Am I the only one who can see a meerkat on the game box?
So are we thinking that the red disks are 1’s? That’s what I thought but i’m not used to it.
“So are we thinking that the red disks are 1’s? That’s what I thought but i’m not used to it.”
Well, there are dark red and light red, and dark blue and light blue. So maybe light red/blue for one unit, and dark red/blue for 5? It looks like the Allies use blue, and the Central Powers use red. Except that the Italian and American units have red chips under them. Maybe because they are still neutral at this point, and neutrals used CP chips for some reason?
By calculation, if USA enters on turn 4 then Italy must enter on turn -5.
Otherwise, Italy was officially a member of the Triple Alliance with Germany & Austria until it flipped in April 1915.
One interesting question is: if Italy is neutral for a couple of turns, can the Allies attack Italy in order to get at Austria south of the Alps, and if so does Italy then join the CPs?
Or, as I’ve suggested, can the Allies never attack neutrals?
Unless, like Haiti, they’re suspected of harbouring German sympathizers, or hiding weapons of mass destruction. Not that America was in the Allies then, or indeed ever.
The Great War on TripleA (old game, limited in many ways but still cool) just said to heck with it and had Italy start the game as an Ally. I have a feeling this will be the same (and there will be a defensive response in the FAQ)
Shock news: Larry has escaped from the Wizard’s dungeon, and has started spilling the beans.
No rail movement; that’s the CPs screwed, then.
The faithful Kreighund is out, too.
Its common knowledge that the game is on pre-order. Hurray for common knowledge!
No Rail Movement :-P maybe countries with better rail nets get better movement or
stragetic movement.
Larry has great difficulty understanding how important rail movement was for armies from the Civil War to WWII.
German infantry WALKING to Moscow is still a huge flaw in A&A, sadly it seems its to remain forever.
I’d rather hurry for common knowledge.
@Imperious:
Its common knowledge that the game is on pre-order. Hurray for common knowledge!
The topic is A&A WWI
http://www.harrisgamedesign.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=93&start=320
That link is common knowledge. Hurray for it!
