Posts made by HBG

What changes did you make to the map?

Sorry,
I cannot find them.

It look great, you really did some good work.
I know we could all nit pick the game to death, and I do not want to do that.
I just have some thoughts and ideas from time to time. I appreciate your time with this game.
I have always wanted a 1939 AAA game.
I will have my pieces painted by this weekend.

IL,
I like the idea that you reduced the Japanese tanks since most of the Major Countries had good medium tanks but Japan used them mainly with Infantry support and they were light tanks, especially compared to the others. I am curious why you did not reduce the Italian tanks as well.

I renamed the file to a .doc and it opened just fine.

For me…YES.
Thanks anyway.

Sold pieces I do not use. I still have some too.

I still need trucks & Mechanized for my own use.

I would like to see the WAW rules also!

IL,
I like the revisions thus far, been watching the discussion with the French fleet, I think you have a good solution with the dice roll.

I have been checking into the oil rules, in which I am very glad to see in this game.
I would like to see the oil moved from Saudi Arabia to Iraq , and since the U.S. Controlled so much oil, maybe have one in the south United States.
Also since Russia supplied oil to Germany right up to Germany invaded Russia, maybe something added where it does not make things too complicated like the Japanese being supplied also by the U.S. until we saw them as aggressors and stopped.

I like the progress, you ate on the right track, but we need to be careful not to make the rules too complicated.

Mechanized for minor countries.
Blockhouses in house rules.

IL,
I was talking with a friend showing off your map and he loved it. Really like the Japan not getting to hike to Russia and grabbing points.
He like the oil concept too, but he asked why you put an oil token in Saudi Arabia instead of Iraq; says Iraq was more developed at that time (just asking)
I would of liked to have seen the “Vichy” symbol placed in a white round background like a Roundel.
You could see it better and it does not look like something else on the map other than a marker for the Vichy French.

Again, just throwing ideas your way.

I check Oil Refinery heater drawings for a living and have become “Anal” about some things, but I usually have a good eye for an aestheticially pleasing look.

The map looks really really good printed out in color.

Why did you switch to the Swastika for the German Roundel, I know there are people out there still offended by it today?

@Imperious:

The rules are not done yet. Almost.

The roundels are deliberately at .75 so they format to those Avery labels, otherwise if they are smaller it would look less satisfactory. My intention is to find a new source for tokens going to 1 inch painted wooden tokens in national colors and mount the decals on those so its perfect. Still looking for a suitable source for the material.

I fixed the spelling issues…

A few will remain:

Yenisey is also a correct spelling a used more in the 1940’s sei is the more modern spelling of the word.

Ploesti is correct spelling ( which was on map)

others were corrected. and the size of the maps roundels are less than .75 and more like .50 inch

I must have had an older version for Ploesti on my map it is Poesti.
The Roundels on your map are good, no problem.
I tried to mount roundels on the 1" plastic round disc from EA, they are too large, take up too much space on the map, even on a 48"x96" map, especially in Europe.
I painted my cardbaord roundels OOB white over the existing Country and then added a 3/4" Avery Label to it…they look good.

I was talking about the templates, the non round roundels like the Totenkof Skull needs to be smaller…I think.
Like I said I will print the templates and see what they look like.

@Imperious:

Token (roundel) sets:

http://www.mediafire.com/?3zaijttfvmj
http://www.mediafire.com/?ricdjmn2qmi
http://www.mediafire.com/?550mjmxdc3y
http://www.mediafire.com/?vim4w2ejnmm

Rulebook ( in nice format):

Link to Rulebook?

I think some of the non round roundels will have to be smaller to fit on a 3/4" round label.
I can check and let you know the sizes I used if you want me to, it will probably be Tuesday though.
Again, thanks

I love the map, I cannot wait to set up the game to see what it looks like!

I am looking for trucks from battle of the Bulge
I also need Pillboxes from D-Day

and Mechanized Infantry from Pacific 1940.

I will trade pieces from most AA game, dice, chips, ruls, etc.

let me know, Thanks

Thanks!
I ordered the plastic only pieces from The WW2 game for $75.00 from their website.
I eally want the Minor & Major factories as well as Infantry & Tanks.

I need more Mechanized plastic pieces.

Are the plastic tanks & trucks in the Memoir 44 series the same scale as Axis & Allies Board games?

What type of neutral is Mongolia?

Does French Madagascar require a French Roundel?

@Imperious:

I hate when Japan boogies towards Moscow, I agree, they need to have their hands full in the Pacific, with Oil rules and lesser values for them to land grab in Asia, it will change their thinking.
I like the changes in tank values, both Japan & Italy had no more than medium tank but mainly a light tank compared to the other countries.

The resources are distributed much more historical, which denys the Soviet all those perks of running nonsense to Moscow. She can just focus on getting her victory conditions ( 18 VC points).

China and eastern Russia are mostly barren of war materials ( though the Soviets did have oil center in Kamchatka but very small). This is why in nearly every game Japan blows up to 40+ IPC and Germany lags behind. That is impossible. In this Germany/Italy are the hammer and Japan is a proper anvil.

Yes, Japan must go where the oil is, they are totally dependent on it.