Posts made by John Brown

Thanks! I’ve been working on her a long time. I just push enough to make it happen. I did have to compromise a little. She wants me to build a porch to the man cave  with potted plants and a place for her to sit, but the inside, I told her she is not touching. I have to win one battle at a time, LOL. :-D

I wanted to share pictures of the Global 1939 Map, I bought at Historical Board Gaming. I bought the supplement set, you need to complete the set up. It literally took me all day to set it up. This was the only place in my house it would fit, so this urged my wife to tell me, I needed a man cave and to start saving up for it, LOL. For those of you who are thinking about buying this map, the TV in the background is an 82 inch projection TV, and this map is wider than that, and this this a big TV, I’m telling you.

This was all worth it because the master plan was to get my man cave approval! :-D

Enjoy the pictures.

John Brown

@FieldMarshalGames:

@toblerone77:

Jeremy,

Will you guys ever be selling the large Italian sets again?

NO.  If you want the same amount of units you can purchase 6 little sets.

We decided to follow HBG’s lead in this market (as they have been doing such a great job).  Most people don’t need 150 Italian units….    Small supplement sets are the way to go and more affordable for most gamers.

Jeremy, everything came the day after Christmas. That is pretty good considering the ice storm, my town suffered through. Thanks for sending the units as fast as you did. They look great!

Thanks again!

John Brown

@FieldMarshalGames:

John,
   I just sent you the tracking via PM if you can’t find it in your e-mail.

Thanks

Jeremy

Jeremy, it says it is suppose to arrive tomorrow. Thanks for sending me the tracking number.

John Brown :-)

@FieldMarshalGames:

@John:

@ossel:

Placed an order on your site today. I’m pulling for you guys!�  :-D

Just to be clear, if your website says the item is in stock, it really is in stock, correct?

I talked to him yesterday, and he said if it says it is in stock, it is in stock, so I placed a huge order for dice and miniatures, yesterday. It better be, LOL. :-D

Jeremy, sorry I failed to see your question? I haven’t got a tracking number from you.

Could you please give me one?

Also, I heard, because of the terrible ice storm we had here last week in North Texas, that UPS has got major problems. Normally it takes a package from Canada on average 2 weeks to get to Texas.

If you can’t give me a tracking number, can you least tell me when you sent my Italian set?

Thanks,

John Brown

Stock levels on our site are accurate.   John I am sure you already have your UPS tracking correct?  (Mailed direct from UPS)

Thanks

Jeremy

Wow, that is really unbelievable. Well cheers to us both for getting them that quick! :-D

You live in Oregon? I would have expected 5 days. That is pretty good because I live in next door, in Texas. Wow, that is awesome that you get it that fast!

Yes, I want those as well. I also missed out on the Russian set, so I’ve got to get it as well. Doug says, they’ll be restocked soon. I hope so! Anyway, it is great that HBG is only 3 hours from me. I can get things delivered in 2 days tops. It is so nice to be that close to the company and Doug is the best. :-)

@ossel:

@FieldMarshalGames:

@John:

@ossel:

Placed an order on your site today. I’m pulling for you guys!�  :-D

Just to be clear, if your website says the item is in stock, it really is in stock, correct?

I talked to him yesterday, and he said if it says it is in stock, it is in stock, so I placed a huge order for dice and miniatures, yesterday. It better be, LOL. :-D

Stock levels on our site are accurate.   John I am sure you already have your UPS tracking correct?  (Mailed direct from UPS)

Thanks

Jeremy

I got my UPS tracking too. Can’t wait!  :-D

Yeah, I’m excited about this because I made the mistake of not buying the 150 piece Italian set. That won’t happen again.

John

Now when the Romanian/Hungary Minors set comes out, I might not buy as much. I will wait and see what is in the set first and make my decision then. Like you said, take one set at a time.

@toblerone77:

@John:

So now that we know about the new expansions, how many of each set, is everyone buying? I want to get at least 3 of everything. That way I will have enough for any conflict on the game board. :-D

Personally it will all depend on what is in each set. I usually like to have at least ten of each unit sometimes twenty of each color.

I don’t have an HBG Global map and use thier custom units for my own HRs and variants.

That makes sense.  For Island Warfare, I will probably by 3 sets of it because I think I know most of the pieces HBG is going to offer in it, since they have advertised it enough.

@FieldMarshalGames:

@John:

@ossel:

Placed an order on your site today. I’m pulling for you guys!�  :-D

Just to be clear, if your website says the item is in stock, it really is in stock, correct?

I talked to him yesterday, and he said if it says it is in stock, it is in stock, so I placed a huge order for dice and miniatures, yesterday. It better be, LOL. :-D

Stock levels on our site are accurate.   John I am sure you already have your UPS tracking correct?  (Mailed direct from UPS)

Thanks

Jeremy

Thanks Jeremy, I appreciate it. I can’t wait to field the Italian Units.

Thanks again!

John Brown

So now that we know about the new expansions, how many of each set, is everyone buying? I want to get at least 3 of everything. That way I will have enough for any conflict on the game board. :-D

@knp7765:

We are getting ready to try a game with new HBG pieces included. I’ve decided to move up to a D 12 system to add a little to certain units plus new rules for trucks and transport planes. Here are my ideas. I’m curious as to what the rest of you think.
Unit values are Attack - Defense - Movement - Cost.
INFANTRY: 2 - 4 - 1 - 3
ELITE INFANTRY: 4 - 4 - 1 - 4 . Elite Infantry can be Marines (US), Paratroops, Commandos (UK), SS (Germany), Guards (Russia).
MECHANIZED INFANTRY: 2 - 4 - 2 - 4 . Halftracks. Can blitz with tanks on a 1 to 1 basis.
ARMORED CARS: 3 - 2 - 2 - 4 . Can “blitz”.
ARTILLERY: 4 - 4 - 1 - 4 . When paired with 1 infantry, elite infantry or mechanized infantry, will boost their attack +1
HEAVY ARTILLERY: 8 - 4 - 1 - 6 . Can support infantry units like regular artillery in normal attacks. ALSO: can attack from adjacent territory @ 6 during entire combat. When attacking from adjacent territory, does NOT support infantry units.
SELF PROPELLED ARTILLERY: 4 - 4 - 2 - 5 .  When paired with 1 infantry, elite infantry or mechanized infantry, will boost their attack +1
LIGHT TANK: 4 - 4 - 2 - 5 . Can “blitz”.
MEDIUM TANK: 6 - 5 - 2 - 6 . Can “blitz”
HEAVY TANK: 8 - 6 - 2 - 8 . Can “blitz”. Takes 2 hits to destroy. Must destroy first damaged heavy tank before damaging second heavy tank. If damaged heavy tank survives combat, it is repaired at the beginning of the next turn. However, if enemy counter-attacks before heavy tank owner’s next turn, that heavy tank is still damaged and only takes 1 hit to destroy.
TANK DESTROYERS: 4 - 6 - 2 - 6 . A roll of 1 on offense or defense targets an enemy tank of the tank owner’s choosing.
ELITE MEDIUM TANKS: 7 - 6 - 2 - 7 . Can “blitz”. Only Germany (SS) and Russia (Guards) have these.

NOTE FOR ELITE UNITS: All countries may have nor more than 6 of any single “elite” unit on the board at any given time. Any country that has multiple “elite” units may have up to 6 of each type on the board at any given time. (For Example: Germany could have up to 6 SS Infantry, 6 SS Tanks and 6 Paratroops. USA could have up to 6 Marines and 6 Paratroops.)

TRUCKS: Attack 0, Defense 0, Move 2, Cost 4. Trucks can transport 2 infantry or 1 infantry and 1 artillery up to 2 spaces to any friendly territory during Non-Combat move only.
Trucks must be chosen last as casualties in combat.
TRUCKS MAY BE CAPTURED. If an enemy force attacks a territory containing trucks and fighting units, if the attacker wins the battle, after all attacking hits are applied to defending units, any remaining trucks may be captured by the attacking force. On the final combat round, any hits in excess of defending fighting units must be applied to defending trucks. (For Example: An attacker moves in on a defending force consisting of 3 infantry and 2 trucks.
If the attacker gets 3 hits, he/she can capture both trucks.
If the attacker gets 4 hits, then all 3 infantry and 1 truck must be destroyed and the attacker can capture the remaining truck.
If the attacker gets 5 or more hits, then ALL defending units are destroyed and the attacker can not capture any trucks.
If an attacking force moves into a territory containing ONLY trucks, the attacker may capture the defending trucks on a 1 to 1 basis with attacking units. In other words, if there are 3 attacking units, they can capture up to 3 defending trucks. Any remaining trucks are destroyed. So, 1 infantry can not capture a stack of 10 trucks, but he can destroy them.
When capturing enemy trucks, simply replace their truck units with your truck units.

TRANSPORT PLANES: Attack 0, Defense 0, Move 6, Cost 10. Transport planes may be used to move infantry during the non-combat move and paratroops during the combat move.
NON-COMBAT MOVEMENT: Can move 1 infantry from ANY friendly territory to ANY other friendly territory, including one just captured, within it’s range. Can move 2 infantry from any friendly territory with an operational airbase to ANY other friendly territory, including one just captured, within it’s range. Transport planes are the ONLY planes allowed to land in newly captured territories. If the transport owner chooses to reinforce their front line troops in this manner, the transport plane must remain in that territory. If an enemy chooses to attack any territory containing transport planes, the transport planes must be chosen last as casualties. If the enemy force wins the battle, any remaining transport planes are destroyed. If an enemy force moves into a territory containing ONLY transport planes, the transport planes are destroyed.
COMBAT MOVEMENT: Can move 1 paratroop unit from ANY friendly territory, OR 2 paratroop units from any friendly territory with an operational airbase, to any enemy territory that is being attacked, either amphibiously, by land or both, as long as it’s range will allow the transport to land in any friendly territory that was friendly at the beginning of your turn.
IN ADDITION: A transport plane may also transport 1 paratroop unit (2 paratroop units from an airbase) into any enemy controlled territory that is NOT occupied by units with a defense value and take control of that territory, provided the transport has enough range to land in any friendly territory that was friendly at the beginning of your turn. The paratroops will destroy any AA guns, transport planes or trucks in the targeted territory (Paratroops can NOT capture trucks on their own).
SUSCEPTABLE TO AA GUNS: If there are any AA guns present in the territory being attacked, they roll for AA defense like they would with any other attacking planes (up to 3 dice per AA gun OR number of attacking planes, whichever is smaller). A roll of 1 (2 with radar) will destroy the transport plane and any paratroops inside before the paratroop drop happens. On attacks into enemy controlled but unoccupied territories, fighters may be sent to escort the transport (range permitting) and you can use the fighters to absorb AA hits.

Well, there are my ideas. Do you guys think they are good? If not, what might you change?

I love all these rules. You almost have to go with a D12 system with added units, then if more added later, it would go to a D20 system. That would be insane. :-D

@ossel:

Placed an order on your site today. I’m pulling for you guys!  :-D

Just to be clear, if your website says the item is in stock, it really is in stock, correct?

I talked to him yesterday, and he said if it says it is in stock, it is in stock, so I placed a huge order for dice and miniatures, yesterday. It better be, LOL. :-D

Cool, Paul, I can’t wait to see them in person. :-D

Jeremy will you be getting any more United States, Russian, United Kingdom and Japanese Dice?

Thanks,

John Brown

Thanks Jeremy! :-D

John Brown

Are these officially gone for good or will you get any more sets in?

Thanks,

John Brown

@Tall:

Guys,

––I e-mailed “LHoffman” and the German Luftwaffe is finished and will be ‘winging’ it’s way home to me. That’s what I call a Christmas present(from me-to me)!
––We still need to do the JU-88s, ME-109s, and the Afrika Korps, Winter War, and Naval paint schemes. And whatever units come out in “HBG’s Global War Expansion Sets”.
––I don’t know if any of us will live long enough to see the completion of this ever-enlarging massive project,…but as long as HBG makes them, “WilTan” will modify anything necessary, and “LHoffman” and others will paint them. We will have FUN,….which should be the goal of ALL of us A&A gamers!

"Tall Paul"�  :-D

I’m excited for you. I can’t wait to see them, in person. I know it has been long wait for you, but I’m sure it was worth it. :-D

John