I have been playing around with different configurations for a custom table and wanted to note some things I’ve landed on that I really like. A main one thing is having the map mounted so that it can slide around as needed on top of a bigger playing area. My table is 65” x 95” in total with a 5.5” arm rest around the outside and the middle is a recessed neoprene surface. I have the OOB Global map mounted on 1/2” rigid foam with a 1/2” aluminum frame around it. This allows the map to slide up close to whoever’s turn it is, but then be in the middle so both players can roll dice In front of them without disturbing the map and in easy view of the other player. (Plus we like lots of room to roll the bones). This ability to adjust the surface along with a standing height, makes it comfortable for long uses because you can move around more and don’t feel as tied down.
Things I’ve learned and changed from original design - I originally used too big of a frame for the map and mounted it on too high of a foam block (you can see these pictures at the bottom) - it made it hard to see the other player’s dice and the big frame took up too much real estate. My global map is mounted on much thinner foam (the framing is bad, you can see if you look closely) but I also used much thinner aluminum angle for the frame. This gives just enough grip when needing to move the map around (I use furniture slides on the bottom, which glide very nicely on the neoprene) but doesn’t make the whole thing too bulky. Having it an inch or so off the surface keeps the dice off, but isn’t so heigh that you can’t see the other player’s dice rolls. When playing other versions (such as Zombies) the board is much smaller, but it can easily swap in and out on the same table since it can move around where ever it is needed or be pushed aside.
I originally made it normal table height, but found long reaches while sitting were harder and it just felt cramped. Standing height with a bar stool is a great way to have the best of both worlds.
The 5.5” rim around the table itself gives you a nice arm rest that doesn’t interfere with the gaming surface. I’m playing with how to best add some cushion to this part - open to suggestions. Sometimes I just lay a piece of leftover neoprene on it.
Dice bounce nice on the neoprene and stay off the floor. It also feels nice and has enough give to allow things to slide but be picked up easily. Wouldn’t definitely go with neoprene again as a surface covering.
I made the drawers open to the inside of the table so you can stay hunched over the action while accessing and stowing stuff away. 50/50 on whether I would keep this if I were to do it again. If I were doing it again, I might try to build customer drawers form scratch using actual drawer glides, but that was beyond my ability when I first did this, so I just used clear plexiglass boxes with aluminum pulls mounted on them. It’s nice having them clear, and I was happy with how the pulls came out, but without glides they can be a little fussy sliding in and out of their slots.
I originally designed the table so that I could put a cover surface back on top when not in use, but find I don’t really ever do that, so if I were to do it again, I might not mess with that part (I never even finished staining those as you can see in the pictures).
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1942 2nd Edition Oversized/Mega Map assistance required
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Hi there. Can somebody point me to the right direction or link to get the file for the map for strictly the 2nd edition Axis & Allies 1942? Very much appreciated if someone can help me on this. I need to get a massive map for this 2nd Edition so badly. I no longer play this game on the small sized mapboards which comes with the packaging box due to space. I always play the larger version customised maps. Please help me As soon as possible. Regards. montanaman
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do you mean something like this one?
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By the way. I made a giant poster out of it, plastified and all. When we play I just unroll it on the table with scotch magic tape on the edges to keep it in place. It works great.
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That’s revised. Nobody plays that anymore. He is talking about 1942 2ed.
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so what? Map’s the same. What’s the big deal.
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LOL not even remotely close.
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I know what the playboard looks like. It’s crap to play.
The fact that the colors are not the same as the 1942 2nd is not important and hardly relevant, as long as the territories are identical. That the relevant point.
The playboard included is almost unplayable. Not enough space and you can hardly identify German territory borders.
So it’s absolutely no big deal to use a functional identical map, which has better identifiable colors. -
I know what the playboard looks like. It’s crap to play.
The fact that the colors are not the same as the 1942 2nd is not important and hardly relevant, as long as the territories are identical. That the relevant point.
The playboard included is almost unplayable. Not enough space and you can hardly identify German territory borders.
So it’s absolutely no big deal to use a functional identical map, which has better identifiable colors.You should just check a closer look into South-Asian continent and Eastern Europe, you will see the real big differences. :wink:
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I know what the playboard looks like. It’s crap to play.
The fact that the colors are not the same as the 1942 2nd is not important and hardly relevant, as long as the territories are identical. That the relevant point.
The playboard included is almost unplayable. Not enough space and you can hardly identify German territory borders.
So it’s absolutely no big deal to use a functional identical map, which has better identifiable colors.The areas are totally different: different values, different areas and different connections. What you say is like saying “heck i got 1914, but it’s the same as revised 2004”.
The territories are not identical and these games are not related in any way ( 1942 2nd ed with 2004 Revised).
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I think you are exaggerating this thing to the point of obsessive freakishness.
Do you think it’s okay that people have fun playing a game, or do you object? ….There is only 1 border difference. Which is easily taken into account when playing.
The territory values are the same. -
Don’t feed the trolls
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I am not a troll. I am replying in an honest way.
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There are 11 additional territories i believe in 1942 2nd (from revised and spring42), also some territory borders are changed aswell as some seazones.
This board is also larger than the original spring42 one, and plays much better. Especially when you are using the smaller chips.
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“There is no conflict!” (Darth Vader)
@ freemind: could it be, that you mixed up the 2 editions of AA42? The map, you uploaded is quite identical to AA42 edition 1 - same borders, same values, territory dimensions slightly differing (I took a look on my AA42 1st edition map and compared it to your uploaded map). The map of AA42 edition 2 is totally different in comparison to your uploaded map, as “Does-not-feed-trolls” and imperious leader already mentioned. :wink:
Finally: montanamans question for support is not yet answered. As far as iknow, there does not exist a map for AA42 2nd edition right now, but perhaps imperious leader could help. Additionally, I remember some other threads, were players asked for a map download.
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Yes we got another thread on whether i should make it. I need two things: a decent scan of the map head on ( not at angle), and 30 or so people who want me to make it. I can’t spend countless hours making a map for 2-3 people. Heck i wouldn’t even be printing it out. I prefer Global. I bought 42 2nd for AA guns nothing more. I bought 41 for pieces, nothing more.
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Now it becomes clear!! I have indeed overlooked the whole ‘2nd’ part, even in the title, and been comparing with the 1942 map.
Sorry for that.
I do however not like sentences like ‘nobody plays that anymore’. There aren’t that many players in my country and I’m trying to get some people interested in the game, which is going fine. I’ve been playing the antique game since circa 1989. Then early 2000’s stopped playing. Now I’m trying to pick things up. I like 1914, and I really appreciate my 1942 edition, which is -from a historical point of view- a great improvement as compared to the antique spring1942 setting. -
Color the borders with black marker:
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Dear freemind,
DO you have a larger pincture, or even better a vector image of the map of AAR? I just got a copy and want to create a big map. Thanks.
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To answer my own question, I am using the supreme map of IL now, IPC values are the same and so are the borders, although not necessarily always the shape of the country, but that is irrelevant.
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