Posts made by Old Dwarf

@Gargantua:

What’s the word on the bolshevik revolution?

Turn 3 Lenin is sent across Germany with a NOTE :-D

I know A&A figures unit representation is not defined  but from Larry’s Demo Turn it does seem
that it’s very close to the actual Corps # involved.(at least for the Serbian attack & the Romanian
Army)

I’m most interested in the Turn Time,4 does seem a bit rapid to get the US in so I keep thinking
a Turn Year will be divided into monthly/Seasonal  periods of some sort.

Some nice mechanics given the scale of the game,the victory conditions  :-P just don’t jell for me  maybe
some Victory Levels are included if neither side manages the capitals thing?

All in all looks good.

Too Damn Cute IMO :-P

I think a note should triggered the Victory conditions , get over it. :evil:

No Rail Movement  :-P maybe countries with better rail nets get better movement or
stragetic movement.

@vonLettowVorbeck1914:

The sad part is that a lot of people have wanted a WWI game for so long, that many of us will buy it no matter what.

I resemble this remark.

@knp7765:

@Imperious:

sure ANY History BOOK WILL TELL YOU THE NOTE WAS THE TRIGGER THAT CAUSED THE WAR. Please find one that says it was not the note, but unrestricted submarine warfare or pancakes or whatever.

OMG! You hit on the REAL reason behind the US entry into WW1 IL! I remember reading a report that in the early months of 1917 Germany flooded US markets with their potato pancakes. Americans just HATED them and President Wilson had no choice but to declare war on Germany. I heard that he signed the declaration right after taking his first bite of one.

Come to think of it Potato Pancake Street name in my town was changed to French Fries Drive in 1917.
Some years later it was changed to Liberty Fries Drive but that’s another story.

@questioneer:

You want gas attacks???  Just fart at your opponent while playing.  There’s your gas attacks.  Don’t forget to wear a mask.

So just SOP for our group :evil:

@Imperious:

Tactical Bombers and scrambling and combat air patrol and major and minor factories and tech tokens and cruisers and NO’s and NA’s and submerging…

None of this is world in flames.

World in Flames is where you got uber detailed rules that add nothing to the fun factor of the game. All they do is get in the way of a good gaming experience.

Chrome rules that add detail , but nothing else are not axis and allies.

Also Agree some of the rules in WiF are just insane,we did however borrow some stuff from it to pimp up A&A Global
Vichy France mainly.

@Flashman:

Old Dwarf, don’t you mean “Death in the Trenches”?

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/15391/death-in-the-trenches-the-great-war-1914-1918

Yes my Bad :|

Your right Butterflies are never really free,I have no doubt if Moltke  had pulled off Schlieffen,
Italy would have signed on with Kaiser Bill for some  bits of S.France Nappy III  had bit off.
(God I sound like a name dropper :roll: )

You could have a conditional rule for Italy to join the CP under such circumstances without undermining
the basis for the Game.If something that big happened during game play balance would not be an issue
as it’s a logical consequence of play.

My concern was having some Diplomatic Mechanic that would allow Italy to join the CP against
her historic self interest.

The nice thing about Italy ( & gas,minor countries) is when the game
Rules surface we can do whatever we want. :wink: .

I’m probably going to chrome the Game with a lot of Stuff from
“War in the Trenches”.

Tad late to this topic but the 'Minor Powers"thread has just been so engrossing :evil:
If your doing the Great War in anything besides a "Diplomancy"type game Italy can’t swing
(as other posters have noted).

Her self interest were such that only AH territory would make joining  the war worth the cost.
(It turned out to be one hell of a high cost).

I agree it would be an interesting addition to fool around with Italian entry & some of the lesser
powers for that matter but doing so moves you out of WWI.It’s a fine line I know,Germany can
defeat France or Russia can march to Berlin but Italy can’t become a CP.

You change the course of the war as you play the game that’s a given but if you change the
pieces you change the circumstances/reasons & purposes that created the war in th first place.
A bridge too far-IMO.

We have no idea of the actual rules yet so who knows how Italy will be handled my gut feeling it will
be by a set date entry for the  Allies.

@ch0senfktard:

Pardon me, but what does a Russian revolution have to do with minor powers?

When Mother Russia cracked up it left the Reds,Whites & Greens to sort it out.They in
a sense became minor powers.The discussion seems to about how these should or
should not be represented in a WWI Game.

OD

@Imperious:

The battle of Haiti?

Toussaint Louverture we are here!

OD

Well if your going to have both NYC & Bombay without an overly huge map-something
had to give (in case Africa).The German colonies were less than a side show so why the
entire South Africa region was include is an interesting  question.

Can’t wait for some better Board pictures.

OD

CSI has the suggested price at $99(U.S) they are offering the pre order at $64.99 (U.S.)

OD

@WILD:

@Old:

@Imperious:

Larry said no GAS.

When this hits our table there will be Gas Rules. :evil:

OD

Old Dwarf, does your group eat to many coney’s in Jersey?

Jersey Gas Rule:
Lift a cheek and say gas attack, and the enemy loose 3 inf LOL

I put the word “Rules” to try to head off the obvious comments :-D
but it is a small game room however Beer belches are more the norm.

OD

@Imperious:

Larry said no GAS.

When this hits our table there will be Gas Rules. :evil:

OD