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@knp7765:

@coachofmany:

We WILL start shipping on Monday May 5th. we have had many QC issues with this set.
We are very sorry.

QC Issues? Did some pieces need to be re-cast or something?

The factory will re-run all the bad pieces but we are going through them and still producing sets. They are shipping out slowly, please bare with us.
We are shipping out some every day, just slower than I would of liked.

@protevangelium:

I see the “Rails and Industry” expansion set being considered for production.

What would hypothetically be in this set?

Rules for Trains, train miniature, armored trains, factories, cities, etc

You sold me.  :-D

How far off is the WWI set?

UK Set, U.S. Set, Axis Minor Set, Facilities, French WW2, then French WW1

Got my Japanese Expansion Set yesterday…

The pieces are excellent. Sculpts look wonderful, they are quite crisp and very detailed. Only have good things to say about them. Definitely the best so far. Keep it up guys.

While they are all great, my favorite piece is the Nagara. It is a unique and interesting ship which looks distinctive and beautiful. Best formed pieces are the Vals… incredibly smooth and even, they have no flaws.

@LHoffman:

Got my Japanese Expansion Set yesterday…

The pieces are excellent. Sculpts look wonderful, they are quite crisp and very detailed. Only have good things to say about them. Definitely the best so far. Keep it up guys.

While they are all great, my favorite piece is the Nagara. It is a unique and interesting ship which looks distinctive and beautiful. Best formed pieces are the Vals… incredibly smooth and even, they have no flaws.

That is good to hear LHoffman. I just hope I get mine soon. Thanks for sharing! :-)

@John:

That is good to hear LHoffman. I just hope I get mine soon. Thanks for sharing! :-)

I am sure you will… they are well worth the wait.

I just noticed on the website that the Axis Minor 2 Set shows and lists a Panther being in the set, however, the detail pictures still show a Tiger.

I am assuming that the Panther is the actual unit included…

http://www.historicalboardgaming.com/HBG-Battle-Pieces–WW2-Axis-Minor-2-Germany_p_1667.html

@LHoffman:

I just noticed on the website that the Axis Minor 2 Set shows and lists a Panther being in the set, however, the detail pictures still show a Tiger.

I am assuming that the Panther is the actual unit included…

http://www.historicalboardgaming.com/HBG-Battle-Pieces–WW2-Axis-Minor-2-Germany_p_1667.html

Yes, and if you look at the list of pieces, it says there are two transports, but when you look at the pictures of the whole Axis Minor set, it does not show the transports, so I’m not sure. :?

Can’t wait for my pre-order Japanese set II to get shipped.  But all the other units that I have received are some of the best units I have.

@LHoffman:

@John:

That is good to hear LHoffman. I just hope I get mine soon. Thanks for sharing! :-)

I am sure you will… they are well worth the wait.

I got one of my sets in today and your right these are awesome. The Yamato battleship is so much bigger now than the OOB ones. I will be replacing those OOB ones for sure. I’m super excited about the one your talking about as well. This is really a nice set. Great job guys on a terrific set.  :-)

Getting me all excited here.
Man, can’t wait. Hope I get some before my next game.

@ch0senfktard:

Getting me all excited here.
Man, can’t wait. Hope I get some before my next game.

Oh the Kikka Jet fighters are going to floor you! That was something that turned out really well as well. :-D

I got my order today for the Burnt Orange and Red pieces. They look fabulous. I really like the size of the Nagato and Yamato battleships. The Nagato is right about the same size as the OOB battleships and the Yamato is a good sight bigger. You could really tell the difference if they were on the game board.
The D3A Val Dive Bombers are really nice looking. They set on the table just like the OOB and might be just a hair bigger.
John Brown is right, the Kikka Jet fighters are really cool looking. Sort of like the Me262 but a little bigger with straighter wings.
All of the ships look great. I really like HBG’s idea of putting the name on the bottom. Another example of 1st class service from HBG.
I just LOVE the new tanks. Really great detail and size appropriate.
The Type 89 Artillery looks great as well. I know it is supposed to be Japan’s heavy artillery, but I am tempted to use it as their regular artillery piece.

Here is a couple of my own ideas for a couple of the new pieces:
Light Cruiser = A 3 D 2 M 2 C 10  Perhaps give ASW capabilities, bombard @ 2.
Yamato Battleship = A 4 D 4 M 2 C 22  Takes 3 hits to sink. Rolls 2 dice and pick best result OR roll 1 dice and if a miss can re-roll. Bombard @ 4.

So do any of you like these or have better ideas? Also thought about giving the Yamato an attack @ 5 – too strong?

@knp7765:

I got my order today for the Burnt Orange and Red pieces. They look fabulous. I really like the size of the Nagato and Yamato battleships. The Nagato is right about the same size as the OOB battleships and the Yamato is a good sight bigger. You could really tell the difference if they were on the game board.
The D3A Val Dive Bombers are really nice looking. They set on the table just like the OOB and might be just a hair bigger.
John Brown is right, the Kikka Jet fighters are really cool looking. Sort of like the Me262 but a little bigger with straighter wings.
All of the ships look great. I really like HBG’s idea of putting the name on the bottom. Another example of 1st class service from HBG.
I just LOVE the new tanks. Really great detail and size appropriate.
The Type 89 Artillery looks great as well. I know it is supposed to be Japan’s heavy artillery, but I am tempted to use it as their regular artillery piece.

Here is a couple of my own ideas for a couple of the new pieces:
Light Cruiser = A 3 D 2 M 2 C 10  Perhaps give ASW capabilities, bombard @ 2.
Yamato Battleship = A 4 D 4 M 2 C 22  Takes 3 hits to sink. Rolls 2 dice and pick best result OR roll 1 dice and if a miss can re-roll. Bombard @ 4.

So do any of you like these or have better ideas? Also thought about giving the Yamato an attack @ 5 – too strong?

If your going by the 1D6 system, it might be pretty powerful.

I like the roll 2 dice and pick the better result. If you have 3 hits and change the values, I think it becomes to powerful.

I would play test it too see how powerful each scenario is, then you would know.

If everyone agrees in your play group, then I say go for it in your home games.

I’m curious to how powerful it would be. :-)

Just got my first four sets in and they are fantastic! I have another seven I ordered in January and now I wish I had pre-ordered all at the same time. They do look VERY nice.

@knp7765:

I got my order today for the Burnt Orange and Red pieces. They look fabulous. I really like the size of the Nagato and Yamato battleships. The Nagato is right about the same size as the OOB battleships and the Yamato is a good sight bigger. You could really tell the difference if they were on the game board.
The D3A Val Dive Bombers are really nice looking. They set on the table just like the OOB and might be just a hair bigger.
John Brown is right, the Kikka Jet fighters are really cool looking. Sort of like the Me262 but a little bigger with straighter wings.
All of the ships look great. I really like HBG’s idea of putting the name on the bottom. Another example of 1st class service from HBG.
I just LOVE the new tanks. Really great detail and size appropriate.
The Type 89 Artillery looks great as well. I know it is supposed to be Japan’s heavy artillery, but I am tempted to use it as their regular artillery piece.

Here is a couple of my own ideas for a couple of the new pieces:
Light Cruiser = A 3 D 2 M 2 C 10  Perhaps give ASW capabilities, bombard @ 2.
Yamato Battleship = A 4 D 4 M 2 C 22  Takes 3 hits to sink. Rolls 2 dice and pick best result OR roll 1 dice and if a miss can re-roll. Bombard @ 4.

So do any of you like these or have better ideas? Also thought about giving the Yamato an attack @ 5 – too strong?

You know knp, having an attack @5 weapon could seem too powerful but me personally I like to see power on the board. My F2F games are so few and far between that throwing in some heavy hitters never took away from the fun. That’s just me though. I know for a fact I’m in the minority but upping stats and dice with friends and family usually makes for good times.

I wouldn’t suggest it as a tourney rule or anything like that, but blowing stuff up on the board is always fun in my book. As we get more stuff from HBG there’s ways to balance the power between all nations. Maybe you could use it in a series of NAs for Japan. There’s stuff that each nation has that others don’t that’s currently produced from HBG. So for example maybe the US doesn’t have a Yamato as an NA sculpt, but only the US has LVTs and flame tanks. Germany’s Tiger is prime for using as a NA Sculpt. USSR has the Katyushas. The list could go on.

I’m sure you have a big inventory of sculpts LOL, so maybe NA pieces could be worked out until we get pieces for everyone.

@toblerone77:

@knp7765:

So do any of you like these or have better ideas? Also thought about giving the Yamato an attack @ 5 – too strong?

You know knp, having an attack @5 weapon could seem too powerful but me personally I like to see power on the board. My F2F games are so few and far between that throwing in some heavy hitters never took away from the fun. That’s just me though. I know for a fact I’m in the minority but upping stats and dice with friends and family usually makes for good times.

I am not sure how it would work, but it is not new territory to give a unit a 5 roll… old Jet Fighters used to be that way (on defense). And I would argue the old Jet Fighters were much more powerful with a 5 roll than a battleship would be.

It would also incentivize the buying of battleships a bit more. A carrier and 2 planes is still the better bang for the IPC cost, but making Yamatos an attack 5 would close the gap a bit. The only offset would be if you upped their price in addition. However, with the ultimate units, like Yamatos, I am liking the idea of limiting the possible number on the board at one time… adds another dimension of strategy to the game.

@knp7765:

I got my order today for the Burnt Orange and Red pieces. They look fabulous. I really like the size of the Nagato and Yamato battleships. The Nagato is right about the same size as the OOB battleships and the Yamato is a good sight bigger. You could really tell the difference if they were on the game board.
The D3A Val Dive Bombers are really nice looking. They set on the table just like the OOB and might be just a hair bigger.
John Brown is right, the Kikka Jet fighters are really cool looking. Sort of like the Me262 but a little bigger with straighter wings.
All of the ships look great. I really like HBG’s idea of putting the name on the bottom. Another example of 1st class service from HBG.
I just LOVE the new tanks. Really great detail and size appropriate.
The Type 89 Artillery looks great as well. I know it is supposed to be Japan’s heavy artillery, but I am tempted to use it as their regular artillery piece.

Here is a couple of my own ideas for a couple of the new pieces:
Light Cruiser = A 3 D 2 M 2 C 10  Perhaps give ASW capabilities, bombard @ 2.
Yamato Battleship = A 4 D 4 M 2 C 22  Takes 3 hits to sink. Rolls 2 dice and pick best result OR roll 1 dice and if a miss can re-roll. Bombard @ 4.

So do any of you like these or have better ideas? Also thought about giving the Yamato an attack @ 5 – too strong?

The main thing is to have fun with the new pieces, because at home, you can do anything you want. If want a 3 hit and a 5 attack ship, shoot, I would go for it. You, Tolerone77 and knp7765 got me thinking, if your at home doing your own thing and your having fun, that is the main thing.

Now if it was a tournament setting, I might tone it down some, but a home game, the sky is the limit.

Heck, I might try it myself! :-D

Well, perhaps we could give the Yamato a hit @ 5 if we increase the cost to 24, to sort of balance out the power.
toblerone77, that is an interesting idea making the Yamato a National Advantage for Japan, along with certain HBG units for the other countries. Although, have you seen the sculpts for the Allied Super-weapons set? They are including a Montana Class Battleship for the US. That would be able to match the Yamato I think.
There is also plans for a Soyuz class Battleship for Russia, so the Soviet Union would have a super battleship as well, for all the good it would do them (How often does Russia buy a battleship?)
So what do you guys think about my ideas for the Light Cruiser? Should it be given ASW capabilities? Were Light Cruisers able to fight submarines or was that pretty much left to destroyers? I do know that some light cruisers were converted into specialized AA platforms. I don’t know about ASW duties.
Someone had a pretty interesting idea of giving Escort Carriers ASW capabilities. So they would have no attack value themselves, but they would also carry 1 plane which could hunt those pesky subs with the ASW capabilities of the escort carrier. That could be pretty useful, especially if, for example, Germany is convoy raiding UK into the poor house. Send an escort carrier plus fighter out there to clean out those pesky subs.

By the way, I just got my notice that my other Japanese Expansion sets in Yellow/Gold and Light Rose are on their way. YAY! Last summer when they first went on pre-order, I had to make two different orders; orange and red in one order, yellow and rose in the second. Each order was a bit expensive for me, probably because I ordered TEN sets in each color! What can I say, I’m a piece junkie. MORE IS BETTER! Plus, once they are available for individual orders, I am getting a lot more of the tanks. LOVE THOSE TANKS!