News flash: AXIS & ALLIES ANNIVERSARY EDITION due out oct 23 08

[frimmel]

I was thinking maybe you could get Sydney Bristow on the case.

[newpaintbrush]

@frimmel:

I was thinking maybe you could get Sydney Bristow on the case.

She’s busy having my love child.

[Antholin]

We’re sure to get the low down with Gary Coleman on the case, plus any member of the Chuck Norris family has just got to be kick ass. Sweet combo.

[Imperious Leader]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0HF6RFjOKY

I think my choice for Gary was a bad one…. sigh…

[Imperious Leader]

http://www.cosimshop.de/Cosims/Axis-Allies/Axis-Allies-Anniversary-Edition::1411.html

you can buy this game from Europe… You hear that Adlertag?

[Imperious Leader]

I need translation for this::::::  please help i feel it contains some information we do not yet know… adlertag?

Zum fünfzigjährigen Bestehen von Avalon Hill Games erscheint das bekannte Brettspiel Axis & Allies in einer Jubiläumsausgabe, die zahlreiche Neuerungen bereithält. So tritt erstmalig Italien als neue Achsenmacht auf den Plan. Eine weitere neue Nation ist China, welches vom Spieler der USA gesteuert wird. Zudem wird die Kreuzerklasse als neuer Schiffstyp eingeführt.

� Entworfen von Larry Harris, dem Erfinder von Axis & Allies
� Italien als dritte Achsenmacht
� W6-basiertes Kampfsystem, das bereits für Axis & Allies Revised, Europe und Pacific verwendet wurde
� Zwei Spieloptionen: Frühjahr 1941 und Frühjahr 1942
� Schiffe der Kreuzerklasse als neuer Einheitentyp
� China als US-kontrollierte Alliierte
� Neue Modelle für Italien, China und andere
� Spielbrett 61 x 117 cm groß
� Über 600 Teile
� 48-seitiges Regelbuch (englisch)

[Imperious Leader]

For the fifty-year old existence of Avalon Hill Games appears the well-known board play Axis & Allies in an expenditure for anniversary, which holds numerous innovations ready. Thus for the first time Italy steps as new Axis power on the plan. A further new nation is China, which is steered by the player of the USA. Besides the cruiser class is introduced as new ship type. ? Sketched of Larry Harris, the inventor of Axis & Allies? Italy as the third Axis power? W6-basiertes combat system, which was already used for Axis & Allies Revised, Europe and Pacific? Two play options: Spring 1941 and spring 1942? Sails the cruiser class as new type of unit? China as US-CONTROLLED allied ones? New models for Italy, China and other one? Spielbrett 61 x 117 cm largely? Over 600 parts? 48-seitiges rule book (English)

this is what i got from Nunos online translation site.

2 scenarios: spring 1941 and spring 1942
new units for china!!

[Imperious Leader]

I have confirmation of this:

http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=45316

[frimmel]

Looks like Funagain games has a new rival for getting the news out.  :lol:

[Funcioneta]

Ha! Even worst I thought:

USA price: 78 $
EU price: 82 euros (much more  :-P )

Pretty funny  :x. At least the rest is pretty good. China is not an independant power but at least get her own models and plays as in Pacific. Saving the crap of prices, good deal. I’ll still buy it… maybe I’ll get lucky and spanish importers put a better price than german ones… oh, I’m dreaming  :-D

[Adlertag]

Latest news, Larry have confirmed the Italians will be brown.

[Romulus]

Brown?!!? And why? Italians army wore light grey during WWII. Also naval units initially were painted in light grey.

Brown!??! Bah!

[Adlertag]

They had in fact brown shirts

[Romulus]

Italian soldiers did not have a shirt…

Just kidding!

I know that there were Black Shirts units. Brown Shirts were German Units.

[Imperious Leader]

They had green shirts with an embossed spaghetti and meatball platter on each arm sleeve. Generals had pizza logo on front with highest ranked having sausage.

Tanks and planes had 3 bread sticks on the wings marking the old fascist symbol for justice.

In fact Il Duce often had a meatball glued to his cap used to motivate the troops.

[Romulus]

If you only knew the power of the “Parmigiana di Melanzane”…

[Imperious Leader]

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=ah/prod/axisanniv

new info actually on the AH site. wow!

[axis_roll]

I find it intersting it’s still for 2 to 5 players even though Italy is a new Axis nation.
Perhaps that’s just a typo on the web page

[Imperious Leader]

Yea AH is known for not marketing,not putting enough pieces to get the starting set up, and not proofreading their own reports what else is new?

I am just wondering the odds of another free unit exchange because they gave Germany the P-38’s or something else stupid.

I can only say the same things a million times to them, and they still don’t get it.

If it was up to me Id pay you to play them heads up AA game… for their JOBS. Just you against the entire company -winner takes all. You win and you get to fire them all, they win and they get to avoid getting black balled for gross incompetence.

oh well i got 4 prepaid for pre-order and another on Oct 23 ill pick up from local store.

[frimmel]

I wonder if that is a photo of the actual box? If it is as wide and shallow as it looks it could be a single fold board which would be awesome.