Axis & Allies 1941 First Preview

[CWO Marc]

@knp7765:

I’m not sure, but I think the Allied Carrier is a US class, but I’m not sure which one. I know the Ark Royal was a British carrier. I think it was the one sunk early in the war by the U-Boat captained by Gunther Preen.

Prien was the U-boat skipper who sank the battleship Royal Oak at anchor Scapa Flow in October 1939.  Ark Royal (which played a major role in the sinking of the Bismarck in May 1941) was sunk in November 1941 by a different U-boat captain.

[Rebel]

Maybe he was thinking of the HMS Courageous which was sunk by a sub early on in the war. The Ark was fired at, but the torpedos missed and hit some other ships IIRC. It was sunk a year later though! :D

My Guess is a Yorktown or Indomitable… but I’m no expert! :lol:

[djensen]

If you watch the video in HD, you can get a much better look at the pieces.

Maybe I’ll do better photos of the pieces today instead of the game setup.

[Bob_A_Mickelson]

Please do the setup instead. If you post a picture of the map setup we will see different angles of the sculpts anyways. I personally am much more interested in the setup.

Thanks for all your quick responses. It’s much appreciated.

[valtteri771]

I would prefer the setup too. You could also make them both. :roll:

[cond1024]

Set up would be great. I don’t care about the sculpts.

[lozmoid]

Couple of things I’ve noticed about the rulebook:

The silhouettes for the Tanks show different shapes than the Tiger and the IS2. But that’s not important I guess.

However, the setup chart for the U.S. clearly shows a starting income of 15 IPCs!  :-o

[djensen]

Sorry guys, I’m going to do unit previews first. I’m going to include the new unit stats with this.

[djensen]

Setup will be tomorrow.

[Bob_A_Mickelson]

@djensen:

Setup will be tomorrow.

Is that because your going to be trying the game out tomorrow?

[djensen]

No, just trying to space out the articles. Also, if I did setup first, it would have revealed a lot of details about the pieces so I figured I should do pieces first.

I have the game setup on top of my laser printer right now but I’m not playing until Sunday.

@Bob_A_Mickelson:

@djensen:

Setup will be tomorrow.

Is that because your going to be trying the game out tomorrow?

[Panther]

I wonder what the victory conditions may be…

[crsluggo]

I’m betting capitals only…

[djensen]

Victory conditions are: if you can get a new friend to play this shorter version, you win!

Actually, the first one to flip the board loses.

No really, first one to own 5 battleships on the board wins! Ha!

I could go all day …

The real answer is capitals, that’s all I’ll say for now.