As the two game boards are combined there may be anomalies, especially for the UK player.
I thought (& think) the UK player has two ‘Treasuries’.
In addition, the ‘Commonwealth’ (the UK ‘emigrant colonies’) deserves it’s own three ‘Treasuries’.
The other GP starting income totals are due to the ‘historical notes’ on Germany & the USSR.
As to the USA points - it is suggested there should be one & one only Territory value for each space on the board.
1941 and the IPC/Purchasing issue
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@CWO:
I don’t fish either. Never saw the point. Though I’ve heard that this activity is somewhat popular among various folks here and there.
I was just “fishing” for an excuse to post that video… it’s damn funny.
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I was just “fishing” for an excuse to post that video… it’s damn funny.
The irony is that I use plastic tackle boxes as my sculpt storage trays.
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Wow, you guys make me feel ashamed about the hundreds of A&A classic games that I have played with those "one shape fits all " units. But, I get it….we have all come a long way since those “good old days”… I too find the punkin Orange Tigers a little unusual…but I will find a good use for them …if I live long enough.
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@Loose:
But, I get it….we have all come a long way since those “good old days”…
We certainly have. My collection includes several trays of those old cheap plastic Xeno clones of the original Milton Bradley A&A units, in a variety of colours, and to me they are a reminder of the Dark Ages, when the Xeno sculpts were more or less the only thing available to supplement the (at the time) small array of official A&A sculpts, for example in order to add extra countries like France. By contrast, the number of official A&A sculpts available today is very large indeed. (France even has two sets of official A&A sculpts nowadays: the ones from 1940 and the ones from 1914, which are virtually the same colour and which are useful for, let’s say distinguishing Free French / Vichy units.)
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@Loose:
Wow, you guys make me feel ashamed about the hundreds of A&A classic games that I have played with those "one shape fits all " units. But, I get it….we have all come a long way since those “good old days”… I too find the punkin Orange Tigers a little unusual…but I will find a good use for them …if I live long enough.Â
For the record, I still have way more games of Classic 1980s A&A under my belt than all games of 1941 and 1942 combined and multiplied a few times. Now that I have the fully upgraded and much-customized “way more cooler” version today than I had in the 80s… I lack the number of friends that want to play a board game in the 21st century compared to what I had back in the 20th century.
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I appreciate everything you said, we are in the same boat. I got the gear…getting more time available, but like you finding folks in my area (Eastern Shore Maryland ) is the hardest part of the challenge.
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So have we come up with a solution to the purchasing problem? Or do I just bin it all and teach my 9 year old 42.2 or 50? I’d love to make this version work as it would be great for a pub battle. I’m tempted to do the +1 to every territory.
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So have we come up with a solution to the purchasing problem? Or do I just bin it all and teach my 9 year old 42.2 or 50? I’d love to make this version work as it would be great for a pub battle. I’m tempted to do the +1 to every territory.
IMHO, 1941 is more a learning tool to introduce people to the game than a staple of the series. Once someone has the basics down, you’d be better-off moving-on to either 1942.2 or the new Anniversary Edition, then you don’t have to worry about “fixing” the money issue in 1941.
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@Nowhere:
So have we come up with a solution to the purchasing problem? Or do I just bin it all and teach my 9 year old 42.2 or 50? I’d love to make this version work as it would be great for a pub battle. I’m tempted to do the +1 to every territory.
IMHO, 1941 is more a learning tool to introduce people to the game than a staple of the series. Once someone has the basics down, you’d be better-off moving-on to either 1942.2 or the new Anniversary Edition, then you don’t have to worry about “fixing” the money issue in 1941.
Well, I agree with your assessment of the games and will do so with my son. But we don’t always have time for the larger games so I was looking for a way to get more purchasing power into a small quick game. I like the simplicity of this one over, say, Revised. It takes a lot of the “level 2” rules out which is great for him. But I want him to explore more complex buys.
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