Posts made by Black Fox

One other thought.  If it becomes too expensive to make all of these then I would concentrate on units that you can’t already get from the other A&A games.  Units such as mechanized infantry, cruisers and so on.  Also let’s say someone wants naval aircraft. (You only really need them for the US & Japan) Well you can simply add P-51 & KI-44 to represent land base aircraft.  But if you want to throw one in for the British you can give them a Fairey Firefly. Of if you want to add ground attack aircraft, you add one for every nation except Germany since they already have a Stuka.  Anyway, I’m sure you get the point.  I hope this helps.

First I would like to thank the guys at Field Marshal for taking on this project.  Please count me in for one set.

Well I posted a list of units I would like to have.  It’s something that I created a while back so there are no Italians.  It is a wish list of course and I don’t expect to ever get all of these pieces.  In all reality I’d be lucky to get one of each type.  So I listed my favorite choices for each category on the top of each list.

Three units that I really would like to see are Mechanized Infantry (represented primarly by halftracks), Medium bombers and surface attack (Dive Bombers).  For easy of identification I would like medium bombers to be represented by 2 engine and heavy bombers be represented by 4 engines.  Last surface attack aircraft.  In other words, aircraft who’s primary role was to attack ground or naval units such as dive & torpedo bombers and attack aircraft.

One idea about making sculpture is that if there is already a suitable piece out there, just make a copy then modify a little so you don’t have to worry about copy rights.  Just a thought.

Once again, thanks for taking this on.

TANKS
Russians
T-34/76
T-34/85
German
Panzer 3J
Panther A&D
Tiger
British
Cromwell IV
Valentine Mk III
Churchill Mk VII
U.S.A
Sherman M4A1
Stuart M5
Japan
Shinhoto Chi Ha
Ha-Go Type 95

MECHANIZED INFANTRY (Primarily represented by halftracks)
Russians
SU-57
M-17
Germany
SdKfz 250/1 Alt
SdKfz 251/D1
British
Universal Carrier Mk IV
M5A1
U.S.A
M-3
Japan
Type 4 Ka-Tsu
Type 1 Ho-Ha

ARTILLERY
Russians
ZiS-2 57mm
ZiS-3 67.2mm
German
PAK 40 75mm
PAK 43 88 mm
British
6 Pounder 57 mm
BL 5.5
U.S.A
M-1 57mm
M-2 105 mm
Japan
Type 1 47 mm Anti-Tank Gun
Type 94 75 mm Mountain Gun

FIGHTERS
Russians
Yak-9T
IL-2
Germany
ME-109
FW-190
British
Spitfire
Hurricane
Fairey Firefly (Navy)
U.S.A
P-51D
P-47
P-40
P-38
F6F (Navy)
Japan
KI-44
Zero(Navy)

Dive/Torpedo/attack
Russians
Il-2 Shturmovik
Germany
Stuka
British
A-31 Vengeance
Hawker Typhoon
U.S.A
SBD Dauntless
Japan
Aichi DA3 Val

MEDIUM BOMBERS (represented by two engine bombers)
Russians
Petlyakov Pe-2
Tupolev Tu-2
Germany
Heinkel He 111
Dornier Do 217
Junkers Ju 88
Junkers Ju 87 Stuka
British
Vickers Wellington
Bristol Beaufort
U.S.A
B-25
A-26
Japan
GM4 Betty
Nell

HEAVY BOMBERS (represented by four engine bombers)
Russians
TB-3
Tu-4 (B-29)
Germany
Junkers Ju 290
Junkers Ju 390
British
Lancaster
Manchester
Halifax
U.S.A
B-17
B-24
B-29
Japan
Mitsubishi Ki-21 Sally
Nakajima G10N

BATTLESHIPS
Russians
Vanamoinen
Arkhangelsk
Germany
Bismark class
Sharnhorst
Lutzow
Graff Spee
British
Hood
King George V
Nelson
Prince of Wales
U.S.A
Iowa
South Dakota
Arizona
Japan
Yamato
Kongo
Nagato
Ise
Huso

CARRIERS
Germany
Graff Zeplin
British
Ark Royal
Eagle
Implacable
Victorious
U.S.A
Yorktown
Enterprise
Essex
Japan
Kaga
Akagi
Shokaku
Ryuzyo

CRUISERS
Russians
Kirov
Markarov
Krasnikakaz
Germany
Prinz Eugen
Nurnburg
Lepzig
Lutzow
British
Sussex
Ajax
Belfast
Southhampton
Cumberland
Suffolk
U.S.A
Portland
Atlanta
Cleavland
Baltimaore
Japan
Kako
Atago
Ahigara
Isuzu
Kuma

DESTROYERS
Russians
Opitni
Gromki
Lennengrad
Germany
Beitzen
Mowe
Narvik
Maass class
British
C-Class
Cambelltown
Cossack
Hotspur
Narvak
Hunt
U.S.A
Fletcher
Gearing
Allen Summers
Mahan
Gridley
Japan
Kagero
Asashio
Hubuki
Kuri

SUBMARINES
Russians
K-Class
P-Class
V-Class
Germany
U-boat Type VII
U-boat Type IX
British
S-Class
T-Class
U-Class
V-Class
U.S.A
Gato
Balao
S-Class
Pike
Japan
I-15
I-1
I-53

CARGO
Russians
Isar
Neva
Smolensk
Germany
Altmark class
Erwin Wassner
Weichsel
British
Bacchus
Reliant
Abbydale
U.S.A
Liberty
Victory
Japan
Kamikaw Maru

Ahh, you are all in for an education.  Actually using British aircraft to support Soviet infantry is historically accurate!

In 1941 shortly after the beginning of OP Barbarosa.  RAF aircraft were moved to the Murmansk area in the USSR were they fought along side Russian troops!  After about 6 months the aircraft were turned over to Soviet troops.  More info can be found here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_151_Wing_based_at_Murmansk

The US had also establish a support base in I believe the Amursk area to help train the Soviets how to use American equipment that was being shipped over there.  However, I don’t believe US troops ever provided any direct combat support.

IL Krieg

Thanks for your reply.

It seems the Anniversary Edition will satisfy most of the changes that I wanted to see.  The only thing I really want at this point are the unique sculpts for each country/unit type.  Maybe they can make something similar to the A&A miniatures but on a scale more suitable for the A&A board games.  However, if they do make something like this I will only buy them as a set of the same units for each country.  Something similar to the way GHQ sells their Micro Armor http://www.ghqmodels.com/ I have refused to buy the A&A miniatures because because you have no control on what you are buying.

Gents

A curiosity question here.

There is a whole discussion group for A&A Deluxe.  Is this new Anniversary Edition basically considered the Deluxe version?  A lot of what was discussed there seem to be incorporated into the new Anniversary version.

Also, there has also been a lot of discussion about creating a new A&A game based off a 10 or 12 sided dice.  What is this version referred to as?

Thanks

IL

Is this the most recent version of your AARHE map?

http://www.mediafire.com/?lz10ck9dhx5

Thanks

Gents

I came across this web site http://www.history-on-cdrom.com/  It has a lot of useful information.  There are a lot of silhouettes and drawing that can be used for maps and charts.  Unfortunately, they’re not free.  However, it’s still worth a look.

Are there any A&A players in the San Francisco Bay Area.  I’m in the East Bay Tri-Valley area.

Thanks

IL

I don’t have experience with those models.  But I found some 1/700 scale aircraft made by Trumpet http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/tsm/tsm03418.htm?source=froogle  I found these to work well with A&A.

Recently I saw some Player Aid/Reference Charts made by Imperious Leader.

First of all the picture background are absolutely works of art.  Very nice indeed.

What intrigued me was the Order of Play.  The normal standard Order of Play is

1. USSR
2. Germany
3. UK
4. Japan
5. USA

The one on IL’s Players Aid is

1. USSR (Turn one only)
2. Germany & Japan
3. USSR, UK & US.

For those of you who have played with the latter.  What advantages & disadvantages with this order of play.  Also, how dramatically does it change the game?  Does it affect balance of play?

The most obvious one I see is that it can be more historically accurate by allowing the allies to do combined assaults.  However, I see this as more beneficial to the Allies than the Axis.

What happened to the A&A Deluxe Edition thread?  Was it relocated elsewhere or is it a dead issue?

Thanks

Hi There

I’m new to this sight.  Thus such a late reply.

This thread has been very interesting.

On the issue of Destroyers, I think if they are allowed to bombard shore units then they should also be subjected to land attacks.  The reason being is that in most cased their gun range would be about the same as most shore batteries.  It’s clear that DD did participate in anphibious assaults, they also suffered losses.  With a few exceptions, CA & BB were well out of range for most shore guns and as far as I know, a CA or BB was never lost (although some CAs were damaged) from shore bombardment.

Now there was a lot of discussion about the value of the DD vs CA & BB.  Perhaps by allowing only CAs & BBs shore bombardment and not the DD, would give more value to these ships.