You could probably sell it for a few dollars locally (i.e. sell it in a way that doesn’t involve shipping costs), as Taamvan suggests, but I doubt that there would be much interest in an out-of-town sale, given that the game is missing some of its original pieces. A&A 1941 is still in print, and is the cheapest of the A&A games on the market, so when you factor in the shipping costs a potential out-of-town buyer could probably find a brand-new copy for about the same price. DoManMacgee’s donation idea is a good one; youngsters who’ve never played A&A won’t be bothered by the replacement sculpts, and as DoManMacgee said this would foster the next generation’s interest in the game. My own preference would be in line with Midnight Reaper’s suggestion to cannibalize the game for its sculpts, which are unique to the 1941 version of the game. I own multiple copies of 1941 for exactly that reason. The American P-40 Warhawk gives you exactly the right fighter to use for China’s Flying Tiger unit in the 1940 game; the British naval transport and the Soviet carrier correct the 1940 game’s lack of nation-specific sculpts for those units; and the battlecruisers (British and Japanese) and heavy tanks (Russian and German) provide good opportunites for house-ruled special units in the 1940, 1942 and Anniversary games.

@Nowhere-Man said in Game Balance & Capturing Capitols:

@Midnight_Reaper:

Lack of cash hurts both ways, though - it takes a while to build a navy at 12 IPCs, whether it’s the UK or Germany rebuilding their fleet from the first turn battles.

Lack of cash hurts both ways, but what I was getting at, building a fleet from nothing (for Germany) is very expensive and easy to spot coming, while defending England from a Sea Lion doesn’t require a fleet, it only requires far cheaper ground units (a bunch of English soldiers is a lot cheaper than trying to build a big German fleet)… it’s far easier for England to build infantry than for Germany to build a fleet with capital ships transports AND the ground troops to fill the transports, when all England has to do is build ground troops to defend against Sea Lion… yes, Britain will need to rebuild their fleet at some point from initial losses, but if Germany is trying to go Sea Lion before Moscow in 1941 (which was the initial question I believe), the money situation far favors the UK over Germany… unless the UK player is just daft and doesn’t defend England while Germany builds a fleet. As zooma pointed out, the more realistic method for the Axis to win would be to eliminate Russia first, then, using the funds from a dead Russia, build a fleet to attack the western allies.

I’ve played this game a few more times and I’ve come to the conclusion that - contrary to what I expected - the Axis player’s best bet to win the short game is to invade North America, starting in Alaska, and march to Washington. Japan needs to grab some cash and some factories, either from Asia (India and Siberia) and / or the Pacific (Australia, et al) and then start up the invasion fleet. If the US has focused on Germany for the first part of the game, they may have their hands full beating back “Dai Nippon Teikoku”…

-Midnight_Reaper

@TRONOR:

If I understand correctly, “all units must attack & defend together”

Not really. During Combat Move Phase …

@rulebook:

All combat movement is considered to take place at the
same time. …

@TRONOR:

Suppose that i will attack from my zone to the adjacent zone that contains no enemy units but enemy controlled.
But next zone has enemy units.

1. At this situation my infantry unit attacks using 1 movement point to the empty enemy zone,occupied it and stops there.
2. My tank unit using 2 movement points, uses blitzing ability crossing the empty enemy zone,separated from infantry,
  and finally attacks next zone that contains enemy units.
3- Remaining unit: 1 fighter unit; I don’t want to attack my fighter unit to the same enemy that my tank have attacked yet.
  For example i want to attack another zone, another enemy unit.

You may move your units separately into different hostile territories.
So your tank may blitz as intended and your fighter can attack elsewhere.
But all those moves are “considered to take place at the same time”.

HTH :-)

@lumeng:

in addition, the size of the units is the same between the 1941,1942 and 1940 versions?

The units in 1941, 1942, and 1940 are all roughly the same size between editions:

US Sherman tank in 1942 and 1940 are the exact same size. US IS-1 tank in 1941 is a little bigger than the US Sherman from 1942 or 1940. All of the US Infantry between 1941, 1942, and 1940 are the same size.

Does this answer your question?

-Midnight_Reaper

To clarify if it isn’t already clear, if you have a US transport with one US infantry and one UK infantry on it, during the US turn only the US troops can unload and participate in the amphibious assault… the UK infantry has to wait for the UK turn to unload (either into a friendly territory or in its own amphibious assault with UK troops only).

Wow! Thats crazy Midnight_Reaper. :-)

Thanks Midnight_Reaper this clears up the question. (Sorry I didn’t get back sooner, but I actually forgot that I had posted this question.)

@Black:

Private Panic wrote:

But even when no such time constraint exists I doubt we have ever played a game through to the bitter end!

I suppose we are just really, really stubborn.

The invasion went down and (as predicted) the UK was taken, despite some stout resistance. And while the Allies accept they’re probably dead in the water, they’re still not ready to concede the match.
8-)

Would did you expect?  They’re Americans, bloodthirsty savages that are not going to surrender.  They would rather die for their freedom than live in the chains of slavery.
:lol:

Psychological warfare?!  Seriously?!  :?

Strategy sir, and outweighing what is important with what you want to do will stop all this craziness of Sealion.  German transports at Gibraltar?  Sink them for the love of France!  German airplanes in range of London?  Then build/send defenses!  Next time Germany opens up like that, you HAVE to ensure you either eliminate their assault forces or have adequate defenses.  There is nothing more important than keeping your capital.  If you’re going to look at this from the strategic point of view, you cannot make an excuse such as “psychological warfare.”

Another thought:  you seem to be fighting Japan with Russia and Germany with the US.  Although this is not a bad idea on a limited level, I would suggest swapping these countries’ priorities.  Surely it is easy to take China with Russia, but then there will still be a Japanese navy out making havoc on islands.  Meanwhile, you give Germany way too much breathing time and ability to execute something as bizarre as SeaLion.  Consider this: defeat the Japanese navy by mostly building American ships in California; once their navy is gone, they will be able to take neither China nor the islands.  Meanwhile, Russia can be making a good fight with Germany (you stated that Russia was too weak to do this; I think that is because you were sending Russian units to China).  Of course, it is a good idea to take Manchuria with Russia, and send an American fleet to the Atlantic to help Britain.

Remember that Berlin is only three spaces from Moscow, but Tokyo is virtually impossible for Russia to take.  In almost every A&A game, Russia has the unique advatge of being able to deploy right into Europe while the Allies cannot.  Don’t forfeit this advantage.

Ugh. Thank you. Can’t believe we missed that sentence!

I’m right there with you there Black. I LOVE chess.

Hi again Black. Half the fun is learning the best strategies by trying things out. Certainly more fun than reading long complex exposition on this forum! :-o However, a couple of clarifications:

@Black:

You wrote:

G’s opening deployment on the eastern front, however, affords R some short term opportunities and patience may be required to consolidate an unstoppable drive on Moscow.

Pretty cryptic (unless I’m extremely obtuse); this is one puzzle we’re trying to unravel. We’ll work on it!

Depending on R1’s moves, G may need to pull back slightly. For example if R sends everything to West Russia then any force G can get into Karelia, Caucasus or Ukraine is at R’s mercy. It may be best for G to wait a turn and simply put everything it can into East Europe.

@Black:

Thanks again. German air support in North Africa will certainly help slow down the Allied invasion! Looking forward to trying it.

Sorry - I did not mean air in North Africa - which would be a serious distraction from the Russian front. I meant sufficient air in range of whatever fleet the allies can deploy. Examples (from memory) being that fighters in France can get to the North Africa sea zone and a bomber in Norway can slow US attempts to stage naval and ground units via Canada. Initially, such placements can often be made while still being in range of the Russians. As Germany moves towards Moscow it won’t want its fighters to remain in France, but any delay in allied landings across the Atlantic is worth having.

One thing that really makes 1941 a fun, casual game is how easily “crazy” things can happen.  There is never a need to surrender either.  The quick play time and small number or dice allow for total annihilation and everlasting hope (almost.)

It certainly is a wonderful game. Enjoy!

Yes M_R, the dynamics of the will change with different groups. In my two 1941 groups G has to go for Africa from the off, or its Med TT will have gone.

Wait? This means I might actually be playing and interpreting a rule CORRECTLY???

I’m sorry, this is a foreign experience….

Ok. Back from cloud 9.

Thank you guys all for assisting me in grasping this.
I’ll be back im sure with more questions.

Allies, as it is harder.
Used to play the Axis, in the 80s, because I could never win with them. Funny eh!

It is worth getting. Good luck!

The codename  given to the German  planned invasion of England . Would have taken place in 1940, after France fell.
It is, therefore, the term for amphibiously invading Britain in any A&A game . It can be a game winner, but often proves a pyrrhic victory.

Thank you for the quick info on this. I thought you could, but i just wanted to make sure.