Hey NavySeal,
I have done the same thing. I am kind of a piece junkie so when new editions come out, I often buy several copies for all the pieces. Of course, then I end up with too many of certain things. Even with the unit sculpts. I will want a lot of infantry, tanks, artillery, planes, etc. but not so much with capital ships, even for US and Japan.
So, I count out what I want to keep for my own games and put the rest on eBay. Sometimes I might lump all the extras in a big lot or make up a bunch of little sets. There are guys out there that are even worse piece junkies than I am and my game pieces pretty much always sell.
As for the extra game boards, instruction books, cardboard accessories and dice, you can put them on eBay as well. Some guys out there have a lot of playing pieces but perhaps missed out on whatever game you are offering, or just don’t want to go out and buy a new one. I found the best way to ship these, especially with the game board, is to use a USPS Large Game Board Flat Rate Box. You can put all the game accessories in one of these along with some packing material to fill in the extra space and the USPS will ship it anywhere as long as it doesn’t weigh over 70 pounds. For shipping within the US, I think it costs $16.95. You should check usps.com to be sure. I don’t know about international shipping because I only ship within the US.
The MOST important part is to price these items to sell. Start low and take the shipping cost into account. If you start out with too high a price, you won’t get any bids and will be stuck with them. Even if your starting price isn’t too high, remember they will have to also pay shipping. So start low. You are probably not going to get what you paid. The object here is to at least make a little money back on your investment and provide some gaming materials to someone that can use them. Even if you just get the lowest bid, at least you get that amount for yourself and you get rid of the excess pieces.
Another option is to offer free shipping which can draw more looks at your items, but then you have to either start your bidding price to include the shipping costs or take a loss with the shipping charges.
Good luck.
Quick Answer Please on Sub question…
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If a submarine ONLY does a surprise strike on a carrier WITH aircraft and hits, are the planes in the air or are they stuck on board???
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Depends : if the fighters belongs to the same power than the carrier.
Exemple : US Carrier with US fighters: planes are in the air and have 1 movement to land.
UK carrier with US fighters : planes are considered cargo and are sunk with the carrier.
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Depends : if the fighters belongs to the same power than the carrier.
Exemple : US Carrier with US fighters: planes are in the air and have 1 movement to land.
UK carrier with US fighters : planes are considered cargo and are sunk with the carrier.
Not exactly.
On Offense: If the carrier performed a combat move and attacked, then friendly power planes are cargo. Planes that belong to the carrier’s power have whatever movement points remain to find a landing space.
On Defense: If the sub attacked the carrier, ALL planes, regardless of owner, are in the air have have one movement to land.
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I don’t think I explained correctly in my haste. We were in the turn when it happened……
Here is how it breaks down.
US attack move
Japan has the following in a sea zone.
1 X Battleship
2 X Carrier with 2 fighters each
NO DESTOYERS!!!US sneak attacks with 3 subs ONLY and hits all 3.
Because the sneak attacks happen BEFORE normal combat (which a carriers planes would be in the air), shouldn’t the carriers have there operations suspended and aircraft stuck on the flight deck? The airplanes wouldn’t be in the air on a sneak attack.
Now, if the subs only hit one of them, Japan could take the hit on the Battleship and declare the planes in the air.
This makes much more sense as to how combat would go. In the old rules, the Carriers AND the planes would just be dead on sneak attacks.
Thanks,
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Defending carrier planes are always in the air. This has been true in all A&A games except the Nova version.
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