no picture yet) the Soviet sub killed an Italian blocker. That means Rome is invadable, but I am not sure if the Americans have enough stuff to take it.

In the Pacific, the Japanese consolidated around the Philippines blocked the way into SZ 6, took most of the Strategic Important Islands as well as Malaya. On the Allied player’s turns, they killed the Japanese blockers and took most of the Important Islands back (as well as Malaya and Kwangtung). The Axis reached their peak in Late 1942, having 180 income together (including Bonus Income), while the Allies only had 185. They were just 16 away of 148 for an Axis Victory at the end of the Japanese turn, but the Allies did a good job and dropped the total number down to 150 (with Bonus Income again).

Situation on the Eastern Front in Early 1943, after Soviet turn. The Soviets attacked Bryansk with a tank army and an infantry, in order to destroy the German units and then retreat to Moscow again. But they accidentally took the territory, which meant the Russians needed to stack Bryansk as much as possible, otherwise the Tank Army would be destroyed by the German counter-attack. They were just not able to hold AND Archangel AND Bryansk, so they moved their Armies from Archangel to Bryansk, stacked up Smolensk and stacked up Bryansk. This way, they hope to hold on to forward positions as best as possible, although they had to give up Archangel (which gave the Russian player five bonus income every time). The Soviets are feeling the German pressure and a lot of destroyed German Armies are coming to reinforce the Eastern Front, including Waffen and Panzer Grenadier units.

Game History

Round: 3

    Puchase Units - Americans
        Americans buy 2 cruisers, 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 5 transports; Remaining resources: 3 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Americans
        1 battleship and 1 cruiser moved from SZ 1 to SZ 14

    Place Units - Americans
        1 fighter and 1 infantry placed in United States of America
        2 cruisers and 5 transports placed in SZ 1

    Turn Complete - Americans
        Americans collect 20 PUs; end with 23 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

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Round: 3

    Puchase Units - Italians
        Italians buy 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Italians
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan
        1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Venice to Tyrolia
        2 infantry moved from Tuscany to Venice
        5 infantry moved from Rome to Tuscany

    Combat - Italians
        Battle in Tyrolia
            Italians attack with 1 artillery and 2 infantry
            AustroHungarians defend with 1 infantry
                Italians roll dice for 1 artillery and 2 infantry in Tyrolia, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1,33 expected hits
                AustroHungarians roll dice for 1 infantry in Tyrolia, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0,50 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the AustroHungarians and 1 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Tyrolia
            Italians win, taking Tyrolia from AustroHungarians with 1 artillery and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
            Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry
            Casualties for AustroHungarians: 1 infantry
        Battle in Trans-Jordan
            Italians attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
            Ottomans defend with 1 infantry
                Italians roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Trans-Jordan, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 1,00 expected hits
                Ottomans roll dice for 1 infantry in Trans-Jordan, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,50 expected hits
            Ottomans and Italians reach a stalemate

    Combat Move - Italians

    Place Units - Italians
        1 artillery, 1 fighter and 2 infantry placed in Rome

    Turn Complete - Italians
        Italians collect 18 PUs; end with 19 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italians regular : -1,33
Ottomans regular : -0,50
AustroHungarians regular : 0,50

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Game History

Round: 3

    Puchase Units - British
        British buy 2 artilleries, 1 fighter and 7 infantry; Remaining resources: 2 PUs; 

    Combat Move - British
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Neutral_True to Syrian Desert: 1 infantry
        EDIT: Removing units owned by British from Syrian Desert: 1 infantry
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Wales to SZ 8
        1 artillery, 1 battleship, 3 cruisers, 3 infantry and 2 transports moved from SZ 8 to SZ 9
        1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from SZ 9 to Picardy
        1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Picardy to Lorraine
        1 infantry moved from South West Africa to Angola
              British take Angola from Germans
        1 infantry moved from German East Africa to Rhodesia
              British take Rhodesia from Germans
        1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from German East Africa to British East Africa
        1 cruiser moved from SZ 26 to SZ 23
        1 transport moved from SZ 26 to SZ 29
        2 artilleries, 1 fighter and 8 infantry moved from India to Persia
        1 artillery moved from South West Africa to Union of South Africa
        1 battleship moved from SZ 26 to SZ 29

    Combat - British

    Combat Move - British
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Adding units owned by British to Syrian Desert: 1 infantry
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Neutral_True from Syrian Desert: 1 infantry
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

    Place Units - British
        2 artilleries, 1 fighter and 7 infantry placed in India

    Turn Complete - British
        British collect 37 PUs; end with 39 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

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Game History

Round: 3

    Puchase Units - French
        French buy 2 artilleries, 1 fighter and 5 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - French
        1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Lorraine to Alsace
        6 infantry moved from Picardy to Lorraine
        1 infantry moved from Burgundy to Lorraine
        1 fighter moved from Paris to Lorraine
        7 infantry moved from Paris to Picardy
        2 battleships moved from SZ 8 to SZ 9
        2 infantry moved from Gold Coast to Togoland
        2 infantry moved from French West Africa to SZ 23
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from SZ 23 to SZ 24
        2 infantry moved from SZ 24 to Kamerun
              French take Kamerun from Germans
        1 transport moved from SZ 22 to SZ 23
        1 artillery moved from Belgium to Lorraine

    Combat - French
        Battle in Togoland
            French attack with 1 artillery and 5 infantry
            Germans defend with 1 infantry
                French roll dice for 1 artillery and 5 infantry in Togoland, round 2 : 0/6 hits, 2,33 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Togoland, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0,50 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the French lost in Togoland
            Germans and French reach a stalemate
            . Battle score for attacker is -3
            Casualties for French: 1 infantry
        Battle in Alsace
            French attack with 1 artillery and 2 infantry
            Germans defend with 1 infantry
                French roll dice for 1 artillery and 2 infantry in Alsace, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1,33 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Alsace, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0,50 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Germans and 1 infantry owned by the French lost in Alsace
            French win, taking Alsace from Germans with 1 artillery and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
            Casualties for French: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry

    Combat Move - French

    Place Units - French
        2 artilleries, 1 fighter and 5 infantry placed in Paris

    Turn Complete - French
        French collect 33 PUs; end with 33 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

French regular : -2,67
Germans regular : 1,00

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Game History

Round: 3

    Puchase Units - Russians
        Russians buy 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Russians
        1 artillery moved from Tatarstan to Ukraine
        2 infantry moved from Tatarstan to Ukraine
        1 artillery moved from Tatarstan to Ukraine
        1 infantry moved from Tatarstan to Ukraine
        1 artillery moved from Belarus to Poland
        2 infantry moved from Livonia to Poland
        1 infantry moved from Livonia to Belarus
        24 infantry moved from Belarus to Moscow
        9 artilleries moved from Belarus to Moscow
        3 fighters moved from Belarus to Moscow

    Combat - Russians
        Battle in Ukraine
            Russians attack with 2 artilleries and 3 infantry
            AustroHungarians defend with 2 infantry
                Russians roll dice for 2 artilleries and 3 infantry in Ukraine, round 2 : 1/5 hits, 2,33 expected hits
                AustroHungarians roll dice for 2 infantry in Ukraine, round 2 : 2/2 hits, 1,00 expected hits
                2 infantry owned by the Russians and 1 infantry owned by the AustroHungarians lost in Ukraine
            AustroHungarians and Russians reach a stalemate
            . Battle score for attacker is -3
            Casualties for Russians: 2 infantry
            Casualties for AustroHungarians: 1 infantry
        Battle in Poland
            Russians attack with 1 artillery and 2 infantry
            Germans defend with 1 infantry
                Russians roll dice for 1 artillery and 2 infantry in Poland, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 1,33 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Poland, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0,50 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Russians and 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Poland
            Russians win, taking Poland from Germans with 1 artillery and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
            Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry

    Combat Move - Russians

    Place Units - Russians
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Russians to Tatarstan: 1 infantry
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Russians from Moscow: 1 infantry
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        1 artillery, 1 fighter and 3 infantry placed in Moscow

    Turn Complete - Russians
        Russians collect 19 PUs; end with 19 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans regular : 0,50
Russians regular : -0,67
AustroHungarians regular : 1,00

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@victoryfirst
Game History

Round: 2

    Puchase Units - Americans
        Americans buy nothing; Remaining resources: 40 PUs; 

    Turn Complete - Americans
        Americans collect 20 PUs; end with 60 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

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@the_good_captain
Game History

Round: 2

    Puchase Units - Italians
        Italians buy 5 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Italians
        2 artilleries and 6 infantry moved from Tuscany to Venice
        1 fighter and 2 infantry moved from Rome to Tuscany
        1 infantry moved from British East Africa to German East Africa

    Combat - Italians
        Battle in Venice
            Italians attack with 6 artilleries and 13 infantry
            AustroHungarians defend with 1 infantry
                Italians roll dice for 6 artilleries and 13 infantry in Venice, round 2 : 10/19 hits, 8,33 expected hits
                AustroHungarians roll dice for 1 infantry in Venice, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0,50 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the AustroHungarians and 1 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Venice
            Italians win with 6 artilleries and 12 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
            Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry
            Casualties for AustroHungarians: 1 infantry

    Combat Move - Italians

    Place Units - Italians
        5 infantry placed in Rome

    Turn Complete - Italians
        Italians collect 16 PUs; end with 17 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italians regular : 1,67
AustroHungarians regular : 0,50

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Lol, I thought I fixed the problem (I saw that Prev units fight was disabled again, so I enabled it, but the battle in Holland still went on!
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I will post B1 shortly.
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