Posts made by RJL518

Oh no…Commander, im just telling others who wanted a copy of the game, Ma’am!  Im sure a high ranking naval officer like yourself doesnt need so many copies of this great game.  I just cant wait for the 2nd editions of Europe and Pacific to be released in September.

someone placed a bid on it…game closes on saturday

@Cmdr:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/axis-and-allies-50th-anniversary-edition-/140809044607?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20c8df827f

There, you can have your own copy.

better grab it quick cuz IM the one who is selling it…im just waiting for the 2nd editions of Europe and Pacific…

the game is in great shape and in excellent condition…

rjl518 is also lasdon518…so hurry and get it

some a&a variants i would like to see would be…

Midway
Stalingrad
North Africa Campaign:  War in the Desert  1940-1943  including Operation Torch
Eastern Front 1941-1945
Crusade in Europe:  Western Front 1944-1945
Invasion of Japan:  Operation Downfall…(hypothetical game)
Philippines Campaign:  ie the Battle of Leyte Gulf
Kursk:  Largest Tank battle of the war
The Battle of the Atlantic
Battle of Britain
Operation Barbarossa
Iwo Jima/Okinawa

Just some ideas and examples

@Azrael:

With europe, pacific and 42 all getting reprints this year what do you think the odds are that anniversary also gets reprinted?

I dont think it will get reprinted…the 1942 2nd edition is what they used to “reprint” the AE…the AE i truly think was a one time thing…

your axis and allies pieces should be displayed in the Louvre…wonderfull job

@Krieghund:

I first played in 1984.  I got the Milton Bradley version as soon as it hit the shelves.

same here…loved the game ever since and it also fed my hunger to learn more about world war ii…now i have many books and dvds on the subject and i love the stories and history

@Imperious:

AA41 fits tournaments better. You can get in alot of games and have semi and final be AA42 2nd.

Playing more games in a fixed amount of time get you more accurate results of determining who is the best player and the lowest common denominator game should be used to determine who has greater skills.

we have a&a tournaments down here in south florida and we used the 1942 game for the first round or two…but now that we have 1941 and 1942 2nd…we will be seeting up our tourneys this way…

finals–G1940 2nd edition
semi-finals–E1940 2nd edition and P1940 2nd edition
quarterfinals–1942 2nd edition
all rounds before quarters will now use 1941

i have the AA50 and i still believe it might the BEST version of the game period…but im hoping the 2nd editions of europe and pacific dethrone it

europe and pacific 40 2nd edition in september

I love the AE…but im hoping the second editions of europe and pacific 40 are better

pacific 40 and europe 40 to be given 2nd edition treatment in september of this year!!

YES!!!  now i can get a copy of europe and pacific 2nd edition…been out of A&A for a while…have to get back into it

tough call… i think another German air wing might have done the job for Rommel…but even that might not have helped Germany much…the USA was getting stronger and better…

wow…where to choose…if i had to make one pick…i think it would be Gen. Montgomery…assume Hitler sends Rommel what he wants and TORCH doesnt happen…how do u think he would have done?

In your opinions…were the British justified in boarding the Altmark while it was in Norway’s waters?
Did they violate the Neutrality of Norway before they were invaded by Hitler?  Was there any other way of rescuing the British prisoners held in the Altmark?

Looking fwd to your answers…

i sometimes wonder what would have happened if Germany had put together a massive battle fleet in the Atlantic like Japan did in the Pacific

@frimmel:

I don’t know that it is the Best but my favorite is Patton.

Band of Brothers would be second.

And The Longest Day is bloody well awesome. I have the Blu-ray version of it and it is a terrific transfer.

I think the bit about the craps game in Longest Day though is more a superstition issue or a karma issue. Last time he had such great luck gambling he balanced it out with terrible luck the next morning breaking a leg. It might have felt like having even better luck would lead to the next morning having even worse luck. It is what he needed to do to be less scared about going into battle. Later he even says, “Now we’re both jumping clean.”

I always thought it a statement on the irrationality that fear can cause or as an elegant comment on the fatalism many soldiers probably felt.

I have Patton on blu-ray…the movie looks like it was made yesterday…great transfer

@ABWorsham:

A fact that we have not discussed is that defective none explosive 11’’ shells hurt the Graf Spee during the Battle of River Plate.

youre right…im surprised that the German armaments were that faulty during the early part of the war

makes sense to me AB…since the German ships that they used as raiders were a little overgunned…but maybe they would have sacrificed speed for weaponry…good question my friend.

What are your favorite WW2 videogames you have played…whether based on fact like Call of Duty, or based on fiction like Wolfenstein?

My favorites

Strategy: Hearts of Iron III by Paradox Plaza
Grand Strategy:  War in the Pacific by Matrixgames
Tactical: John Tiller’s Campaign Series by Matrixgames

First person:  Call of Duty 2,3 and World at War

Fictional:  Return to Castle Wolfenstein Xbox
There are so many others i have played but these are the ones i could play over and over again.