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Thanks

@Shakespeare:

What is the most misunderstood rule or common mistake that new players make in their 1st

game??    :?

Was answered with this:

@Krieghund:

That’s easy - trying to apply rules from other A&A games to this one.  This game is completely different from every other A&A game.  You need to try not to read in rules from other games that aren’t in this one.  Just try to pretend that this game doesn’t say “Axis & Allies” on it when you read them.

And that is exactly correct (emphasis added.) Same goes for Battle of the Bulge.

The biggest specific source of confusion though is the combat system mostly from thinking that it works like other A&A games instead of being divided into phases with random casulaties.

Second would be submarines mostly from trying to apply sub rules/abilities and destroyer rules/abilities from other games. Also though because subs choose a target to attack while other casualties are random.

But just take the rulebook as having nothing in common with any other game and confusion and mistakes will be kept to a minimum.

It becomes Italian if Italy takes it from the allies

I wish I could give you a better answer than “soon”, but that’s all I’ve got.  :-(

I personally don’t like using marshalling cards/task force markers, preferring to keep all my units on the board (sometimes it gets too crowded, obviously).  The bigger board should allow enough space, and I guess that’s why they didn’t include any type of markers for large armies/navies, aside from being cheap.

National Advantages. NA’s. They are optional rules in the OOB rule book that give a different ability to certain units or make an exception to certain rules depending on the country. I haven’t really played with them but it is said that they add some variety to the game.