@afrothunder12:

Oh wow tats quite a while to wait for the units, well hopfully FMG ships them out soon and makes more cuz I was interested in ordering some

There has been delay after delay with the factory (Sculpts incorrect, the mould was completed but damaged and had to be remade/reshipped to the factory) but they’re on their way very soon!

And after the learning curve and delays of the Italian set I’m quite sure things have been smoothed over and the rest of the sets will be much easier and quicker to hit production.

@Razor:

@special:

Would’ve been useful if the Global Forum have had a subforum for alpha 2 (not all threads mention this so it often gets confusing). It’s gonna get more messy soon…

Maybe an idea for all Alpha+3 threads?

You must be joking, no member at A&A.org play by OOB rules. We always use the latest rules.

Generalizations are bad (and quite often wrong).

@kcdzim:

@gamegeek:

Considering the German molds are either in production/completed, and the US sculpts are half (or more) done, I don’t think we’re looking at a period of a year myself.  But it may be, because as we all know, delays are inevitable (sadly).

So then there are still British, USSR, Japan, molds which we have no reason to suspect are at any significant milestone, then the special set with aa guns, bases, etc.  Plus there’s China & France (and anzac, if it has any unique pieces).  Everytime a sculpt needs to be revised, it seems to me that that’s at least a month to sort any changes, then the molds need to be made (and hopefully not remade as in Italy’s case) and then trial pieces for approval….  and THEN production of the units.

Yeah, I’m all for this project, but I think it’s naive to think it will be done in a year from now (or even a year from Italy release) and I would rather be conservative and continue to guess “well over a year” than suggest “soon soon, hardly any time at all”, and see people take that as gospel and get frustrated with the timetable.

Excellent points.  I did not think about the sheer number of sets to go still (I’m still stuck on AA50 with just 6 sets, so 1/2 way there!).

And, as FMG is saying, no more dates.  They come when the come.  Too many people get upset and on the warpath if you give them a possible timeline.

@kcdzim:

@Zallomallo:

Sorry I didn’t read 184 pages, but are all the nations being released at once?

No, one at a time.  And probably well over a period of a year after release of the Italian set - molds take time, let alone production snafus.

Considering the German molds are either in production/completed, and the US sculpts are half (or more) done, I don’t think we’re looking at a period of a year myself.  But it may be, because as we all know, delays are inevitable (sadly).

@12doze12:

OK, I think that would do it, Thanks gamegeek.

You’re welcome.  I just looked at the rules for oil tokens you had there and it boggled my mind.  Nobody in their right mind would bother!  lol.
At least with what I have proposed there MAY be some interest, but even then I personally wouldn’t buy them as I’d rather put those IPC’s towards combat units.

No testing required.  As you have them stated they are absolutely worthless because you are spending 9x what you are getting in return (at best).

More reasonable would be :

Limit one per territory
Cost 10
Built in AA gun
Targetable for bombing raids (just as factories, shipyards and airfields are)
Produce +1 IPC per turn, every turn, reduce convoy raiding effect in adjacent sea-zones by 1 IPC.

Even then, you’d have to hope the game goes to approximately 7-8 rounds (assuming you buy one first round) just get see a break even point from it.

@soldaatvanoranje:

For the Major/Minor issue: I ordered at Hasbro the replacement set for the Cities of Risk. Totally works as Major IC!

These are amazing to use as Major’s … and cheap!

@12doze12:

Here are the rules I’m going to use to my oil refineries:

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Cost: 10

Oil refineries give the nation that possesses it an extra 0.5 IPC income,
but they only last one turn,

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This makes them completely useless.  Why would I SPEND 10 IPC’s to GAIN 0.5 IPC’s for one turn?  I would be throwing away 9.5 IPC’s for nothing?

Several very light coats of Krylon Fusion spray paint in a much lighter brown (for the italians) or a much redder red (for the USSR) fixes the problem entirely.

(Or just hand painting all of your pieces to look like little models … but only those of us who are insane do that)!

@Black:

Hey FMG

Don’t you feel like a dad driving his kids to Disneyland for the first time? lol

HAHA!  I was thinking the same thing!
Nice to see things are coming “soon”!

And hey … this thread is no longer stickied?  Hmm