The Map

Getting the map right is probably my biggest concern. I´ve been experimenting a bit with an online map from the game Europe Engulfed. This is how it looks right now.

Air force units

I will use some of the most famous aircrafts of ww2 to symbolize basically three types of units; fighters, tactical bombers and strategic bombers. Here are some US examples:



Grumman F4F Wildcat will be the carrier based fighter.

The P-51 Mustang will be the long range fighter/bomber escort from 1942.

The B-17 will be the long range Strategic bomber, possibly with the addition of a few Liberators.




The C-47 Dakota will be the transport plane of the US army. It will be able to transport 2 infantry units, and also drop paratroopers.

The planes are from Tumbling Dice

Inspiration I: Axis & Allies

During the 1980s me and some friends used to play Axis & Allies - the WW2 board game by Larry Harris and published by Milton Bradley. We were also brought up with the greatest WW2 documentary of all time, BBCs The World At War, and were more (than was good for us I guess) interested in the battles, veichles, strategies and caracters of WW2 than most of our friends.

So even if Axis & Allies is considered to be a "pretzel & beer-game" and a more advanced version of Risk we had a lot of fun. We also tried a few hexbased games (Panzer Commander, Afrika Korps and even World In Flames) but never really got into it. A&A was our favorite game.

But we always wanted to develop the game ourselves, adding house rules and so on. So when starting this project I have to admit that Axis & Allies will be a huge influence. I think some of its basic game concepts still works very well. I therefore want the map to be area based, and will also use a D6 combat system (with one exception - but more about that later on).

The mission

These are just simple notes about my work, trying to create a WW2 board game they way I really want it to be. The goal is to get a perfect balance between historical accuracy and a great gaming experience.

By publishing my thoughts and the work in progress I hope to get some tips and wise insights from more experienced war- and board gamers out there. So please feel free to comment! And let us not forget the quote from one of ww2s greatest generals:

"If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn´t thinking."

George C Patton