Posts made by MaherC

@calvinhobbesliker:

Dude, they fixed the tac bombers problem in P40, and it’s not a problem in E40. They learned from their mistakes to make a better E40 and G40.

The only place in Eurasia unable to fit more than 2 inf would be Bessarabia.

They fixed it by making you call in for more.  Again, you had to be AWARE of the problem and for the record I was one of those people who called them 20+ times COMPLAINING about it to get that oil that all of us squeaky wheels needed.  Novice/New players are screwed.

SE Europe has some small areas too.    And yeah, silly me thinking that you might want some ROOM to place units on the USSR/GER border! :)

Let me be clear.   I LOVE AXIS AND ALLIES.   I don’t love what they have done/are doing to the franchise.   They rushed Pac40.   They didn’t learn for Europe/Global.

Pac40 was broken and released.  They have to release a broken Europe to make Global balanced.

@calvinhobbesliker:

Just because 1 game of theirs is broken doesn’t mean that the next ones are morle likely to be broken.

Here, let me break it down for you like this.  0 is balanced.    1 + -1 = 0.

Pacific is 1.  Favoring Axis.   Therefore Europe HAS TO BE -1, Favoring Allied for the GLOBAL game to be = 0.

IF Global is balanced, then E40 cannot be.

Let me also say there are hopefully (for WOTC’s bottom line’s sake) more people out there who BOUGHT 1 or both of these games WHO DO NOT COME TO THESE BOARDS OR LARRY HARRIS’S FANSITE.

So they are boned.   Playing w/a bad setup for Pac40.   Soured on buying E40.    Do you understand why this game should not made it out of QA?  This isn’t software where you can download an update.   PEOPLE ARE SAYING IPC VALUES MIGHT BE CHANGED!  Are you kiddng me?   Map corrections?   They going to send us out stickers to put over them?

for 180$ combined cost, the game should be finished.  missing tac bombers, bad starting setups, oceans that are 2 different colors, misprinted maps (names, the way sz’s connect to land)

The game board is 72" x 32"….FOR THE LOVE OF GOD CAN WE GET BIGGER SPACES IN EUROPE?    I get that africa is a bigger continent, I do.   But in terms of THIS GAME you aren’t going to see huge battles in SW africa…but there are spots in Eurasia where you can’t fit more than 2 infantry…

@calvinhobbesliker:

@MaherC:

after playing it i’m shocked there was any playtesting done by anyone with any degree of skill.   that goes double for pacific.

Yes, because 1 game determines whether it’s broken

You’re of course right.  Wait, no.  After 1 game of Pacific I was on here getting DESTROYED by all of the fanboys for my UNREASONABLE thought that the game was unbalanced, and a J1 attack is unstoppable….go ahead, read through the pac40 forums, I’ll wait…

I’ve actually played the game MORE than once, thanks for reading that I “played it” and assumed I meant once.

Also, I have a board at home that is setup and used only for strat.  While a game is being “played” strats are being discussed by members of the group on that board.    I don’t need to stub my toe 40 times to realize it hurts.  I don’t need to play global for 6 months to know that if EUROPE isn’t a massively allied game, that GLOBAL will not be balanced.  Oh right, we’re going to wait for PAC40 adjustments to balance things out…MONTHS after release.

use hotels and houses from monopoly.  everyone has a copy of monopoly laying around.

@calvinhobbesliker:

@skinny1:

I am uncertain if I am going to buy AAE40 or not now. I have AAP40 and was looking forward to getting AAE40 for the big combined game but after reading about set up changes I am thinking of not spending the $90 + tax to get it. I was disappointed with AAP40 after the first set up and only played 1 round. AAP40 has not seen a table since the first week it was released. Seriously thinking about selling AAP40 now and just playing AA42 which has no errors in set up and only 2 rule clarifications according to the FAQ.

Dude, it’s not that hard to make a few setup changes. They’re well worth it to play an epic game where China is 18 territories instead of 3, Russia is 30 territories instead of 10, and Africa is 20 territories instead of 10

except i have pages of errata, can’t use the setup on the top of the boxes as issued…if you meant epic as in epic fail, yes, you are correct.

after playing it i’m shocked there was any playtesting done by anyone with any degree of skill.  that goes double for pacific.

I just made one out of wood, felt, glue.  total cost?  $19.

You need 1 sheet of 5mm plywood from lowe’s (12 bucks)  Have them cut it to 72" x 34".  Keep the scraps.
2 yds of felt from JO-ANN fabric (on sale until 9/11 for $3 per yd)
1 Bottle of elmers wood glue.

Felt on both sides to protect whatever table you are putting it on top of.  Cut the scraps down and glue around the plywood to hold the board in place.  It’s 5mm thick, you don’t need Bob Vila’s workshop to cut the scraps.

have you considered posting a help wanted ad in a java development forum?  tons of people out of work in the programming field who would like to keep fresh…

I feel like I’m in the movie mallrats and my name is Gill.

Does anyone know what we need to get this going so it’ll work for Pac/Eur/Global?  This playtesting would be 1000% easier if we could restart in 15 seconds, rather than 15 min of setup.  Not to mention the overall speed of the game…

http://triplea.sourceforge.net/mywiki/Forum

go there for games “like” Axis and Allies.

they work well v. india in this game.

because your SBR is going after the industrial complex, not the layers of AA guns protecting the territory into and out of the target area.  We’re not talking about one bavarian on a Flak88 here.

come on TripleA!

never had that problem.  next time put a minor in FIC and then a major in Malaya.  Game over.

MIC: refers to the new industrial complexes.  Major/Minor.  No longer are you limited to the # of units you can produce based on the IPC value of the territory your factory is in, but rather you are now limited by the factory being Major (10) or Minor (3).  There are IPC restrictions on what kind of IC you can place where.

J1 Attack:  Means Japan attacks on Turn 1.  J2 / US3 / etc.  Just refers to what country and what turn we are talking about.

Securing the DEI:  In this game the DEI is worth about 20 IPCs to the owner.  (Java/Sumatra/Celebes/Borneo)  Islands that are fought over by the Jap/UK early on, and supposedly the US later.

we’ve played 2 dozen or so games (time off now for BF2 Beta) but I don’t see any difference in our games to yours.  Apparently you have to have a moron playing as Japan for the US to have a shot in this game.  But I’ll let them tell you why I’m wrong. :)

please tell me you put the 1st MIC in FIC on j2. :)

I know people who received via USPS in a small bubble envelope Tac Bombers from WOTC.  Guy got his Thurs and another one today.