Posts made by AlphaKappa

If it had all new sculpts, I’d buy it.

Thanks, you guys!

Can one of you guys post some pics of the new sculpts when you get them?  I’d like to check them out compared to HBG’s other stuff and/or OOB pieces.  Thanks in advance.

Anyone receive theirs yet?  I see that on their website, it still says “shipping mid-November”.  If you have gotten it, what do you think of the new sculpts?

We just got a couple of these in at the game store that I work for.  Has anyone here played it?
https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/177725/they-come-unseen

Apparently it was designed by a sub commander, Andrew Benford.  I think that some of the components look interesting, like the acrylic sonar overlays.  If anyone’s interested, I can try to give it a play and post a review of it here.

Looks great, lthaut!

Also interested in the Russian Early War Infantry (in a running pose).

Hi,

Can I get some opinions on HBG’s infantry sculpts? I’m particularly interested in the Japanese Paratroopers and British Commandos.

How does their height compare to the OOB infantry pieces?  The pictures on HBG’s website make them look pretty tall, but without seeing them side-by-side, it’s hard to tell.

Can anyone offer any insight, or maybe even post a picture (if you’re feeling generous with your time)?  Any advice would be appreciated!  Thanks.

I was recently thinking that Japan should buy only transports and use its starters to evacuate China as much as possible.  I see China as a quagmire for Japan.  It seems to me that all of those forces would be better used to take Indonesia and eventually India.
So what if China builds up tons of infantry and artillery if they can’t leave their borders?

Save images and then print borderless on 8.5x11" sheets of paper (preferably glossy).

I intended the ‘check’ boxes to be marked using extra Facility chits turned upside down, but you can use anything you’d like. If you would like to affix your markers using sticky-tack, print on high-gloss paper.

Allies: http://imgur.com/CexNpBg,PULs4Uq#0
Axis: http://imgur.com/CexNpBg,PULs4Uq#1

I will get the exact count later today. I have a lot of extra 1st edition ANZAC pieces that I’d trade.
I’m looking for:

• Chips from 1942 2nd edition (.75-in diameter)

• ANZAC 2nd edition pieces

• Red Japanese artillery from A&A Pacific (2001)

• HBG battle pieces

I’m also willing to hear any other offers!

@SS:

I got 2 sets of 2nd Ed 40. Are those the same size as 1942 ?

No, I believe they are bigger

Anyone else here play this game?  I just picked it up and I love it.  The game-play is fast and fun and it’ll give you that historical grand-strategy fix without the time commitment of Axis & Allies.  Highly recommended.

I was actually just about to post that I’m looking for these too!  Haha - you take first dibs.  If anybody else has these, I am willing to trade my Europe 1940 1st edition ANZAC pieces.

Oh my gawwwwwd.  I’ll have to get some.  It’s too bad HBG is sold out!

@CWO:

Cruiser sculpts are actually fairly easy to distinguish from destroyer sculpts because the destoyer sculpts nearly all have transom sterns, which means that the back part of the ship is square or, in a couple of cases, rounded.  The cruisers have cruiser sterns, which are pointed.  (The first version of the German Hipper-class cruiser had a transom stern, but it was changed to a cruiser stern later.)

This is a good point.  The ‘flat’ stern of the Destroyers is a distinguishing feature except in the case of Russia, whose Cruiser also has a transom stern.  You’re right, I mean – to the discerning eye, the pieces are certainly distinguishable.  Our play style, however, is usually more on the ‘pushing plastic’ side.  We want to keep it fast and fun and the Crusiers have been by far the biggest source of confusion all the times that we’ve played.

@barney:

hmmm… interesting question. I suppose you would want to jack the price of subs a little as well, but maybe not. Baron is pretty good with crunching numbers maybe he’ll chime in.

You could also get some bad ass looking cruisers from one of the custom sculpt makers. That might make them easier to distinguish.

Some of the custom ships are pretty amazing but I’d say that the size of the Cruiser is really the problem and not so much the ‘sculpt’.

I don’t know about subs. I think I would leave their price alone.

I’d like to discuss how to remove Cruiser units from Global 1940. While I appreciate Cruisers in theory, the ‘medium’ size of the physical sculpts is difficult for me and my friends to distinguish from the ‘large’-size Battleships and the ‘small’-size Destroyers. Introducing a house rule that removes Cruisers would make the game much more accessible for some of my friends.

What I would like to do is eliminate the Cruiser and then add Bombardment @ 2 to Destroyer units. However, should that require a small boost in price for the Destroyer? If so, how much? I am considering a new cost of 10 IPCs for Destroyers but I am not sure if that would be too expensive.

Regarding the map setup, I would expect to simply downgrade all of the Cruisers to Destroyers (with Bombardment @ 2) and then refund any cost difference as a small bonus to each nation’s starting IPCs.

I want to remove Cruisers with the smallest-possible impact on gameplay, rules, and unit pricing. In your experienced opinion, would these changes negatively affect the game in ways that I might not be considering? I have played Global 1940 about 7 or 8 times and I do not think that these changes would be too drastic. Can you offer any advice on this? Thank you.
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Update (3/3/15): Here is my revised naval setup, which replaces all Cruisers with Destroyers (costing 10 IPCs with Bombardment @ 2).  Note that some nations have a small bonus or penalty to their starting treasury.

I determined those amounts simply by considering all original Destroyers as being worth 2 more (due to their increased price) and all replacement Destroyers (former Cruisers) as being worth 2 less.  You’ll notice that some nations do not require a treasury change because they had an equal number of Cruisers and Destroyers.

However, Japan (for example), normally starts with 2 more Destroyers than Cruisers.  Those are now worth 2 more IPCs each, so Japan incurs a small penalty of -4 IPCs to its starting funds. Germany, on the other hand, had its Cruiser (worth 12 IPCs) downgraded to a Destroyer (10 IPCs), so it receives a treasury bonus of +2 IPCs.

One question that I have now is: Would it be best to have Destroyers attack @2 / bombard @2 / defend @__3__? That might be too much.

……

Germany
Starting treasury bonus:  +2 IPCs

SZ 103: 1 submarine
SZ 108: 1 submarine
SZ 113: 1 battleship
SZ 114: 1 transport, 1 destroyer
SZ 117: 1 submarine
SZ 118: 1 submarine
SZ 124: 1 submarine

…

Soviet Union
Starting treasury bonus: +2 IPCs

SZ 115: 1 submarine, 1 destroyer
SZ 127: 1 submarine

…

Japan
Starting treasury penalty: -4 IPCs

SZ 6: 1 transport, 1 submarine, 3 destroyers, 2 aircraft carriers (each carrying 1 fighter and 1 tactical bomber), 1 battleship
SZ 19: 1 transport, 1 submarine, 1 destroyer, 1 battleship
SZ 20: 1 transport, 1 destroyer
SZ 33: 1 destroyer, 1 aircraft carrier (carrying 1 fighter and 1 tactical bomber)

…

U.K. Europe
Starting treasury penalty: -2 IPCs

SZ 71: 1 destroyer
SZ 91: 1 destroyer
SZ 98: 1 transport, 2 destroyers, 1 aircraft carrier (carrying 1 tactical bomber)
SZ 106: 1 transport, 1 destroyer
SZ 109: 1 transport, 1 destroyer
SZ 110: 1 destroyer, 1 battleship
SZ 111: 2 destroyers, 1 battleship

…

U.K. Pacific

SZ 37: 1 Battleship
SZ 39: 1 transport, 2 destroyers

…

Italy

SZ 95: 1 transport, 1 submarine, 2 destroyers
SZ 96: 1 transport, 1 destroyer
SZ 97: 1 transport, 1 destroyer, 1 battleship

…

ANZAC

SZ 62: 1 transport, 1 destroyer
SZ 63: 1 destroyer

…

United States

SZ 10: 1 transport, 2 destroyers, 1 aircraft carrier (carrying 1 fighter and 1 tactical bomber), 1 battleship
SZ 26: 1 transport, 1 submarine, 2 destroyers
SZ 35: 1 submarine, 1 destroyer
SZ 101: 1 transport, 1 destroyer

…

France

SZ 72: 1 destroyer
SZ 93: 2 destroyers
SZ 110: 1 destroyer

…

@John:

@AlphaKappa:

The small gray factory pieces from the U-Build-It Monopoly game are ideal as Minor IC’s.

They have the same footprint as the chits that are included in Europe / Pacific 1940 and they look great.

How many comes in the game?

I don’t know how many come in the U-Build Monopoly game… I got mine on ebay as a separate lot and I got a ton of them.  I’m guessing you probably get around 30 of them.

@CWO:

@AlphaKappa:

They have the same footprint as the chits that are included in Europe / Pacific 1940

Are they really the same size?  From the few pictures I could find online, they look rather larger, they seem to be welded to a hexagonal base, and they seem to be in multiple colours rather than grey.  Perhaps you’re talking about a different unit from the same game.  Can you provide a photo?

They are not welded to the hexes – they are in fact separate square-shaped factory pieces in a neutral gray color.  See the picture in my above post for reference.

I bought mine on ebay for like 5 bucks.  Check em out!

Edit:  Sorry for not getting back to you sooner.