Axis & Allies 1941 First Preview

Is there a reason the US starts at 15 IPC’s on the board but has 17 IPC’s worth of territories?  Or it an error on the board?

Nah… it’s an April Fool’s joke… :roll:

But seriously, it looks awesome, and I like the map better than the Spring-1942, though some other parts look a bit worse! :D

Thank’s DJenson!

@boboshonda:

Is there a reason the US starts at 15 IPC’s on the board but has 17 IPC’s worth of territories?  Or it an error on the board?

I think it’s just a printing error. Probably they start with 17, or there’s a rule that they lose 2 IPC’s the first few turns till the economy catches up! :D

Djensen

Any chance of getting some close up shots of the new pieces?

Cheers

@jim010:

Djensen

Any chance of getting some close up shots of the new pieces?

Cheers

I suspect the reason why we haven’t seen more yet is because Djensen is preparing some articles for the next days ;)

@Rebel:

Nah… it’s an April Fool’s joke…

If somebody had suggested a few months ago that, in a future A&A release, the Americans would be given a Russian tank named after Josef Stalin, it probably would have been considered an April Fool’s joke.

Hey IL,
A minor correction to your list of new sculpts:
The British got the new Bomber sculpt – the AVRO Lancaster
The US got the new Fighter sculpt – The P-40 Warhawk

Everything else looks correct to me. I would still like to know all of the classes/models.

@knp7765:

I would still like to know all of the classes/models.

Me too.  In David’s opening the box video, in the scene in which he’s flipping through the rulebook, I couldn’t tell if the last pages of the rulebook (as in some of the previous rulebooks) identify the units on which each sculpt is patterned.  Hopefully they do.

I can see why this game is only going for 30 bucks. Looks pretty cheap. No money and I didn’t see any setup charts. No chips either. Cardboard cutouts for chips. Wow what a downer. Wizards of the Cheap couldn’t be more correct on this one. This is the first AA game I am really not that excited about. I hope 42 has nation specific units or I will not buy either of these games.

From what I could see from the video, it looked like the set up charts were printed on the back cover of the rulebook…

Can we see the setup charts?  :-D

Please post a picture of the setup charts.

I suppose the game will be out in about a week.  We can wait.

@jim010:

I suppose the game will be out in about a week.  We can wait.

Waiting is for Christmas. We want to see the charts now please :D

that would be fantastic. Just go over a turn with the new rules

Board game geek summary says it uses “game mechanics” used in 2nd edition rules…
Does that answer any questions?

It’s selling at $19.99

@djensen:

Here’s what I’m thinking for the upcoming previews of Axis & Allies 1941: map & setup, rules, and finally a game review. Maybe a time lapse video of playing a game.

Excellent plan.

Hard to get excited bout these new sculpts. I’m so used to great quality of the HBG and FMG game pieces now that the oob pieces look cheap and amateurish.