how have i done that? there are 4 zeros parked there along with 4 inf from the jap main land on end of J2.

Posts made by MaherC
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RE: Allied game plan VS J1 all out attack
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RE: Disapointed
money is remedied at kinkos for 3 bux. I can’t find a local plastic infantry maker chain…
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RE: So how do the Allies win again?
@Uncle Joe:
This is supposed to be a stand alone game. So waiting for Europe to come out in 6 months to make this game work is BS. This could be someone’s first AA game and like it or not if we want games to keep coming out in this genre we need new blood. If this is their first, it could very well be their last due to the broken nature of the game. $90. $90 dollars for a board game it should work. There shouldn’t be pages of omissions from the rule book, “wrong inserts” included, TYPOS galore, and boxes half full of plastic pieces to put on a shoddy quality board.
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RE: Allied game plan VS J1 all out attack
You park in 62. Please send 4 Spits against my DD, BB, CV Tac Bomber+Fighter. Massive fleet sitting off the Philippines can link up with you 2nd turn. No worries from anything after that.
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RE: Disapointed
how about the fact that the IPC tracking goes to 48. That’s fun. Esp when US/JAP are earning more than that by turn 4 even if you take it slow as Japan. Right, they gave us the wrong piece of cardboard, I know. That’s good qual control. Why am I going to buy Europe? How broken and cheap will that game be? They aren’t winning me over with Cust Service either. Want me and others happy? Send me double the units, the correct cards, and some plastic AA guns. Hell, just reprint AA50, put it out for $90 and I’ll be ok with this abortion of a game, provided the quality of a 50 reprint doesn’t mirror this one!
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RE: Poll: In what turn should Japan attack ?
When Japan attacks on the first turn, who cares about the UK? they are going to be earning nothing a turn, you can put a Major Factory down in Hong Kong if you were so inclined, dump loads of infantry down for use as soakers along with the insane airforce you have at your disposal and still have enough cash to start buying DDs to soak against America.
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RE: Game Play Corcerns
China is irrelevant. J1 attack takes away so much $ from the UK / US with territories and bonuses that the US +40 is really a +20 or so net, and who cares about the US being able to buy a carrier extra that isn’t going to be anywhere important for 2 turns?
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RE: Allied game plan VS J1 all out attack
ANZAC: One could either build subs to convoy raid, or destroyers to reinforce the US, or some combination. On turn 1 you should move an inf to New Guinea so that on ANZAC 2 you can take your NO, or one could move the transport next to new zealand to grab it on turn 2.
Problem is J1 can destroy anzac fleet to stop this. Even if you don’t go for the big score of 1 Jap inf v. NSW like we did.
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RE: Disapointed
I think it’s shaping up to be one of the best A&A’s that has been produced thus far in terms of complexity, detail, balance and over all fun. It is a truly amazing game
This game is FAR from balanced, it is should not even be considered unbalanced, it is BROKEN. Don’t agree? Setup the game. Now, replace every tac bomber that isn’t on a carrier with a tank. Then look at the board. Would you consider this game balanced at the start? The INSANE amount of air power the Japanese get to start the game is ridiculous. Attack J1, by J2 you are taking the DEI. Game over. Every time. This game was designed for 12 yr olds who like to buy copious amounts of units and take it slow for some huge battle involving 32 CV’s. Wait, they didn’t give you enough for that, use chips OR MY FAVORITE FROM THE RULEBOOK, PIECES OF PAPER! Really. You are telling me to write on pieces of paper. I could have done that on my own and gone to KINKOS to print off a scan of the map, DL’d the rulebook, and saved $70. THANKS WOTC! You boned me yet again.
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RE: Why wait as Japan?
J1 we just did the following:
Took New South Wales (+15 for taking capital and 10 in Anz’s bank)
Took the Philippines (+2)
Took Kwangtung (+3)
Took Shan State (+1)
Killed UK Fleet in 37 w/4 Hvy Bombers (Lost 1)
Took 4 in China (Yunnan, Hunan, Anhwe, Chahar) (+4)All of this cost me 3 Inf, Tac Bomber, Heavy Bomber.
Allies lost 10 Inf, Hvy bomber, fighter, 2 destroyers, 4 transports, battleship.This put Japan to 38 IPCs and the +5 for taking a capital, and the 10 in anzac’s bank = $53 for 2nd turn buy.
UK is down 4
Anzac cannot place, has no money.
US is down 2 for the Phil’s and loses the bonus. (net -7 US)
5 zeros from japan moved to carolines, good luck taking it on first turn with 1 US trans in hawaii.
Tell me how this game is at all playable?
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UK IPCs 15 not 16?
Sorry if this was posted, but I saw nothing in the errata
My box for UK says 16 starting IPCs
The map values add up to 15.
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RE: Disapointed
video games are $60 and if i hate it in the first week, I can return it and get $30 in trade.
I have to agree with the “cheap feel” to the game. the board is a mess that won’t stay together with pieces falling between or easily bumped. if they’d included plastic clips like you put on papers to turn in, then maybe i’d feel better about that. Lack of units, cardboard, all generally bad for $90.
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RE: So how do the Allies win again?
Have played 5 games so far, with the two of us switching sides each time. Japs 5, US 0. Small sample size, sure. Is it early in the game’s life? Sure. But it is shaping up to be an Axis game to us.
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RE: Just got 40' for xmas
what if this is the first game someone buys? They have 4 US battleships and Japan gets 8 in their box? Come on. Anzac has 2 flattops and US gets 4? really? put some more damn plastic in is all I was saying. for $90 you should get more pieces than you will ever need (Like how china has 4x the infantry than they will ever need)
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RE: Just got 40' for xmas
thanks, sorry for the newb question, mech inf is new to me as we’ve just been playing the SP42 AA lately.
I like the game, but I think they needed to give us double the pieces, fix typos, plastic AA guns, etc…all things that people have complained about before i’m sure. I don’t mind all the cardboard, just the AA guns honestly, the game should be made easier to play on new players or those of us tired at 1am and I had to strip AA guns from other A&A games to make up for this. Again, plastic is cheap, fill those pretty big typo’d boxes please…it’s like getting a huge box for Xmas and inside of it is a Gift Card for $10 in iTunes. Nice, but come on!
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RE: Just got 40' for xmas
glad you guys love it, still wondering about rules question, and seriously you wouldn’t want more of the playable pieces? If you are going to give me 6 Japanese Carriers, how about some more Tac Bombers and Mech inf?
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Just got 40' for xmas
New member alert, I’m sure this has been covered but, I had a question and a gripe.
Ok. I don’t mind paying $90 for this game as I love A&A (though I hate the turn based garbage DDay and Bulge games) and I don’t mind that they cheaped out with cardboard pieces for AA guns and factories, but for the love of god could they PLEASE GIVE ME MORE UNITS? Did plastic get too expensive that they couldn’t give us DOUBLE the pieces? Hope they fix this in Europe, chips are great for stacking, but how about WOTC fills up the pretty boxes for each country with, i don’t know, UNITS?
Rules question for anyone still with me. Mech infantry can only blitz with a tank, but they can noncombat 2 spaces correct? And you can noncombat into a space you just took this turn during combat, correct? So that Jap Mech Inf in Manchuria could move 2 spaces on turn 1 during non combat into Chahar?
Thanks!