Does anyone know where Don Rae is now or what happened to him?

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@barnee said in How much complexity do you want in your Axis games?:

I prefer a base game with a lot of optional rules or scenarios or both.

yea, so the base game would acomplish what Roger prefers and the optional rules and scenarios would be for people who want a more in depth game.

It does both.

Here is a Facebook group for Australian fans of Axis and Allies: www.facebook.com/groups/axisandalliesaustralia

Round Two: Red attacks the hunker down forces in 12 VP Joe Blue Base(towards Europe). Cobra Commander sacrifices a C to destroy a Blue C. Still the battle goes bad for Red, they lose 6 C and Blue loses only 3 C. Attacks lasted 2X cause it was a amphibious attack, an C with a trooper is lost, with Blue loses a C also. Losses total 7 C and trooper for Red, while Blue losses 4 C. Had purchased a C and trooper.
Blue Fighter from Apogee Base & 3 C and trooper from Blue Base to attack Destro 4 C and trooper, that is two spaces from their base. Losses Black all 3 C and trooper and a Blue C and it’s trooper is left.
Black 4 C arrive off White 12 VP Base 🆚 4 C and fighter and land base trooper. Destro has a one plus attack die advantage. Black loses 3 C and White 1 C, Black retreats remaining C. Had purchase 2 C.
White from Apogee Base has 3 C go out one space and take out the retreated Black C( for the lost of a C). Had purchase 2 C.
Round Three: Red…

I am interested in pre-ordering AA Stalingrad but I’ve never pre-ordered any game before. I know it’s coming out in August this year, when is typically the best time to pre-order to get the lowest price? Obviously there is a little guesswork here but based on what was done for North Africa and other AA games, when would be the likely best time to pre-order to get the best price and from what sites? The best I could see was $64 but I saw someone say they pre-ordered for $44.

in my table top test of Anniversary edition, which I just got, i have only needed the battleboard a few times, when units greater than 10 on attack and defense.
It’s interesting how bad dice rolls can doom a larger attack force and reshape the game drastically. In this game the dominant countries have each had a really bad turn of dice rolls change their fate. Another thing for dice is the technology rolls, so far, only 1 country has one and many many IPUs were spent trying to get them, which also affected the games early stages for Germany.

@Panzerboy0191 Unfortunately, the WBC no longer supports Axis and Allies (or many wargames these days), mostly due to the shift in nature of that tournament away from wargames and towards more traditional “Euro-games” (think Power Grid, Settlers of Catan, etc.).

However, Greg Smorey hosts A&A events at Origins and Gen Con every year, if you’re in the neighborhood. See @Midnight_Reaper 's post for more details.