Posts made by Bob77

Im in el cajon. Prefere axis and allies. Have a few versions and lotr risk as well

As someone who has recently joined, i have learned some useful and trivial info on these “dead threads” a few of them, i wish people were still posting on because the answers seem incomplete or ideas can evolve over time. Lets say someone read this thread recently, for example. They wanted to know how to use these gamers paradise expansions. By posting that i have the sets and rulebooks, they could ask questions and get answers instead of being sent to a link for the wrong rule book or just a general description of the item. Now someone can see that gamers paradise made 3 expansions and that i am willing to discuss it. It wont help the original poster but hopefully it helps someone else. I guess we will have to agree to disagree on this. Happy gaming.

Tanks anyway wolf.
Unfortunately HGB is out of yellow green velds. Im gonna email to see if they plan on making more. If not, lime green will have to work.

I just might go with the 75-7veld in yellowgreen from HBG since i dont plan on gettig 1914or 41. If the colors arnt close enough for my taste, it still has to be better then the american color A nd it does look different and antiquated. Same with the flying tigers or I’ll look in my other AA games for them. Thanks

Wolf, would you say the yellow green is an exact, close or close enough match for the chinese? I want to get them their own art.

Baron, Im trying to say changing Tp def or choosing them as fodder wouldnt be right. For the people that dont like the 0 def…just saying the new Dd is the same price as the old Tp, so it would be the same cost for fodder as it used to be. I hope that clarified it a bit.
Of couse you have a good point on the sub being cheaper fodder, but that only works if enemy has a Dd present, no?

On a separate note, i dont think its right that all def transports should be lost, escape would be a truer option and the game already has a precedent…the AAA rules. The Aaa guns in older some games and on newer facilities only have a one round attack. My example…all defending transports may retreat after the first round of battle (wether alone or with warships).

And i do think subs should pick their own targets, at the very least on the first round of battle. The only stipulation being if subs chose hits on multiple transports, the Tp owner chooses which Tp is hit.

Posting accurate information isnt posting stupid. You reply about the original op not stating 2nd edition was. The tokens in question are clearly the gamers paradise version for classic 2nd ed, so your post about classic or 2nd ed has zero relevance.
I will reply to whatever thread I wish. Just because some one hasnt posted in a thread for 18+ monthes doesnt mean people havent been reading it currently.
I apologize if my comment about your ignorance offended you. I meant it as lack of knowlede not stupidity.
I do not apologize for saying your a Jackass for posting replys to 3 of my posts in one day with jackass comments.

In my opinion (which you dont have to share) these house rules undermine the spirit of the new destroyer pieces and the historical accuracy of the unescorted ships. We all loved the cheap fodder the transports were, but now we have a destroyer @ the same cost which can attack and has a better defence. I call that upgraded fodder. The Tps new lower price reflects the now reduced role/ versatility of the Tp. Now you can protect you surface fleets and/or convoys with the upgraded fodder like the great admirals did. When on the move, transports were in the middle of a convoy with escort destroyers surrounding the perimeter and interspersed at intervals to protect the Tps. Not the other way around. The same with capital ships. Aircraft carriers and battle ships had a ring of cruisers, destroyers and smaller surface ships around the to hold the enemy at bay and take damage while the longer ranged guns of the battle ships blasted from a relatively safe distance. Aircraft carriers being technically different in that they were in the center to keep the floating runway operational and in the fight and that most aircraft not used for air to air defence tried to bypass the rings of security to score hits on the bigger fish, the aircraft carrier being the biggest prize when available. If transports were part of these fleets, as was the case often enough, the Tps were protected by the outer rings as well. In summation, enjoy the new destroyer piece/ upgraded fodder and the lower cost Tp.

Thanks anyway.

Photo bucket link is dead. Anyway to get you to repost IL?

He is asking about the gamers paradise expansions. You would know this wolfy if you ever owned a copy. You would also know which addition is was made for. Its funny that your ignorance is following me thru multiple threads today. Are you stalking me?

Couldnt pass up the irony of the 8 year wait

You read it, so there must be people out there that r interested

Finally…the reprint is coming

Ive never heard of bids til recently. I can see both sides as it relates to classic 2nd ed. The game was more challenging for the axis and therefore i always played the axis cuz nobody wanted to. A bid system would have changed the human line up but it would have also biased the game. As it was…i got to be a strong axis player due to experimenting with different stratagies, deciding when to pull back, when to feint, and especially in the opening turns to push my numerical superiority to gain ipc and close the income gap before the allies could get mobilized. I cant speak to the other varients because i have limited play time in them, but i would imagine this to hold true. Im not knocking the bids but from my experience with classic, I see it as a custom rule that could be taken or left, but not necessary if you put in the time to play learn and stratagize.

Transports should have a low to zero defense. Period. The units represent the overall flavor of the time period, not individual ships or skirmishes. If a transport wasnt so week on def…there wouldnt have been such tonnage of men and material lost at sea AND these Armed vessels would have been used for defensive patrols instead. Ok…the ship has aa guns and maybe a 5 in…so what? Compare that armament to an escort destroyer. In comparison the transport isnt armed at all. Compare how many escorted transports were sunk against attacking sub, surface ship or plane raids especially compared to the attackers losses.  Those were nothing compared to the shipping losses of unescorted transports. You want to beef up transport value and or realism? Do what the allies did and add destroyers to the convoy for def. Or add a special value for destroyers or transports in a convoy. Try the escort and destroyer rules from the gamers paradise expansion.

Good news…Reissue in stores soon.70-100 bucks! Get it before its gone.

I wanted to get a fighter and a few artillary for china in the 1940 2nd ed color. Tired of american and chinese forces getting mixed up on the board. Anyone know what version/independent sculpter has the exact color match?

The publisher is gamers paradise. They are no longer around but i have all 3 of those expansions faily complete( missing 2 hellcats a commando that sort of stuff). I have all 3 rule books and the giant map that came with the third expansion. The third one is basically a mini game between the us and japan before the start of the regular game…and increased ipc values for pacific islands to encourage island hoping.

I preordered mine on sept 1. 70 bucks and free shipping😀😀. It says expected release date is oct 6. Getting close