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10 hour 2nd ed game, myself as Allies and friend as Axis. Germany takes Russia around T3 or 4 but leaves Europe relatively open. I took Germany twice as UK, the third time I tried to take it back he survived by a single tank. Germany builds mass infantry and is supported by Japanese fighters, so the Allies are unable to build transports and decide to reclaim some of mother Russia to get feet on the ground.

By this point our brains are fried, ready for bed… and catastrophe ensues.

Germany and Japan pushes back to reclaim Europe, except for one thing… THIS WAS DONE ILLEGALLY, BOTH COUNTRIES ATTACKED ON JAPAN’S TURN.

Neither of us noticed until it was too late, and there was no way we were going to try guessing which countries had which units!

GAME OVER.

10 hour game, fun!

I recently went back to my older games and incorporated the newer pieces into them.  I only went as far back as Revised.  At first I thought it would simply be a matter of altering the setup some but found a few more problems:
1 - In the older games, Destroyers were 3-3-2-12, same as Cruisers are now.  Also, Aircraft Carriers had an attack of 1, now they have no attack value.  So basically, you have to bring the costs back to the older games and you have to use the 1940 battle boards.
2 - You can’t use air or naval bases in the older games.  Especially in Revised because there are a lot less sea zones.  For example, with a naval base, Japan and W USA are one move away from each other.
3 - ICs and build limits also present a problem.  In the older games, you simply have ICs and their build limit is based on the IPC value of the territory they are on.  I don’t know how to incorporate Major and Minor ICs into the older games.  I simply used the new unit values with the old IC rules.

Well, I hope this helps you.  If you would like my setup changes, let me know and I can post them for you.

Oh yeah forgot about the printable maps! Thanks!

The two games that I have finished (in one go) have lasted 13 and 15 hours respectively.  I have played 4 others in an ongoing format where we would play a turn every other day.  All of these games lasted over a week.