Pacific 1940 review copy has arrived

[Imperious Leader]

I can see some of the halftracks and the tactical bombers… looking good, but need closeups.

[johnnymarr]

It appears that industrial complexes, antiaircraft guns, seaports, and airfields are cardboard counters

[Imperious Leader]

Yes finally!

I am so glad they did that. They never needed to be pieces. Not enough room for all that stuff on these micro maps

[Omega]

I suppose there aren’t any holder for the pieces right?

luckily for those who have AA50, we can still use the boxes and units!

Robert

[drol nori]

are there no specific chinese artillery?

[Tralis]

Grr… $80 and no way to hold the separate units for each power. That’s just cheap.

[Omega]

62.99$ at coolstuffinc.com

Granted, its still expensive.

[Bluecoat1861]

Well most of us all ready have plenty of those pieces that arn’t there

[djensen]

Krieghund, since the review copies are out, are you allowed to write up your thoughts on the game now? I’m sure you’ve played it a bunch already, no?

@Krieghund:

I’m looking forward to reading your review.

[djensen]

The maps are “hard” and made of heavy-weight cardboard.

@Omega:

The map looks awesome, except for the fact that it folds :(((((((

AA50 was wonderful because of the hard maps.

If you have time to take a photo of the initial setup, that would be really really appreciated!

Robert

[djensen]

When you look at the photos, the bags of pieces are on top of the holder boxes. The covers of the holder boxes have the setup information for that country, which is really nice if you ask me.

@Omega:

I suppose there aren’t any holder for the pieces right?

luckily for those who have AA50, we can still use the boxes and units!

Robert

[Omega]

Great to know!!

[johnnymarr]

When you look at the photos, the bags of pieces are on top of the holder boxes. The covers of the holder boxes have the setup information for that country, which is really nice if you ask me.

that was a great idea!

[Tralis]

Can we get pictures of the units? salivates

[Canuck12]

I just peed my pants.

[HannibalSW]

Looks pretty sweet.  Thanks for taking the time to post this Djensen.

[idk_iam_swiss]

yeah espeically anzac and those tac bombers

[questioneer]

@djensen:

Here are some initial shots of the game. It’s too slow to upload 12 photos to the forum so I put them on Facebook (no Facebook account required to view) …

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=130256&id=123067070744&ref=mf

If somebody wants to repost them here in this forum, please do so. I’ve already wasted enough time at work on this. :-)

Nice pics, love the “pewter” color of the ANZAC- really smooth- all the colors have been great,

map seems very quality.

I still will probably use the money from my old Pacific- still very new +
I will still use the ICs and AA units from Pacific too- still like markers though.  
I can just put a red chip under it for the major factories.

Glad I preordered 2 because I knew that they cheap out on some pieces and chips.

I guess if China wants artillery then they get it from US.

Questions- what are the 5 markers to the far left of the marker sheet???
Is the map all one piece or 2???
Is the box smaller than AA50??- looks like it but thicker- for the foldable map I guess.

Close ups on the pieces - tact bomb and halftracks especially would be nice- though I can see parts of them- they look sweet from what I can tell.

Overall, looks like some nice packaging.  They definitely condensed some items to cheapen the price a bit from AA50- didn’t take away any quality though- very nice.
:-)

[Piazza2425]

My question is, with the half-tracks, are they able to transport infantry as well as move 2 spaces, or is that just for them alone?  I think It’d be awesome to have some kind of land transportation that is slightly quicker than one territory at a time for infantry/artillery.

[johnnymarr]

My question is, with the half-tracks, are they able to transport infantry as well as move 2 spaces, or is that just for them alone?  I think It’d be awesome to have some kind of land transportation that is slightly quicker than one territory at a time for infantry/artillery.

Mechanized infantry (1/2/2 – cost 4) will be represented with half-tracks. Allies M-3’s and Axis powers will use the SdKfz 251. Oh, and Russia has its own half track as well (if I remember correctly). They can blitz with tanks