Thats not the only problem… the lines that separate the borders are not delineated well enough. Its hard to see in moderate light what is going on. Big mistake, but luckily my map makes that clear.

Yes.

Shoot me an email at isfcco@hotmail.com and I’ll send you the most recent battlemap of AA50 (both setups.)  I don’t vouch for their complete accuracy yet, I still need to get a board! hehe

Quality seems to be the same.  Germans seem to be darker.
I have 3 sets of Revised units as well. 
I now have 3 different shades of German pcs.

Thank you for the review, I just got this game but I haven’t had a chance to play it yet, so it is nice getting to have an idea what it is like.
As for your comment about the subs, My opinion is that subs are better when you have 2-3 because 2-3 subs is not enough to just build a lot of (if any) destroyers, but enough to damage a Navy considerably.

@AxisOfEvil:

So those damage markers stay on for the duration of the game?

Until they’re repaired.

@AxisOfEvil:

I think we all agree that the OOB rules on SBR in revised was broken. You could reduce germany to no income, and the game would end soon after that. So there was no way i wasnt playing without TTL. this new game throws TTL out the window.

Not entirely.  There’s still a limit - it’s just bigger.

@AxisOfEvil:

Does this new SBR strat break the game again? Germany would be pretty crippled, if the allies had a goal of keeping 20 markers on berlin, and 12 on SE.

I sure hope not!

@AxisOfEvil:

Or wait, where is germany second IC, do they have one?

No.

:-D

I wish I could give you a better answer than “soon”, but that’s all I’ve got.  :-(

Yes, I built a factory in India and Australia. The Japs went for Australia first but I was able to delay them with two of my destroyers so that Aussies could build two infantry before they could get there. Added to the already 3 you have plus the artillery, the AA gun, and an American fighter and bomber that landed there. Since he was after the Aussies this gave time for the Indian Factory to build 3 Armor plus the 3 infantry, 1 Artillery, and AA gun that are already there. I was going to send my South African troops to help in Egypt but, by this time the Axis was already losing in North Africa and I sent them to India. I considered building a factory in Canada to avoid the German Air power when I built 1 or two ships near the UK when my fleet was in the Med. In the end I didn’t but it would have been nice to have. There should be the ability to build in all of these areas from the beginning. Looking at the '42 scenerio it looks very hard to build a factory in India without losing it right away.

lol yea call him the general.

I ordered mine from CCG Armory on the 18th and it arrived UPS today - I’m impressed!
Thanks.

Anyone ever heard of Eustace and Boniface?  :lol:

@Black_Elk:

I just hope one of them is relatively well balanced.  :-D

I’ve been hoping all along that the 42 scenario would be better than the 41, with the Midway glory and such.
China looks a lot more interesting in 42, but in the end the 41 game might prove the closer match up Axis v Allies (without a bid) since Japan seems to be in a stronger tactical position.

I agree with you Black_Elk.  I think if China is going to be a “player” (very small player) in this game, it would be nice to have a chance to be a thorn in Japan’s side.  In the '41 scenario it looks like Japan could wipe out the entire Chinese force on J1 (of course one or two more Chinese would pop up after).

Thanks.

@Stockus13:

But for the Italian cruisers I was thinking of using the Jap cruisers from Gaudalcanal. Because I have the American cruisers in Jap orange, and those might do in a pinch for Italian cruisers.

Hmm… add a little paint and maybe those miscolored cruisers will have some use after all…

Ouch!  Thats one way to get under a gamers skin!  Sorry to hear your trouble.

Set-up charts:

http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?p=17222181#post17222181

no it does not.

your doing good work BTW.

@timerover51:

I am getting two mainly for the extra units, and to give me an extra board to work with for modifications.  Since Hasbro will not sell components, it is the only way to get these items.  I will probably start picking up copies of Revised on eBay for the same reason.

Check your messages.

@Krupp:

@Krieghund:

Unfortunately, it didn’t get a unique sculpt.  They reused the Japanese bomber, molded in brown.  Apparently they thought that the Japanese Betty more closely resembled an actual Italian bomber than any of the other existing sculpts.

Thanks for a quick answer :-), but either way I would have liked a unique sculpt even if it was ugly looking :-P

I do not want to enter in a discussion about italian miniatures, it seems that the majority of the players are not interested in this aspect and, furthermore, A&A Anniversary is not a miniature game. So it is ok to use an already available mini.

However also I would like to have a unique sculpt for the Italian bombers. Moreover, it is really unclear to me where they discovered the similarity with the Betty.

The Japanese Betty was a medium bomber with two engine.
The more representative Italian Bomber the Savoia Marchetti SM-79 “Sparviero” (sparrowhawk) was a three engine medium bomber, used for level bombing and also as torpedo bomber. Moreover the SM-79 was really a bad looking airplane, it was knew in Italy as the “Gobbo” (humpbacked) for the layout of the body. For this reason it is similar to the Betty in the same manner that the Ju-88 is similar to the B-17. It was a stubborn airplane, used in several roles and missions.

The Regia Aeronautica (Italian Royal Airforce) entered the war with a respectable force of bombers so it is obvious that Italy get a Bomber.

What is the KISS game theory?

Keep it simple ******

What you could do is make it a fortress. Have 2 inf there and 1 fighter with an AA Gun.

Yes but then you add a new unit…a fortress which can be built elsewhere? Thats fine for more elaborate rules. I am in favor of this personally). If you add 22 IPC for UK you will need to compensate Germany. Thats will upset the set up because the german player has new units to kill zone the Soviets and probably take Archangel, when the game was not designed to allow this to happen.

Plus all units defend 1 higher. Then the axis could take it but with heavy losses. Plus if they do take it the Allies coming to the Med. anyway and could possible take it back. I think the problem is that AA50 is not a detailed enough simulation to include Malta. I think you need a Med. that has more that 3 spaces.

yes defense modifier would help in longer battles but with 2 units the battle is a couple of rounds.

How would you balance out the extra pieces… you cant just give UK 22 IPC right off the bat right?

Yes, I just wish convoy zones would have been but in the game in the first place like AAE. That was a great idea to get the Battle of the Atlantic in the game. AA50 should have been AAE and AAP combined with a few modifications. Still looks awesome though. I see IL has come up with a convoy system in his AA50 house rules. I think the simplest way to do it would be to be key sea zones and put control markers in them. If an enemy unit enters it you cover it with your marker. Each convoy could be worth 1 or 2 IPC’s. Depending on what worked better. If you get it back then remove the enemy’s marker.

U.S.
Sea Zones - #65, 56, 55, 18, 19, 20, 10, 53, 56 ,50

UK- #1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 28, 35, 46, 47, 42, The East Indies Zones, can’t see numbers from pictures

Italy-#14

Germany -#5

Russia-#4

Japan-#61, 62, 50, 36, 60, The East Indies Zones, can’t see numbers from pictures