Posts made by Bruda_Iz

except that in this game you dont get to keep rolling your tech dice until you get a win.

that would definatly be inkeeping with battles like the battle of Midway where it was the very good fortune of the US navy to find the Japanese navy first.

oh ok Wild Bill.  I reread the rules and found that user error was to blame for my misunderstanding.  In other words I had a total brain fart  :lol:

Thing is Wild Bill…. from the way I understand the rules they wouldnt have to keep those sea zones clear.  They would just have to make sure they didnt have any of their (UK’s) warships in those SZ’s.

wow!  If your undying commitment to this game isnt demonstrated enough by how much time you spend on this site buying 6 copies of this game ought to totally seal the deal.  Say…… IL are you Larry Harris’s alter ego?

Krieghund,

I’m struggling with one aspect of the convoy rule.  From the way I read it there also must be an enemy warship in the SZ too to be able to disrupt you enemy convoys.  Is that correct?  From what I read in the forums it doesnt seem like anyone else understands it that way.  Do I have it wrong?  What am I missing here?

hmmmm as I recall when I was in German most of them spoke English ;)

from what I’ve read the best places to get this game early are the small specialty game stores.  The one I got it had even had it cheaper than alot of the online places plus I didnt have to pay shipping and picked it up yesterday.

but you could only superstack subs because surface warships would cause a combat.  It does look it will come into play more in the German/UK conflict though because of the limited number of spaces to put your ships.

Well if what happened to the price of Anniversary is anything to go by he made a very good investment!  :-D

while that is a possibility its not going to happen very often… and it will only happen that way in SZs with an adjacent IC.

I get the feeling that convoy disruption isnt going to happen very often because its dependant on an enemy warship being in the SZ.  I dont think people will leave a ship in a SZ if it means that their income will be affected unless there is no other option.  Is convoy disruption something that people actually make part of their strategy or is it just an opportunisitic way of depriving your enemy of IPC’s every now and then.  I’m curious to see how this has been used in the game.

Just curious IL… why do you need six copies?

oh yeah thanks for the clarification Wild Bill I wasn’t sure what double sided meant.  CHL I still haven’t set the game up.  I only had time to look through the set and read the rules last night.

yes.  There is a really nice black finish on the back sides of the card board pieces.

I just wanted to say a big thanks to Larry Harris, WotC, IL, Krieghund, Dave Jensen and all the other people that regularly contribute to these forums with positive, negative but overall constructive things to say about this great game and how it can be made better.

When I got my set of AAE40 home yesterday I was really impressed with what I saw.  The over all quality of the cardboard pieces was much better that in AAP40 and as I read the rule book I could see that alot of consideration was taken to make the rules easier to read and understand.  I felt that the people who designed, tested and produced this game had really listened to the gaming community and that is no small thing these days so I give credit where credit is due.  THANKS!!!

I have a question about convoy disruptions though… from the way I read that errata to the P40 rules it seems like there has to be " a ship from a country that you are at war with" in the sea zone for the disruption to occur.  Does that mean that only submarines can do convoy disruptions because if any other type of ship could not be in a seazone with an enemy ship?

My wife played AAP40 last night for the first time.  I was her first A&A game ever and she picked it up really well (smart cookie that one).  She seemed to enjoy it too so I HOPE that when I pick up AAE40 later on today that she’ll be just as keen to play that one too.

hmm I think I just read this on another tread  :-P

I for one cant wait to try out these different strategies!!! Bring on Tuesday!

Thanks for clearing that up CHL… it turns out I didnt even know what hits were.  Just a question though in your experience has this been a useful way to analyze the prospects of a battle?  How often do bad rolls just totally mess with it?