Posts made by bgugs

Through this game we will be using the basic mechanics of axis and allies, but with more advanced features. Including new rules that will allow for neutral country invasions, more advanced tech, and possibly a diplomatic feature (this is up in the air as it may open too many doors).

I was testing picture sizes. Didn’t realize one worked, I reposted it. Also I forgot to actually attach the dropbox link, here it is
https://www.dropbox.com/home?preview=My+Map.afdesign

When looking at time, it is expected to be a long game. One that will take multiple sessions to finish (G1940 does anyways with how our group works so this won’t change much of our game play). It is meant to encourage different strategies

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This was the biggest file I could get with the best quality.

Here is the dropbox link to the file you can download.

When I upload to dropbox it doesn’t allow a preview. Do you want me to share the link for you to download it?

Thank you Panther for all the help. So here is where my map is at now. WARNING if you are going to freak out about names not being geographically correct just save yourself the trouble of looking. I recognize not everything is perfect especially when it comes to the Soviet Union. Both myself and my group aren’t worried about this. As stated before this map is purely for concept use. If everything works out the way we hope it does then I will be spending a lot of time making this map more pretty. At that time I will look into name changes as necessary. If you guys have any feedback that will impact the general concept of the map I am open to those comments. Just not looking for details since that is not the focus right now. I hope you guys enjoy.

Thank you for that. Is there a way to make my file smaller? I have it in low quality JPEG but it is still 12.5MB which is .5 to big to upload through that website.

Was going to try to show you guys where I am at through dropbox but it says you cannot preview this type of file. Anybody know how to convert it? This is probably a very simple thing but I am not a technology guy

I can second this. I have ordered quite a few things from this site and everything has exceeded expectations. The owner is also great at contacting customers if anything comes up, or if you order too many of the same 3D printed things at once that he needs to get more in stock (not that I have done that…)

Keep us updated if this moves forward, it sounds very interesting

bgugs - We played two games as I said. France won the first and Britain the second. In the second game Britain spent all its money in the first two turns on diplomatic rolls for Prussia, bringing them into the war in turn 2.

Did Spain not take Gibraltar at that point? The best strategy I have been able to come up with for Britain is to spend heavy on Gibraltar to kill Spain while trying to find the money to bring Prussia in. In my experience if you don’t fight through Gibraltar Britain can’t get the required troops to the mainland. Maybe there is something I am missing but it just seems like Spain needs to be contained before Britain can throw money at Prussia. It has also been a while since I played this so maybe I should go back and try it again. I am glad you guys enjoy it too. It is definitely a fun little game.

Affinity seems like a good program. I am sure if I had any sort of technical skills it could do a lot more than I am using it for

It was $49.99

I already purchased and am using Affinity Designer, a vector program with a one time purchase fee.

Vinyl Attractions Seattle Printed me an almost 4ft by 8ft G40 map for like $120. That didn’t include shipping for me but I am guessing if you are printing a smaller map it would be cheaper and might justify the shipping costs. However, I don’t know the shipping costs of something like this. It could be worth looking into though

I do want to emphasize that this draft of the map is purely for conceptual use. The amount of house rules and additions going into this variant will require a significant amount of play testing. Due to that I don’t want to take the hours needed to make this map all pretty and what not only to find out there are some fundamental flaws.

I am unsure how to convert the file so that I can show you guys all of the progress I have made. I attached here a picture of the middle east so people can see how that ended up. I have finished the majority of the pacific and have also made some good progress on Africa. Africa should be done this week leaving only the Soviet Union, the Americas, and the sea zones.

Here is Imperial Leaders map too

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28677.0

I have this game and certainly enjoy playing it. My question to you guys is how you balanced it? I am not sure if I am doing something wrong but it seems like France should run through Austria and eventually Russia and that Britain would have to spend way to much to get Prussia into the fight to make a difference. Has anyone else had this problem?

I will just keep raising my expectations since more time must mean its getting better  :-)

Is there a way to switch out either the computer version or the strategy guide (preferably the computer version) for the solitaire rules?