Harsh Rules: Let's Learn to Play - Axis & Allies: Pacific 1940

The first part in a tutorial trilogy covering the Axis & Allies 1940 Series.

Part 1/3 - A&A: Pacific 1940
Part 2/3 - A&A: Europe 1940
Part 3/3 - A&A: Global 1940

[Sooper-Pumpkin]

This channel literally taught me how to play Axis and Allies 1914 and the 1940 series this channel is amazing they deserve way more subscribers

[aidanator]

Timestamps:

00:45 - Components
02:17 - Game Overview and Setup
06:39 - Political situation
08:36 - Supply Boxes
10:21 - Turn Sequence
12:13 - Purchasing and Repairing Phase
15:18 - Combat Moves Phase
21:49 - Conduct Combat Phase
33:21 - Non-Combat Moves Phase
34:12 - Mobilize New Units Phase
35:01 - Collect Income Phase
37:16 - Occupation
37:59 - China

[thechallenger]

“Up to the challenge” I just got done reading the Europe rules, after reading all of that this seems like a walk in the park.

[Uber-baby]

Amazingly accurate and realistic. I had only ever played the 1984 version, and I hadn’t played in 20 yrs. So you can imagine my delight and trepidation (lol).

[battleboy]

Dude seriously Thankyou so much, it’s been a bit since me and my dad played and we used to always mess up the rules and I suck at reading so this video was a great breakdown your a king 👑

[timothysmith]

ANOTHER GREAT JOB AS USUAL. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

[thgenral]

Excellent presentation, especially the graphics you took time to generate. Nice job, it really helps and I reference it when playing!

[jasonleetaiwan]

Although this game arguably expands the Sino Japanese War in greater detail, I would be interested in seeing a game with just China and Japan. A 2-3 player Axis and Allies game. It might not take as much time because there are only 2-3 players. It would be interesting to see a game like that because Nationalists troops outnumbered Japanese troops 2 to 1, but they were not as effective or well armed as the Japanese troops so the attrition rate was 2 to 1 in favor of the Japanese.

There would also be troops for the People's Liberation Army. By the end of the war, the PLA had 1.2 million troops and they have the special ability of turning Nationalists troops into PLA troops through political scheming of some sort.

The game could have up to 3 possible winners.

Either Japan wins by defeating the Communists and the Nationalists. Or the CCP and KMT defeat Japan first and then fight each other after that. Then we can see an outcome where the Nationalists actually win which they would have if the US had not held them back. Perhaps the Marshall Intervention in 1946 could be implemented some how. The US isn't a country in the game but has the ability to manipulate income and the economy of Nationalists held China making it difficult for them to win the war. Meanwhile, the Soviet Union is a backer of the CCP and also attempts to manipulate the CCP some how in order to create a divided China.

It would be more like Risk in that all 3 players can attack each other. The KMT and CCP can fight each other (as they did sometimes) until Japan is defeated. However, the more the Chinese fight amongst themselves, the more consequences there are. Perhaps an IPC penalty because of the bad press involved with continuing a civil war while still fighting Japan. Perhaps you gain IPC's for taking the territory, but you get penalized for a certain amount also for fighting your own countrymen.

Perhaps all of this might be too complicated for a board game, but the truth is that the KMT outnumbered the CCP by quite a bit (3 to 1) after Japan was defeated in the actual war, and only due to US intervention and then troops switching sides later on, did the CCP have the chance to take the whole thing.

[dropleaf]

Boutta set up another game of global with my friends, and as always (just like back in 2018) I'm back here reviewing! Thanks Ben! I have all the in print editions but wouldn't be so good without you!

[davedogge]

many thanks for this I have both Axis & Allies Europe 1940 (2010) and Axis & Allies Pacific 1940 (2009), I've never got around to playing it but there are those at the club who do play it and this will be the launch pad to start us with the game.

[uncletimo]

This channel is pure gold. I only have 1 upvote to give!

[dirkdiggler]

18:41 "A tank can even turn back around and blitz back into a territory it started from"...are you sure about that?? That's never been possible in any other A&A game. The rules clearly dictate that during the combat phase, all units must end their movement in hostile territories, otherwise they would be ending their movement in what should be the non-combat movement phase, and getting a free move. The only exception to this is when an attacking player chooses to retreat back to an adjacent friendly territory. This doesn't sound right to me.

[delta-mj]

This video was very helpful. I'm glad i found this video

[brianm]

28:53 All fighters intercepting or escorting actually hit at 1 in second edition! (unless you have Jet Power). The image is wrong, lol

[MichaelWhite-eq]

The problem with pacific 1940 2nd edition is it takes away suprise attack on pear harbor doesn't it?
If not it changes the reality and historical context in a big way.
It was very much a part of japans intial strategy to delay for a time US intervention.

[ajknaup]

I've questions re: how the US enters the war. I think they enter at the beginning of their move in turn 3 if they are not already at war with Japan. They enter the war if attacked by Japan prior to their move during turn 3. What if Japan makes war on Anzak/Uk? What if Japan invades Indo-china?

[captainobvious]

FLYING Tigers, not Fighting Tigers :(

[kcobra]

Is the pacific boards rules basically the same as European boards rules except for china?

[jonreyno]

Thank you, question, how can I transport a tank from Japan to Korea? can be like this? in combat phase I load a tank into transport and then offloading in Korea?

[mickb]

Great video. Thank you. I have a few questions.

1. If Japan invades French Indo-China will that bring the allies into the war?

2. What if UK and or ANZAC declare war on Japan, in rounds 1 or 2, would that subsequently bring America into the war?

3. Can America ‘liberate’ the Dutch territories? Say UK takes Celebes but looses it to Japan. If America captures it, does Celebes revert back to UK control or is it now an American territory?

Thanks again for your video.