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@djensen You are correct. I just kinda’ built them as I went. Of course, I figured out general dimensions but I did slightly tailor each box to the nation it was for because unit numbers and sized varied. But I did them so many years ago now that I don’t recall any of the dimensions. I do remember that I made them out of the carboard backers that stacks of USPS stamps came wrapped in. I was working at the post office at that time and they would just throw the carboard in the trash after unwrapping the stamps. It was very high quality and dense cardstock but there were variations in the color of it. Still, it worked just fine for what I was doing.

@djensen I just made them for my own use as I hate to have the pieces all jumbled together. It probably takes me about 20 minutes or so to make just one box so it probably wouldn’t be practical for me to make them for others. I would have to charge way more than people were willing to pay I think.

IMO, HBG has far too many irons in the fire and has lost sight of both what we want and what they originally set out to do.  The large number of roads half taken have caused me to lose faith in them.  When they were at the top of their game, the pieces they were producing were excellent.  It’s a shame we have so many unfinished product lines and essentially dead projects.  I used to check their website often.  Now, it’s something like once every six months and dropping.  That’s too bad too because they showed great promise at one point.

About how long do you expect before the new Japanese pieces are available individually?

About how long do you expect before the new Japanese pieces are available individually?

My pieces arrived today.  Clearly this is HBG’s best set yet with regards to detail.  Every sculpt is on par with the Tiger that was included in the German set.  Since nobody has detailed photos to share, I thought I’d provide some myself.  There is a slide bar at the bottom of this post so that you can see the entire picture.  Alternately, you can click on a picture to see it full size.

Aircraft Carrier:

Heavy Battleship:

Battleship:

Heavy Cruiser:

Light Cruiser:

Destroyer:

Submarine:

Jet:

Fighter:

Dive Bomber:

Artillery:

Medium Tank:

Light Tank:

Infantry:

Overall, just an amazing job.  Doug, please don’t leave the base Japanese set on the backburner too long.

Well let’s see some detailed pictures!!

Actually, I have a game a little bit like that.

Not necessarily an error.  The guys modify things a lot on that show.  For example, “Rock Paper Scissors, Lizard, Spock”

I find that, as they die, so does my interest in WWII.  That’s sad because the study of WWII pretty much dominated my life for many years.

Your picture only shows up as a box with an “X” in it.

Simmons Games is proof that dice ARE NOT necessary.  Please ignore Imperious Leader’s trite arrogance.  Your game sounds interesting.

They are all listed if you click on the empty boxes under the image gallery button.

When it comes to designing war games there are two ends of the spectrum:

Funism<–------------------------------------------------------------------------------>Realism

The closer you stay towards Funism, the simpler the rules are.  The further you move towards Realism, the worse your headache is after reading the manual.  True playability lies somewhere in between but I tend to gravitate towards Funism.

The Germans would have been well served to outright copy the T34/85 IMO.  Add a dash of German engineering into the mix and you would have had a wonderful machine.  I know that the Panther was their “version” of the T34 but they over complicated the thing.  Just build a T34 and upgrade it a bit was the way to go.

XXI was a war winner IMO.  Without allied seaborne support, the Soviets could not have kept the war machine churning.  Combine that with no western front to tie down German troops and it’s game over for the Soviets.

I use mine for my Pacific War game:

As time goes on, I am replacing A&A pieces with HBG pieces.  Once enough HBG sculpts are produced that I have enough for a complete game, I’ll be in contact with HBG and then (God willing) off to kickstarter.

All my sets came in plastic bags.  I never knew that they sold them boxed as well.  Neato!

Yes, the colors area near perfect match.  The only real difference is that OOB pieces are in shiny plastic while those from HBG are flat.  I’m very pleased with them.

Order still marked HOLD here too.  Quite disappointing…. :|