Step 8 Balancing the Game

Balancing Axis & Allies style games is a difficult task. For example in V3-1941 the Allies are ahead in every measure, but the game is reasonably balanced.

This is typical of A&A games, that units and TPV are close between the sides. However income obviously matters in the long run. Furthermore, vulnerable territories of the Status Quo players may actually work to the benefit of the Aggressor.

As a starting formula I have:

Production x 3+ Starting PU's + Units + TPV - vulnerability penalty - delayed entry penalty

The vulnerability penalty is x3 the income of vulnerable territories + factories in vulnerable territories.

A territory is vulnerable if they are owned by Status Quo country that is active at the game start and that is adjacent to an Aggressor country that is active the game start.

The delayed entry penalty is 10% of the TPV for each turn past 1 of delay.

To balance the game additional units (and starting PU's) are added to the aggressors if they are behind and additional income to the lead status quo power if they are behind.

Units will be randomly added to territories with a weighting equal to value+1. The chance of a specific unit will be proportional to the inverse of its cost.

In either case units will have the build caps equal to 120/cost to prevent ridiculous builds by the AI.

Step 7: Starting units and resources

I will create a standard setup largely derived from the 1941 scenario. The units will be handled by territory, so they may be controlled by a different country than in the standard game.

In all standard A&A games, the starting resources are the same as the starting income but there is no reason to mandate that. I will likely vary with higher values for the lead aggressor and lower values for delayed entry countries.

Step 6 Order of Play
The lead Aggressor always goes first. Alternate Status Quo and Aggressor countries, randomly chosen. There will likely be a bunch of Status Quo countries at the end.

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