AA50 Rules Errata and Q+A

Definitely talking about the Anniversary edition - never played 1941.

I remember being under the impression that roll-two-choose-one was the official rule.

Could I be confusing this with Global.  But IIRC, Global didn’t have R&D (unless I’m confusing Global with 1942).  :?

Sorry for all the confusion.  I haven’t played A&A since my child was born in 2012!

@Gamerman01:

There are 2 scenarios!  I assume you’re talking 1941.

Duh - I just remembered there were two set up options (I wasn’t quite following you).  Yes, I mean 1941 and have yet to play the 1942 set up.   :oops:

@Gamerman01:

Heavy bombers choose best of two dice, yes.

My rulebook and official FAQ do not seem to conform to this.  What am I missing?

I haven’t played Anniversary for several years so I hope I didn’t tell you wrong about heavy bombers, but I was pretty sure……

What does the rulebook and official FAQ say if it’s not best of 2 dice?

Global 1940 does have tech, yes, but the official rules do not provide for tokens and you can only get one new technology at a time.

Congratulations on the 4-5 year old!  Only a few more years and maybe you can have a new gaming partner.  Mine’s 16 and still not smart enough to play  :-(

My rules say SBR 1 D6 roll per Bomber. House rule I saw for  Heavy Bomber was SBR 2 D6 roll. Take better die roll + 1.

Axis roll will chime in here and give you the best option. He plays all the time AA50.

Anniversary Edition heavy bombers simply attack with two dice.

OK, but they can’t destroy 2 units with two hits, right?
You’re just saying they get double damage on IC’s?  Boy I don’t remember that being the case…

Two dice. Attacks and SBRs.

Looks like 2-choose-1 was an official rule for tech in Global, but not in AA50.

I think I remembered there not being R&D in Global because it was so weak as to never be a good move. :-(

@SS:

Axis roll will chime in here and give you the best option. He plays all the time AA50.

I’ve found a lot of A&A players don’t like Weapons Development. Not because it’s OP or unbalanced, but simply because it’s swingier than most other game mechanics.

It was my suspicion that technology was nerfed because of a lobby by noisy tech-haters. Some people want R&D to be so weak that it rarely or never is a part of optimal play. So I’m pretty skeptical about anyone who says R&D needs to be powered down.

I don’t really like house rules anyway, so it’s going to be virtually impossible to convince me on this!

@Gamerman01:

Congratulations on the 4-5 year old! Only a few more years and maybe you can have a new gaming partner. Mine’s 16 and still not smart enough to play :-(

My older daughter is 18. She is very smart and used to play Star Wars: The Queen’s Gambit with me at age 3 or 4.
Sadly she isn’t really into war games anymore, but she still loves QG!

CAN kill two units.

Still nerfed from Classic’s 3 dice.  :-o

@SS:

Thats why they housed rule for this SBR plus In one of my 39 games the 2 D6 die roll per H Bomber is way to strong even for up to double the territory value. Ain’t right just having 1 H Bomber cripple a capital IC.

R&D is a big investment - the prize needs to reflect that.  
eg, if you spend 36 IPCs on 6 research tokens, that could have been three extra bombers instead.  And 6 tokens is a long shot for HBs!

Regular Bomber:
Average hits in combat -  .67
Average damage vs IC (ignoring AA) -  3.5

“Nerfed” HBs:
Average hits in combat - .89
Average damage to IC (ignoring AA) -  4.47

Would you spend good money on R&D for that kind of increase?  I know I wouldn’t!  This is a garbage upgrade IMO.
I can only assume whoever came up with this house rule didn’t want R&D to actually be good.

2 Die HBs:
Average hits in combat -  1.33
Average damage to IC (ignoring AA) - 7

If you factor in AAs, the increase is even less significant (Bombers are all equal when they’re hit by flak)!

If you think the HB SBRs are too much, AA50 includes an optional rule for Fighter defense here.  Should solve any issues.
And of course you can also develop Radar!   :evil:

Just saying what I saw. Whether they made 20 H bomber costs we will know soon from other members.
In my 40 game using D12 and 50 rules H. Bombers A8 D2 M7 C12 SBR 1 D6 +2 damage DF 2

And yes do have Radar where AA gets +1 NA.

@SS:

Just saying what I saw. Whether they made 20 H bomber costs we will know soon from other members.
In my 40 game using D12 and 50 rules H. Bombers A8 D2 M7 C12 SBR 1 D6 +2 damage DF 2

And yes do have Radar where AA gets +1 NA.

I’m sorry, but I haven’t cracked this code yet!

I get on a bomber attacking D6 at 4 aves 3.35 per roll.

A= attack D= defend M= move C= cost DF= dog fight

I do have NA’s and Tech in my 40 game. The charts I made are posted in the Global War thread.  The Tech is not over powering and I don’t have Heavy Bombers for Tech.

@SS:

I get on a bomber attacking D6 at 4 aves 3.35 per roll.

It hits 4 times and misses twice.  Average hits = (1+1+1+1+0+0) / 6 = .67 hits.

How can you average more than 1 hit on a single die?

Sorry thought you meant ave die roll.  Ave hit still higher for me.

@SS:

Sorry thought you meant ave die roll.  Ave hit still higher for me.

Average die roll is 3.5
(1+2+3+4+5+6) / 6 = 3.5

How are you calculated averages?

@SS:

Based off half a 6 is ave is 3.0 but its a bit higher than that.

If there were a ‘0’ on the die (7 sides) it would average 3 - the midpoint between 0 and 6

There is no zero (which is why it’s a bit higher), and the midpoint between 1 and 6 is 3.5

@SS:

If you roll 2D6’s 10 times on dice tester comes out to ave 20 die = 11 hits.

20 die rolls is statistically insignificant.  My math on the other hand is air tight.