Hi ANZAC. For the HBG 1939 map, think of a 4x8 sheet of plywood. Its is HUGE and awesome. You need a big room for that size table plus room to walk around on all 4 sides. I only played the 1939 game one time and I can say it is definitely superior in a hundred different ways, but playing it is an order of magnitude more complex than global 1940. Global 1940 seems like the kiddie game next to it, which is nuts because global 1940 is not an easy game by any means. I’d say your best bet is to get the global 1940 if only for the pieces, and then blow the extra money for the 1939 map and elite pieces if and when you and your crew outgrow it. Another option is to play 1940 on this site with triplea.
Global Board compared to Anniversary Board
-
@CWO:
Ah okay, my mistake. What is the size of the MB version?
I’ll measure my MB board this evening (if someone else can’t provide the answer before then), but I remember that the box is definitely on the large size compared to most A&A game boxes. The MB box is closer in size (though not identical) to the Anniversary box than to anything else. One complicating factor, however, is that the Global map consists of 4 three-panel folding boards, whereas the Anniversary map consists of three solid (non-folding) boards – so the smaller size of the Global boxes doesn’t reflect the fact that their maps add up to something larger than Anniversary. I think the MB map also consisted of multiple solid boards, but I’m not certain.
It’s a folding 3 panel board in the MB version.
-
Just print your own map for anniversary, glue the pages to thin particle board and bolt some plexiglass to the top. Avalon Hill was too dead set on making it collectable to print off a copy i could buy.
Anniversary is a great game. Worth the trouble. Global kicks butt in its own right but Anniversary is quicker.
-
Just print your own map for anniversary, glue the pages to thin particle board and bolt some plexiglass to the top. Avalon Hill was too dead set on making it collectable to print off a copy i could buy.
Anniversary is a great game. Worth the trouble. Global kicks butt in its own right but Anniversary is quicker.
Good idea. Now that I’ll have Europe with Italian peices I could print Anniversary and play it that way. Probably won’t do that until I get board of Global though, if that is possible.
-
I like AA50 when I am trying to get some old players back into the game who know the basic rules.
After one or two quick games of AA50, they will be ready to move on to Global. -
@CWO:
I’ll measure my MB board this evening
Here are the results. The MB board is a single folding board made of three panels. It measure 33 " x 19 1/2 ".
Suggested Topics
