One could do the Spanish Nationalist/Loyalist war of the early/mid 30’s

German Forces:
Unit Type Movement Attack Defense Notes

Tiger Tank 2 9 9 Takes 2 hits, attacks are preemptive  against enemy Tanks first
Panzer tank 3 6 7
Panzer Grenadier
(Mechanized Infantry) 3 4 6
Tank Destroyer 2 7 8 All hits go against enemy armor first
Volks- Grenadier 1 2 4
Fallscirm- Jager (airborne) 1 5 5
Artillery 1 4 4 1  Hex range
Heavy Artillery 1 6 4 2 Hex range
Neberwerfer Rocket 1  + +  +/1 Hex range, each enemy rolls one d6 1=hit, 2-3= unit shocked.
Fighters any 6 8
Jet Fighter any 6x2 10 No interception
Bomber any 8 2 Preemptive attack, ground forces cannot fire back (except Artillery)
Jet Bomber any 6 9 No interception

Allied Forces:
Unit Type Movement Attack Defense Notes

Tank 3 4 3
Mechanized Infantry 2 3 3
Tank Destroyer 3 4 3 All hits go against enemy armor first
Anti -Tank Gun 1 3 2 All hits go against enemy armor first
Airborne 1 2 2
Artillery 1 2 2 1  Hex range
Heavy Artillery 1 4 2 2 Hex range
Fighters any 2 3
Bomber any 3 2 Preemptive attack, ground forces cannot fire back (except Artillery)

all combat is one round duration. all air combat occurs first. if any extra planes are availible they can go against land targets. only artillery can hit planes.

Artillery Guns Anti-Air Defense
Artillery (both regular and heavy Artillery) units may fire at each air unit entering or flying across the air space of its territory during attacking combat movement. Each defending artillery unit rolls against each plane and a result of a 1 on a D12 results in a hit. The maximum number of Artillery units that can roll against planes in this fashion is limited to two. Note: each plane is rolled separately by type and can only be attacked preemptively. Example: 2 Allied Bombers and 2 Fighters attack a hex with German forces including one Artillery unit. The two Bombers are rolled together, yielding results of 3 and 5 (both misses). Next two fighters are rolled with results of 1 and 2 (one hit). One fighter is destroyed with the remaining planes able to perform their combat mission. Remember: each defending Artillery unit has one first shot attack at each air unit. Losses are removed immediately before the air units’ fire back. Attacks by the surviving planes can then proceed in the normal fashion.

I will adjust values for d12 dice. Note: allies not finished.

still need some good supply rules but i need more information on the OOB supply rules. might just use them.

each ammo chit allows one combat action
each fuel drum chit allows one hex of units to move full movement

germany starts with x number of chits in each catagory

allies do not have a limit but some limit on combat actions.

use OOB air power rules but add some rules for jet power say one plane for germany is jet.

also need some optional rocket rules V weapons:

V-2 Rockets
Allow the German player to conduct one V-2 attack per turn. This may be in addition to a similar event from an action card. The attack can be conducted into any Allied hex and each ground unit rolls with 1-2 counted as a hit, 3-4 unit is “suppressed” and cannot move that turn , and 5-6 no effect. The German player has six such attacks per game. Attacks can also be conducted against Allied fuel depots again hitting on a 1-2.

Jet Power
Allow the German player to substitute up to two of his daily air power allocations for one Jet fighter (Me-262) and one Jet Bomber (Ar-234) each turn till the end of the game. They can “save” this allotment until a specific turn and launch the balance of what was withheld until a turn of their choosing. Air Interception missions cannot be performed against Jet planes. They also cannot conduct Paratrooper drops. During aerial combat each Jet Fighter rolls twice against enemy planes. Secondly, allow the Allied player one Jet Fighter (Gloucester Meteor) each turn which performs like any other fighter except it can also avoid all enemy air interceptions.

using jet power may involve using additional air units for allies.

Remember i have also seen the pieces trhat go with the game. The first print is 2,000 copies at 100 bucks each. If he sells out he will immediatly issue a second printing all with nation specific units. That is the plan… to reinvest the money into another print but with expanded units. Everybody please buy a copy. The game is great and worth every penny.

The server has been having problems today.  Sorry.  They’ll be up soon.

Cyan,  I have seen the X-Day program on the History Channel.  Unfortunetaly, it mostly talks about the invasion of Kyushu in Operation: Olympic.

RB

Hi Everyone,

1483 Online ( http://www.1483online.com ) is a FREE massive multi player online strategy game, begun as Europe 1483, a medieval Axis & Allies variant published by the Guild of Blades Publishing Group. Since Feb 2006 the 1483 Online game software has been in beta testing and has had over 1,150 players sign up.

After a short down period due to some server problems, 1483 Online is up and running again. The software is totally free to download and basic accounts are also totally free to sign up for and play. So if you like Axis & Allies, drop on by and give the game a try.

Also currently in development….Thermopylae Online. To be entering beta testing soon.

Ryan S. Johnson
Guild of Blades Publishing Group
http://www.guildofblades.com
http://www.1483online.com

Yes I am And I have a copy of the same book  I have a basic American list and German List, I am currently working on the Japs, right now they and the British will probably have the most flexibility.  Has anyone actually tried to play this yet? just wondering

Not a fan of IB, huh?

I haven’t met many folks who were.

Rob.

Thanks, GG

Also, America will have the chance to draw an Atomic bomb from their partisan cards.  That will be really nasty for Germany or Japan!

RB

to bad you guys arn’t around here.

I would of liked to play those games with you guys once in a while.

Here’s the maps of the games we’re talking about NoMercy.

Operation: Sealion - 1940
http://axisandallies.metalsaber.com/Sealionmap.jpg

Operation: Market Garden - 1944
http://axisandallies.metalsaber.com/MarketGardenmap.jpg

Imperious,

They even  had an early stage plane/helicopter also!  This is also starting to sound a lot like Fortress America!  Except it would be something like “The Iron Wall” or “Defending the Reich”.

RB

Historically, the Warsaw Pact didn’t “plan to divide and crush” the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation because of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD). Also the Cold War didn’t “prove to be the most destructive war the world has ever known;” the Second World War did, with an estimated 55 million casualties on all sides.

Dude Warsaw Pact forces never attacked NATO at all so its all fake.Its a what-if senario.  he’s just trying to make the game more intresring

That’s exactly right.  Why did he think World War III happened???

I wanna hear from someone who has it if. It if it any good and what it is like.

Offense 5 InfDiceRolling 1 6-sided dice:
3
offense 1 infDiceRolling 5 6-sided dice:
6, 6, 6, 3, 4

Whoa! A new Spanish Civil War, but the map in color? YES!!!

Can we pre-order?

I am going to go over the entire SCW game that I have from you (2nd + 3rd editions) and will shoot you off some recommendations.

Rogue Warrior

Alas thats why you use Imperious Leader free revised axis and allies map project! email me and ill send you the file. The miniatures are bitchin with some paint…you’ll see soon enough… Now you have something that will be with you for a lifetime of fun. Something that is permenant and sturdy is allways the best road and now you have that.

Ill post some pics soon for others to see.

Honestly, if you play the board game for the map and pieces, then you should avoid most of the board games out there.

As far as 4 revisions in 10 years, maybe that’s a bit high, granted, but….  I can tell you a fact that in 10 years, Dell has gone through more server revisions in those same 10 years.  Does that make their products (or substitute Apple, IBM, HP, etc) any worse?  That’s the worst comment I’ve ever heard.  Not only that, but revisions are there to help make the game better.

Ok, rant off.  Talking about World at War 2005 now.  The game is ok, but unfortunately when combining the latest rules from Axis & Allies (which this is based off of), the Allies has too much of an advantage.  Especially when comparing this version with the 3rd version.  There are now factories in India and Australia for Britain to use, you can still purchase infantry off of factory sites, but at a max of 1 per land and they cost 1 IPC more, which hurts Germany a ton since they can’t keep Africa.  Then again, Britain got a bump in Africa as well with the tank defending on a 3 now and they get an extra artillery piece, so you really have to commit in Africa to take it and hold it.

The technology rolls are interesting, but kind of confusing to understand at first.

I’m actually on this forum to see if anyone has brought up house rules or variants to make the game a little bit more balanced.  I believe the Allies should win about 60-65% to keep in line with history, but this version (and the previous ones as well) gives the allies about 80% chance to win.  This is assuming average dice rolls.  We’ve played around with giving Germany super subs and Japan get fighters to start, but it didn’t help all that much.  Japan usually never has a problem and the jet fighters were just the icing on the cake.  Super subs really didn’t help Germany as much as we had thought it would.

Anyone else try to do something different with this game?

World at War (WaW) Turnier 2006

Hi all!

Flames of Europe FoE) proudly presents the World at War tournament 2006  :D

Here you can read about it: http://www.flames-of-europe.de/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=815

The tournament mainly relays on the german 3.6 WaW club rules of FoE. But language is no problem because any players who don’t speak german are free to propose other (english) WaW-rules such as Xeno 3.2 or Xeno 3.1.  :wink:

World at War (WaW) Turnier 2006

Hallo zusammen!

Flames of Europe FoE) lädt ein zum World at War Turnier 2006  :D

Infos und Anmeldung stehen hier : http://www.flames-of-europe.de/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=815

Das Turnier basiert auf den deutschen 3.6 WaW Klubregeln von FoE. Wer die nicht mag oder lieber englischsprachige Regeln verwendet, kann natürlich auch andere (englischen) Regeln wie z.B. Xeno 3.2 oder Xeno 3.1. vereinbaren  :wink:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE,

For further information contact:
Ryan S. Johnson
Guild of Blades Publishing Group
1-810-625-3000
dowrie@guildofblades.com

1483 Online Enters Beta Testing,

DAVISON, MI (May 12, 2006) - The Guild of Blades Publishing Group, a market leading board game
publisher with its well known Empires of History series of historical board games and other fantasy and role playing games, announces the launch of the 1483 Online beta test. Found at http://www.1483online.com , 1483 Online is a massive multiplayer online (MMO) turn based strategy
game of diplomacy and conquest. The 1483 Online beta test is an open beta test, so all gamers
around the world are welcome to sign up and play.

In 1483 Online 28 players assume control of one of the leading kingdoms or empires of Europe,
North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, set against the historical backdrop of the year 1483 AD. Players must lead their nation’s military to defend their lands and seek to expand the realm, using a combination of war, diplomacy and economic development. 1483 Online is a new style of game focussing on turn based play with rapid games progressing at just one turn per day and standard free games at just one turn per week. This new form of turn based, MMO gaming allows all players an equal footing on game play time dedicated to a single game and lets the players communicate via the internal communication mail system, freely and equally with other players to conduct diplomatic relations. The game rewards alliance building and shrewd diplomacy coupled with a solid strategic use of military units and resources rather than simply rewarding players with more time to dedicate to a game, or skill with a mouse.

1483 Online is an online computer game adaptation of the GUild of Blades’ popular board game, Europe 1483. First run online in late 1999 as a human moderated “Play By E-mail Game”, 1483 Online quickly gathered a small and dedicated fan base of several thousand players. Now with the fully automated computer game and online gaming experience, the Guild of BLades expects the highly anticipated 1483 Online game to explode onto the MMO gaming scene. They currently have plans to expand this new style of MMO gaming to include other Empires of History board games converted for online play, plus will expand 1483 Online game maps to go from its current 28 player base up to a full world adaptation of the board game series, allowing for 84 players per game.

The Guild of Blades presently plans to maintain a completely free downloading of the 1483 Online software and allow all players to have access to free game play accounts that will allow players continual access to a small number of ongoing games. The venture will be supported by Enhanced
Memberships offering more game play opportunities and advanced features, display advertising, and
the sales of products published by the Guild of Blades Publishing Group. This mix of play options will allow players from all over the world to play with no need of credit cards, checks or other payment options, and allow those players wanting more to buy affordable packages start at just $9.95 annually.

To join the beta test for 1483, visit http://www.1483online.com to create an account.

ABOUT THE GUILD OF BLADES PUBLISHING GROUP:

Founded in 1996, the Guild of Blades Publishing Group began as a small game publishing firm producing inexpensive miniatures and role playing game systems. In 1999 the company expanded into
board games, which quickly became the mainstay of its production lines and allowed for the rapid
expansion of the company. Since that time the Guild of Blades Publishing Group has acquired a couple other small publishers and now operates its own production facilities in Davison, MI, in addition to launching its new interactive division to publish 1483 Online and other turn based MMO games. For further information on the Guild of Blades Publishing Group visit http://www.guildofblades.com

Ryan S. Johnson
Guild of Blades Publishing Group
1-810-625-3000
dowrie@guildofblades.com

Though I could go into greater detail, a few people from these boards have tried out Empire Forge.  They seem to enjoy the game.  C’mon over and check it out.

Basically, this is a “BUMP”.

This game is now available under my Members Section.

RB

http://www.gamesinabox.com/index.html

This company sells Table Tactics products as well.

Thoes426 :evil: