I wish I could help, but I haven't played this version, nor did I even know it existed until this thread sprung up. I remember the older A&A Europe game was surprisingly well-balanced, but then again A&A Pacific felt unbalanced in favor of the Allies, so it seems plenty has changed for these 1940 editions.
I must admit though that part of why I'm writing is to ask if there's a halfway decent online version of the game, and if folks from these forums would like to join in. My undergrad years were frittled away playing awesome boardgames (I really miss Napoleon in Europe in particular...), but my current crop of local friends is uninterested in that scene. I know you can play Diplomacy online; are there others?







