AACalc is Now Available on Axis and Allies.org
To give AACalc a more permanent home, this great tool is now being hosted here on Axis & Allies.org. Furthermore, we’ve created a new, active GitHub project to make changes going forward.
David Jensen has been operating Axis and Allies.org since 2000 and writing about Axis & Allies since 1997.
To give AACalc a more permanent home, this great tool is now being hosted here on Axis & Allies.org. Furthermore, we’ve created a new, active GitHub project to make changes going forward.
When Axis & Allies was first released it was a part of the Milton-Bradley Gamemaster Series, which also included a game called Shogun. Ikusa, released in July 2011, is the second reprinting of Shogun.
Every year the three major Axis & Allies tournament events take place at Origins, GenCon Indy, and Spring Gathering X. Greg Smorey, the official organizer, recently sent out an email with the latest information for these events.
The holidays are right around the corner and we have some great suggestions for you this year for great Axis & Allies gifts.
We’ve been working hard over the past few weeks, huddled over a … computer. The transition was a lot of work but we’ve finally launched the redesigned website.
Axis & Allies Europe 1940 and Pacific 1940 were designed to work together to form one giant global game of Axis & Allies 1940. The rules for this global game are included in the Europe 1940 rulebook. This preview will cover the rules of the global game.
There are few new details about the rules in Axis & Allies Europe 1940 as compared to Axis & Allies Pacific 1940. Particularly interesting are the rule regarding neutrality. In this preview I will list out the pertinent rules that will give you a flavor of the new game. When the rules are the same I will reference the preview article for Pacific 1940.
The new upcoming Axis & Allies Europe 1940 board game features two new countries: French and Italy. While the fate of France might be sealed in the first few round or two of play, Italy has a real chance to expand it’s power over the Mediterranean. This preview has several photos of all of the new French units, which are blue and the Italian units, which are brown.
The latest installment of the Axis & Allies board games is Axis & Allies Europe 1940 and will be released on August 24, 2010. It will also be “available” during the GenCon gaming conference in Indianapolis, Indiana from August 5-8. This first preview of Europe 1940 game is a few photos of everything pulled directly out of the box. There are no paper IPCs.
In the last rules article, we reviewed some of the new rules for Axis & Allies Pacific 1940 and this article will conclude going over the new rules. This article will cover the following topics: the rules for the declaration of war, China, Convoys, strategic bombing with escorts, and national objectives.