New modern A&A variation - Superpowers

I just got my copy today, and, first impression, I agree wholeheartedly with IL on some of the piece issues.  Here’s my two cents re colors & scales:

1. Yes, the hot pink & bright green are a mistake.  A standard red & a dark green would have been more than ample differentiation, and not look so goofy.  I say either go with fairly standard primary & secondary colors (+ white, gray & black) or go back to A&A Revised colors, with a couple of additions.  Having too little contrast was a problem with the original A&A Brit & Japanese units, but going all the way to hot pink and bright green is definitely over-correcting, in my judgment.

2. Yes, the tanks are way too small, to the point of looking ridiculous, plus I’m afraid that they’re to easy to lose, they’re so small.  I’m contemplating going with Eagle Games’s Civ tanks, which are one of their better sculpts, though the color won’t quite match (esp. that dratted hot pink & fluorescent green!).  I’m also contemplating using Fortress America and/ or Table Tactics pieces… though the latter has no foot infantry and has tanks that just aren’t up to the standard of Civ or Supremacy or Fortress America, and, being in A&A colors won’t really match any of the other options…

3. Making some of your pieces so small for playability was a mistake, no doubt about it, because that’s what chips are for!  And don’t forget other options, like marshaling cards!  In my game variants, I like to combine this with the “leaders” concept by tying a large army and/or fleet to a specific leader; then the leader is the only thing that has to move, while all the other units can stay on the card (just like the way they did it in the old MB Gamemaster Series Shogun/ Samurai Swords).

4. There’s 8 powers but only 6 player colors… is there an expansion on the way or something?

yes expansion this spring coming up.

These guys move fast!

Ok i am not going to lie,

and Hate me if you want, Butfrom that pic, the Best Piece from My assumption of what it is, is the Nuke. Honestly I do not Care for Any of the pieces, they look very Zenoish, and the Zeno pieces were Garbage, enough Said,

The Map needs a Serious Face lift, it looks like the Zeno map with new colors, Not very arttractive IMO.

I agree that Xeno is crapola, but i see a few more useful pieces:

the general
the artillery unit
the Nuke for rockets tech
the landing craft for a new unit

which Artillery? the SAM? or that Huge Purple thing on Wheels?    :roll:

The General, Possibly most usable in non Global Games.

That SAM Piece or Nuke is Best for Rockets Tech IMO

Why do you need a Landing Craft? Isn’t that why we Purchase transports?

Your Pieces in that Fire Storm Game Appear to be very Nice, Do they have them for the Rest of the Major Participants of WWII

That is the Type of Quality I expect when I pay $50 for a bunch of Plastic Army Men in a Game.
Thats exceptional from the Pics. I would have No Problem throwing them into the game with revised style pieces. The T-34’s are really Nice looking IMO. Honestly, How Close in related Scale are they?

Could Some one Take a Pic Comparing the size difference between the 2 Games pieces, Like Tank vs Tank in same Pic?

If it’s Really close, I know  where a Chunk of my next check will go.  :evil:

Just ran across this game today - figured it was worth a bump.

Here is a link to the game website:

http://www.superpowersgame.com/scripts/index.php

You need better modeled pieces and colors.

@CaptRick 11 years later: Would it still be possible to get this game send to me? :)

Its KAKA. Forget it. Thrown in trash can all 6 copies

@Imperious-Leader What a shame, it looked like fun. Thanks for the reply :)

@AAdudeCPHDK1981 said in New modern A&A variation - Superpowers:

@Imperious-Leader What a shame, it looked like fun. Thanks for the reply :)

It’s an interesting time capsule of A&A gaming from the mid-90s, before Hasbro breathed new life into the franchise with A&A Europe. It’s got new units, new rules, and a different time period. The colors are bright and you can tell one power from another (usually - just don’t be color blind).

Sadly, the piece size is all over the place and the rules aren’t truly cohesive. Which is a fancy way of saying that there are holes in the rules. As for those piece sizes…

(Portrait of pieces from the game Superpowers - (Source)

The grey pieces are a carrier and a battleship
The yellow pieces are a submarine and a transport
The green pieces are infantry and a bomber (stealth bomber, 'natch)
The blue pieces are a tank and a (jet) fighter
The pink piece is artillery
The white pieces are a nuclear bomb, a factory, an anti-aircraft weapon (looks like a HAWK missile to me), a “general”, and a “national leader”.

The white pieces are white for each power, the pieces in colors are all in the same color for each power. There are 8 powers in the game, each with their own color:

African Coalition - pink
Communist China - green
Euro. Union - grey
Imperial Japan - red
Middle-East Fed. - yellow
Rus. Fed. - orange
Latin Alliance - light blue
USA - a blue that’s not light

More information available on the website: http://www.superpowersgame.com/app/index.html#!/

If you have the desire to buy this game, there are still copies available. As of today (2020 1106), they want $45 plus $15 shipping and handling, but only if you are in the US of A.

I hope that was helpful for you.

-Midnight_Reaper

@Midnight_Reaper Short answer; sadly I am in the Eu of rope… But if anyone has a complete version up for grabs, let’s work it out :D

The thing with this game among other issues, was that it was “poof” released in final form with no input of any kind from anybody and no advance awareness. It was like a secret weapon used as its finished. He had a sale for $25 each game like stale food from Von’s a day before expiration date.