@Gargantua:

hands down Anniversary was the greatest stand alone print version of the game ever to released

100% agree

What does everyone want/wish to see as far as the 4 new sculpts? Personally I would like to see UK, Russia, Italy and Germany get the 1940.2 artillery sculpts.

For A&A AE 2008 UK and Russia had the 105mm US artillery, Italy had the Japanese type 92 70mm artllery and Germany had the 88mm artillery which in 1940.2 and 1942.2 is their AA gun.

@calvinhobbesliker:

Wait, was there a DDay reprint?

It’s been reprinted on and off over the years.  It occasionally pops up at one of my local hobby shops.

Oooops.  Yep, I did!  Old habits die hard… :-)

It’s Historical Board Gaming’s game.  1936 is coming next, apparently…

@simon33:

Maybe an update of Anniversary Edition? That would be the most popular possibility, I feel.

I wish, but that is unlikely since Larry said his new game is not A&A. I checked the upcoming games at Hasbro, WOTC and AH, but nothing looks like the game Larry is talking about, so I guess Larry pull this off by himself and not via a big company. Larry also said this game have new features different from A&A. So it must be a new combat system. I figure this game can not be huge like the Global 40, more likely its the same size as Larrys first game, MB classic from 1984, but with LHTR rules that is designed for tournament play. This new game will be like a chess game, very balanced and playable, and with the WWII theme only as a background. It will take like 4 hoers to complete, and not a weekend like the G40. Just my guess

IM thinking Federation, Klingon, Romulan, Possible others

Dreadnought 4-4
Heavy Cruiser 3-3
Destroyer 2-2
Space Station 5x5-5x5?
Transport

c’mon guys, several players weren’t present at game start, they started as early as possible and then got grumpy around dinner time, and someone thought it would be a good idea to commence the day drinking before Moscow fell–-that’s the classic Axis and Allies game at home.

US military has been rich with nerds and gamers for a long time.  We play with a teacher from the Gen. Staff College from Leavenworth, who plays games for a living and who teaches a class on how wargames and their play can inform the conduct of actual battle.

Modern wargames are connected to the first Kriegspiele developed for the Prussian General Staff, which may or may not have inspired similar efforts by HG Wells and other 20th century innovators.

The first wargames were WAR SIMS to prepare for real war, which is pretty sweet because while Chess (and go and other Asian and Scandinavian variants) imitates the grand themes of war and battle, those are not really wargames

Its a rare example of a type of game that began as an extremely serious and formal exercise that has developed into a hobby or part-time pastime rather than the other way around.  Many other non-game exercises like horse riding were once deadly serious but are now for amusement and exercise however, D&D was not created as a way of training actors or politicians,  Chainmail was not created to train gladiators to fight or figure out which fighters to bet on, Monopoly is not a business school case study or capitalist training exercise that later became a board game…

But AxA has its roots in real war!

@Mill:

Are these poker chips identical front and back? And is one deluxe set, with the 25’s, enough for 1940 Global?

They are identical front and back, yes.

Most people playing 1940 Global end up getting 2 sets. Your mileage may vary.

One base set = 25 x 1’s, 15 x 5’s and 10 x 10’s
Mini upgrade = 25 x 25’s

When the sets were created it was intended for Anniversary edition and one set has worked quite well for us with that setup, as well as 1942 and 1941.

If you’re referring to this board section…

http://www.harrisgamedesign.com/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=14&sid=b4ef393ddbe64b388ee7fb9bd5a2cedc

…as far as I can tell it was set up by Larry in October 2004 under the very general theme of “What are some MUST HAVE’S you like to see in an advanced game?”  When someone on the board asked “What is this anyway?  Is advanced axis and allies really being designed, and if so, about what percent is it done? Would we be able to expect to see this this year? Next? 2007?”, someone called Lobo answered “It’s something that Larry is interested in doing. It may or may not see fruition.”  Larry confirmed this by saying “Lobo is correct. There are no definitive plans or time line for such a game. There is however an identified need for this baby.”  So the board section seems to have been just intended for brainstorming purposes, not for the development of a specific game.

Just to put those threads into context: October 2004 is a few months after Revised and D-Day came out, four years before Anniversary came out, and five years before the first 1940 game (Pacific 1940 1st ed.) came out.  So this notional “Advanced A&A” may in fact have generated some ideas that were incorporated into some of the A&A games that were published since 2004.

One thing I’ve been wondering is why can’t you buy WofTC stuff including Avalon products directly from the company?  Did they screw themselves by signing all sorts of restrictive distribution agreements with wholesalers?

Seems like a big mistake if they did. Probably contributes a serious percentage cost to the end product. Imagine buying 1940 2nd for $50 right from WofTC. Or replacement pieces right from them.

Who knows, maybe they are trying to shutter the A&A brand so their distributors let go of their contracts?  Maybe too savvy for them.

I’m 99% sure they said Axis and Allies, yes, at least once

The idea of it being standalone is great. When I bought G40 a few years ago, The shop i bought it from only sold P40 and I ended up having to order E40 from overseas.

I’d better get the new forum up and running.  :wink:

I wanted to join GTO in Dec. 2014, just before it closed. So i found the only other online live opportunity to play wargames (incl. some WW2 maps), the Triplea Community. I am new to AA so i had not only to study the game but also the Triplea Online Lobby.

Unfortunately it is true that gaming on the TripleA lobby seems to require alot of memory and seems to work better with up to date operating systems…  But even with my old computer pbem/pbf work fine so I have no complaints really.

I cannot say this is true, my system is 5 years old (at least), has 4 GB memory (which nearly everyone has these days) and playing online is absolutely no problem.
Triplea offers now also hosted game, so no one has to solve this by himself. Many of old GTO players are now in the lobby (“refugees” as they call themselves ;) and show their abilities in dice and LL-Games (which they dont like so much).

How has the server software been working for TripleA for live lobby play?

The triplea programmer have done a superb job to develop this software in many, many ways. For me as new to turn-based wargames the save possibility is esp. useful, so i can repeat every game in every move/turn to learn. The second great tool (for me) is the in-built battle-calculator which is very easy to use. All in all the functions of the gaming software is quite easy to use (esp. if you are an exp. AA gamer).
I can only suggest to download the Triplea Software and to check out an online live game, which in my opinion is a quite thrilling experience. And i hope DizzKneeLand33 had already had the time to make this exp. too  … ;)

Remark: the colors in my attachment of the game have been changed by myself a bit, because of my poor eysight.

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