This is good stuff. I really appreciate the color balance in your version.
-Midnight_Reaper
Box art concept for Guadalcanal
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Probably fairly difficult. They’re artists not historians. Plus probably doesn’t get paid enough to go that far in depth.
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Well how about a little research at AH? They could have provided photos of appropriate equipment.
Likely though, accuracy was not as important as flashy and eye catching and what the Graphics department was looking for.
I personaly like it and think it fits with the style since revised and remember, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.”
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WOW, Some harsh critics. I understand where you are coming from. If I was the artist that’s something even if I didn’t catch everything I would have at least made an attempt at.
Yeah, it’s a flashy cover they certainly accomplished that.
-LT04
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I’m with the “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover” approach. As a loyal drone of the A&A games, I WILL be picking this one up, whether it gets packaged in this box, or in quarter-pound ziploc bags. :lol: :lol:
Seriously, though, I like the design (however inaccurate) and I think it suits the atmosphere of the game, if you will.
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What he said.
-LT04
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I like the fat Japanese guy. He ate too many noodles before combat.
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@Imperious:
I like the fat Japanese guy. He ate too many noodles before combat.
Or the red nose of admiral Nimitz ?
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@Imperious:
I like the fat Japanese guy. He ate too many noodles before combat.
:lol: :lol: LMFAO!! :lol: :lol:
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Has anyone seen these photos of Guadalcanal? I have never seen the board till I found these pictures. They are small but interesting.
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Contents:
1 Game Board
172 Combat Unit Playing Pieces
85 Plastic Chips
20 Supply Tokens
12 Six-Sided Dice
1 Battle Box
1 RulebookWhat is the battle box? That is different and it use six sided dice but is randomized casualties. Also different from BOTB.
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Larger Picture
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Excellent find. No hexes on that map. No twelve sided dice. No combat strips. Not what I was expecting.
When can I get my copy?
Looks like September.
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yea funagain is the promoter of Axis and Allies since Avalon hill is too lazy to get off their butts and publish information on their own games.
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I know what you are saying IL. I find out more about the game surfing the internet at funagain and stumbling onto these pictures then going to Avalonhill everyday.
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I just attached the link to one of the other threads. Didn’t see this
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I know what you are saying IL. I find out more about the game surfing the internet at funagain and stumbling onto these pictures then going to Avalonhill everyday.
Thats the point i just made too. I find it fascinating that a company that stands to sell a few games is more interested in publishing information than the actual company that makes the game. Avalon Hill is the worst run company i have ever seen in my life. They have no idea what they are doing. I would expect to find out first from the publisher but in AH’s case its always the last to do this.
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You are too kind, IL, too kind. I dont give a kiss for where I first read about a game, I wont get it in Norway before november anyway. All I consern about is a game that is not short of plastic, sir.
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Don’t worry. ill bet its short one of these new cruisers or short something… It wouldn’t be Avalon Hill if it wasn’t short something.
Funny how when they give us extras its always like 30 extra infantry, 2 extra tanks and 15 extra planes and short 2 infantry… when it should be basically 5 extra of each type across the board. The guy who counts these things must love to sabotage games. I bet hes laughing inside when they give him the responsibility on deciding what pieces to include knowing how much mischievous results he can control.
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I dont think its on purpose, IL.
Remember the game is made in China, and there may be language issues. Like “count twelve pieces” in english are translated to " pick five pieces" in chinese.
Like in Norway we have this joke about an Italian going vacation in US
“I go to restaurant, I order to piss of pizza, I only got one, I say to waitress - I wanna to piss. She say - Go to toilett. I say - No you no understand, I wanna to piss on table. She say - You better not piss on table you sonna ma btch. So I eat the one piss of pizza, but I only got knife and spoon, no fock. So I tell the waitress, I wanna fock. -Everybody wanna fock, she say. I say - You no understand, I wanna fock on the table. She say - You better not fock on the table, you sonna ma btch. So I go to hotel-room, but there are no sh it in the bed. So I call waitress and say I wanna sh it. She say - Go to toilet. No, I say, you no understand, I wanna sh it in bed. She say, - You better not sh it in bed, you sonna ma btch. So I go home to Italia. In airfield man say -Peace to you. I say - Piss to you, too, sonna ma btch, and wave goodbye”lol, funny joke :-D
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So there is no word out of Origins on Guadalcanal? :?
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