Posts made by Der Kuenstler

Glad it was helpful!

The way I worded the statement I made above was pretty inflammatory alexgreat - I apologize for that. I removed it. I personally don’t enjoy watching gays kiss or supporting it - so I will not be paying to see the movie. Everyone else has the right to feel and do what they want.

Well the link I clicked on to see it said “Alien series will have first gay kiss” or something like that - so I suppose I was pre-biased…

Mine was probably one of the books in the Time-life series published about WWII.

@Andy6049:

Did you cut the wheels off of that TAC bomber?  Have you tried to magnetize one with the wheels (If so, how did it work with the carrier)?

Hi Andy - Yes I took the wheels off so it would have better surface area on the carrier. I don’t think I tried to magnetize one with the wheels on.

Hey all - tired of your planes scattering every time you move a loaded carrier? Don’t want to ruin the look of your units? This is the best way to magnetize carriers discreetly for Axis and Allies - no one will ever suspect you did it until they see the planes stick! See the video at my new youtube channel here - and I hope you will subscribe!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH4q5s1w5ibwvX_8V6NyhvA

Its a long list but we use the same Defender retreat rules in our group.

Your AA rules look way overpowered. Statistically in WWII 1/10 planes were shot down by flak. In standard rules its 1/6 so its already too overpowered. Now AA can fire every round? I don’t think I’d buy planes anymore - they are too expensive to lose like that.

@Caesar:

I honestly wanted to add a very complex rule where certain units do better against others but it forces the attacker to actually assign attacks during combat. It will slow the game down but make it interesting. For example. Fighters do 4 against other fighters, 5 against bombers, 3 against tanks, 2 against infantry, and 1 against any naval unit.

Yeah I tried something like that once but the battle board ended up looking so complicated I was scared away from it.

@Narvik:

Another bad rule distortion was Trannies defending on 1. You did not need any warships. Just buy a huge stack of Trannies, and all the 1s would sink any attacking sub, Battleships or Bombers.

The use of Trannies as fodder to protect the expensive Battleship was another distortion that is now luckily changed, to a more historical correct rule. To buy Trannies to protect a Battleship, really looked like children, women and VIPs sacrifice themselves to protect the Bodyguard. If that was not a distortion, then nothing is.

This did not work well in classic but it works fine after adding 2 hit capital ships, 6 IPC subs and 8 IPC DDs. This old thread explains it:

http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=30618.0

We’ve played with classic transports for years with no complaints. Why do so many balk at transports sinking a battleship but they are still fine with foot soldiers shooting down strategic bombers? Its all abstracted to a certain degree.

Thanks barney! I hope you and others here subscribe by clicking my youtube link above because explaining our house rules is definitely in the plans!

For those unaware - nothing bad happens if you subscribe - you just get an occasional notice to your email when a new video is made.

Thanks GHG - I really enjoy watching yours and others’ videos - hopefully I can contribute some good things…

I now have a youtube channel where the map and house rules will be discussed - please subscribe!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH4q5s1w5ibwvX_8V6NyhvA

New youtube channel where I give a tour of the war room here….

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH4q5s1w5ibwvX_8V6NyhvA

I just found a bunch pretty cheap on ebay…

Those yellow arrows are cool! I’ve been thinking of just such a thing for an AA supply system…

Nice!

Hot glue is more for fabric - I’m wanting something that will actually meld the two together - like model cement does with models. I ordered some JB Weld - will let you know the results.

Anybody know what kind of plastic is used for axis and allies pieces? (I’m trying to find a glue that will bond pieces to an acrylic base) Super glue and model glue don’t work that well.

@l8MikeBl8:

I’m very new to the game axis and allies. Just bought it and want to play it. There is alot to the game and i have no friends that know nothing about this game, So i have no choice but to turn to the internet.

I was told this game is like risk on massive crack. So in risk you can attack anyone and negotiate secretly with people to win the game.

So can I for example, play as the Americans and attack the British, after a certain amount of time? and negotiate with the Germans?

How do you win? is it complete domination or do the allied or axis powers have to win together by taking axis land? Is their a choice to play global domination?

Thank you in advance.

Reading the rules will help you immensely!

You’ll find many of these problems addressed in the House Rule section.