We usually play that the fighters and or bombers can only retreat one space adjacent to the territory they’re currently in.
That is an interesting house rule. I assume it works the same with ally fighters too. Like if you have 2 UK fighters in a Russian territory they are also able to retreat? If so that would really open the door to a new strategic angle of parking ally fighters in newly captured territories. I can picture having a whole fighter rotation going just for that purpose. ~ZP
This should offer plenty of opportunity for playtesting this time around so hopefully the fanbase won’t have to rework the rules like LHTR. Wonder if it will “borrow” any ideas/NA’s from Enhanced?
Absolutely!
I don’t spend as much time at a telescope these days but the passion remains. Ever since I was a kid I wanted to build one of those big Dobsonian “star party” specials. I like refractors but the price of a good TeleVue or Takahasi is nothing short of uh… “astronomical”. So I have a Meade Schmidt-Cassegrain along with a glass solar filter for it.
I actually took off work the day the Hubble Telescope was released simply because I’d read about it coming for years and years in Sky and Telescope and Astronomy Magazine and was just sooo waiting for that monumental moment. ~ZP
I just feel that people blame everyone else for their shortfalls and then pop a pill to make themselves feel better. No one takes the time to properly deal with anything in their life, most people are just way too lazy.
Naah that’s not true. Oh wait, a lone transport just took out my airforce. Where’s my prescription Bombarex? :-D ~ZP
@ncscswitch:
So it is just an annoying to use game board that can be e-mailed?
Switch you sure gave me a laugh. :-D
Didn’t the A&A Deluxe Edition discussion start on Larry’s site after all the die-hards remained pissed at the so-so quality of A&A revised? Ya know the skimping on the Japanese tanks*, the flimsy weight cardboard, fold and crack map and all that. I thought Deluxe was about improving the aesthetics and quality to the point of a high end version being made available for those die-hards willing to cough up the IPCs ($100-$200) for a truly “Deeluxe” A&A game package.
I remember talk of a large roll up map and cast metal pieces with containers to store them in all coming in this nice wooden presentation box. There was probably some minor rule tweaks discussed along the lines of LHTR (since it was new at the time) but I didn’t know the whole Deluxe thing evolved into a new game via rule overhaul. I thought the future incarnation of A&A Revised was a separate discussion.
So is that what happened? It turned into a quest for the ultimate of everything for everyone including never agreed upon rules and that’s why it ended up being shelved? Well I’m not to sure how many people would have forked out the IPCs for the Deluxe version anyway (other than you IL, who I seriously have no doubt would have bought at least 3) but Larry was forever bemoaning the cost of making this and that. That was the reason he always gave for not wanting a new unit. :-P
I really don’t know where it all went because I stopped hanging at Larry’s site immediately after he threw down his legal copyright and ownership bit for every single thought and idea in every single thread and post on the forum.
*There was such a stink made about the Japanese tanks if you e-mailed AH they would send you the missing (“extra”) tanks. I got mine in the mail a couple weeks after Revised came out. I wonder if they still short ya. ~ZP
CNN wouldn’t report news for a movie, as they are not an entertainment site.
Well… :-D
Seriously though, I know what you’re saying. It’s not like the story came from Entertainment Tonight.
Although CNN certainly is more “entertainy” than they used to be. ~ZP
I guess we don’t need to discuss it any more…
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/diebold_accidentally_leaks
When I first saw that headline the other day I thought it was real. Which goes to show my confidence in the security of electronic voting systems and faith in the administration to resist exploiting them. ~ZP
@Cmdr:
BTW, if Hillary is elected, do we play “The Imperial March” or “The Ghost March” at her coronation?
Get Bill to play Yakety Sax (the Benny Hill theme) on his alto.
Its just a coincidence that Germany is 10 IPC so that its 10 - 5 = 5 units.
Aaaahhh! I never gave that a thought. :-P Thanks. ~ZP
@ncscswitch:
And I think SBR’s should not destroy cash, they should destroy PRODUCTION capability for machined goods (any non-infantry unit).
For example, if Berlin is bombed for 5 damage, they can produce AT MOST 5 non-INF units that turn (too much damage at the shipyards, etc. to build ships, planes, tanks and artillery.
I really like this idea but I don’t quite get the corollation between bomber damage and unit limitation. Are you saying if Berlin gets bombed for 5 damage, their industrial output is REDUCED by 5 non-infantry units that turn? I really like the sounds of that.
But the way it reads if Berlin is bombed for 5 damage they can produce at most 5 non-infantry units that turn so… if they get bombed for 10 damage they can produce at most 10 non-infantry units that turn? Maybe I’m just reading it wrong. ~ZP
I’m pretty sure the POTUS has people who are paid to make sure he understands the bills put before him.
I really don’t think he would understand even if it was explained to him. As far as I can tell, the only important thing to this administration is that Cheney’s legal counsel explains it to Cheney.
Exactly! This has little to do with national security. It has everything to do with the administration continuing down their twisted path and, along the way absolving those involved from future consequences. Ya know, just in the offhand chance we might actually return to a system of government in 2009 that follows the Constitution and believes in accountability.
What really gets me is the fact that the POTUS broke the law by authorizing illegal wiretapping first. He stood on the white house lawn on national tv and told us all he was doing it. Why? Because as he saw it was within his power in the name of national security to do so (to break the law). So this isn’t a mere allogation to be proven or disputed. It’s an admitted fact.
Well after that came out the administration quickly drafted laws to make the the illegal wiretapping legal. CYA. And for having done so illegally? No accountability whatsoever. None. Not even so much as a single investigative hearing. It’s sad but we now live in a day and age where the POTUS can go on national tv and break the story himself to announce he considers himself above the law and has authorized criminal activity in his name… and our entire system of government looks the other way.
It’s just like this past week… the House voted on bringing contempt charges against Bush aides Josh Bolten and Harriet Myers for blatantly ignoring Congressional subpoenas regarding the failed investigation into Alberto Gonzalez and the Justice Department. And for their noble efforts to try and hold someone accountable for contempt of the law of the land? The Republicans walked out in protest. How dare you try and hold anyone in this administration accountable to the law. Apparently that’s an outrage. Sadly this is what our government has come to. Be it ineptitude or indifference, the end result is the same.
This administration is forever tossing around terms like freedom, patriotism and counter-terrorism in a shameful attempt to sway gullible and inattentive constituents from realizing that the very things they attach those terms to in fact represent the exact opposite. Wiretapping isn’t in the interest of national security… it’s in the name of governmental overreach for the New World Order. It’s about scaring the crap out of the American public to the point they believe they must give up their civil liberties without question or hey, you could find a wmd under your pillow (apparently it’s one from Iran now). Our government terrorizes ourselves through the clumsy slight of hand of the media.
Richard Nixon was impeached for bugging the Democratic Headquarters. No doubt why. It’s blatantly illegal and gee, that just might have given them an advantage in the upcoming election. Why was it illegal then and not illegal now? Furthermore we find our current administration has given themselves the unprecedented ability to intercept communications of any type, at any time, for any reason. Might that also be in their best interests of maintaining their stranglehold in government indefinitely? Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Bill Clinton was impeached for lying about a wet one by a torch and pitchfork wielding Republican party. And I’m not defending Clinton in the least. He lied, got caught and justice went it’s course. But in the overall scheme of things probably the biggest wrongdoing there was just him being so stupid. And yet this administration can blatantly break the laws of the Constitution and disregard the Geneva Conventions with impunity in the name of democracy and apparently there is no longer anyone within government with the guts to call them on it. Off the table. Was Clinton’s indiscretion more important to our nation’s future than waging a war of aggression under false pretense? The elimination of Habeas Corpus? Illegal surveillance? Condoning torture?
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Nixon… Regan… Carter… Clinton?? Hell I’m not THAT old!
My first distinct political memory was the assassination of Bobbie Kennedy. That was big enough to grab the attention of a 6 yr. old. In fact 1968 was a bad year to be living near Chicago IL during the Democratic National Convention. I remember seeing the rioting on nightly tv. My older sister, just of driving age wanted to go. Parents said no way in hell. Obviously I didn’t understand what was going on in the nation at the time, nor Vietnam. ~ZP
Wow, the rehash is almost as tumultuous as the orig. thread. ~ZP
I think I’m going to change my name to newpaintbrush. I’ve been waiting for that one to open up for a while now.
Right! I call the name newpaintbrush(or is it?) ~ZP :-D
Also, w hat does everyone here th ink about Ron Paul?
Ron Paul has his own thread…
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=11036.0
…but it kept getting derailed on other topics. ~ZP
I made the modification but I can’t post it here because this forum doesn’t support .xml as an attachment type.
PM me your e-mail address and I’ll send it to you. ~ZP
Hey Switch… I was talking to someone from the midwest yesterday and telling them I had a stromboli for lunch. They were like “a what?!?” :-D ~ZP
@Cmdr:
President Bush was the first president in American history to FUND stem cell research.
He’s pro-stem cell research.
Umm…
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/07/19/stemcells.veto/index.html