Well most of the problems seem to always be things that should be a given, but aren’t.
To employ a human that can spell words properly
Having a guy around to take the given pieces and set up the game and determine from that how many more chips and various pieces are needed for each player.
Have a guy who can say “hey these dice look like something from Halloween edition… can we get the other dice back?”
Have a guy who can play it out with the player aids and say “hey this battleboard strip thing is no good”
It can be the same guy but somebody must oversee this
I can only hope that when (more like if) they fix these problems ex. low number of tac-bombers, battle strip, we can have them shipped to are house if we have already purchased a copy. What the heck im probably dreaming.
Yes dreaming.
well im not going to die from the production quality so i can just improvise with this game. ex. use old money from games, find more tac-bombers (still working on it). I can live without a battle board, its good for only begginers. the cardboard industrial complex are actually handy. No more having infantry in the middle of the ocean when an island becomes to crowded.
well im not going to die from the production quality so i can just improvise with this game. ex. use old money from games, find more tac-bombers (still working on it). I can live without a battle board, its good for only begginers. the cardboard industrial complex are actually handy. No more having infantry in the middle of the ocean when an island becomes to crowded.
It’s a good thing that you are not going to die, but if that changes and before you do die, can you please file a complaint at WOTC. :-D
of course i will. I am also trying to talk to larry himself on his website to at least see if he can send me some extra pieces. doubt he will do that but doesnt he know that his grand project for axis and allies has these noticable flaws?
You see what is happening here, there is a situation being created. It is the lack of game pieces, chips, paper money. After seeing WOTC bring the new horror of D&D 4th Edition into the world, I realized the length certain minds go to to get an extra buck. The D&D 4th edition powers all classes use to play the game, conveniently came in card sized format. I shuddered to think one day they would peddle these powers to their gamers in card format, just to increase sales further. I was not surprised when the first packs came out. There are other lengths WOTC went to to drain the player base of cash, but this is not the place. I just needed the one example.
Now I look at this plight with the Axis and Allies game. They could be intentionally creating this game piece shortage in the market by putting so few into the new games. WOTC runs the production, they hold the power. Soon they might put out “booster” packs for the games in the form of new IPC paper money, packs of mini’s etc.
Who knows what diabolical schemes are being hatched at WOTC HQ!
Was planning on buying this game but now i’m not so sure.
The problems with Japan’s tactical bombers, battlestrip,… is indeed weird, makes you wonder if they even played their own game.
@mig:
The problems with Japan’s tactical bombers,
There are no problems with Japan’s Tac’s. Their combat value is balanced, they look good, and they sit good on the carrier, they will not fall down if you place them in front, since the wheels will hold them steady. They are rare, but just buy more copies of the game, and you will get enough of them, the new Mech’s and the grey chips. Then buy AA42 and you even get plastic units for your AA-guns. Butt dont call this problems. They are just issues that we can easyly solve, man.
And no karma’s, please.
My budget limits me to 1 game and i’m doubting between this one and Runewars(from FFG, who answer when their customers feel ‘cheated’)
Razor, I do wish you’d stop telling people to buy more copies of this game as well as AA42. I, for one, can’t afford to and I’m sure there are many others who are not in good financial positions either. As it is, I’m struggling to be able to afford one copy of Pac40; let alone two! Sorry, but I’m a bit offended by your comments; please try and be a little more sensitive to other people.
The real solution would be for FMG to make the games we love.
I am starting to believe Razor is a major stockholder….
;-)
@Brain:
The real solution would be for FMG to make the games we love.
My thoughts exactly.
I am giving a Pac40 to my son at Christmas. I assume we will use pieces from our other A&A games until I paint some of these. I am quite sad to hear of the errors though. I am sure I have enough paper IPCs to play without worrying about the chips, but I think the chips instead of money is a good idea. Do they have enough money chips?
I am going to buy a set of FMG pieces, so the shortage of specific pieces is just a temporary annoyance. I do think WOTC is playing us. This is such a shame. How long before a “correct” rulebook is avaliable here? And then how long before a printable map?
@Imperious:
Well most of the problems seem to always be things that should be a given, but aren’t.
To employ a human that can spell words properly
Having a guy around to take the given pieces and set up the game and determine from that how many more chips and various pieces are needed for each player.
Have a guy who can say “hey these dice look like something from Halloween edition… can we get the other dice back?”
Have a guy who can play it out with the player aids and say “hey this battleboard strip thing is no good”
It can be the same guy but somebody must oversee this
I will be out of a job on January 15th… Maybe Larry and Kev will hire me? Put in a good word.
Variable, you are probably overqualified as it appears that you can spell.
LOL! i know thats right. Larry if you can hear us please do not repeat the same mistakes for AAE40
Great points, Northern Virginny -
+1 to you
In some ways I will mind the shortages less if they come through for Europe. If they put IPC’s, IC’s, AA’s, etc in the box for Europe then the merged game will be better. Failing that they need to provide some kind of booster pack, which, as European being ripped off heavily already I would majorly resent. But at least it would show WotC recognise the issues.
I will be out of a job on January 15th… Maybe Larry and Kev will hire me? Put in a good word.
I’ve been out of a job since march. The recession was an excuse for our company to immediately start cutting back (not because they were losing money, but because they wanted to keep their profit margin). That’s a part of the reason I resent the price-hike for AAP1940 over AA Anniversary.
I will be calling them later today. the low quality of this version has upset me.
