The Details

[Azrael]

but there had already been talk of a 1941 game releasing in June more then a month ago.  So i don’t see it as a joke on april 2nd.

[Gargantua]

More LIES!

[Imperious Leader]

It lists 8 new sculpts out of the 16.

This product is some attempt to placate the people who want alternate sculpts. This brings up the issue that multiple sculpts of the same units are now available, so in keeping with the obvious next step of assigning different attributes….

P-40: ( US only)( replace the US fighter in China with this). If attacking enemy land units with no defensive air support, this plane should attack at 4 for each combat round…

3-4-4-11

Tiger Tank: ( Germany only) Can be built with Advanced Tank technology ( replace and discard “war bonds”

4-4-2-8

AVRO Lancaster ( UK only) These bombers can be used to attack Subs w/o a destroyer, but UK can only build them starting on turn 4 in global40.

4-1-6-11

FW-190 ( Germany Only) Has benefit as an interceptor and if scrambling on
defense gets a +1

3-4-4-10

IS-2 tank (Soviet only) these are 4-3-2-8 tanks and can be built only if the Soviet player has pushed out all German forces out of prewar Russia.

4-3-2-8

HMS Hood ( UK player only) moves 4 spaces either with or without benefit of naval base. the UK swaps out one of his BB’s with this ( in G40), but this is a 4-3-2-20 unit

He-111 German player only) during SBR the German player gets a +2 in results against enemy Industrial complexes.

Akagi Aircraft Carrier ( Japan only) replace one Japanese carrier with this unit in setup. It carries 3 planes, otherwise its a normal Carrier.

[Gargantua]

HMS Hood ( UK player only) moves 4 spaces either with or without benefit of naval base. the UK swaps out one of his BB’s with this ( in G40), but this is a 4-3-2-20 unit

NOTE
Also E-X-P-L-O-D-E-S Immediately upon entering combat with German battleships.

[FieldMarshalGames]

Very exciting NEWS!!!

[Guest]

TIGER TANKS.  sold.

[Johnson73]

I’ll buy the game just to get the pieces.

[Gargantua]

Yep!

[empireman]

TIGER TANKS?! IS-2 TANK?! Im buying it for sure!!!

[Rebel]

Sounds cool! For $30 it’s a deal, and all the new pieces look great!

(Though the Tigers and IS-3’s look overpriced, the Avro is great, and the Hood seems to be to good for a BB…)
Can’t wait! :D

[empireman]

@Rebel:

Sounds cool! For $30 it’s a deal, and all the new pieces look great!

(Though the Tigers and IS-3’s look overpriced, the Avro is great, and the Hood seems to be to good for a BB…)
Can’t wait! :D

YOU SAW PICS?! :-o

[Viracocha]

WOuld be cool to see some pics…  Really curious as to that shortened gaming time, and will the new sculpts mentioned have different abilities… will some units get the axe…  NEW SCUPLTS.  Excited.

[lozmoid]

Hmm… I’m curious about the ‘shortened game length’. What could this mean, exactly? I expect we could be looking at fewer spaces on the map, less units than usual/expected for the set up, no technology or national objectives, and possibly a turn limit? What else?

Also, being an ‘introductory level’ game to get new players involved, I think it’s quite obvious there will be a fewer rules than what we are used to. However, I very much doubt that these ‘new sculpts’ will have their own special abilities; more like they will just be for show/decoration.

I also expect some units will be intentionally left out - possibly Mech. Infantry and Tac. Bombers. Perhaps even Cruisers!

Thoughts?

[Gargantua]

It’s one of these things.

1.  Maybe they’ve ditched the capital capture concept.

So long as you’ve accomplished certain goals (More readily capturable victory cities) or destroyed a certain amount of units, or met whatever economic requirements, you win.

2.  That, or it’s the D-Day/Bulge, 10 turns concept.  Where the victor is determined, by the map, at the time the clock strikes 10.

3.  OR, they go way back, to the 2000 Pacific Concept, where the axis has a rising/sliding point scale, that if they reach equates victory.

[Hobbes]

The announcement says: “AA1942 2nd Edition mechanics”

My understanding is that it will use the AA42 updated ruleset (with the Errata/FAQ corrections), which is simpler than the AA40 one. And when it says games will last 1h30 to 2 hours, that’s about the average for my Spring 1942 games.

[Guest]

This might be a clue:
“Controlling one of the Axis or Allied powers, you will command both your country�s military forces and its war-time economy. Show that you are a brilliant military strategist by planning your attacks, marshaling your forces into embattled territories, and resolving the conflicts. Victory goes to the side that conquers its opponents on the field of battle and liberates or occupies the greatest cities of the world. Change the course of history in a few short hours!”

http://www.wizards.com/ContentResources/Wizards/Sales/Solicitations/2012_03_29_AA1941_Solicitation_en_US.pdf

Win by a certain number of VCs?

[Gargantua]

last 1h30 to 2 hours

You know… that can’t involve much strategy… Why don’t we all just get together and play dice.  Mashing them on the board - and calling it victory if we get lucky.

[lozmoid]

It’s one of these things.

1.  Maybe they’ve ditched the capital capture concept.

Yes, of course. I didn’t think of that. They must have done away with the capture capitals rule.

[Hobbes]

@Gargantua:

last 1h30 to 2 hours

You know… that can’t involve much strategy… Why don’t we all just get together and play dice.  Mashing them on the board - and calling it victory if we get lucky.

By the same logic, chess Grand Masters also don’t use much strategy since their games last as long.

Some people like games to take longer, some like games to go faster. I’m for the latter option and that’s why I prefer to play Spring 1942 than Global or Anniversary and my games on either GTO or TripleA on average last that long, although the best games usually take longer.

[CWO Marc]

@Lozmoid:

Hmm… I’m curious about the ‘shortened game length’. What could this mean, exactly?

The U.S. automatically developing the A-bomb tech at the end of turn 1?  (Yes, I’m kidding.  I hope.)