Posts made by Sime

Nah, I wouldn’t ask FMG to cover $40+ of shipping (I’m an international order).  I just gotta make sure I get enough to make it worthwhile.  I was just looking over the site and I think I’ll grab a deluxe dice set while I’m ordering as well.  There’s some really great products on the site.

@FieldMarshalGames:

If you are going to order just ONE set, I can send it post for $9.95.  But experience shows that it can take over a month to arrive AND there is no tracking on the order.  10% of Airmail orders I find get lost or stolen (Sad but True).  If you order more than one set or more than one item I highly recommend you send it UPS.  It is FAST, you get tracking and the package is insured.

Cheers for the info.  I had planned on buying two sets, but didn’t think it was worth paying that much postage for only 2 sets…

…so I’m gonna buy three sets instead :-D

I’ll place my order as soon as my funds are transferred to paypal.

Is the International UPS Worldwide expedited the only way to get the units shipped to Australia?

International UPS (3-6 days)
Worldwide Expedited $40.74

Is there a cheaper alternative? I don’t particularly care how long it takes to ship.  The other option only states North America and Europe.

Mail COMBAT DICE to Europe (2-4 weeks) OR
UPS - United States / Canada (2-6 days) $9.95

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@Imperious:

I didn’t get any discount code and i don’t really care, but i did enter Rommel.

I think it has to be all capitals

@Rorschach:

Get the major 6 done first, as that has the most appeal and useability between games.

Yep, I agree.

@cminke:

how much for all of the nations then?? :?

5 posts above yours:

@FieldMarshalGames:

We will be offering a NEW COMBAT DICE set that includes all 9 powers with a Deluxe AMMO POUCH Dice Bag for $39.99

Great news!  I know a few people will be disappointed with the wait, but I’m fine with it.  Thanks for the update FMG

Those battle markers look awesome!

Also, I’ll definitely buy a few sets of flag markers when they are released

I’m keen to get a couple of sets, but I’m in Australia.  Will you be shipping overseas? And if so, do you have an estimate of shipping charges?

Cheers

That is AWESOME!  :-o

Well done, mate

@Imperious:

Im sorry you printed out a less than perfect map,

No, don’t be sorry mate.  I’m happy with the map I have and am glad you put in the effort to give it to the public.

but at least i got it better for the next guy.

Yep, that is the reason I compiled the list.  Thanks again!  :-)

Hey IL.  Thanks for taking some time to implement some changes.  I’ll download and check out the new map tonight.

one thing that does not make sence is to align the two sides of USA for wraparound because nobody needs this.

Yeah, this isn’t all that important since there is plenty of space in the territories.  I just thought it was strange that they weren’t initially lined up.

The border idea to me is a waste of money because it costs on average $10 bucks a sq foot for printing and that adds up to wasted space printed. If you really want a nice border i can easily make one just for you.

I was thinking that it would be easy enough to shrink the map by 5% (or less) so that adding a border would still leave the surface area the same size.  I don’t know much about these type of graphics so I’m unsure if it as simple as I thought it might be.  Again, having a border isn’t all that important anyway, it’s just that after playing on Bionic Donkeys AAR board (which has a border) I thought it would make the map look neater.

The Washington font is smaller because where it was didnt look correct with the larger font sitting in the ocean. The names of places are essentially in the same places as the map to keep it similar enough to be comfortable.

Fair enough.

I got no fewer than 10 emails saying how much people love SPECIFICALLY the picture in the Sahara. I think it was strange to hear that, but ill take it as a measure to just leave that thing alone.

I think you misunderstood what I meant in regard to the pic.  I like the pic too.  What I was saying is that the word ‘Sahara’ was placed first, then the pic was placed over the top of it (half of it, anyway). This means that the word ‘Sahara’  doesn’t look clean.  You can kind of see it in the pic I posted, but I’ll get another closer pic to show you what I mean.  The other thing I mentioned about the pic was that the edges should fade in (even just a few millimetres), but that is of course up to you.

lastly, i am surprised you didn’t mention that i NAMED: Sicily, Sardinia, Ceylon and Corsica, but i refuse to treat my Italian and Indian friends with such disdain. I will never make any map that would not bother to name such important areas.  Malta should be on the map as well. It was HUGE to the allies!

Yep, I really like what you did with naming the islands.  The reason I didn’t have that on my list is ‘cause my list was of thing I thought should be changed. :wink:

Thanks for scrutinizing the map. I know it took alot of time for you to make it so complete, which is part of the reason why i went back to make changes.

Thank you for making the map, and a big thank you for taking what I wrote into account and making changes you were comfortable with.

Cheers!

@Imperious:

OK you definatly have an older version of the map. I can clearly see some of what you got has been fixed.

Sorry. Let me check it completely and post the most recent version corrected if necessary.

Yeah, I had a feeling you may have updated between then and now.  Just for reference, I got the map I currently have from this thread (second post on page 3).

cheers

I downloaded and printed IL’s large map (phase 1) a few months ago and wrote out this list of changes that I think should be made (and have finally got around to posting them).  Although I think this map is really good, and looks quite professional for the most part, I think there are a few things that can be changed (and some things that have been overlooked) to make it look more professional.

To clarify my meaning for some words I’m about to use:-  over colour means the thin line in the borders and under colour means the thick line in borders. Sea-line means the border where land meets sea.

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GENERAL
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The M in Mosambique is obscured

There are solid white borders around Switzerland, Spain, Peru, Eire (should be changed to a two-tone border to match all other borders)

There are single colour border Afganistan (thick), Himilaya (thin) (should be changed to two-tone)

Neutral borders should have similar colours to UK borders (both under and over colours)

French Indo should have Jap colour northern border

Change Jap border (over colour) to something darker (burnt orange?).  The current bright border really stands out over all the other sombre borders on the board.

Change Italy’s border under colour to same as Britain’s (Italy’s is currently white)

Change China’s under colour to USA’s under colour (China’s is currently white)

USA’s sea-line is noticably whiter than other sea-lines (especially on the West coast of USA) {Not all that important}

Some places are missing their sea-lines - Sahara/sz17, Fukien/sz61, the Karelian inner sea, Hawaii/sz53

Missing Islands - Iwo Jima, Wake, Okinawa, Caroline Islands

Hawaii should have an Island chain for better representation {Not all that important}

Western US needs to be stretched out vertically to equal the Eastern US borders (using the wrap-around as comparison), as does sz 55.  The only borders that matche in the wrap-around are the sz21/25 border on the left of the board and sz43/44 on the right of the board. (eg.  The Eastern USA territory is longer vertically than the Central USA territory)

Remove all northern snow (arctic).  If not, at least use sea-lines between snow/land for conformity

The word ‘Sahara’ needs to be placed over the pic in the Sahara territory.  At the moment the pic is slightly obscuring the word ‘Sahara’.

Put a white 1/2 inch border around the entire map (any colour, really, but white would look best IMO)

I think you should put your name and/or website somewhere on the map, but that is entirely up to you, ofcourse.

CAPITAL CITIES
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Rome has red writing with dark outlines while all other cities have red writing with white outlines.  I personally think that the Rome writing looks better, and that you should change the other city names to match that.  But if you prefer the red with white outline, then you’ll need to change the Rome writing to match that.

Washington font size is smaller than all other capital names

SPECS BOX
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I think you should create a header in specs box (Attack-Defend-Cost) so newbies to the game know what the numbers mean at a glance

Factory should be labelled 0-0-15

Move specs box to where photo of leaders is (sz31/32), above the Axis & Allies title.  Remove photo of leaders.  IMO, it makes the board look amateur when the rest of it looks so professional (ie. it detracts from the overall aesthetics).

IMAGES
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• Some images need to be faded in to look better
• Some images would look better if you use the territory borders as borders of the image (ie. crop the image to fit within the territory)

Images that look good as is:

sz14, sz15, sz16, sz11/12, sz2, sz3, sz45, sz57 (get rid of flak in sz59), Jap flag & US fighters in sz62/58 (I really like the symbology with that overlap - good job)

Images that need modification (ie. fading at edges, or cropped to fit territory):

sz24 (fade in)
tanks at Caucasus (fade in)
tank North East Poland (fade in)
Stalin in Russia (either cropped at shoulders to fit territory, or fade in)
Sahara Desert (either cropped to fit territory, or fade in)

Needs to be moved:

sz51/53 moved left to be inside sz51 completely (create a border for image)

Needs deletion (IMO these images detract from the rest of the board):

sz54
sz61/62
sz31/32 - the leaders above ‘Axis & Allies’ as explained above

Ofcourse, you can take all, some or none of these suggestions into account as you see fit.

And to finish off this post, here are some photos of the big board:

Cheers mate

I recently upgraded to a bigger board, but before that I was thinking about using those thin business card sized fridge magnets (the kind that some businesses give away for free) to hold the board in place.  I was going to cut 6 of them in half and glue them to the back of the boards like in this diagram (the black rectangles are the magnet halves in case it wasn’t obvious).

I was then going to use 6 more (uncut) magnets as joiners, connecting the boards.

I think would help stop warping at the edges where the magnets are so you can easily slide navies or armies over those sections without having to pick up the navies/armies and place them on the other side of the edge.

@tin_snips:

china just cannot leave its own (unless re-taking, or attacking burma i think)

Sorry for derailing further, but I just wanted to clarify this.

Besides the territories that they begin with, China can only take 3 other territories - Kiangsu and Manchuria (which are considered belonging to the Chinese at the start of the game, even though Japan occupies them), and Kwangtung (which reverts to British control when occupied by China [or any other Ally]).

The only way the battleship would get to fire at the bomber would be if the bomber was directly attacking the battleship.  In your scenario, you are correct – the battleship does not get to fire AA at the bomber.

I don’t have the rule book handy so I can’t quote from it to give you evidence to convince your friend, but Krieg may be able to help with that

@LT04:

I’d let the Chinese keep that crapy real estate and so what if they have 1,000 INF at the end of the game they can’t leave and other allies can’t enter.

I’m pretty sure this is incorrect.  Although Chinese units can’t leave the Chinese territories, other Allied forces can move into the Chinese territories.

@tin_snips:

i think i’ll be falling back from karelia

I haven’t played the 1942 scenario yet, but after having a look at the set-up it does look like it’ll be difficult for Russia.  I think I’d agree with Tinsnips about retreating from Karelia (at least in the short term, 'til Britain can come to your aid).

Another (obvious) thing I would consider a must-do is to make sure Belorussia and east ukraine are taken on Russia’s first move, while setting up units in Russia (both units on the board moving West, and purchased units) to re-take either territory if Germany tries to take them back.

It’s gonna be a hard slog for the first few moves, so Britain (and possibly USA) needs to get help over there ASAP.

@Cmdr:

Why couldn’t Germany or Italy put an AA Gun in France and shoot down all those pretty bombers before they attack the med?  It isn’t like you don’t have one to spare or they are cost prohibitive to build.

That wouldn’t work because in this edition only the AA of the territory you are attacking gets to fire.  Also, the bombers don’t need to fly over France to get to the Med - it takes the same amount of movement points to fly around Spain as it does to fly over France to get to the Med.