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Have you considered asking your real question? Could a fully built Plan Z navy take on both the Royal Navy and the US Navy? Probably not, but interesting to consider all the same.

When you start talking about deals with the devil, ships built out of thin air, and crews that can’t be killed, I have a lot of trouble taking your questions seriously.

I can’t speak for you, but I know that come here for serious discussion about Axis and Allies gaming. Yes, alternative history and the occasional hi-jink ensues. But I am starting to consider your posts to be noise. I don’t see the substance. You ask questions and when you get told that this particular set of alternative rules is rather set in stone, you blow off the person who answers you. That person has put time and effort into refining their presentation. You would do well to consider whether you need to ask the question before you ask it.

-Midnight_Reaper

@Nuts
I have those French units, in both colors, and I like them. The plastic is not the same type that Hasbro and Renegade use, so they aren’t the exact same color or “look”. But for what they are, they look very good and you can tell the light blue from the medium blue at a glance.

I hope this helps.

-Midnight_Reaper

To be fair, if you have a copy of Guadalcanal, you probably have the mis-colored cruisers. If you have a copy of the original printing of the Anniversary edition, you probably have the mis-colored tanks. It’s the mis-colored infantry that you would have to seek out.

Have fun!

-Midnight_Reaper

At this far off the rails, you might as well just wish Op Sealion into success. The UK was willing to use chemical weapons to defend the UK. If the crews of your Plan Z fleet are dead, it doesn’t matter how invincible their ships might be.

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I am looking to compile a complete list of all of the expansions for Axis & Allies from back in the days when it was owned by Milton Bradley (1983-1998ish). I am also looking to compile separate lists lists for later expansions and for “games” that were A&A expansions in all but name.

Here is the list I have, please add to this if you know of more.

Axis & Allies Enhanced Realism Rules (Baker rules)
Dateline: World War II
Enemy on the Horizon
Global Crisis
Xeno Games - The World at War

Gamers Paradise

• World War II - the Expansion
• World War II - Expansion 2
• World War II - Expansion 3

StrataMax, Inc

• Max’s Advanced Rules for A&A
• Totally Untested Volume 2 of Max’s Advanced Rules for A&A

Table Tactics

• A&A: A&A Accessories
• Central Powers
• New World Order
• Risk 2042 (change to this list) (is both an expansion for Risk and a pseudo-expansion for New World Order)
  – More for Your World at War (CP and A&A:A in 3 colors for TWaW)
  – More Units in More Colors (NWO and R:2042 in 3 colors for TWaW)
  – Axis and Allies New Edition Colors (all 4 sets in 3 colors for A&A:R)

TMI

• Generals of Waterloo
• South East Pacific Expansion

More Suggestions:
TMI - Tacit Memnos Infinitum

• Generals of Waterloo
  – GeoPolitics Cards, Weather Cards & Supply Tokens Expansions
  – Map Expansions

Does that sound about right?

-Midnight_Reaper

Edited to change Risk 2042 to a full listing under Table Tactics and to add more details under the Generals of Waterloo section (13 Jan 2019)

I was able to find you some pictures that you can print out. Some may need a little “massaging” to get them to be what you want.

All together now:

Source

National Production Chart (this one’s a little blurry, you might be better off using the above picture, after cropping off everything else in the picture):

Source

Setup Cards:

Source

Battle Chart:

Source

And between those four pictures, you should be all set.

My 2 IPCs,

-Midnight_Reaper

A product similar to those Litko markers, but specifying major or minor, can be found. Historical Board Gaming sells a variety of pieces and parts for upgrading your games of A&A. In particular, the factory makers seem to be exactly what you are looking for. Follow the link below to see what I mean.

https://www.historicalboardgaming.com/HBG-Factory-Marker-Acrylic-x5_p_809.html

My 2 IPCs,

-Midnight_Reaper

I am looking to compile a complete list of all of the expansions for Axis & Allies that came out after A&A was consolidated into the Avalon Hill division of Wizards of the Coasts. I am also looking to compile separate lists for earlier expansions and for “games” that were A&A expansions in all but name.

Here is the list I have for the later expansions, please add to this if you know of more.

A&A 1914 Tournament Rules
AAR WBC Tournament Rules
Global 1942 Scenario (semi-official Global 1940 variant rules)
Honor and Infamy: Commanders (A&A Variant)
Italy (A&A: Europe Expansion)
LHTR Larry Harris Tournament Rules (for A&A: Revised)
Linked Game Rules (combined AA:E & AA:P games)
Max’s Advanced Rules for A&A: Europe

Xeno Games

• Eastern Front (unofficial A&A: Europe expansion)
  Europe at War
  Pacific at War
  Russia at War (Europe at War expansion)
  World at War Update 2005 Pack

Suggestion from the crowd:

Table Tactics

• Axis & Allies 2010 (these units would later be repackaged into the Engage game and expansions).
  – American Units
  – British Units
  – German Units
  – Italian Units
  – Japanese Units
  – Russian Units

Does that sound about right?

-Midnight_Reaper

Edited to add Axis & Allies 2010 Units and remove Europe, Pacific, and Russia at War and World at War Update 2005 Pack (13 Jan 2019)

@franklin_cain They have just about any marker you might need, and some you didn’t know you needed, like the Submerged Submarine, Convoy Disrupted, and Kamikaze markers.

If there is one you would like, but can’t find, do please kindly let us know.

-Midnight_Reaper

@barnee said in A List of Expansions for Milton Bradley-era Axis & Allies:

@Midnight_Reaper was xeno games the one with the 1939 start ? Double impulse for Germany and Japan ?

I’m sure it would have balance issues for experienced players but was pretty fun for the casual one.

Yes, that’s Xeno Games The World at War. That game also had China and France as playable powers, different costs from one country to another to build the same units, and introduced “1/2 Battleships” (AKA Destroyers / Cruisers). I’m not looking for judgments, just a list of all of the printed expansions that were out there back in the day.

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@daviousthebad said in Buy A&A Jedko Edition:

@birthofiron Hi there. I don’t have any expansion pieces. Just the original game.

He was talking to me. I will take care of this.

@birthofiron said in Buy A&A Jedko Edition:

@midnight_reaper

I am looking for a France/China expansion piece sheet for the Nova/Jedko version of Axis and Allies. Thought I would reach out in the hopes that you might still have one available.

~BirthOfIron

I sent you a private message, we can talk there.

-Midnight_Reaper

It’s cool. I think I’ve run all but the most un-heard of expansions and expansion games to ground, just asking if somebody knows of A&A expansions that I’ve never heard of and couldn’t find when I was doing my research.

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@AcesWild5049 said in Looking for the Xeno Games World at War Map:

Is there a digital download to print ones own map?

The problem with doing that is that Xeno Games is still a going concern (circling the drain, yes, but still in business) and so you would need to have their permission to sell it…

In fact, I just looked at their website (https://www.xenogames.com/xenoproducts.html) and Xeno Games themselves are selling a blown-up version of their map, 3 feet by 4 feet in two pieces according to them. They call it the Custom Map. They want US$14.95 for it (when the old Xeno Games got bought, they got moved to Canada).

Have you given that a shot?

-Midnight_Reaper

Heavy bombers were used tactically by the US Army Air Forces during WW2. The most infamous land example was Operation Cobra (Wikipedia link), which saw 1800 bombers from the 8th Air Force attack German forces in Normandy in order to help the US VII and VIII Corps breakout from their narrow slice of Normandy beach.

Among the 500+ friendly fire casualties from that attack were LTG Leslie McNair (Wikipedia link), the highest ranking US Army casualty in the ETO (he was there to observe the effects of the attack - he saw them, all right).

Heavy bombers were used more successfully in tactical roles at sea. As tactics and equipment evolved, planners and fliers used B-17s and B-24s to find and sink German submarines (Wikipedia link) in the Atlantic and used “skip bombing” (Wikipedia link) techniques to accurately attack both IJN warships and Japanese transports in the Pacific.

So, heavy bombers were used, successfully at that, to support attacks on land and to sink ships at sea. I would argue that efforts to nerf heavy bombers are an attempt to “correct” something that needs no true correction.

-Midnight_Reaper

@simon33 said in G40 Balance Mod - Feedback Thread:

@Adam514 said in G40 Balance Mod - Feedback Thread:

@oysteilo Can you pinpoint something in BM that makes games last longer? My only answer is that sides are more equal, and since it’s a newer game people continue for a few more rounds before realizing they don’t have a chance.

It’s the increase in income without the increase in the number of units on the starting board which is sure to cause a longer game unless one side gets the advantage early. This makes the starting situation less important and mid game decisions are more likely to compensate for early game mistakes or dice.
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What if NO’s were negative instead of positive? Collect Leningrad, Stalingrad, Moscow for -3 IPCs for Russia. Capture any of Philipines, New Guinea, Java for -2 IPCs per territory for Japan. If too much money is the problem, would helping to bleed funds from those who do poorly help force the issue or would it just kick those who are already down?

-Midnight_Reaper

@SS-GEN said in SS GEN's 1941 Global War Game:

Ha. Where is this river ? I’ll put it on map.
Spelling stuff never really looked at. Be playing for years on it. I’ll change your suggestion
Thank you

The “St-Laurent River” is better known in English as the Saint Lawrence River. It is the outlet from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.

-Midnight_Reaper

There was a game that attempted to do exactly what you’re asking for. It was called East & West, Global War in 1948. While it’s not sold anymore, looking into what all they did may help you in your quest.

-Midnight_Reaper

@Militarized-Milkmen said in Cold War: It's Finally Done:

NATO
Mechanized Infantry: M59
Rocket Artillery: Douglas MGR-1 Honest John
Tank: M48 Patton
AA: MIM-3 Nike Ajax
Air Superiority Fighter: North American F-100 Super Sabre
Strike Fighter: Republic F-84 Thunderstreak
Bomber: Boeing RB-29 Stratofortress
Transport: Raleigh-Class or maybe Austin-Class
Submarine: Tang-Class
Destroyer: Forrest Sherman-Class
Cruiser: Baltimore-Class
Aircraft Carrier: Forrestal-Class

You seem to have quite a few sculpt ideas, both this set and the following sets. I have some commentary (from the peanut gallery) on this set, if you please. While I agree in general that the more sculpts the better, I thought you might have overlooked some other options, which I think would be improvements over what you have gathered.

No comments, sound good:

Mechanized Infantry: M59
Rocket Artillery: Douglas MGR-1 Honest John
Tank: M48 Patton
AA: MIM-3 Nike Ajax
Transport: Raleigh-Class or maybe Austin-Class
Destroyer: Forrest Sherman-Class
Aircraft Carrier: Forrestal-Class

Some commentary
Bomber: Boeing RB-29 Stratofortress / B-47 or B-50
RB-29s were a photo-reconnaissance variant of the B-29 made from repurposed WW2-design B-29s. The post-war version of the B-29 were the B-50s, which were production copies of the “Silverplate” modified, nuclear capable B-29s. They are, admittedly, hard to tell apart from B-29s. B-47 jet bombers, on the other hand, were the first major jet bombers used by the Air Force and notably visually different from WW2 era bombers. I think that either B-47s or B-50s would be better than RB-29s.

Submarine: Tang-Class / Skipjack
Skipjacks were the first production nuclear-powered subs with a hull design optimized for underwater speed (the very first production nuclear-powered subs, the Skates, were Tangs with nuclear-power). The rounded hull shape would be different from WW2 submarine designs.

Cruiser: Baltimore-Class / Boston or Des Moines Classes
The Baltimore class was another WW2 design. After the war the Navy took two Baltimores and modified them to carry anti-aircraft missiles, making them the first class of missile-armed cruisers, the Boston class. If Bostons are a bridge too far, the ultimate gun-armed cruisers were the Des Moines class. I think that sculpts of either Bostons or Des Moines would be better than “more” Baltimores.

Air Superiority Fighter: Republic F-86 Sabre
Strike Fighter: Republic F-84 Thunderstreak -
maybe F-84 Thunderjets, to be different from F-86s
F-84 Thunderstreaks look very much like like Sabre jets - single engine swept-wing jets. F-84 Thunderjets, on the other hand, have straight wings and would be much easier to tell apart from Sabre jets. Why are both called “F-84” when they look so different? Ask the Air Force, I don’t know. Some pictures to help show the differences.
Straight wing Thunderjets:

Sabres, with their swept-wings:

Swept-wing Thunderstreaks:

Just some thoughts of mine, likely worth every penny you paid for them.

-Midnight_Reaper

@AAdudeCPHDK1981 said in New modern A&A variation - Superpowers:

@Imperious-Leader What a shame, it looked like fun. Thanks for the reply :)

It’s an interesting time capsule of A&A gaming from the mid-90s, before Hasbro breathed new life into the franchise with A&A Europe. It’s got new units, new rules, and a different time period. The colors are bright and you can tell one power from another (usually - just don’t be color blind).

Sadly, the piece size is all over the place and the rules aren’t truly cohesive. Which is a fancy way of saying that there are holes in the rules. As for those piece sizes…

(Portrait of pieces from the game Superpowers - (Source)

The grey pieces are a carrier and a battleship
The yellow pieces are a submarine and a transport
The green pieces are infantry and a bomber (stealth bomber, 'natch)
The blue pieces are a tank and a (jet) fighter
The pink piece is artillery
The white pieces are a nuclear bomb, a factory, an anti-aircraft weapon (looks like a HAWK missile to me), a “general”, and a “national leader”.

The white pieces are white for each power, the pieces in colors are all in the same color for each power. There are 8 powers in the game, each with their own color:

African Coalition - pink
Communist China - green
Euro. Union - grey
Imperial Japan - red
Middle-East Fed. - yellow
Rus. Fed. - orange
Latin Alliance - light blue
USA - a blue that’s not light

More information available on the website: http://www.superpowersgame.com/app/index.html#!/

If you have the desire to buy this game, there are still copies available. As of today (2020 1106), they want $45 plus $15 shipping and handling, but only if you are in the US of A.

I hope that was helpful for you.

-Midnight_Reaper

@the_good_captain I, for one, can’t wait to see how they turn out. If I can be of service to you on your quest, feel free to DM me.

-Midnight_Reaper