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Dear I Will Never Grow Up Customers and Friends,

After a great deal of consultation, calculation and soul searching, we at I Will Never Grow Up Games have made the difficult decision to wind down operations for at least the forseeable future. While we do not rule out returning to the scene in the future, at this point in time we have decided to clear out inventory and shutter our online store.

Having been in operation for a little over 10 years we have seen many ups and downs in the gaming community and industry and have weathered all of it as best we could. Unfortunately, this small business has lost it’s “fun” as a hobby and is not viable enough to operate as a full time business and so, with heavy heart, we must concentrate on what’s most important; friends, family and our lives outside of the hobby business.

We will continue to be active in the community and absolutely continue to enjoy playing games as much as the rest of you. We will also continue to offer our flagship products, the Industrial Production Chip, Metal Flight Stands and Combat Dice through retail outlets such as Historical Board Gaming and Noble Knight Games as much as they see fit to continue to do so. We will also continue to offer our own game designs through the print on demand services provided by The Game Crafter.

Beginning Tuesday, June 27th, 2023, all items available in our webstore will be on clearance, from 20-50% or more off regular price. All sales will be final, and when an item is gone, it will not be replaced!

On a personal note, I have enjoyed creating and sharing games and game accessories with the community over the past decade and if everything aligns at some point we may see a return of I Will Never Grow Up Games to the retail space.

Keep gaming friends! We’ll see you around.

James Campbell
I Will Never Grow Up Games
www.iwillnevergrowup.com

@cavestone said in Thinning Paint and Fine Details?:

Thanks to both of you. Another question, is it worth buying the proprietary thinners/retarders/flow aids or does distilled work the same, better, worse?

Distilled or tap water will reduce the pigmentation of your paint, which in such small scale (and if you use only a little to just thin it a bit … not too much, and always on a palette, not in the bottle) is not a big deal.

If using water, definitely go easy on it. Never more than 50/50, but I wouldn’t even go that thin personally. I’d go more with something like 80/20 (Paint/Water).

I REALLY like using Acrylic Matte Medium. It’s a thinner but it maintains the pigmentation of your paint, and it adds a matte finish to it at the same time. YOu can also get Gloss medium if you like the gloss look, but in either case I personally use a Matte varnish on top of all my minis anyway, so matte medium works for me. (Techincal: Acrylic Medium is an Acrylic Polymer Emulsion that is used as the binding agent for acrylic paints, just without any color pigmentation added).

Another decent tip is to make sure each successive coat is just a little THICKER than the previous coat (so you’re starting with very thin and working your way up to that 80/20 mix) and you’ll likely at this scale only want to do a max of 3 coats for your base colors and 1-2 for details and line work.

Did a test print of some unit pieces for Battle of France 1940. Still have to work on them a bit (especially the aircraft that did not turn out well enough to show yet … wings are far too thin right now) but they’re getting there! Also missing is the french tank (did not print because of an unlevel printer bed).

We play both 41 and 42 with NO’s and never do bids. We probably get about a 60/40 Axis/Allied win ratio.

Without NO’s just doesn’t feel right.

To be honest, I (thankfully) avoided backing from the start because there was, imho (as a publisher) no realistic way this game was being made (properly anyway) for the funding goal they were asking for. Not in my experience at least, though I’d be happy to be wrong.

4 years later and the prices have only skyrocketed on absolutely every step of the manufacturing, freight and delivery process making it even less likely. Plus the constant changes to the game since funding boggles my mind. Wasn’t the game done and ready to go before it was put up for funding?

I feel for those who backed this. I really do. This is a horrible situation and a stain on the entire industry when things like this happen.

That said, I really really DO hope that I’m entirely wrong and you all get your game. Eric did post in the kickstarter comments yesterday.

@TheVenocWarlord said in Battle of France 1940 (Revised) - Available to order, Print on Demand & Digital Files (PDF):

@IWillNeverGrowUp said in Battle of France 1940 (Revised) - Available to order, Print on Demand & Digital Files (PDF):

Box Retail version also reduced to us$54.99 (from $59.99).

Still working on getting printed sculpts, but our 3d printers have been 100% tasked to making PPE for frontline workers for the past 3 months.

If we ordered before the price drop, does anything change there?

Send me your email address AND city+state/province+country in a private message and I’ll refund you $5 via PayPal (we don’t have any control over payments made through The Game Crafter as it’s a 3rd party service).

A co-worker of mine just told me today that he passed up buying a complete copy (less a bit of box damage) of this version for CA$70 last week because he didn’t think it was legitimate … I screamed at him.

@SS-GEN said in Hoping for a new A&A game:

Only thing I heard is from an e mail Larrys working on a new game. Don’t quote me on this but I thought it was a napoleon game. I’ll have to recheck.

Correct, “Imperial Boarders”.

There’s even video out of it being play tested. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2Tp3ndePZk)

However, it’s not Axis and Allies related and not being published through WotC.

Thinning your paints will allow you to make multiple very thin coats (with sufficient drying time between coats) instead of 1 or 2 quick thick coats. What this does is provides a smoother, more detailed paint job instead of the typical globs of paint that thick paints will provide on small surfaces.

Definitely thin them. Regular water works fine for acrylics. Distilled water is preferred (no contaminants).

Regarding enamel, people have used them to good effect, but I personally hate them. I find enamels too difficult to work with, take too long to dry compared to acrylics and they smell bad.

I Will Never Grow Up Games is moving once more, for the final time to a permanent location!

As a result, we will have very little stock available during the transition and new orders will be slower than usual to ship as we renovate/remodel the new location and prepare to move.

We hope to have everything back up and running 100% as of Dec 1.

Thank you for your business and your patience during this disruption!

@cavestone Looking great! Painting this scale is challenging but certainly can be fun!

@TheVenocWarlord said in Battle of France 1940 (Revised) - Available to order, Print on Demand & Digital Files (PDF):

For Blitzkreig, are all the powers supposed to have access to it? It reads as such in the rules.

Yes, all powers have access to it (merely called Blitzkreig because people know what that is, based on my understanding of the original rules).

If you wanted to put every single aircraft on stands, G40 has 50 bombers, 66 tactical bombers and 88 fighters.

That’s a lot of stands and you probably don’t need to do every single one (I personally feel if you add a magnet to each aircraft piece and have enough stands for most situations, you’re set).

I haven’t figured out an exact count yet, so someone else might be able to chime in with a better idea but I would think 20-30 bombers (35mm) and 50-60 fighter/tac stands (25mm) would be a great setup (though probably excessive in most cases).

We have a holiday blowout sale happening on all Field Marshal Games A&A Accessories!

10-50% off all FMG Accessories from now until Jan 31, 2019, while supplies last!

http://iwillnevergrowup.com/shop/FMG_ACCESSORIES

Note: FMG WW1 and WW2 Combat Dice are being re-stocked by Dec 1

PSA: Current rotating strikes with Canada Post combined with IWNGU moving to a new location on December 1 may cause slight delays in your orders delivery. No deliveries will be packed and/or shipped during the weekend of Nov 30-Dec 3 due to the relocation.

Very nice idea. Similar to what I did years back with cardboard and an airbrush (which I then built a table around along with a frame to hold a sheet of plexiglass so that it didn’t get in the way of the playing surface).

A few updates!

• Much of the 3D Printed pieces stock switched over to remastered versions.
• Most pieces moved to no stock management (ie: Unlimited stock, order as much as you want)
  • This may cause some delays in large orders, but we will continue to create new stock continuously to attempt to keep up, specifically with high demand items
• Updated pricing (some larger pieces increased to ca$0.60 per piece due to increase in filament prices

We’ve also found a much better material for the US Olive pieces. Stronger and more flexible with slightly better detail!

@Call77 said in 3d Axis & Allies board:

@IWillNeverGrowUp I like that can we see more images

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/11157/aa50-3-d-terrain-gaming-table-completed-july-20-2010/13

Wow … 10 years ago I did that!

I Will Never Grow Up Games has an ever expanding host of alternative 3d printed Axis and Allies pieces available!

Only ca$0.50-0.75 per piece for most pieces (Super heavy tanks @ ~ca$1.00 each).

www.iwillnevergrowup.com

Suitable for other 6mm/1:285th scale board games such as HBG’s Global War and our very own Battle of France 1940 or Conflict and Chaos: Vietnam 1965!

Also available is a growing selection of other board game accessories such as parts trays, card holders, resources and more!

List of currently available Alternative (1 part) Axis and Allies pieces;

US (Olive):

• M5A1 Stuart Light Tank
• LCAV Landing Craft
• M3 Lee Medium Tank
• M7 Priest SPG
• M9A1 Halftrack
• GMC Truck (Closed)
• M4A1 Sherman Medium tank
• M12 Gun Motor Carriage
• South Dakota Class BB
• Iowa Class BB
• Fletcher Class DD
• Midway CV41
• Bogue Class CVE
• Baltimore Class Heavy CA
• Gato SS
• Victory Class TT
• Northhampton Class CA
• Essex Class CV
• M18 Hellcat Tank Destroyer
• Liberty Class TT
• M41 Walker Bulldog Light Tank
• M60A1 Patton Main Battle Tank (Cold War Era)
• M109 Gun Motor Carriage (Cold War Era)
• M8 Howitzer
• GMC CCKW252 Truck (Open)
• USS Massachusets BB

UK (Tan):

• Crusader Cavalry Tank
• Universal Carrier (Mech Inf)
• Archer SPG
• Bishop Mk 1 SPG
• Churchill IV Tank
• Humber LRV
• Mk6 Light Tank
• Tetrarch Light Tank Mk7
• Valentine Infantry Tank
• York Class CA
• Queen Elizabeth Class BB
• Nelson Class BB
• HMS Eagle CV
• Bogue Class Lend Lease CVE
• Revenge Class Super Dreadnaught
• Dido Class CA
• Flower Class Corvette
• Hunt Class DD
• New Zealand Bob Semple Tank
• River Class Frigate
• A39 Tortoise Heavy Assault Tank

Russia (Red-Brown):

• T70 Tank
• SU85 Tank
• IS2 Tank
• KV1 Tank
• T34-85 Medium Tank
• BA64B Armored Car
• BT7 Tank
• SU-76 SPG
• KV5 Super Heavy Tank
• ZIS 5 Truck
• Svetlana Class CA
• Studebaker Katyusha
• Gangut Class Battleship

France (Blue):

• AMR35 Medium Tank
• Char B1 Bis Heavy Tank
• Renault UE Tankette
• Somua S35 Cavalry Tank
• Hotchkiss H39 Cavalry Tank
• FCM F1 Super Heavy Tank
• Surcouf SS
• Dunkerque Class BB
• Laffly W15 TCC Tank Hunter (Coming Soon)

Germany (Dark Gray):

• Panzer III Medium Tank
• StuG III Tank Destroyer/Infantry Support
• StuG III mit Schurzen Tank Destroyer/Infantry Support
• Sdkfz 251D Mechanized Infantry
• Elephant Heavy Tank
• E-100 Maus Heavy Tank
• Panther G Heavy Tank
• Opel Blitz (Covered) Truck
• Panzer IV Ausf E Medium Tank
• Panzer II Ausf C Light Tank
• Tiger I Heavy Tank
• Sturmpanzer SPG
• Bismarck BB
• Type U-31 SS
• Scharnhorst BB
• Auxiliary Class Cruiser/Cargo Ship Atlantis
• Type IX SS
• Marder III SPG
• Elbing T-22 Destroyer/Torpedo Boat
• Hipper Class Heavy Cruiser
• Graff Zeppelin CV
• Hetzer Light Tank Destroyer (on hold)

Italy (Brown):

• Semovente M42 da75/18 SPG/Infantry Support
• CA M11/39 Medium Tank
• CV33 Tankette
• CA M15/42 Medium Tank
• Soldati Class DD
• Foca Class SS
• Littorio Class BB
• Conte DiCavour BB
• Andrea Doria BB
• L6/40 Light Tank

Japan (Orange):

• Type 97 Chi Ha Medium Tank
• Type 95 Ha Go Light Tank
• Type 95 Heavy Tank
• Ho Ni SPG
• Ise Class BB
• No 13 Sub Chaser/DD
• Myoko Class Heavy CA
• Akatsuki (Fubiki Class) DD
• Type C3 I-52 SS
• Kaga Class CV
• Aikoku Maru Auxilliary TT
• Shokaku Class CV
• Shinano Class CV
• Takao Class CA
• Fuso Class BB

Generic Pieces (White or Gray - As available):

• Airfield
• Naval Port
• Minor Factory
• Major Factory v1
• Major Factory v2
• Flak Tower - Large Square
• Flak Tower - Small Round
• Atlantik Wall Gun Emplacement
• Machine Gun Nest/Pill Box
• Recruitment Camp
• Fort Drum (El Fraile Island) (Includes optional house rules for use)
• “Disrupted Convoy” Tokens - printed in a variety of nation colors
• Fire/Damage Tokens (small + ‘long’) - printed in Dark Yellow
• Anti Aircraft Gun (Generic)

www.iwillnevergrowup.com

@smith-family-agoge said in 3d print downloads:

Greetings! I have a friend who is able to 3d print me some units. Are there any A&A downloads for this? Mark

Thingiverse.com is where you will find a bunch of files. They are hit or miss as to their quality (and sizing).

Most of our available selection displayed on the AA50th Anniversary board.

Missing a few (M4A1 Sherman, M3 Lee, M113, UH1B, M7, Hotchkiss H39, FCM F1, Akatsuki/Fubiki DD) that are currently being replenished.