Posts made by Midnight_Reaper

@old_no7 What colors do you need? I think that HBG’s total range covers a lot of colors, so I’m curious what you think they missed. If you are looking for true color matches, you will have to paint no matter what…

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@andrewaagamer said in Werner Von Braun:

@zooey72 said in Werner Von Braun:

Braun was a war criminal, there is no doubt of that. The estimates I have seen is that he was responsible for at least 10k deaths building his rockets.

Really? No doubt? How is building rockets a war crime? If so every weapon of war is a war crime by this definition. Knives, clubs, pistols, rifles, tanks, ships of all types, fighters, bombers, artillery - well everything. Oh! And let’s hang everyone from the Manhattan project for their war crimes then while we are at it.

You could try reading what he said before you blew up at him. Zooey’s original post, which you quoted, says: “responsible for at least 10k deaths building his rockets”. The Nazi Germany government used slave labor and concentration camp labor to build their weapons of war. A lot of that slave labor died while working. Some of them died building Von Braun’s rockets.

Paul Grigorieff [http://www.v2rocket.com/start/chapters/mittel.html] puts the lower range of deaths from building the V2 at 25,000. Now, Von Braun didn’t kill them himself. But his work led the German government to invest in factories to build his rockets. And those factories were more hazardous to the workers than the end products were to their enemies.

Being the “not worst person” in Nazi Germany is an awfully low bar to clear. But the man was no saint, either.

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@nolimit said in My Axis & Allies collection:

@aadudecphdk1981 https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/20457/italy
Here something you ain’t got, nor does hardly anybody else either!!!

I have that. It’s not all that hard to get, if you ask me.

Unless @Nolimit knows something I don’t, that never came in a box. It was just a set of rules for an expansion of A&A Europe that split the Axis from just Germany into having both Germany and Italy as playable powers.

Take a copy of A&A Europe, add troops for the Italian player, add the rules from the game designers in Italy, and you have this.

It’s not commonly found because it’s not commonly known about.

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@aadudecphdk1981 Hey, that’s a nice looking JEDKO A&A game you have there. Very snazzy, even. If you get a line on a second one, I would appreciate your assistance in helping me get one.

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HBG, in their wisdom, is working on their take on the US CW: Global War 1861. News here:
https://www.facebook.com/HBGnews/posts/1628973450472203
Which means that somebody is at least thinking on those lines.

-Midnight_Reaper

I started playing in '96. It was good then and it’s still good now.

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Also, HBG has a full-up list of everything that you need to play 1936v3, as a three-page pdf file linked from their website:
https://www.historicalboardgaming.com/assets/images/HBG/GW1936v3/Accessories/Needed Units for Global War 36V31.pdf

That should let you know exactly what all you need to get started with 1936 v3.

-Midnight_Reaper

HBG sells a set of their markers just for that purpose: BASE SET OF MARKERS FOR GW1936V3
https://www.historicalboardgaming.com/Base-set-of-Markers-for-GW1936v3_p_3700.html

They want $59.95, plus shipping, for their set. They claim it would cost $70.20, plus shipping, to buy the same markers by themselves.

My 2 IPPs,

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I suggest that you get Anniversary now. They made a lot fewer of those and have quit making them for now. The price will only go up from here. You can then try out a game with fewer rules on a smaller map.

If you like Anniversary but want to scale it up, you can always go back and grab 1940 Europe and Pacific to do so.

If you don’t like Anniversary and don’t think the 1940s games will help, you can always unload your Anniversary copy online.

My 2 IPCs,

-Midnight_Reaper

As for more TWaW goodness, fellow gamer @Gentlegamer was able to procure a wealth of TWaW file, which he shared with all of us in the thread linked below:

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/35569/the-world-at-war-game-files

These files include:
World at War 2005 Rulebook
World at War 2005 Set Up Charts - All
World at War 2005 Technology Chart

And now you know.

-Midnight_Reaper

@thrasher1 said in Looking for the Xeno Games World at War Map:

@midnight_reaper

Is this World at War Fourth Edition map a mounted map?
The 2005 version of the game…

Also: anyone has a picture of the Third Edition map with the red lines?

I don’t see any map, The World at War Fourth Edition or otherwise, in your post. That said, in the second post of this thread are pictures of the maps for two edition: the top map is from the Second Edition and the bottom map is from the Fourth Edition.

As far as I know, all of the Fourth Edition maps were mounted. While I haven’t heard of any that weren’t mounted, I can’t claim to know that every one made by Xeno was mounted. And indeed, the 2005 version of TWaW was the Fourth Edition, whether an upgrade pack or a whole new game was purchased.

As for a picture of the Third Edition map, BGG has your picture:
(Source: https://boardgamegeek.com/image/95236/world-war)

I hope this helps.

-Midnight_Reaper

The simplest and easiest tech rules I’ve seen (This assumes a five power game (e.g. A&A 1942)):

At the start of the game, all powers but the Soviet Union roll one die against the tech chart. What ever result they land on is now theirs, even in the case of repeats. Jet Fighters for all four rollers is possible, if statistically unlikely.

Short, sweet, random, and the tech is used for the whole game. Why not the Soviets? “Should not have purged your scientists, Stalin!” Real reason: letting the Soviets roll would allow the Allies to have an extra tech over the Axis.

One could even use this in the bid process: I’ll take the underdog, but I get (two rolls | targeted roll | I get to pick my tech) for doing so.

-Midnight_Reaper

P.S. Minor text edit.

One last reply for now.

First, let me hit you up with some pictures of how colors of units for different countries varied in the early days of Hasbro/WotC/AH A&A.

Tanks of the United Kingdom, from A&A Europe/Pacific to A&A Anniversary. (Source: https://boardgamegeek.com/image/424344/) - See the source link for a listing of what piece is from which game.

And finally, a couple shots of the rarest (non-mistake) pieces in A&A - RN County Class cruisers in Russian Red. These were only done for the first print run of A&A Anniversary. The next time Soviet cruisers were seen in an A&A game (A&A 1942, 1st Edition), they were replaced with Kirov-class cruiser.

First, a comparison shot of all of the cruisers from A&A Anniversary, 1st print. (Source: https://boardgamegeek.com/image/362555/)

Next, a clearer picture of those rare Soviet County classes, aligned with the rest of the Soviet Navy in A&A Anniversary. (Source: https://boardgamegeek.com/image/399605/)

I hope that helps somebody.

-Midnight_Reaper

@thrasher1 said in List of all different A&A playing pieces (types) for all A&A games?:

@midnight_reaper said in List of all different A&A playing pieces (types) for all A&A games?:

MB A&A:
US & Ger Infantry color swap (1 or 2 production runs, early in the series).

I hear this one quite often. I bought my own game in the early 1990s. I have seen both the correct one and the US-German swap one in The Netherlands (where I am from).

A look at those US/German Infantries (and, two different color IJA infantries as well):
https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/14355/evolution-of-axis-allies-pieces-take-2/24.

A&A Guadalcanal:
US & IJN Cruisers color swap (the whole run, replacements were available on request).

Yes. And yes, this is a rare game. Very glad I bought it immediatelly when it came out.

A look at the Guadalcanal IJN USN cruiser color swap:
https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/14355/evolution-of-axis-allies-pieces-take-2/30.

A&A Anniversary Edition (1st printing)
Some, but not all, Italian M14/41 tanks replaced with UK Matilda II tanks in Italian brown (happened randomly, I think it averaged 1 per set, in those games that had that problem).

I did not know about this one. Thanks for posting this info.

A look at Anniversary Edition’s Brown Matilda IIs:
https://boardgamegeek.com/image/490594/axis-allies-anniversary-edition.

-Midnight_Reaper

@thrasher1 said in List of all different A&A playing pieces (types) for all A&A games?:

Regarding Axis and Allies Europe and Pacific 1940 First Edition:

There are reports about slightly different US sets. So that the Europe and Pacific pieces for the US are not exactly the same shade of green.
Do you know how often this occured?

Regarding A&A Europe / Pacific 1940 Second Edition:

Are the colors of the pieces the same? I only own the First Edition so I cannot compare.

As far as I can tell, the colors between Europe '40 and Pacific '40 are very similar. I’m not going to say exact, but I don’t remember seeing a difference the last time I looked.

And the same for 1940 1st Ed and 1940 2nd Ed - they may be a difference, but I don’t remember seeing one.

You have probably reached the limit of my knowledge. I do hope someone further versed in the intricacies of version differences in A&A pieces can come along to help you.

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As for mis-molds, there are 3 major ones that I can think of. As 2 of the 3 are in some of the rarest A&A games, getting them all might be a challenge.

MB A&A:
US & Ger Infantry color swap (1 or 2 production runs, early in the series).

A&A Guadalcanal:
US & IJN Cruisers color swap (the whole run, replacements were available on request).

A&A Anniversary Edition (1st printing)
Some, but not all, Italian M14/41 tanks replaced with UK Matilda II tanks in Italian brown (happened randomly, I think it averaged 1 per set, in those games that had that problem).

And now you know.

-Midnight_Reaper

I have charts going further back, but they mostly repeat. I will post them if asked, but only if asked.

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From my list of pieces from A&A 1942, 2nd Edition. “Fighting Men” is just a reference that this is an infantry sculpt, good luck finding the model for that.

Some explanation for my notes below:
2nd Ed = 1942, Second Edition; Europe 1940, Second Edition; Pacific 1940, Second Edition
40/42 = 1942, both editions; 1940, all four editions
40 = not in 1942; 1940, all four editions

Unit Types	Germany
Infantry	fighting man
Arty-2nd Ed	Ger 10.5cm LeFH 18
AAA-2nd Ed	Ger 8.8cm Flak 41
Tank-40/42	Ger Panzer V Panther
Mech Inf-40	Ger Sd.Kfz-251
		Germany
Fighter-40/42	Ger Bf-109
Bomber-40/42	Ger Ju-88
Tac Bmbr-40	Ger Ju-87
		Germany
Carrier-40/42	Ger Graf Zeppelin
BB-40/42	Ger Bismarck
Cruiser-40/42	Ger Hipper
DD-40/42	Ger Type 1934a
SS-40/42	Ger U-Boat Type VII
Trans-1st Ed	Ger Danzig Class*
Transport-42	Ger Hilfskruever*
*Possibly Dithmarshen Class
		Germany
Unit Types	Japan
Infantry	fighting man
Arty-40/42	IJA Type 92 70mm How.
AAA-2nd Ed	IJA Type 88 75mm
Tank-40/42	IJA Type 95 Ha-Go
Mech Inf-40 2nd	IJA Type 1 Ho-Ha
		Japan
Fighter-40/42	IJN A6M Zero
Bomber-40/42	IJN G4M Betty
Tac Bmbr-40	IJN D3A Val
		Japan
Carrier-40/42	IJN Shinano
BB-40/42	IJN Yamato
Cruiser-40/42	IJN Takao
DD-40/42	IJN Fubuki
SS-40/42	IJN I-Class (1st class)
Trans-40/42	IJN Hakusan Maru
		Japan
Unit Types	United Kingdom
Infantry	fighting man
Arty-2nd Ed	UK Ord. QF 25 Pnder
AAA-2nd Ed	UK QFAA 3.7 inch
Tank-40/42	UK Matilda II
Mech Inf-40 2nd	UK Priest Kangaroo
		United Kingdom
Fighter-40/42	UK Spitfire
Bomber-40/42	UK Halifax
Tac Bmbr-40	UK DH.98 Mosquito
		United Kingdom
Carrier-40/42	UK Illustrious
BB-40/42	UK Royal Sovereign*
Cruiser-40/42	UK County Class / Kent
DD-2nd Ed	UK S Class
SS-2nd Ed	UK Truculent/T Class
Trans-40/42	USA Liberty Ship
*Revenge or Royal Sovereign Class
		United Kingdom
Unit Types	United States of America
Infantry	fighting man
Arty-40/42	USA 105mm How.
AAA-2nd Ed	USA M1 90mm
Tank-40/42	USA M4 Sherman
Mech Inf-40	USA M3/M5 Half-track
		USA
Fighter-40/42	USA P-38 Lightning
Bomber-40/42	USA B-17
Tac Bmbr-40	USA SBD Dauntless
		USA
Carrier-40/42	USA Wasp
BB-40/42	USA Iowa
Cruiser-40/42	USA Portland
DD-40/42	USA Fletcher
SS-40/42	USA Gato
Trans-40/42	USA Liberty Ship
		United States of America
Unit Types	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Infantry	fighting man
Arty-2nd Ed	USSR 152mm How.
AAA-2nd Ed	USSR M1939 85mm
Tank-40/42	USSR T-34
Mech Inf-40	USSR Zis-42
		USSR
Fighter-40/42	USSR Yak-3
Bomber-40/42	USSR PE-8
Tac Bmbr-40	USSR Il-2 Sturmovik
		USSR
BB-40/42	USSR Gangut
Cruiser-40/42	USSR Kirov
DD-40/42	USSR Gnevny
SS-2nd Ed	USSR Srednyaya/S-Class
Trans-40-2nd	USSR Baltic Timber*
*Possibly Volgoles type
		Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

-Midnight_Reaper

From my list of pieces from A&A 1941. “Fighting Men” is just a reference that this is an infantry sculpt, good luck finding the model for that.

Unit Types	Axis			Allied
Infantry	fighting men		fighting men
Tank		Ger Tiger I		USSR IS-2 Stalin
		Axis			Allied
Fighter		Ger Fw-190		USA P-40 Warhawk
Bomber		Ger He-111		UK Lancaster
		Axis			Allied
Carrier		IJN Akagi		USSR Kostromitinova
Battlecruiser	IJN Kongo		UK Hood
Destroyer	IJN Akizuki		USA Sumner Class
Submarine	IJN Kaichu type (2d cl)	UK U / Undine Class
Transport	IJN Yamazuki Maru	UK/Can Fort Class
		Axis			Allied
Could have beens
		Axis			Allied
Artillery	IJA Type 96 howitzers	USSR M1943 howitzer
Cruiser		German Konigsberg	UK Town class, Southampton subclass

As for the “Could have beens”, Kreighund posted years ago that there were plans to include artillery and cruisers in 1941. While those pieces were deleted before production, there were specific units identified for those pieces. Those would-be scuplts are reflected in the list above.

-Midnight_Reaper

@thrasher1 I will take a stab at answering your question. I think the best way to answer this is in pieces. Fortunately for you, you aren’t the first to wonder what exactly is out there when it comes to A&A plastic.

A brief survey of important resources on A&A.org:

A&A Unit Identification Charts
(telling destroyers from cruisers, by CWO Marc)
https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/21626/a-a-unit-identification-charts

Evolution of Axis & Allies pieces – Take 2
(what changed and when, piece-wise, buy knp7765)
https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/14355/evolution-of-axis-allies-pieces-take-2

List of Sculpts
(this list, prepared by resident rules master Krieghund, give the history of the sculpts)
https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/33671/list-of-sculpts
An example, taken from near the top:

Soviet Fighter: P-40 (US) in AA41; MiG 3 in AAE40; Yak 3 elsewhere

As a reply to this will be some charts I cooked up years ago to be my own reference as to who-what-where as it pertains to A&A pieces.

I hope that the combination of all of these source will help you answer your questions. And if it takes more than one source to fully answer your question, I would hope you would then post that question-answer pair yourself. Let’s spread the knowledge.

-Midnight_Reaper