Posts made by hkytown1

Tough one, like em all. D-Day I do love the most I think, ask me tomorrow and I’ll give you a different answer.

Yea Witt, this game was made my “Lawrence Harris,” haha. Same game engine as the AA game we know today, the money values are $100, $500, and $1000 and the map is just an early genesis of the maps we’ve all been familiar with. The game is played with cardboard tiles instead of plastic pieces. The six original dice were also included. After I inventoried everything, the only piece that’s missing is one of the tiny US markers, pretty good for being 33 years old, I don’t think the previous owner played this game more then once.

One of the Weapons Develpment choices is the atomic bomb. That, along with the swastika’s have since been removed from later editions for obviously tasteful reasons. Other then that, the game is just a skeleton of the MB game, same units with the same attack and defense values.

Your right ME, this game will most likely never see my table, just my AA collection shelf in my shed. I like you just couldn’t stomach the $60 plus asking price on eBay. The way the adrenaline was flowing at the auction however, I may have paid $1000, haha.

So crazy, I was at PacifiCon this past weekend when a friend reminded me that the game auction was about to begin. I was right in the middle of Variable’s giant Midway AA War at Sea Miniature battle when I decided to head on over to see what they had. When I walked into the room, the bidding had begun with about a dozen or so older looking tile games on the auction table. Curiously, I waited around for a while to see what was being auctioned off. Games I’ve never heard of; “The Five Wars,” some magazine’s from the 80’s with unpunched tile games in them, and some giant KS Marvel boxed monstrosity of a game, mostly garbage if you ask me.

Two or three times I tried to leave but something, I don’t know what was keeping me there.  After that big Marvel game was gone, only one game remained. I couldn’t tell what it was until the auctioner held that beutiful box high; the 1981 Nova Edition! I couldn’t believe it, I’ve never been in a live auction and not at all prepaired to bid. Mentally counting the cash in my pocket, I raised my hand and said “One Dollar.” Another guy said $10 so with the juice flowing, right then and there I knew I wasn’t leaving without it so I said $12. The rest was kinda blurry but once the bidding reached $25, my bid of $30 was enough to take her home!

Later, talking to the dude I was bidding against said he had a copy but with a dingy old box so he was looking to replace it. Earlier in the day, I bought an unpunched copy of AA revised 2004 with the celery UK pieces from him at the Con flea market so he knew I was an AA fan. Lucky for me I walked over there or else I would have missed this awesome opportunity to complete my Axis and Allies collection, thanks for letting me rant.

Yea, not bad. Nice to see you can still get a booster for around $10.  Someday they will all be gone.

If you can somehow get a copy of FA, whether the 1986 version or the 2012 version, I highly recommend it and believe you will enjoy this game.  I’m really looking forward to Amerika. This game is going to be wonderful, I really can’t wait to see the new pieces.

Thannks for the kind words, I miss this forum a lot.  Most of my time is spent over on the forumini with other folks trying to keep pumping life into an OOP game, such a blast to play.  I suggest you check it out Witt.  The Regina Marina has some of the coolest looking pieces in the game by far.

Time to see how Variable makes an Unryu, it’s really nice.

I was always suprised that each nation wasn’t given a medic unit, whether it be a vehicle or a infantry unit.

@Major:

no problem. these guys made a mistake with my order, but a good one. i ordered 10 M4A1 Shermans for about$1.50 each, what I got was 10 M4A3E8 Sherman “Easy Eights”. for the same price, I was real happy about that, i only has one of those previously.

That’s outstanding!

Witt :roll:

@Imperious:

Birdcage was pretty funny. No low points in the story.

My favorite RW movie.

These are cool, thanks.

This may be my favorite piece in the game, I’m not sure why.

Two years later and I’m still loving this game, anyone else new to collecting War at Sea?

@frimmel:

It usually just ends up an emergency place to land a stray aircraft in my experience.

A lot of times that lil island has saved my bacon.

Best game ever, other then well, you know. :-P

Europe 1999 for me.  This is the game I play with new players, I just love it and its little differences (convoy centers, oil fields and the 12 IPC head start.)

I’m in for whatever you guys decide to do. Always wanted to visit the Hornet. Any tentative dates yet?

Question for you guys from Ontario.

IF……The Montreal Canadians make it to the Stanley Cup Finals, do you Ontarions root for them being proud Canadian citizens or do you loathe them no matter what and want to see them lose?

You guys didn’t want Vancouver to win in 2011 right?

Just getting ready for the conference finals :-D

Yea man, this looks like a great show. Really looking forward to it.

Very cool!  However, I’ll be in Tahoe with the fam that weekend.  Never been to KublaCon, gotta make it a point ot get there next year.  Enjoy Dave.