What the deuce will AntiAircraft Artillery be?

[coorran]

So, what will this be? Are you excited?

[P@nther]

Nothing of this, I suppose.

Maybe AA Guns as introduced with G40 Alpha 3 final.

[CWO Marc]

Maybe they're going back to having plastic sculpts instead of cardboard tokens, and they want to make it sound like the introduction of something new instead of the return of something old.

[knp7765]

I don't really agree with any of the choices. I think as a unit, AA Guns will be like in the latest Alpha rules:
One shot at attacking planes @1.
Up to 3 shots per gun OR 1 per attacking aircraft, whichever is less.
Multiple AA guns allowed per territory.
AA Guns can be used to take hits in combat. If enemy takes a territory with no combat, all AA guns immediately destroyed.

I think the main change might be that we will get AA guns in each country's color now, rather than in neutral grey. As for what the actual sculpt might be, whether it will be a different one for each country or the same type of unit in different colors, we won't know until the game gets here.

[Hobbes]

I think the main change might be that we will get AA guns in each country's color now, rather than in neutral grey. As for what the actual sculpt might be, whether it will be a different one for each country or the same type of unit in different colors, we won't know until the game gets here.

May be that the German AA will be the 88, since it the word is that it is already getting a new artillery piece for 1941.

[coorran]

I think the main change might be that we will get AA guns in each country's color now, rather than in neutral grey. As for what the actual sculpt might be, whether it will be a different one for each country or the same type of unit in different colors, we won't know until the game gets here.

May be that the German AA will be the 88, since it the word is that it is already getting a new artillery piece for 1941.

Oh.. that's true! That would make a lot of sense: Germans get a "real" artillery piece, and the 88 becomes the AA Artillery. Hobbes, I think you got it.

[GoSanchez6]

A new unit that gives us long time AA gamers a reason to buy the game. And we will because we can't get enough of this game. That is what the AA artillery is to me.

[Hobbes]

I think the main change might be that we will get AA guns in each country's color now, rather than in neutral grey. As for what the actual sculpt might be, whether it will be a different one for each country or the same type of unit in different colors, we won't know until the game gets here.

May be that the German AA will be the 88, since it the word is that it is already getting a new artillery piece for 1941.

Oh.. that's true! That would make a lot of sense: Germans get a "real" artillery piece, and the 88 becomes the AA Artillery. Hobbes, I think you got it.

And possibly it is the AA piece for Japan as well, based on what I've just seen from WW2 Japanese AA guns - most are similar to the 88 although they aren't copies of that model. And probably the Allied piece will be based on the already old AA piece, since most UK/US types are similar as well.

[Variable]

Maybe they're going back to having plastic sculpts instead of cardboard tokens, and they want to make it sound like the introduction of something new instead of the return of something old.

Nothing of this, I suppose.

Maybe AA Guns as introduced with G40 Alpha 3 final.

Ding ding! Yep, I think this is it.

[Col. Ty Webb]

I'm not so sure. The new 1941 games says it's based on the 1942 2nd edition rules. If 1941 is the intro game, we can possibly deduce that the 1942 rules won't be too complicated.

[P@nther]

In brief it is just

- each AA Gun fires at max. three planes so you need more AA Guns to fire at more planes
and
- AA Guns can be taken as casualties

that may be "new" in 42 2nd and maybe 41.

[Yavid]

I'm thinking the old AA guns are going away and the AA Artillery is the replacement.

[Variable]

You mean to identify it as different from the Facility AA? Probably right.

[Gargantua]

maybe they are going to start integrating the Guadalcanal concept.  That if I hit on a 2 you choose, but if I hit on a 1, I choose.

[empireman]

but if I hit on a 1, I choose.

You get to choose for any game that is played on earth?! jk