The UK used a variety of aa guns, the primary heavy aa gun was QF 3.7 inch  which was used during the Battle of Britain and througout the war.

Ok, FMG's air transport peices should come in handy here. I suppose supply rules would be similar to pass games with the addition of air supply, and the terrain limitations. What about aquireing new units, how would that be done?

Do you know of books on the subject you could recommend?

For global 1940, I bought tickets for the 2pm on friday and the 10am on saturday.

I will also probably be there on thursday to see if I can the get a seat at the 1pm, i didnt see the sence in paying eight more dollars if a generic will do the job, not alot of people have bought tickets for that spot.

This will be my first gencon

Ok, Burma actauly sounds like a pretty good idea. I am not sure exactly what it would cover. You think it should cover the whole front from 1942-45? When I first saw people advicating for CBI I thaught they were talking about including all of china aswell!

I'll try the 8.5x11 thing, and those sound like some pretty intersting books crusaderiv.

Well then were either asking FMG to make a traditional generic AAgun or too make two AA gun molds, one for the axis and one allies. Even still Japan and Italy never used 88s and the allies didnt have one single aa gun they all shared.

"My advice to you and any other old veterans of A&A is watch out for those automatic tactical assumptions you’ve acquired over the years. Often they will prove to be outdated. You’ll run the risk of looking like an old General fighting the new war with the strategies of the last war."

thx calvin, i wish we still had karma cause id give you a +1

I am ready for the challege, i just got a ticket to play AAG40 at Gencon, who else is going?

I presume you saw Tobrouk...not a bad movie  

Not a good movie either but i get what you mean.

With the right amout of interests and funds I think Larry would make an A&A Gazala, he just said he wont do A&A africa.

You've made this claim a lot. Could you post a link to where he said it?

I remember him saying it in his forum a while ago, I forgot where it was. I guess you'll just have to take it on faith .

as long as i dont die at that end.

It was a noble dream to Hitler.

But yah i get what your saying, I mean he was a product of the enlightenment. If napoleon was the bad guy who were the good guys? The Hapsburg royal family? doubtful.

To the point about Napoleon not starting the  wars that bear his name, thats a little hard to defend, after all no one "starts" a war its just that nations have greivences against each other that go back forever.

From what I have heard and read Napoleon loved battle and was a warmongerer, but i dont think thats nessisarily a mark against him.

I think Dylan hit it right on the money why people compare the two. Also some would say there both revisionist forces fighting the status quo, although Napoleon has the more lasting, meaningful and positive legacy.

With the right amout of interests and funds I think Larry would make an A&A Gazala, he just said he wont do A&A africa.

And i wish people just tried the game, then shooting down it because it does not allow candyland.

Im sorry, i shouldnt have said that. I dont mean to shoot your game down, I only got so much cash though.

Anyway, I think we're getting side-tracked from the original point being made my CHL: if the game is theatre-specific then the designers can layer on theatre-specific rules.


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whatever you want, I just am having trouble seeing how a A&A med would be all that different from AAE40. The historical med theater from 1940 to 1945 certainly  involved politics and economics/production.

These seem like contradictory statments to me. Stalingrad is a battle that lasted for several months and involved major forces in a theater that was the huge with battles that covered vast expanses with considerable economic backing. How is this any different from the grand srtatgey game you describe? Unless you talking about focusing on only the battle, confined to the city itself, but that wouldnt do it justice. Guadalcanal, for example, is a theater level game, it took place over several months (or maybe even a year) and involved major forces, and a considerable amount of economic resources.
 I think a CBI or North African/Med. game would be in keeping with this trend just as much as a Stalingrad game would.

 good point, there is alot of ways you could do A&A stalingrad and depending on what the focus was you could call it operational or strategic.
both stalingrad and guadacanal were fought in under a year and guadacanal was a campaign in the south pacific sub-theater of the pacific theater. The med sea or CBI is a whole order of magnitude above campaigns like stalindgrad and gaudacanal. Just look at the time frame, number of contries involved and the area covered.

6) Martians don't try to visit and stop the war
7) Time machines are not allowed

wheres the fun in that!

idk IL, its your game if thats the way you want to have it. I think I will be playing AAG40.

Since the aagun is gonna be neutral what mold will it be? We'll everyone get a flak 88?