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

[captainjack]

@frimmel:

@LT04:

I guess the two starting periods would be to serve as a handicap for the weeker team for what ever side they played on.

I am guessing it would be used to eliminate the bid system.

Do you think it might be just to give you two games in one? I imagine the starting points will create very different ‘feels.’

That’s the impression I got as well.

[Imperious Leader]

As it stands now, I’ll be at GenCon (Friday and Saturday). I’ll be spending some time in the A&A tournament play area and present (for the first time) Anniversary A&A. Anyone up for a game or two?

Larry confirms the new game will be shown to the public at Gen Con ( source: harrisgamedesign.com)

[losttribe04]

I have heard that the new cruiser can move 3 spaces.  That would make navy battles more interesting.  Can any one confirm that?

[captainjack]

That would be interesting… Man, I can’t wait for this game!  :-D

[Imperious Leader]

Thats not true. It was considered by Larry’s admission, but dropped. The cruiser DOES have some unique ability but i dont know what it is.

Id like to give it a AA roll hitting at 1 against air targets before first round, but thats just me.

[losttribe04]

Wow, only 14 weeks left to go.  Where are the days going?  :roll:

[A Former User]

@LT04:

Wow, only 14 weeks left to go.  Where are the days going?  :roll:

Not sure, but 6 hours of my Wednesday went to playing Axis on Gleemax, including one game in a live 1x1 - - fun up until my Allies opponent “surrendered” - disconnect counts as that - and then the mighty AI shredded any chance the Allies had!  Still took a couple hours total to make 10 VC!

It would be very nice if AH/Gleemax gets around to updating its version of Revised to LHTR standards, say by the time Anniversary comes out. Then we can yell at them to upgrade again!

[losttribe04]

Only 12 weeks and 6 days left!  :roll:

[madquest8]

@Funcioneta:

I remember a day when we were 8 for playing a game for 5 … we had to play 2 guys for each country  :-D )

They should make it three players for each country… Army ,Navy and Airforce, each with one third the IPC’s… and you have to argue among yourselves over what units to buy and whether to give your money to the other guy… wouldn’t want to be playing the Russian Navy… still, you’d start with enough money to buy a sub or a transport LOL :-o

[U-505]

@Mr:

They should make it three players for each country…

I’ll tell you what they should do. They should incompletely playtest the game so that it requires at least 1 or more bid units and also create a flawed ruleset that requires multiple revisions after extensive playing by the masses.

I figure it’s worked in the past so we shouldn’t mess with a good thing.

Could you imagine if the rules and the force deployment were spot on? There’d be tumbleweeds blowing through the discussion section.

[frimmel]

@U-505:

I’ll tell you what they should do. They should incompletely playtest the game so that it requires at least 1 or more bid units and also create a flawed ruleset that requires multiple revisions after extensive playing by the masses.

ROFLMAO  :lol:

[losttribe04]

U-505 ROFL!  :lol:

[Krupp Steel]

ok,im at BoardGameGeek,have found the game,but where do i pre-order it?Oh and hello,im new :-P

[Imperious Leader]

http://www.coolstuffinc.com/main_boardGame.php?viewType=view board games&fp=Acc-BGAHAandAAnniversary

thats it. Now i dont have your credit card number or info, so i cant do that for you as well.

[Krupp Steel]

@Imperious:

http://www.coolstuffinc.com/main_boardGame.php?viewType=view board games&fp=Acc-BGAHAandAAnniversary

thats it. Now i dont have your credit card number or info, so i cant do that for you as well.

lol thanks,would have stopped pestering you,you gave me the other site,not this one,my bad pal,really appreciated!

[Adlertag]

@Imperious:

http://www.coolstuffinc.com/main_boardGame.php?viewType=view board games&fp=Acc-BGAHAandAAnniversary

thats it. Now i dont have your credit card number or info, so i cant do that for you as well.

No this game have 2-5 players and an estimatet playing time of 2 - 3 houers, so this cant be Anniversary ed

[Imperious Leader]

6 players bud… that was a typo

[oldsalty]

I went to the site to preorder and Krupp is right.  Hopefully the description is wrong:

Category: WWII
Style: Casual War Game
Ages: 12+
Players: 2 - 5
Play Time: 2.0 - 3.0 Hours
Play Level: 5.0
Designer: Larry Harris
Publisher: Avalon Hill
Published: 2008

Suggested Price: $100.00
Our Price: $69.99
You Save: $30.01

[Krupp Steel]

umm did i order the wrong one,or are you saying the # of players thing is wrong?Cus i already pre-ordered 2,they said 50th anniversary,and oct23,08.So i hope i misread your post.

[oldsalty]

Krupp:  I refered to your post incorrectly [sorry] but the description I posted is correct.  In fact, I found the same description on Several sites offering a pre-order for AA Aniversery.  Based on the prices, I gotta think that they are using the wrong ad description?  At least I hope.  I don’t know any other AA game going for $100 retail!

A steal for you guys and gals across the big pond! :-)