A&A 1941 Rulebook

@Private-Panic thanks! Will try it in my next game :smile:

@Iisded If G has its forces placed to keep the R stack in WR, as it should, then trading Karelia, Ukraine and Caucasus. At some point G will capture Karelia in sufficient strength to hold it, but that is not the death-knell for R. Then R must block Archangel every turn to stop any tanks in Karelia reaching Moscow.

If G (or J) manage to hold Caucasus and start to build there, then the writing is probably on the wall for Moscow.

So my R stack will stay in WR unless any of the following happens:

G get odds on me there. The recapture of Caucasus requires me to denude WR’s defence to a dangerous extent. R fails to block Archangel, necessitating a withdrawal to Moscow.

Against a poor G player R will gradually gain a sufficient advantage to start to use its mobile units (supported by sufficient infantry) to kill off any smaller invading forces without those mobile units then being at risk.

But these moves are what I do against my opponents. I taught all of them to play so their moves are constrained by my guidance. I do not want to pretend that this covers every eventuality that other opponents might present.

About Axis and allies 1941
Much has been criticized about this version, and much of the criticism is correct, because it fails in its main premise: to be a gateway for new players.

-A manual that wastes a LOT of space, and does not include a complete developing of each face for a power as a example. It also does not include a glossary showing what the unit models are, such as if it is at the end of the 1940 manual. It does not include an IPC management table and industrial capacity, as if there were in 1940, for photocopying.
-There are no aid cards for players.
-And yes, there are not enough pieces to play optimally.
All this makes new people get a bad impression of the franchise, even asking, if the other versions have the same shortcomings. Now, videos say that there are missing pieces to play well, but they don’t say which ones or how many.

Those are my ideas:
How many more pieces should the edition have (or you need to add).
11 more gray chips
1 die
1 infantry and 1 destroyer, for USA
1 destroyer, 1 infantry, 1 transport, for Japan
1 submarine for Germany
1 USSR infantry
What pieces to subtract:
2 green chips
1 USSR submarine
2 USSR transports

If Zombies has money, I don’t understand why not 1941, which is supposed to be a more important issue, because it is introductory. They require:
18 CPI of 1
5 CPI of 5
5 CPI of 10

I would also add aeronautical movement counters, as in the revised edition:
4 of 1, 4 of 2, 2 of 3, 2 of 4

I tink a new production an sell cost increase, but now is in Amazon $18us, with those new pieces i believe, no more of $28us. ¿What do you think?

Final Map:

SETUP:
UNITED KINGDOM-17
United Kingdom: 1 Infantry, 1 Fighter, 1 Bomber
Eastern Canada: 1 Tank
Gibraltar: 1 Fighter
Anglo Egyptian Sudan: 1 Infantry, 1 Tank
South Africa: 1 Infantry
Middle East: 1 Infantry
India: 2 Infantry
Australia: 2 Infantry
Sea Zone 5: 1 Destroyer
Sea Zone 7: 1 Battleship
Sea Zone 10: 1 Aircraft Carrier
Sea Zone 13: 1 Destroyer
Sea Zone 21: 1 Battleship
Sea Zone 24: 1 Submarine, 1 Transport

GERMANY-15
Germany: 3 Infantry, 1 Tank, 1 Fighter, 1 Bomber
Western Europe: 1 Infantry, 2 Tanks, 1 Fighter
Norway: 1 Infantry, 1 Fighter
Eastern Europe: 4 Infantry, 1 Tank
Southern Europe: 2 Infantry, 1 Tank, 1 Fighter
North Africa: 1 Tank
Sea Zone 6: 2 Submarines
Sea Zone 8: 2 Submarines
Sea Zone 12: 1 Battleship, 1 Transport

SOVIET UNION-14
Russia: 1 Infantry, 1 Tank, 1 Fighter
Karelia: 1 Infantry, 1 Tank
Archangel: 1 Infantry
Belarus: 3 Infantry
Ukraine: 3 Infantry
Caucasus: 1 Infantry, 1 Tank
Urals: 1 Infantry
Siberia: 2 Infantry
Amur: 2 Infantry
Sea Zone 3: 1 Submarine

JAPAN-10
Japan: 2 Infantry, 1 Fighter, 1 Bomber
Manchuria: 2 Infantry, 1 Fighter
Coastal China: 1 Infantry, 1 Tank
Indo China: 2 Infantry
Iwo Jima: 1 Infantry
Caroline Islands: 1 Infantry
Sea Zone 29: 1 Destroyer
Sea Zone 30: 1 Submarine, 1 Aircraft Carrier, 1 Fighter
Sea Zone 33: 1 Battleship, 1 Transport
Sea Zone 34: 1 Destroyer, 1 Battleship, 1 Aircraft Carrier, 1 Fighter, 1 Transport

UNITED STATES-19
Eastern United States: 1 Infantry, 1 Tank, 1 Bomber
Western United States: 2 Infantry, 1 Fighter
Hawaiian Islands: 1 Infantry, 1 Fighter-
Philippines: 1 Infantry
Northern China: 1 Infantry
Southern China: 2 Infantry
Sea Zone 4: 1 Destroyer
Sea Zone 32: 1 Battleship, 1 Transport
Sea Zone 37: 1 Submarine, 1 Destroyer, 1 Aircraft Carrier, 1 Fighter

Hi Forum,

Here is a video of a timelapse I have created on youtube of the set up of AnA 1941. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdbs8P451Sc

BH

Don’t think about the actual game, and just think about the BOX.  If the BOX is the same - and the title, and it’s categorized as a first or second edition, then it IS the same -version-, by definition.

Just like ALL editions of Classic are lumped into one category, so should Spring 1942 be. And so should Global be.

They are loosely the same map/base game, with adjusted rules.

Also, if you’re going to lump revised in with 1942, that’s the same as lumping all of them in with Classic?  Roughly similar map, same powers, same concept. Crazy!
:(

V1 - Classic
V2 - Revised
V3 - Anniversary (1941)
V3 - Anniversary (1942)
V4 - Spring 1942
V4 - Spring 1942 (Second Edition)
V5 - 1941

Simple, elegant, beautiful, perfect. no?

I think “highly prized” will become “quickly forgotten”.

@Lozmoid:

The day we start getting cardboard counters for combat units will be the day most us stop buying A&A games!Â

It would also be a throwback to the original Nova Games version of A&A, which used flat counters.