@sharps54 Are you still looking for players? I live in Fredericksburg. We have a group that meets regularly in Woodbridge to play A& A. We usually play a variant called Bloodbath, as well as Global 40, 1914, and Anniversary.

Jonathan Rost
jonkrost@comcast.net

@Panther Yeah, let’s try it in a few places and see how it goes. 3 max is good.

I want to invite everyone to post their mods and scenarios at the Axis & Allies Wiki. Most of the material there is for TripleA but it would be a good place for non-TripleA material as well.

Don’t worry about categories, I can add them in later. As always, add don’t subtract. Don’t change other people’s material except to correct typos and duplications.

Post here if you have any questions.

Roger Cooper

@ballroomblitzkrieg Sent you a text just now… Looking forward to playing some REAL LIFE games hahaha. I love the online versions too, of course, but real dice and physical pieces and maps are awesome

@mikawagunichi

New game is posted and awaiting your scramble decisions.

@DoManMacgee I agree so far. I don’t play Tournaments so at some point we will not agree. But basically all versions of A&A should be easy to learn. A&A is not a hex and counter game. I miss the Classic Rulebook, it was 4 pages if I remember correct.

Lets take the Road Movement rule. In North Africa anything with wheels can move 5 spaces on a road. I love it. But in Stalingrad only Tanks and Mech can move 2 spaces and 2 additional spaces if they start at a road, but Assault guns and Rocket Launchers can not move 2 additional spaces. Now that don’t make sense since the Panzer III and the Stug III had the same range and the same speed limit. And also the ZIS 42 halftrack was the excact same as the ZIS 42 Rocket Launcer. I guess its because of game balance. But for playability all motorized vehicles should be able to Road Movement. So this rule beats me for sure.

I also noticed there are 6 spaces between Grain elevator and Tractor Factory. So it takes a Tank 3 Rounds to move between those points. A Round is 2 weeks. So it takes 6 weeks to drive 15 miles, or 25 km. I am awere it was a lot of rubble and debris in the streets of Stalingrad, but I walk 15 miles, or 25 km, on my feet in 'bout 3 hours. OK, lets give this to game balance and playability, it’s just a game after all. But it does bother me.

I need to start posting in the Stalingrad Forum. Hoper you have some inputs.

@Stucifer I understand. I do like it as a touchstone. I honor it as the foundation of everything else. I will always be willing to play it. It is the lingua franca for the normies to pick up the game. I think we should be able and willing to translate 42 or any variation back to the “masses” and the new players.

Funny, J1 is rather out of fashion in the games I play. I’m not in the running as a great player, but I wouldn’t agree that it is scripted on the allied side. Unsurprisingly, I find the German play monotonous.

All that being said, the lack of love 42 gets here is…silly. If you accept the victory conditions and the time limit, it is a wild ride of trying to maintain an edge all over the map. Really unique.

sounds good. please set up game. pick your side. place bid.

@mikawagunichi Thanks for the interesting game!

What we really need is a really good feed of suggested topics and an email campaign to reveal them. Reddit absolutely mastered this. I used to be an occasional Reddit … then the emails came and they were relevant and fun and I enjoy getting that email. Actually, I mostly just go direct to Reddit now.

Looking back. I probably should’ve selected Discourse as the forum engine. The deployment strategy, at the time, was more complex than I wanted. I had a grudge against Ruby on Rails projects (kinda still do). But the UI was clean. I bet the API is cleaner and less breaking. Making another change might cause more churn though.

One more video posted today, on a house rule: elite units, using Marine markers as an example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42BqEoG9s3M

In this video I explain a simple optional rule that lets you upgrade any infantry, tank, fighter, artillery, or mechanized unit into an elite version. I also show how you can use it with basic or custom markers: marines with amphibious attack bonus, and even a special rule for Allied Brazilian forces. A quick way to add variety and historical flavor to your Axis and Allies games.

@Witt we concede the game! congrats

Hello,

I have just started to play the BBR version just within the last weekend and we were able to get a few games in over the weekend. We are pretty experienced in the Axis & Allies universe as we have played on and off since the mid 80s…(yes, I am almost 60).

We did have a question about Casablanca as far as the Italian NO. Does it need to be occupied to for the Italians to receive the bonus or is just Morocco?

@cwglee51 Thread is finally up here:

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/42168/l25-g40-oob-cwglee51-l-52-v-bobbarossa-x-round-3

@crockett36 found it.

ok with 45

Test summary from TripleA, engine version: 2.7.14900, time: 10:02:20 AM
Savegame

@Screamer hope you do soon.
I have set up and run 2 Turns , but had to pack it up .
Will try again soon.