I’ve never done it myself, but my impression is that the game is severely imbalanced in favor of Japan, so start with a 30-50 IPC bid for the Allies, and revise from there.
Pictures of Pacific 1940 Box Art
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Product Description on Funagain…
Axis & Allies celebrates 25 years of strategy war gaming with a deluxe edition of its original theater-level game. Axis & Allies Pacific 1940, designed and developed by Larry Harris, utilizes the updated rules established in A&A Anniversary Edition. Two new combat units debut in this game, Tactical Bombers and Mechanized Infantry. Australia and New Zealand, joined together as the ANZAC forces, represent a new playable ally. China fields more forces than ever before, but will need help from their allies – the United States and England – to withstand the might of expansionist Imperial Japan.
Axis & Allies Pacific 1940 features an oversized board that measures 35 inches wide by 32 inches high. With over 450 pieces, deluxe game components and local storage boxes, this game raises the standard established by A&A Anniversary Edition. All new rules for neutral nations, naval & air bases, kamikaze attacks and convoy disruption add even more depth and historical accuracy to this giant game.
Finally, this deluxe theater-level game is designed to join together with Axis & Allies Europe 1940 to create the greatest Axis & Allies experience to date! When joined, these boards will measure 5 feet wide by 32 inches high. Both games have been designed to play alone or together to offer a 2-6 player global 1940 scenario, complete with separate set up and national objectives. -
So what can China purchase?
Infantry
Artillery (if burma road is open?)Yes.
anything else?
No.
China fields more forces than ever before,
Seriously, who writes these things?! The amount of forces they can field are increased 50%, but the number they can build is increased 100% WOW! All those big numbers and it’s only 1 new unit… geez…
Australia and New Zealand, joined together as the ANZAC forces, represent a new playable ally. China fields more forces than ever before, but will need help from their allies – the United States and England – to withstand the might of expansionist Imperial Japan.
apparently Anzac is represented, but not needed to be able to help against Japan…
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Gotta love the artwork again- nice job!!!
What color tan will the Australians be? Same rust color as the Italians in AA50???
I’m ordering 3 copies. :-)
check that… make it four…I wanna rip people off on e-bay when it sells out 30 days after release! :-D
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China fields more forces than ever before,
Seriously, who writes these things?! The amount of forces they can field are increased 50%, but the number they can build is increased 100% WOW!
That would be more, wouldn’t it?
Australia and New Zealand, joined together as the ANZAC forces, represent a new playable ally. China fields more forces than ever before, but will need help from their allies – the United States and England – to withstand the might of expansionist Imperial Japan.
apparently Anzac is represented, but not needed to be able to help against Japan…
I doubt that ANZAC will be helping China much. They’ve got their own problems.
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I doubt that ANZAC will be helping China much. They’ve got their own problems.
ugh, I sense a damsel in distress…… :-P
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China fields more forces than ever before,
Seriously, who writes these things?! The amount of forces they can field are increased 50%, but the number they can build is increased 100% WOW!
That would be more, wouldn’t it?
sorry Krieg, the problem with the terminology is that it implies you get, I don’t know, MORE THAN ONE NEW UNIT for China! But that’s just not the case here is it? No, you get Infantry and Artillery. Should be no surprise then when people complain about the game. This stuff just sets it up for failure. Like Larry talking up the ‘refreshed’ sculpts and then we find them only on the country we never buy ships with and everything else is the same. Yeah!…
on a slightly connected note, any chance you could pass along to the wizards over yonder that they can move AA42 off of the “Upcoming” list and into something like “Now Available”?
@Krieghund:Australia and New Zealand, joined together as the ANZAC forces, represent a new playable ally. China fields more forces than ever before, but will need help from their allies – the United States and England – to withstand the might of expansionist Imperial Japan.
apparently Anzac is represented, but not needed to be able to help against Japan…
I doubt that ANZAC will be helping China much. They’ve got their own problems.
problems like, hmmmm…… Japan maybe. But no, guess they won’t be helping out much there huh? After all, in AAP40 the Soviets are NOT in the game right? so who else is ANZAC gonna fight in a 4-player game with the US/UK and Japan?
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China fields more forces than ever before,
Seriously, who writes these things?! The amount of forces they can field are increased 50%, but the number they can build is increased 100% WOW!
That would be more, wouldn’t it?
sorry Krieg, the problem with the terminology is that it implies you get, I don’t know, MORE THAN ONE NEW UNIT for China! But that’s just not the case here is it? No, you get Infantry and Artillery. Should be no surprise then when people complain about the game. This stuff just sets it up for failure.
You’re reading more into the terminology than what’s there. “More forces” simply means a larger army, as in a larger number of units. It doesn’t mean “more unit types”.
Like Larry talking up the ‘refreshed’ sculpts and then we find them only on the country we never buy ships with and everything else is the same. Yeah!…
Refreshed sculpts means that each unit’s mold was redone. The result is a sharper mini with better detail. Compare them with the Anniversary pieces and you’ll see the difference.
on a slightly connected note, any chance you could pass along to the wizards over yonder that they can move AA42 off of the “Upcoming” list and into something like “Now Available”?
I’ve been told that they have their hands full with the new message boards. They’ll get to it eventually (maybe).
Australia and New Zealand, joined together as the ANZAC forces, represent a new playable ally. China fields more forces than ever before, but will need help from their allies – the United States and England – to withstand the might of expansionist Imperial Japan.
apparently Anzac is represented, but not needed to be able to help against Japan…
I doubt that ANZAC will be helping China much. They’ve got their own problems.
problems like, hmmmm…… Japan maybe. But no, guess they won’t be helping out much there huh? After all, in AAP40 the Soviets are NOT in the game right? so who else is ANZAC gonna fight in a 4-player game with the US/UK and Japan?
Obviously ANZAC will fight Japan, which will indirectly help all the Allies. However, it will have enough to do defending itself, so it won’t be in a position to aid China directly, as the US and UK may be.
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You’re reading more into the terminology than what’s there.
Right before the statement about China’s “more forces” is talk about the new unit types, then ANZAC. Clearly the line of thought for the whole paragraph directs one to think new units. And besides, the entire game is the “biggest” AA game ever according to Larry and the next paragraph. Wouldn’t that mean that every country has “more forces”? Why then would someone point out that just China gets “more forces”?
I can’t believe you wrote the above statement and then went through arguing all those details! Here’s my response. You’re reading more into the terminology than what’s there.on a slightly connected note, any chance you could pass along to the wizards over yonder that they can move AA42 off of the “Upcoming” list and into something like “Now Available”?
I’ve been told that they have their hands full with the new message boards. They’ll get to it eventually (maybe).
dude, that response is so worth the +1! (+182)
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Right before the statement about China’s “more forces” is talk about the new unit types, then ANZAC. Clearly the line of thought for the whole paragraph directs one to think new units.
The sentence about tactical bombers and mechanized infantry introduces new unit types. The following sentence about ANZAC introduces a new playable power. The next sentence about China indicates that China will have “more forces”, i.e. it will be more formidable militarily. Each sentence is on a different topic. There is no pattern of “new units” there, clear or otherwise.
And besides, the entire game is the “biggest” AA game ever according to Larry and the next paragraph. Wouldn’t that mean that every country has “more forces”? Why then would someone point out that just China gets “more forces”?
Yes, every country has more forces. However, China is a bigger power relative to the others than ever before.
I can’t believe you wrote the above statement and then went through arguing all those details!
Those “details” were logical support for my response. Perhaps I didn’t clearly present it as such, so I’ll rephrase my supporting argument:
The phrase “more forces” indicates more units, plain and simple. It makes no claim as to what types those units will consist of. To infer more than that is to read too much into the statement. -
It’s anybody’s guess.
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who writes these things?!
I get it Krieg. You wrote it didn’t you or at least were in on it? Never have I seen you be so adamant about something before. Ok, I take it all back. It’s gonna be a beautiful game!
“I do believe he doth protest too much!” -rough translation-
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No, I didn’t write it. Someone in the Wizards marketing department did, no doubt.
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Riiiiiiight.
In that case someone needs to explain proper grammar to ‘someone’ at AH, and how paragraphs deal with the same topic, so when someone changes topics they are to start a new paragraph.
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You’ve been around here long enough to know better than that. Or at least that you should know better.
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Enough of the negative waves. Look at the pictures of the game again and take great joy that you will have another great game in your collection soon!
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@Brain:
Enough of the negative waves. Look at the pictures of the game again and take great joy that you will have another great game in your collection soon!
OddBall reference?
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You got it. Kelly’s Heroes is one of my all time faves.
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Krieg, It isn’t that I don’t what the release meant and it isn’t that I don’t understand the way AH writes stuff and even supports the products that Larry and you make, sadly, I understand all too well. What I was trying to point out was what was implied in the release. There is a big difference between what is implied and what is meant there and for many people they just won’t grasp the differences because they haven’t been around.
It is a customer issue. When customers expect something from a product and what they believe they were supposed to get, and then don’t, then you have angry customers on your hands. Simply telling them that they are wrong will not help, it only makes them more discontent, with the product and the salesperson/company/etc.
Take for instance that the release cites AA50, well, since that was a limited run that is over, and they can’t even get the rules from the AH website, citing that as the basic framework for the new game really means little to many people who are thinking about spending $80ish (American) for a game. They can compare it to AAP, and they see the Australian forces now simply being renamed as ANZAC, which doesn’t truly make them a new power, and they know what China had before and now will see only artillery as new pieces, but they thought it was much more.
Truly I point out these things not to just throw the ‘negative waves’ out there because that is the opposite of what I want to be doing. (the avatar doesn’t just look nice, eh). I’ve enjoyed these games for many, many years and it’s sad to see customers turned against companies, (maybe not so much AH, but you and Larry) because of poor advertising and support when they shoot themselves in the foot. I have dealt with customers for years and have picked up a thing or two about business and people. They may not always apply, but sometimes yes. Lose the customers’ trust, you lose the customers and I don’t think that there is a certainty that this demographic is busting at the seams in growth.
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i think you should head over to the WOTC website and file your complaints. i dont think krieghund has anything to do with the marketing of the games or how they are advertised. I for one am thankful for everything krieghund does do for us, i.e. give us info on new games, explaining rules, and so on. all these issues are not on him, they are on Wizards
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We need a whipping boy on this forum. just kidding krieg
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