I noticed that there never has been a topic about the Spring 1942 rulebook download.
So find it here.
Ideal set-up for $150?
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Having played the classic Axis & Allies version many times about 20 years ago and every couple of years since, I’m ready to buy myself a copy of the game again. I was pleasantly surprised to see that the game was being offered for around 35 euro in some shops in Amsterdam and started reading up on the game and the different versions today.
The feeling I’m getting on the forums is that the coolest set-up would be the combination of the 1940 Pacific and Europe versions (aka Global 1940 if I understand correctly) but that it’s impossible to play this version in less than 10 hours on average. And that you need a big ass table to play on! :-D
Most people here seem to love the Anniversary edition but it’s hard to get and I’m not going pay $300+ for a game I’ll probably play less than 10 times in coming decades.
I understand that the 1942 Spring edition is a really good version but I already know I’m going to be annoyed by the smaller map and the few pieces.
So what are my options with say a $150 budget? I guess I can buy 2 copies of AA1942 to have enough pieces and have one of those great maps Imperious Leader made printed on canvas or vinyl.
Is it also possible to play the 1942 edition on a classic or revised edition map?
Or would it be possible to print a Anniversary edition map & rules and just buy the AA1942 sets to get the pieces combined with additional pieces from historicalboardgaming or fieldmarshalgames?
Hope you guys are willing to share your thought and advise!
Cheers
Eric
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I prefer Spring 1942 to both Global and Anniversary edition.
Global takes a long time, has a lot of special rules - but has no fog of war. In my opinion, if you’re going to try to make a serious detailed war game with political rules &c &c &c, you need fog of war. Larry Harris you have failed me. :-(
Anniversary edition has some interesting options with national objectives and technology. But the increase of size of the map means gameplay boils down to very much fixed lines of play once the opening moves are done. In Spring 1942, the smaller map allows quicker changes in position, so is a more dynamic game. Which certainly isn’t to say that Anniversary edition doesn’t have some appeal to it.
Classic, Revised, and Spring 1942 have different maps. When compared to Spring 1942, Classic is very much different, and boils down to a fight over Karelia. Revised gives Japan more interesting options as transports can hit Western Canada from Japan in a single turn. But it’s best not to mix maps and rules; mixing them up will mess with your head.
As far as printing an Anniversary edition map and rules, I don’t know that anyone would openly condone that as it may not be legal under copyright laws. But since Anniversary edition is out of print, well, that’s interesting. Really, what can one do? Anyways, no comment.
Anniversary edition has Italy and China as powers. Maybe you could whip out a can of spray paint or something.
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http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=23325.0
buy aa42 and print my map…less than $150
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Thank you both for your quick replies!
@Bunnies: good to hear your feedback, that makes me more comfortable going for the 1942 edition
@Imperious: yes thanks for that, I just need to read up on the neutrals or no neutrals on the map thing. I think I read something about rules coming out for that but haven’t read / found the whole story yet
So would you guys advise me to just buy two copies of AA1942 to have enough pieces or I guess perhaps I can buy 1x AA1942 and a 1940 edition to solve the pieces issue and have half of the “Global” in my possession already?
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just get no neutrals which is OOB
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So would you guys advise me to just buy two copies of AA1942 to have enough pieces or I guess perhaps I can buy 1x AA1942 and a 1940 edition to solve the pieces issue and have half of the “Global” in my possession already?
My advice would be: get both Europe and Pacific 1940 and skip 1942 - the 1942 board is the worst one of all.
If you have the Revised board you can use it to play 1942 (that’s what I do and 1942 is my favorite) since the differences have a minimum effect on gameplay or print IL’s map. That way you’ll have both games for Global, all the pieces you need and you won’t be stuck with a copy of 1942. -
Actually I don’t think 1942 is half bad. But that’s just me.
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Actually I don’t think 1942 is half bad. But that’s just me.
The worst part of 1942 is Europe - it becomes difficult to figure out the terrains on Eastern Europe because of the colours chosen for the boundaries. And then something happens and you’re not sure how many units there were exactly on each territory - this can get to some really intense discussions with my friends ;)
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And that you need a big a** table to play on!Â
One way to get around this problem is to get three or four inexpensive card tables (the kind with folding legs). When you want to play a game, you set them up in a row and put the map boards on top of them. When you’re finished, you fold up the tables and put them away in a closet. That way, you don’t need a massive single table permanently taking up valuable floor space…unless of course you do have enough floor space for use as a full-time gaming area. In my case I do have the space, which is why my setup – which uses four folding card tables as its foundation – has additions to make the gaming surface more solid and flat. There are three pictures of it in the first post of this thread: http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=20658.0
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I have a table that’s big enough but I always play on the floor.
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@CWO:
And that you need a big a** table to play on!Â
One way to get around this problem is to get three or four inexpensive card tables (the kind with folding legs). When you want to play a game, you set them up in a row and put the map boards on top of them. When you’re finished, you fold up the tables and put them away in a closet. That way, you don’t need a massive single table permanently taking up valuable floor space…unless of course you do have enough floor space for use as a full-time gaming area. In my case I do have the space, which is why my setup – which uses four folding card tables as its foundation – has additions to make the gaming surface more solid and flat. There are three pictures of it in the first post of this thread: http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=20658.0
Looks like you have two maps of the Pacific there?
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Or play any version you want, any time, with people from all over the world for free, on this site. And you don’t need to allocate 10-20 hours to do it.
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Or play any version you want, any time, with people from all over the world for free, on this site. And you don’t need to allocate 10-20 hours to do it.
But you don’t quite see the look on the other player’s eyes when he misses an important roll… :-D
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True, but on-line you can admire your game for years to come and show it off to others if need be…. :-)
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You can post your real life game results online.
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I meant the whole play by play, too.
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True, but on-line you can admire your game for years to come and show it off to others if need be…. :-)
In real life you can brag (or bitch) about a game with your friends every time you meet too ;)
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Nice to see responses coming in still. Well at first I decided to go for Hobbes’s advise and buy both Europe & Pacific 1940, but it didn’t take long to find out that Europe 1940 is completely sold out everywhere at this moment. So that’s a bit annoying and I guess that means my options are limited and I’ll just have to buy a 1942 copy for now. The good news I guess is that they are at least quite inexpensive and I’m sure I can always make someone happy with that later.
As far as tables and space, well I do have two full size (10 person) poker tables stored in the basement but since I rented out a room in my house as I’m not there as often anymore, it looks like a normal apartment now for a change … :| And carrying these 60 kilo tables up 3 floors through an Amsterdam canal house staircase is a bitch so I won’t be doing that too often if at all possible! :-o
So no game room at my house at the moment unless I move to Suburbia with the gf in the near future but I don’t really see that happening anytime soon. Nevertheless thanks for the links, love seeing a good game room and will aspire to have one again one day!
Online gaming is not really my thing, or maybe it is too much and the addictiveness has scared me off completely (played an online browser game twice which ran 24/7 for months and I’m way too competitive for that to be a ‘healthy’ hobby) so I’ll stick to board and card games with friends. Can’t believe even my 70 year old mum turned into an online gaming addict since she got her smartphone and discovered Wordfeud, but that’s another story!! :-D
So yes, I think I’m going to try to find a printer this week to get the large map sorted. I think I like the first / basic / “more colourfull” 1942 map more than the Supreme map, but would be very interested to hear arguments on why I should want to go for the Supreme one?
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