📢 Roll Call! Who is on AA42 Online?

https://www.reddit.com/r/wargames/comments/po900o/axis_allies_1942_online_giveaway_contest/

The AMA starts in 30 mins: https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/p88msm/were_beamdog_developers_of_axis_allies_1942/

@Brian-Cannon Shocked response by the Devs

Sweet, didn’t see that and thought it was just a stack of 2 indistinguishable fighters. Disregard post.

@General-Hicks
I think saw something when it first came out that they were hoping to add more games later. They’re still dialing this one in at the moment. Should make it easier for future games if they do though.

For now you can play on triplea

https://triplea-game.org/download/

The Steam Winter Sale is here! If you’ve been still on the fence about Axis & Allies 1942 Online, now is the best time to get it.

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Starting with my own answer:

I will “maybe” recommend the online game.

Why maybe? While I don’t care much for example about graphics, sounds and cosmetics or the felt “randomness of dice results” I really do care about rules compliance. As other topics in this forum category indicate the game is somehow leaving the original idea of being as rules compliant as possible.

So in order to recommend the game, to me it needs

either some rework to go back to full rules compliance
or a clear statement, that the online game is not a 1:1 adaption of the OOB/LHTR game but a variant instead - ideally expressed by a dedicated rulebook or at least a fact-sheet that clearly points out all the differences from the boardgame.

To me the online version could be an ideal way to create enthusiasm for the boardgames. But when coming to play the boardgames, online players will need to learn and accept the differences. That is somehow counterproductive, IMHO.

Concerning the tablet version I would definitely buy it. We do not have any serious implementation of an A&A game, however it might be called.

@Ichabod Look again. There are two views: the zoomed out view and the zoomed in view.

The zoomed out view has the chits and the zoomed in view has the 3D pieces.