You should check out Young Grasshoppers videos for global(you’ll see all the units on the Europe map at start-up)
Sometimes I find units do sort of spill over into nearby zones.In our last game we had a lot of units parked in Romania.We parked aaa guns and air units in the black sea and just announced that they’re all in Romania.Point the noses of the planes at the territory you want them to be in so there’s less chance of confusion.
Europe
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I think the Soviets need work. The territories should allow for maximum spacing, and some of these are too twisted to allow for the pieces to sit well on the map. More thought on that section should be applied. Look at a AAE map and add about 3-4 more spaces. I am not fond of Finlands layout. I would like the zones to form the historical battlelines of what they gained and lost in the war. I would consider the same the the Soviet union by looking at the Dec 1941 and Sept 1942 start lines and draw zones based on these, so you can allow for the conquest to “look” like it did in history.
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Just a note, Larry Harris said Germany will be split into three territories: Germany (with Berlin), West Germany, and Greater Southern Germany.
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I hope Italy has many territories going “up the boot” to represent the different lines the Germans used to slow the allied advance. Gothic Line, Hitler line… etc.
Ofcourse Italy will get a jab in at France once the real shooting has stopped in 1940 also.
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I’ve been away from the forums for quite some time and I have just been reading the release info for A&A Europe & Pacific. I’m assuming that these games are just getting updated treatment, similar to A&A Anniversary edition. With a different board, unit setups, new units, etc… Does anyone know if they will differ greatly from their predecessors? Or will they have the same type of setup, just with a new look & new pieces?
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No this is a HUGE game. Something totally unique. In these games you can combine them to make a HUGE wargame 70x36
Much bigger than AA50. I don’t see anything greater than these gems in terms of AA games. Look at the fact sheet.
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Wow, they will be a very welcome addition to the A&A world. That is so cool that they will combine to form a huge gaming board. Damn, I’m going to have to invest in a bigger table. I can’t wait to check them out once they’re actually released. Does it look like these will be a limited run like A&A Anniversary? If so, I’ll start setting aside funds to make sure I snap these up as soon as they’re released.
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yes definatly buy these two. I think this will be better than AA50.
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Good enough, thanks for the info. It would be nice to see WOTC produce these a bit longer than the Anniversary sets, as I’m sure a lot of people were unable to acquire a copy.
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It was said that in the start of the game, the Axis would have no control of North Africa.
Also, the Europe board will include all of Africa.
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It was said that in the start of the game, the Axis would have no control of North Africa.
I dont know where you heard that, this is 1940, Italy is going to have huge armies in africa. Its just Germany that wont have anything in africa or the med.
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It was said that in the start of the game, the Axis would have no control of North Africa.
Per Larry
East Africa – how will this be represented in AAE40?
Well I think so. I mean the French, the Italians and the British are all represented down there. I mean there’s Kenya, Tanganyika Territory, Rhodesia, Union of South Africa, South West Africa, British Somaliland, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and an administered from London - Belgian Congo, and that’s just the British stuff… Hope this answers your question -
Man I cannot wait to see what exactly these maps will look like and also see them together!
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I think you speak for all of us with that comment
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Speaking of the Europe map. Does anyone know what the time frame will be when we’ll get our first look at it?
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Let’s hope EAF has a italian roundel printed and starts with a couple of shiny italian units 8-)
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Well, massive hordes of chinamen are represented by 4 patetic infs that usually are killed round 1 :-P 1941 is a fantasy scenario indeed! :roll:
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lol, I am going to start calling the medeteranian that…
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Modifications must be made for game balance
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I hope not. With so much time to prepare, testers should correct the setup and not repeat the mess of 1941 scenario (the fantasy scenario if you ask me). It should be work of testers, not of players :|
I think this time will be better, we’ll have a non-broken China for 1st time in a global game and probably starting ICs at India and Australia
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Yea Larry has mentioned the short comings of China in AA50. I figure that was just a test run as they had to be already working on AA40 (or at least the concept) at the time. I’m sure they will get it right this time. I also think that at some point in the future (when he’s not so busy) that he will give us an alternate set up for China in AA50 based on the new info.
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