Posts made by MeinFuhrer

WotC is notorious for pushing Magic CCG and leaving other products on the back burner.  They did this back in early 2000’s when they lost the right to produce Pokemon.  They decided to eliminate the 16+ tournament age group to get older Pokemon players to switch to Magic before they lost production rights.

Awesome, sounds good.  I will let you know if I plan on coming up that way.  Hutch is definitely close enough for regular sessions. :) Let me know when you move.

Me and a buddy play Spring 42, 40 Europe/Pacific/Global, and have just started using the '84 MB board as well.  He bought D-Day, but has yet to receive it.  Would love to learn '42 variant.

Thanks, appreciate the feedback.

The game was won by me as axis.  I turtled with Germany first few rounds (didn’t play with a no first turn Russian attack rule), but eventually went for the Russian kill.  I took his stack on Karelia and after that the Russian resistance was done.  I broke free with German forces all across the middle east and asia (except for a stack in Russia).  Japan was used successfully to put pressure on Russia from the east (built an IC in SE asia and took the south route), also destroyed America’s chinese forces.  After he realized the KGF strategy was a lost cause he went for Japan’s throat.  The game came down to how fast I could get Germany to Japan’s aid.  Got there with maybe one turn to spare (Japan surrounded by American and British fleets.  Took his India IC with Germany, as well as his Egypt IC.  Used those to build a massive German navy to liberate the mainland of Japan.  Used my luftwaffe to destroy any navy he made in the atlantic as well as had nice land reserves in Europe to repel invasion forces.  He didn’t have enough money to attack both Germany and Japan, especially as it became increasingly costly to lose transports to the luftwaffe every turn.  Game is definitely different from 42, much faster paced.

Live near Wichita, KS.  Anybody around here play?  Will learn to play any version if I don’t already play it.

So I’m a semi-regular player, but have never played the older version (I play spring '42 and '40 Europe and Pacific).  Recently I found out a buddy of mine used to play years ago in college, so we’ve started playing each other.  Problem is, I have only played S42 and E/P40.  He is a pro playing classic.  He just bought a classic board online and we are going to play that version this weekend.  I am normally Axis, and can hold my own with the games I’ve played, but I would like some Axis strategy for the older game.  He said America can land troops in Europe in one turn.  Is this true?  Also, what are the major differences between this game and the newer versions?  Any help is appreciated.

-MF