Posts made by Viracocha

WOw Auk… that is such an awesome looking setup you have.  :-o

Hey auk - thanks for posting those pics - looks awesome.  Wish I could make it to that convention.  Know of any third-party reviews on the game… (hint?;-)

Just wondering if anyone else has checked this one out:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/25245/wwii-the-struggle-for-europe-and-asia

And here’s their own site:

http://www.ww2wargame.com/game_design.html

Looks kinda cool…   :-o I like the way they designed it so that the miniatures of your choice are mounted on the chits…   HBG is mentioned, so I imagine this game is already known to some folks here.  Anyone give me the ‘lowdown’ on it? In other words, anyone out there play the first edition or perhaps had a part in the play testing of the second edition?

And the patches are pretty nifty!  :-D

@CWO:

“Axis & Allies 1941 is designed to be set up and played more quickly than any previous A&A game. In essence, this is a simplified A&A experience that will introduce players to the A&A mechanics and play style. […]  A key feature for enfranchised players is an entirely new set of unit sculpts. […] These playing pieces can be used in any other A&A game, and will be desirable to players who seek to expand their A&A collections.”

It almost sounds as if they were inspired by Axis & Allies Express and by the expanded sculpts being produced by FMG and HBG.

Hmm… I’m willing to bet there wasn’t any ‘almost’ about it.  Ah well… I’m in for that price.

WOuld be cool to see some pics…  Really curious as to that shortened gaming time, and will the new sculpts mentioned have different abilities… will some units get the axe…  NEW SCUPLTS.  Excited.

This is most unfortunate Paul, bummer you’ve had to put up with this kinda junk.

Ah!  I remember playing with some of those expansions - there is a pretty good list of them here:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/98/axis-allies

If you follow the individual links to whichever expansion you might find a person trading/selling it…

London, UK.  A&A boardgames.

Hey Swedo, I got a lot of ideas for my units from here:

http://ww2drawings.jexiste.fr/index.htm

@Swedo:

What alterations? :P I put up the original paint scheme next to my pieces that i painted. Not exactly, but close enough ^^

Ok… replace “alterations” with “differentiations”… though I believe the former is more apt then the latter.  I meant the fact that each of your Japanese carriers are altered enough to resemble the historical equivalent, as all of them are different from each other.

Hey - those are really sweet, nicely done!  I especially like the Yorktown - and the slight alterations to separate the Japanese aircraft carriers.  8-)

EH ehe he he - watched the second one quite awhile back, hadn’t seen the first.  Still makes me chuckle - especially the second one.

Awesome cards Dagon, was going to print up a test run set.

Excellent… I’m working on a similar desert scheme myself.  Love the division marking you added to the side as well  :-D

Awesome!  :-D

Eh eh eh - I’m just say’in, they could duck down in some of that brush so the kraut snipers won’t see 'em.

Love the wide variety you have going Chag.  I’m assuming some of those are lead/pewter?  Those paint up nice, the detail on them is superb… those stugs made me all giddy.

Really looking forward to the FMG Germans…

Agree with Paul - nice collar work  :wink: ! And the colors you used for the German tanks - perfecto!  But what I’m really loving are those excellent terrain jobs for your airborne!!!  Heyo - just landed behind enemy lines - get some cover!

Since there are already quite a few reviews of the FMG Italians, I’m not going there… and the title of the thread mentions reviewing the HBG Axis Minors - yet it was HBG’s U.S. supplement set that was released first, so I thought I’d post a few thoughts on those.

First off, awesome.  I’m old school, having played the Nova with chits - so all of this is good stuff in my opinion.  But this thread is constructive criticism, so I’ll just say Awesome again and move on.

The Corsair is just a bit too big, and the cockpit is too far back… Nice detail.
The LVT is excellent… seems perfect sized and nice detail.
The Marine with the M1… ok, the infantry themselves are too big*, but besides that I believe there’s some elements that could be improved upon.  The sculpting itself, fine detail, but the proportions are off.  His legs are too short compared to his torso - which is way too long.  Kinda like a gorilla, but not in a human-like beefy way, but a gorilla.
The Sherman - really cool… can’t wait to paint it.
The Marine with the flamethrower… too big* again in my opinion, but nice detail. But whoa!  Look at the size of his head! It’s like a pumpkin head.

• = in regard to the infantry being ‘too big’, totally a personal opinion, as I could see benefits as well, like the size difference indicating different stats and what not.  And if you’re not using OOB or FMG pieces, I suppose these sizes wouldn’t look so large.

So yeah… good stuff overall - and if I didn’t paint my figs I’d be happy with the green, they remind me of the big ‘gummy’ army men I played with as a kid.

hehehe… just when I thought I was towing the line, Paul walks over it.  8-)