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Axis and Allies Anniversary Edition

Players must agree on the following options before starting the game:

1. Which Scenario are we playing?
   a) 1941
   b) 1942

2. How many victory cities will we play to?
   a) 13 cities
   b) 15 cities (default)
   c) 18 cities

3. Research and Development allowed?
   a) Yes
   b) No

4. National Objectives allowed?
   a) Yes
   b) No

5. Dardanelles closed to sea movement?*
   a) Yes
   b) No

6. Fighter Escorts and Interceptors allowed?*
   a) Yes
   b) No

*Found in the official corrections/FAQ located here: https://axisallies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/axis-allies-rules-anniversary-corrections-faqs.pdf

@DMcLaren Hey thanks! Only with that version. Anniversary got the same treatment (kept it completely original) and currently tapping away at 1914. But I know what you mean. Once the bug bites…

@folewnik as a small time scale modeler, I very much admire your work. You have exceptional attention to detail so I thank you very much for this compliment.

@Ghoster Thanks! And that’s awesome! I think you’ll really enjoy the experience. I’ve been asked this several times now so I’ll just post it here and on YouTube:

Russia - TS-62 NATO Brown
UK - TS-46 Light Sand
USA - TS-28 Olive Drab 2
Germany - TS-6 Matte Black
Australia - TS-66 IJN Gray
Italy - AS-22 Dark Earth

the rest were bottle paints shot from an airbrush:
France - XF-18 (tamiya)
China - Interior Green mixed with some yellow
Japan - Model Master’s Italian Red mixed with Rust from the same company

start that first video at the 5 minute mark. If you’re “new old stock” to Classic, I highly recommend watching all three. I’m not trying to plug my channel. Just trying to create “less blood on the battlefield” for anyone transitioning from other versions and is rusty.

The Russia strategic video in my 1914 series is now posted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRBnaOC4kZY

I used only the out-of-box pieces from the original game. The intent was to retain the flavor of the original while ‘enhancing’ the playing experience as inoffensively as possible. To that end, all pieces were sanded, primed, and painted in a color as close to the original as could be done. There are no mold lines or flash on any of these pieces. Even the chips are original. Enjoy!

*Special shout-out to https://shop.x-raypad.com/ for such beautifully printed maps. Playing AnA on an over-sized mouse pad as opposed to some vinyl provides the superior playing experience.

**Feel free to ask questions here and/or subscribe to my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhtS9kBOK7s&t=1s

***If anyone would like to play Europe '99 edition, DM me. I recommend playing via Twitch or TripleA.

Europe:

The final roster:

myself
@gamerman01
@VictoryFirst
@elche
@Martin
@Ragnell804
@dawgoneit
@hiijohnson
@Superior
@TinCanoftheSea
@Darkpriorace
@Primigenius
@amnykon

Sign ups are closed and I will turn control over to @gamerman01 for bracketing and kicking off the tournament. I can field almost any game rules question. Gamerman can field any question about the tournament itself.

Let’s push some digital plastic. Good luck!

I’ve posted a new video to my channel. This is a step by step tutorial on how to play Axis and Allies: D-Day in TripleA. This will be the focus of the next series of videos. Please DM me if you’d like to play. Content only comes from stacking games…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNceoMa0DSM

I used only the out-of-box pieces from the original game. The intent was to retain the flavor of the original while ‘enhancing’ the playing experience as inoffensively as possible. To that end, all pieces were sanded, primed, and painted in a color as close to the original as could be done. There are no mold lines or flash on any of these pieces. Even the chips are original. Enjoy!

*Special shout-out to https://shop.x-raypad.com/ for such beautifully printed maps. Playing AnA on an over-sized mouse pad as opposed to some vinyl provides the superior playing experience.

**Feel free to ask questions here and/or subscribe to my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhtS9kBOK7s&t=1s

***If anyone would like to play Pacific '00 edition, DM me. I recommend playing via Twitch or TripleA.

@gamerman01 @VictoryFirst

Though it might be more fun to go over this live on the call, in the interest of preserving posterity and to sharpen the discussion…

You made a horrifyingly effective Pacific strategy for the USA. I have to reshoot my classic videos to address this and how you fought in the Pacific. I’ve never been compelled to reshoot a video series but I absolutely have to now. I was delightfully appalled to be a victim of it and will be copying most if not all of that strategy going forward. I’ve seen plenty in the Pacific. I know about Wake but I’ve never seen anyone execute it with such deliberate, controlled moves. For example, the more common Pac strat until now was to build a strong fleet and float around with one or two guys to capture islands. The flaw in that is the japanese just need to kill the infantry with their air power and its basically over.

You combined a push on Wake with what i call “still birth” and pushed and choked japan so hard in the beginning i could barely keep in the game even with overall positive dice favoring me. And you did this WITHOUT building IC. omg!

This is turn forced me to realize that tech favors the pacific (jets and super subs) and to compute what each breakthrough would mean in the pacific every turn until I had to throw for tech or lose. So by transitive property you made me learn a bunch of stuff about tech and its employment I would otherwise never have uncovered.

I have played this game CONSTANTLY for six years and all that is a first. You schooled me. Only luck and dogged experience and LUCK again saved me. I raise my glass to you. I’ve never been so humbled in a game of Classic or Axis and Allies in general.

Why we should all stop using this method of casualty determination (in 18 minutes):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufp1m8qlrlE&t=28s

Hi guys.

@Superior has left the tournament completely.

@hiijohnson is making an effort to get back in but says it might be just a bit longer

I can’t get ahold of @amnykon

I’m going to formally request that we modify the tournament in such a way that @superior is removed completely and @hiijohnson @amnykon please let us know if you intend to continue with the tournament or can we drop you and see you next year? Sorry to do this but this is too many folks on the roster but not playing.

I’d appreciate hearing from you in the next 72 hours if possible, thanks! If we don’t hear from them I move that @victoryfirst and @gamerman01 modify the tournament to keep things moving.

The first of a new series of four videos has dropped for Axis and Allies D-Day. This video covers the first turn. The second and third will cover how to fight the war from each side. The fourth video will cover balance issues and solutions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxIr3S2rrqU&t=2s

@elche
@TinCanoftheSea
@dawgoneit

Please acknowledge you’re still interested in playing this tournament or otherwise message me and let me know you’re still interested in playing in this tournament.

@Narvik your comment confuses me. I agree with almost everything you say. I feel you missed the point of the video or at least read more into it than was there. I compared the five versions that I’ve mastered against each other and stated I would use it as a tool on all future series. That is pretty much it. I feel you are implying I said things I did not.

I categorically disagree with you that 99% of the community doesn’t mind imbalances. If they didn’t, there would be no need for bidding.

@elche I’m going to give myself a bye on the 23rd if I don’t hear from you before then

@TinCanoftheSea I’m going to give @Ragnell804 a bye on the 23rd if I don’t hear from you before then

@hiijohnson @dawgoneit I’m going to declare a bye for one of you on the 23rd if you can’t start your game before then. Here is the link for your game, @hiijohnson I registered your email and just need you to hit accept in the confirmation email. I have started a thread for your guys’ game here:

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/42482/dawg-vs-hiijohnson-classic-league-game-2026

I will even post the file for both of you if you can just confirm the registration. Please do so at your earliest convenience - it’s getting late in the day.

@VictoryFirst ah, the thumbnail. Right, okay, I can see that. If that’s what he meant, yeah that was a bit provocative since I confined myself to the five series on the channel (although I still feel it is accurate). That’s easy to update.

@Narvik Nice. we might have more in common than we think then. I was also in the military. I did four years active duty and then four more in the reserves.

Just between you and me, I know the five versions of which I speak are imbalanced (unless and until someone comes along and shows me a strategy that was missed). I also know that Pacific 1940 is imbalanced, Global 1940 is imbalanced, Guadalcanal appears to be imbalanced and Pacific (2000) is imbalanced. I just don’t have series done on them yet. I also have it on good authority that 1942 is imbalanced. If you listen to the community at large, you’ll hear that Anniversary is balanced when it just isn’t (at least the 1941 setup - but if you bring in the National Objectives, then both are imbalanced).

I only have about 20 or so games under my belt of the above list where I have at least 30-40 of the versions I have a series for. To mention all these and the caveats is to lose the attention span of most audience members and so it is left out. Those games will be rated when their series’ are complete. This has a lot to do with a thoroughness and attention to detail that I’ve learned in the military. I grant that the thumbnail was “over my skis” but that has been/ will be fixed.

In which version of axis and allies can submarines shoot down planes?

@Narvik they made us all sign non-disclosure agreements which I think is silly but it was a pre-requisite to help out. I play tested. I didn’t help with design so as for how they compute the game economy or any use of computers or AI is unknown to me. Some playtesters brought their own methods of balancing or rating these things and provided input but that was largely left to Renegade.

I wish there had been more time to playtest. I will say that about Africa and to a lesser extent, Stalingrad.

As for all the other versions and imbalance in general: I will say that it appears that playtesting and balance took a back seat to production deadlines. It appears that the thousands of human playtesting games that you and I would agree need to be done, were likely not done.

I hear D-Day is being re-released here soon. I have high hopes that that will be fully balanced. We’ll see.

This repository is defunct as of 3/27/2026.

VictoryFirst now updates and uploads the most current versions of these modules through the TripleA website itself found here: https://github.com/triplea-maps/

1. Click the link and use the search function to find the Axis and Allies you’re looking for.

2. Move the unzipped map to the “downloadedMaps” folder in the folder where you installed Triplea. Reboot the game and look for the title in the selection screen.

OR

Simply click “Download Maps” from the TripleA main screen and locate these titles:

Europe Improved
D-Day2 Improved
World War I 1914 Improved
World War I 1914 Tournament Rules
World War I 1914 Balanced
Classic League

*If you have any issues, please let me know by posting in this thread.

@ozymandiac I’m in.