• Nice cover, and a dream of an A&A game it seems. I want to buy it as soon as possible. I hope Larry ships alot of these goodies to Norway.


  • @Krieghund:

    “Independent power” means that China gets its own turn and its own separate resources.  It will still be limited as to what it can build, as it’s not an industrialized nation.

    Let me guess: that means ACME walls at chinese frontiers and merry japanese hordes of tanks blitzing non-industrial mountain areas  :-D


  • So is this another Limited Edition? It might be considering the cost.

  • Customizer

    So what can China purchase?

    Infantry
    Artillery (if burma road is open?)

    anything else?

    they should be able to buy destroyers if they take back all Chinese territories, including ones occupied by Japan, that would be cool

    and the USA should be allowed to repurchase the flying tigers if they get destroyed. (and how many fighter units will represent the flying tigers this time? just one?)

  • Official Q&A

    @Veqryn:

    So what can China purchase?

    Infantry
    Artillery (if burma road is open?)

    Yes.

    @Veqryn:

    anything else?

    No.

    @Veqryn:

    and how many fighter units will represent the flying tigers this time? just one?

    Yes.


  • Gotta love the artwork again- nice job!!!

    What color tan will the Australians be?  Same rust color as the Italians in AA50???

    I’m ordering 3 copies. :-)


  • already pre-order?

    Robert


  • Product Description on Funagain…

    Axis & Allies celebrates 25 years of strategy war gaming with a deluxe edition of its original theater-level game. Axis & Allies Pacific 1940, designed and developed by Larry Harris, utilizes the updated rules established in A&A Anniversary Edition. Two new combat units debut in this game, Tactical Bombers and Mechanized Infantry. Australia and New Zealand, joined together as the ANZAC forces, represent a new playable ally. China fields more forces than ever before, but will need help from their allies – the United States and England – to withstand the might of expansionist Imperial Japan.
    Axis & Allies Pacific 1940 features an oversized board that measures 35 inches wide by 32 inches high. With over 450 pieces, deluxe game components and local storage boxes, this game raises the standard established by A&A Anniversary Edition. All new rules for neutral nations, naval & air bases, kamikaze attacks and convoy disruption add even more depth and historical accuracy to this giant game.
    Finally, this deluxe theater-level game is designed to join together with Axis & Allies Europe 1940 to create the greatest Axis & Allies experience to date! When joined, these boards will measure 5 feet wide by 32 inches high. Both games have been designed to play alone or together to offer a 2-6 player global 1940 scenario, complete with separate set up and national objectives.


  • @Krieghund:

    @Veqryn:

    So what can China purchase?

    Infantry
    Artillery (if burma road is open?)

    Yes.

    @Veqryn:

    anything else?

    No.

    China fields more forces than ever before,

    Seriously, who writes these things?!  The amount of forces they can field are increased 50%, but the number they can build is increased 100%  WOW!  All those big numbers and it’s only 1 new unit… geez…

    Australia and New Zealand, joined together as the ANZAC forces, represent a new playable ally. China fields more forces than ever before, but will need help from their allies – the United States and England – to withstand the might of expansionist Imperial Japan.

    apparently Anzac is represented, but not needed to be able to help against Japan…


  • @questioneer:

    Gotta love the artwork again- nice job!!!

    What color tan will the Australians be?  Same rust color as the Italians in AA50???

    I’m ordering 3 copies. :-)

    check that… make it four…I wanna rip people off on e-bay when it sells out 30 days after release! :-D

  • Official Q&A

    @LuckyDay:

    China fields more forces than ever before,

    Seriously, who writes these things?!  The amount of forces they can field are increased 50%, but the number they can build is increased 100%  WOW!

    That would be more, wouldn’t it?

    @LuckyDay:

    Australia and New Zealand, joined together as the ANZAC forces, represent a new playable ally. China fields more forces than ever before, but will need help from their allies – the United States and England – to withstand the might of expansionist Imperial Japan.

    apparently Anzac is represented, but not needed to be able to help against Japan…

    I doubt that ANZAC will be helping China much.  They’ve got their own problems.


  • @Krieghund:

    I doubt that ANZAC will be helping China much.  They’ve got their own problems.

    ugh, I sense a damsel in distress…… :-P


  • @Krieghund:

    @LuckyDay:

    China fields more forces than ever before,

    Seriously, who writes these things?!  The amount of forces they can field are increased 50%, but the number they can build is increased 100%  WOW!

    That would be more, wouldn’t it?

    sorry Krieg, the problem with the terminology is that it implies you get, I don’t know, MORE THAN ONE NEW UNIT for China!  But that’s just not the case here is it?  No, you get Infantry and Artillery.  Should be no surprise then when people complain about the game.  This stuff just sets it up for failure.   Like Larry talking up the ‘refreshed’ sculpts and then we find them only on the country we never buy ships with and everything else is the same.  Yeah!…
    on a slightly connected note, any chance you could pass along to the wizards over yonder that they can move AA42 off of the “Upcoming” list and into something like “Now Available”?
    @Krieghund:

    @LuckyDay:

    Australia and New Zealand, joined together as the ANZAC forces, represent a new playable ally. China fields more forces than ever before, but will need help from their allies – the United States and England – to withstand the might of expansionist Imperial Japan.

    apparently Anzac is represented, but not needed to be able to help against Japan…

    I doubt that ANZAC will be helping China much.  They’ve got their own problems.

    problems like, hmmmm…… Japan maybe.  But no, guess they won’t be helping out much there huh?   After all, in AAP40 the Soviets are NOT in the game right?  so who else is ANZAC gonna fight in a 4-player game with the US/UK and Japan?

  • Official Q&A

    @LuckyDay:

    @Krieghund:

    @LuckyDay:

    China fields more forces than ever before,

    Seriously, who writes these things?!  The amount of forces they can field are increased 50%, but the number they can build is increased 100%  WOW!

    That would be more, wouldn’t it?

    sorry Krieg, the problem with the terminology is that it implies you get, I don’t know, MORE THAN ONE NEW UNIT for China!  But that’s just not the case here is it?  No, you get Infantry and Artillery.  Should be no surprise then when people complain about the game.  This stuff just sets it up for failure.

    You’re reading more into the terminology than what’s there.  “More forces” simply means a larger army, as in a larger number of units.  It doesn’t mean “more unit types”.

    @LuckyDay:

    Like Larry talking up the ‘refreshed’ sculpts and then we find them only on the country we never buy ships with and everything else is the same.  Yeah!…

    Refreshed sculpts means that each unit’s mold was redone.  The result is a sharper mini with better detail.  Compare them with the Anniversary pieces and you’ll see the difference.

    @LuckyDay:

    on a slightly connected note, any chance you could pass along to the wizards over yonder that they can move AA42 off of the “Upcoming” list and into something like “Now Available”?

    I’ve been told that they have their hands full with the new message boards.  They’ll get to it eventually (maybe).

    @LuckyDay:

    @Krieghund:

    @LuckyDay:

    Australia and New Zealand, joined together as the ANZAC forces, represent a new playable ally. China fields more forces than ever before, but will need help from their allies – the United States and England – to withstand the might of expansionist Imperial Japan.

    apparently Anzac is represented, but not needed to be able to help against Japan…

    I doubt that ANZAC will be helping China much.  They’ve got their own problems.

    problems like, hmmmm…… Japan maybe.  But no, guess they won’t be helping out much there huh?   After all, in AAP40 the Soviets are NOT in the game right?  so who else is ANZAC gonna fight in a 4-player game with the US/UK and Japan?

    Obviously ANZAC will fight Japan, which will indirectly help all the Allies.  However, it will have enough to do defending itself, so it won’t be in a position to aid China directly, as the US and UK may be.


  • @Krieghund:

    You’re reading more into the terminology than what’s there.

    Right before the statement about China’s “more forces” is talk about the new unit types, then ANZAC.  Clearly the line of thought for the whole paragraph directs one to think new units.  And besides, the entire game is the “biggest” AA game ever according to Larry and the next paragraph.  Wouldn’t that mean that every country has “more forces”?  Why then would someone point out that just China gets “more forces”?
    I can’t believe you wrote the above statement and then went through arguing all those details!  Here’s my response.  You’re reading more into the terminology than what’s there.

    @Krieghund:

    @LuckyDay:

    on a slightly connected note, any chance you could pass along to the wizards over yonder that they can move AA42 off of the “Upcoming” list and into something like “Now Available”?

    I’ve been told that they have their hands full with the new message boards.  They’ll get to it eventually (maybe).

    dude, that response is so worth the +1! (+182)

  • Official Q&A

    @LuckyDay:

    Right before the statement about China’s “more forces” is talk about the new unit types, then ANZAC.  Clearly the line of thought for the whole paragraph directs one to think new units.

    The sentence about tactical bombers and mechanized infantry introduces new unit types.  The following sentence about ANZAC introduces a new playable power.  The next sentence about China indicates that China will have “more forces”, i.e. it will be more formidable militarily.  Each sentence is on a different topic.  There is no pattern of “new units” there, clear or otherwise.

    @LuckyDay:

    And besides, the entire game is the “biggest” AA game ever according to Larry and the next paragraph.  Wouldn’t that mean that every country has “more forces”?  Why then would someone point out that just China gets “more forces”?

    Yes, every country has more forces.  However, China is a bigger power relative to the others than ever before.

    @LuckyDay:

    I can’t believe you wrote the above statement and then went through arguing all those details!

    Those “details” were logical support for my response.  Perhaps I didn’t clearly present it as such, so I’ll rephrase my supporting argument:
    The phrase “more forces” indicates more units, plain and simple.  It makes no claim as to what types those units will consist of.  To infer more than that is to read too much into the statement.

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  • @LuckyDay:

    who writes these things?!

    I get it Krieg.  You wrote it didn’t you or at least were in on it?  Never have I seen you be so adamant about something before.  Ok, I take it all back.  It’s gonna be a beautiful game!

    “I do believe he doth protest too much!”  -rough translation-

  • Official Q&A

    No, I didn’t write it.  Someone in the Wizards marketing department did, no doubt.


  • Riiiiiiight.

    In that case someone needs to explain proper grammar to ‘someone’ at AH, and how paragraphs deal with the same topic, so when someone changes topics they are to start a new paragraph.

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