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In the wring light I need the magnifyingglass for half of the cards (black ink on dark card) and most of the miniature bases.  In particular I can’t read the airplanes from WaS.

Thats pretty cool eh!

The way I figure it, fuel ammo and Higher HQ can be destroyed but not otherwise disrupted where they lose their abilities.

All are pieces I like in this game.

I’ve never played the boardgames but am I right to think that such a combined campaign would play the board game for major unit movements and then at the 50 points AAmini to 1 infantry board unit scale you would resolve all combat using the minis and then adjust the board results?

For an excellent WWII story based upon radar read “Green Beach” by James Leasor (1975).  It is the story of the Canadian South Sask Regiment at Pourville (adjacent to Dieppe).  A section of troops were tasked to take British radar scientist Jack Nisentall (also a Jewish boy) in to capture pieces of the German Freya radar.

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I’ll be in for a case, split with a friend.  That way we can each build our fleets a bit.  Thats all I need as I’m not concerned about having each piece.

In my area the stores seem to be selling off the old stock and new stuff is no where to be seen.  This is why I buy enough when I start something to last me a life time.

Wait, Out.

My buildings are made of wood.  Walls are 1/4 inch thick and each level is 1.5 inches high.  I cut windows and doors etc and glue the pieces together with low melt hot glue sticks.  I happen to have a table saw etc (actially a full cabinet shop) and I cut “rabbet” edges along the tops of the walls on the interior sides so that individual room covers sit into the notches like and suspended ceiling. The covers are just cardboard with a fold of tape on them as a handle.

My three story office building has 3 separate floors and a roof.  If an enemy breaches into the bottom floor I lift off the top floors and the specific room lid.  That way the enemy can see what is in the room they entered and while they can visualize the rest of the rooms on that floor they can’t see what soldiers or defences are in each.  If the enemy goes up the stairs or mouseholes into another room instead of using the doors etc I expose the rooms as required and will of course conduct counterattacks into the contested rooms.  WEorks pretty well and teaches that stacking assaulters is trouble if the enemy has grenades.

I’m liking this game as it is, for its simplicity of play.  I can quickly teach new people and have them playing.

I’ve been playing a HO / 1:72 scale home made game (both WWII and Modern) that the scale is to scale.  We build terrain that is 1 centimeter to 1 meter.  Essentially 1 cm is three feet.  There is no hex terrain for ease of movement and we have multi story buildings with rooms that the models can enter etc.  It is very good and very versatile but it is also slower as we keep adding  capabilities.

The A&A minis is a nice mix of mini gaming and a board game.  Its not perfect but I’ll stick with it.  Live with the cards cause there is very little on a real battlefield that you can control.

In the rules, subs can not hold sea objectives.  In many home grown rules subs have objectives that count as victory conditions.

Which would you like more for your British list?  I’ve 12 Hungarian pieces (which includes all models) and 15 Italian pieces (which includes all models).  I’m not overly particular for a 1 to 1 trade so you can have either group.

If you’ve no more Commonwealth soldiers to offer, how about some extra Germans for the other group?

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While I’m not interested offerings list I do have items to trade.

What I’m interested in is Canadian, Aussie and British pieces.

I do have available twelve Italian Pieces that include all Italian models from the first 5 sets.

I also have about 40 Japanese pieces, and a bunch of Hungarians.  The Chinese were already traded.

Colringbk,

I have sent a couple of emails wondering if you were collecting the requested pieces from any set (set 1) or just the resized 39-45 set.  Are you still interested in a trade?

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Dertz,

You may do okay if you can keep your son away from the PS2 etc…  I’ve lost to computer gaming.  My son doesn’t play miniatures and I don’t play PS2.

I’ve all four pieces.  I’m not too fussy about what I get except that I’m mainly interested in Canadian, Australian or British pieces.

I’lll send a PM

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I’ll make my way into the dungeon and see what I’ve got on your want list.

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I’m smitten with the concept of Heroscape interlocking hex tiles but don’t want to invest in that game.  I’d also like a three inch hex.  Any ideas out there to make really accurate sized hexes that I can make into different thicknesses and create a contoured valley.  I’m toying with plywood and styrofoam so far.  I think it needs a hex shaped long piece of material that I can then cut slices like a loaf of bread.

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Thanks for the invite.  Mot was very patient with my technophobe attributes last spring but its currently not for me.  Apparently there is high speed internet coming my way this year and I may rethink it then.  Other than that, besides the game, I like to actually play with the miniatures.

Half Track, I continue to hope that the game will not die, though right now I’ve little time for gaming.  My strategy though for things like this has been to set myself up with enough to play the level I want for the rest of my life.  If it dies now, I’m good to go.

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