A&A Minis Module Support - Unit Requests

Nice, if your posting over there, direct them to a better place :wink:

Yes. We could try playing out scenarios here in the boards but the games might take too long.

@Audacity:

What kind of playing surface is this played on?  Is it very large hexes or does speed 2 mean a measurement like inches?

I’ve ordered a case to start with.

The maps use staggered square grids (effectively hexes).

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Yes, you are right about the planes being rares. I looked at the previews on the Avalon Hill site again and it seems I mistook the rare symbol for the uncommon symbol. Which is is something very easy to do, given that it is so small.

Rangers are strong competitive piece, though unless they get new (non-improved) indirect fire units the Spotter SA is mostly just thematic.

(Edit)Here’s my full review:

As the opening salvo says, “its inevitable that it will be compared to the Axis workhorse, the SS-Panzergrenadiers.” Quite true, though thankfully the Rangers have enough differences to keep them from being just carbon-copies.

The Lead the Way SA is interesting in that it’s once per turn, not per phase (or during movement and/or assault), so be careful when you use it; unless it’s to grab a last minute objective, re-rolling a movement roll isn’t too important, though thematically it’s nice.

Spotter is again nice, if not too useful. The M1 81mm Mortar doesn’t need a spotter, nor do spotters enhance them, and the open back M7 105mm Priest is an easily neutralized unit. I suppose you could save 1 point and use the Russian mortars instead if you really wanted to. Also, lacking the Spotter SA they can’t enhance aircraft.

The Rangers have slightly improved defence and a re-roll over the similar Veteran SMLE Riflemen; the only time the Australian unit is, well when you can’t take Rangers (eg Pre-1942 game). By themselves the Rangers are at the high end of 5 points, but compared to the Garand they perhaps should have been 6; as is they make the Garand fairly useless. Sure the Garands can have the same dice, without a re-roll, but that requires more points for an adjacent commander, and is -1/-1 defence.

A great unit that I’m sure will see a lot of use both in casual and competitive games: 4.5/5

So back to the German/Chinese issue.

I read the Set II Checklist again and it specifically points out that giving a Chinese army the sdkfz 222 is for scenario play. I think this is just a general rule of thumb for scenarios: if country X had unit Y but unit Y belongs to country Z, just use it in your scenario as country X anyway.

That’s the beauty of this game.

I’m going to start a new thread about Sino-German relations.

The following are links to previews of pieces from the upcoming Axis & Allies Miniatures game. I will update this topic with new links.

Piece Previews

Opening Salvo: PzKpfw IV

Opening Salvo: KV-1

Opening Salvo: Rotations

Opening Salvo: Tiger I

Opening Salvo: M4A1 Sherman Tank

Opening Salvo: SdKfz 251

Opening Salvo: Churchill Crocodile

Opening Salvo: German Crew Served Weapons

Opening Salvo: M3 Lee

Opening Salvo: sIG 33

Opening Salvo: T34/76

Opening Salvo: Carro Armato M13/40

Opening Salvo: The Humber Scout Car

What’s a Salvo?