France '40 Gold Team Game

[ComradeP]

8 players would probably result in slower turn around time. Not really a problem for me, though.

One thing that might be more problematic with 4 players is dividing forces in a way that works with the "converging" nature of the campaign with most units eventually moving towards the Belgian coastline and the lengthening front on the X-axis during a push towards the coast by the Panzers as otherwise forces could end up regularly crossing boundaries after a few days.

Something like:

Allied player 1 controls the Dutch army, French 7th Army and Belgian forces roughly north of Brussels.
Allied player 2 controls the BEF, Belgian forces from Liege to Namur and the French 1st Army.
Allied player 3 controls French 9th Army and future reinforcements in the Namur-Charleville area and areas west of there and the handful of Belgian forces in the Ardennes.
Allied player 4 controls French forces east of Charleville and reinforcements moving towards the southern flank of the likely German breakthrough.

That could work, but it's still going to be somewhat complicated. The flow of the battle will also mean players 3 and 4 would have less to do initially, but more later on, whilst the forces of player 1 will decrease substantially over time.

Distributing forces between 4 German players might be trickier, particularly initially.

Two 2 vs 2 games instead of a big one might also be an option, though that might not suit the idea to start a team game.