No 4. I was under the impression that major factories can’t be built on captured territories, but that minor factories can be.

The original First Edition map of Axis and Allies 1940 had the territories Yukan and British Columbia in Canada and both are mentioned correctly in the First Edition rulebook. However, 1940 Second Edition merged the territories into one - Western Canada on the map but forgot to update the Second Edition rulebook with this modification. The change was made to reduce confusion with starting IPC's for UK Europe when the game was combined into Global 1940 and UK Pacific when it was played on it's own.

The one thing I noticed is that in 1st edition 1940 Pacific, ANZAC can get a national objective bonus for capturing an originally held Japanese territory. In 2nd edition this is removed. Maybe this was done to prevent ANZAC from getting too strong if they capture an insignificant island like Paulau, for balance purposes.

Fun fact! for number 4 it’s only Major Factories that have to be with national marker. So Japan can still build a minor factory on any of those Chinese territories, just not a Major one.

Rule 4: only major industrial complexes are limited in the way you mentioned in the video. Minors can bee placed on any territory the player held at the start of their turn, with an IPC value of 2 of greater. Rule 3: The board in the video is the same as mine, a first edition board. There is also a sleight sea zone change, I believe in the North Pacific.

It is absolutely essential for Spain to be true neutral for game balance. If Spain is allowed to be pro-axis neutral (as it probably should be IRL), then the USA gains an overwhelming advantage since the USA can invade Spain directly from the US East Coast (using the allied UK naval base in Gibraltar). The USA can do this almost immediately after it enters the war and with overwhelming force, and if the USA can establish a strong base with an IC on Spain (pretty easy for the US), Germany is toast on jam. The only thing stopping this is the fact that if the USA invades Spain, it shifts all the other neutrals to pro-Axis including Turkey which is real bad news for the allies (the UK in particular). If Spain is pro-Axis, this issue goes away and the US becomes even stronger than it is already.

For Malta, i house rule and airfield at star.

Persia in reality need to by pro axis or S.Neutral, because anglo-soviet invasión on 1941...

Saudi Arabia in game includes Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen, and British territories. However in game is only labeled and defined to Saudi Arabia.

Regarding the Western Canada issue - I have 1st edition Pacific and on the board I have Yukon and British Columbia

A great reason for Italy to take Malta is to deny the British of of their NOs of 5 ipcs!!!

Thanks for your comment I just received the game and reading the rules .this helps out alot

Well, the first edition malta was unoccupied lol.

My board also has the issue with western Canada I wonder if I contacted Avalon hill if I could get a new board

I know western Canada is for the second edition and BC and Yukon is the first edition. I have Europe 2nd edition and pacific 1st edition and I'm glad because being Canadian I like feeling represented I'm even from British Columbia

I have played a game where the Allies won at the end of round 5, Although my axis powers were being a little incompetent, with the German Player leaving the Russian Border supremely undefended. Also, Japan failed to acknowledge the threat of the impending doom of the USA, and they even had to wait for turn three to join. Aside from this, I have never experienced even close to an allied victory.

Our board has #3

I think the Western Canada thing has to do with just playing the Pacific game. In the Pacific only, Canada isn't listed as separate to the British Empire and doesn't have a factory or anything, so it goes to Britain/India. Then maybe they changed it to fit global better where Canada is more seperate to the British with a factory and bases.

For issei no. 4, my board is the same as yours, and I bought it brand new one year ago

Could have Spain declare war on the allies if London falls

Really awesome video, I would love to publish this on my channel if you will allow me... I’m not monitized and I would of course provide a link to your channel in the description box. I would appreciate it very much, but I would also understand if you don’t wish to. Thanks... great job.

I also have the western canada on map.

we have house rules where attacking strict neutrals does nothing for other strict neutrals...makes it more interesting

The thing that really annoyed me about the new game board is that for some inexplicable reason Sierra Leone is depicted as strict neutral when it was a British colony. Freetown was the major British naval base in West Africa for the war so what gives? Making it British wouldn't have even changed anything because the territory has zero IPC value and isn't in a very crucial spot. At times I've considered making it a house rule to regard it as UK territory at start but it's actually that meaningless where there's really no point in doing that.

I 'liked' the emojis at 2:54. Everything else is gravy.

Also Graf Spee was a pocket battleship...in arrordance with the treaty of Versailles.

I don’t know why but my global version does not begin with units on Malta and a big English fleet in the mediteran sea next to Malta. Anyone knows what the problem is?

Good video. I've always marveled at how A&A allows for significant troop movement through the very north of Norway and Finland. I would make a large swath of territory up there "impassable" as Siberia. The weather and lack of infrastructure in that region certainly prohibits major troop movement. So I would add: 1) Ground movement/attack cannot occur between Finland and Norway or Finland and Sweden. 2) Invasions cannot be made from sea zone 127.

Nice work, however, after years of debate and trying different things with regard to strict Neutrals, we finally settled on the best way to handle them as to not give an advantage to one side or the other. What we do is strict neutrals can be attacked by either side. You need to destroy the standing armies, and you then control the IPC value for that territory, HOWEVER, if the now owned neutral is attacked by the other side, and captured, the attacking side gains that IPC value, AND it also gets a one time free reformation of the standing army present at the beginning of the game. All other strict neutrals do NOT automatically become pro axis, or pro allies. This makes a ton of sense historically, and also a great deal of strategic and tactical sense with regard to actual game play and flow of the game. It also adds a new element to how you approach the games as a whole. We've play tested this on more than a dozen occasions with no conflicts or an unfair advantage to either player. What do you think?

For my house rules I put an airbase on Malta and strict neutral only work with those in the same continent so Sweden only cares for other neutral European countries

The Canada thing is from first edition. I have that.

I always take Malta with Italy if I get the chance and same goes for Cyprus. You take away a UK bonus so why would you not do it. If things go bad for the Italians, they at least keep away a UK bonus for several extra rounds. And may even get some cheap shots at some UK units taking back these islands. As a UK player it can be really a pain in the a** to retake these islands and if you are not patient you might end up losing way more than a bonus for several rounds. And if Germany plays dark skys then the UK can forget about ever getting that bonus back...

Regarding the damaged BB offshore and neutrals (esp Spain), I feel like you overly burden the game with details it wasn’t designed to support. It’s a simplified strategic game that incentivizes historical outcomes to certain degrees. If Spain was pro-axis, then in almost every game you’d have an ahistorical outcome with axis acquisition or no incentive for the allies not to invade. There are other games with the level of detail you seek though, if that’s your thing... still, I like the vid.

When me and Drakken play this game, I encircle him in Berlin within 3 turns!!

México and Central América, need to Star as pro allies. But if you have 1936, need to star as pro axis, example, Costa Rica goberment 1936-1940 have a lot of love for axis europe, and a Nazi club and Temple in Cartago province, and a Nazi Migration minister. In 1941 New gobernante and Comunist Alliance of Calderón and PCC change that...

Historically Spain got stuff imported from America and the U.K. so even though they might have wanted to join the Axis, they would have lost everything they were getting from the U.K. and America; which is why didn’t join the Axis.

I wholly agree with you about Spain. Disagree with regard to Panama, Argentina and Chile. Having a leader who is vocally pro Axis does not equate to the country being pro Axis, or it's government, or it's economy. Panama is the easiest example of this. Panama is and was dominated by it's relationship with the US. Precisely why their leader was looking to gain political capital by bashing the US. I would say to a less obvious degree, the same holds true for both Chile and Argentina in 1940.

I feel a lot of people look at pro neutrals as a very literal term and not what it means in the game. All pro axis neutrals were countries that at some point joined the war on the axis side. Just because spain was "pro axis" in real life doesn't mean it would be in the game because it doesn't mean sympathetic or friendly it means ready to join the war.

It seems that countries are pro-allies/axis only if they were to the extent that they'd join the war in full for that side (and before the war was decided). Economic support or assistance for ships/aircraft isn't really represented (some exceptions, like sweden are represented thru national objectives). Given this criteria spain and argentina seem accurate to me.

The old edition has the two territories in Canada, and second edition has one. You map is correct, you rulebook is wrong, and your online map is wrong. For the South American neutrals, it is a balance choice. Giving them as pro-axis would allow the US to come through and take the IPCs, while Germany doesn't ever have a chance to get the IPP. As for Spain, alot of people explained, would ruin the balance. Also, historically, Spain was asked to join the war but didn't. They had great fears of the Allied attacks, and much of their food supply was imported. Going to war risked famine and even more devise war in the aftermath of a 4 year civil war. Their greatest involvement was sending some volunteers to fight the USSR and conducting trade with Germany. Look at it this way: nations that actually DECLARED WAR are pro-somebody neutrals. Anyone that DIDN'T declare war or didn't do so until very late in the war (about 1945) are strict.

My apologies for being anal...The Graf Spee, was sheltered in Montevedeo, Uruguay, not Argentin, also in accorfance

Is it possible for France to win in 1940

Has anyone ever tried converting this game to the simpler 1984 Gamemaster rules? A&A has just gotten TOO rules heavy!