Anyway, if folks are interested in joining the development team, I could use the help.
If you were to design your own Axis & Allies game…. ?
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I always wished you could break sections down into larger teams.
IE, instead of playing ALL of Germany, you played as the supreme commander, and had a leiutenant or two, to manage troops in theatres like the Eastern Front, or the Atlantic, in side games.
Or if ontop of the regular game, you had a partner or LT,who played a side game against the other powers - like, the battle for advancing technology, and you played through a rounds simulatneously.
I get that the logistics of something like this would be of regretable magnitude, but the concept of players, games, and factors out of your control, contributing to or marring your ending success, always seemed like an exciting avenue to explore.
Start with a small module of course… like Kurt Godels research game or something, so long as it was entertaining, why not do it?
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Been there, done that.
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=19860.0
Available at HBG for download or print as well:
http://www.historicalboardgaming.com/Custom-Map–Europe-at-War_p_703.html
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Using FMG’s Italian pieces.
I’m quite proud of the game, just hasn’t gotten much publicity.
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I designed both maps to link as well. Let’s see if I get more interest for this through HBG.
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That game looks pretty sexy Jim, not going to lie.
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Sometimes sex isn’t enough to get the interest.
I need to pump it up more.
In either case, sticking to the thread, this was started years and years ago. It had been a labour of love. Things I wanted in a game, while keeping complexity down (and playing time).
I found that more rules just made things tedious. But I did want to include the following:
realistic convoy rules
terrain rules
interception rules
realistic naval movement
supply rules
general cards
realistic build rulesI think I did all I set out to do.
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Supplies, Terrain, and General cards definetly interests me, and I like the depth without the complexity as well.
Consider some revisions to include new units? Like Tac’s and Mec’s? Or any of the soon to be FMG pieces?
Also, have you checked out the Global 1939 variant from HBG? I saw the map at the FMG convention, it was pretty awesome.
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I have tac and mec as well, but the tac work differently than AA. In fact, my air units work differently.
I have seen HBG’s game, but naturally I think mine is superior, as I created it.
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I’ve always dreamt of a game with Finland in it and I’ve always dreamt of a game wich has a scenario as taking a city.
Let’s combine these 2 and for example take Leningrad as the map. It would be divided in a lot of blocks and areas, parks and stuffs like that. The city will have it’s own units.
Tall buildings, blockades, bunkers, blockhouses etc etc. These will be used to add defense capabilities to your infrantry, artillery and tank units.
They can all be bombed and turned into rubble. Blockades will block the movement of tanks. The attacker will have to make a choice of bombing buildings or trying to capture them without bombing so they can be used in an offensive role (for example artillery in these zones can make a pre-emptive bombardment (like in an amphibious assault) to an adjacent zone.
Every few rounds winter kicks in and the Russians can use the frozen lake to bring in reinforcements etc.
It would be cool to use these axis and allies pieces in a simulation where street to street fighting is simulated.
And with this battle, you can add in the Fins :D altho they helped with the encirclement, they never made an attempt to attack the city… but what the heck, this is a game and the Fins have yet to be presented in an axis and allies game.
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A winter 1939 Soviet Invasion of Finland game would be cool.
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definately! Would be cool to have units with skis under them :D
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I’ve always dreamt of a game with Finland in it
Didn’t you post house rules for a “greater Finland” set up? I really liked it and plan to use it in my future games. @Gargantua:
I always wished you could break sections down into larger teams.
IE, instead of playing ALL of Germany, you played as the supreme commander, and had a leiutenant or two, to manage troops in theatres like the Eastern Front, or the Atlantic, in side games.
Me too! but the size of the map would have to be huge! Not that that would be a turn off to any of us but I could see finishing a game becoming difficult. Maybe that’s something to try to do at FMG con next year, with the global 39 map? Create an Axis command and an allied command and break down responsibility for various countries and various fronts within that country if the size warrants it (American ETO and PTO, Soviet Europe, far east/commie China fronts). Just a thought
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I’ve always dreamt of a game with Finland in it
Didn’t you post house rules for a “greater Finland” set up? I really liked it and plan to use it in my future games.
yeah that was me. They are a cool addition to the game but they don’t do anything significant like Germany or Italy tho. They fight on the northern territories and chase the allies out of Norway but that’s it actually. Therefor I’d really like to see a game where the Fins play an even more important role.
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I always wanted to play a Sci-Fi version of Axis and Allies…
With a MOON Base Expansion, or a battle for Antarctica.
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Nazis on the moon eh? could be fun. In fact I think there was a version of Risk that came out that had something like that in it.
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or would the Nazis put certain other people on the moon?
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@Vance:
or would the Nazis put certain other people on the moon?
Yeah, at new lunar facilities like “Moonenwald” and “Moonschwitz”.
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Located deep in a crater that never gets sunlight.
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I always wanted a WW3 game thats in 2015.
Countries would be USA, NATO, SEATO VS. URCS (United Russian Communists States) , China, Arabs. -
I always wanted a WW3 game thats in 2015.
Countries would be USA, NATO, SEATO VS. URCS (United Russian Communists States) , China, Arabs.You do know that while is far from a free and open democracy they are know where near the USSR anymore, right?
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