Axis and Allies MEGA 1940! released in 2030

Just bought this game by Sean Michael Inc. What a fun game!! Some of the rules needed a bit of clarifying and we made some assumptions. We also had to take a sharpie marker to some of the borders  on the map to distinguish. We played about 10 of these in a row. Much more dynamic than D-Day or any of the other tactical games. We enjoyed the short setup time and ease of play. Highly recommended. If you own any A&A set you won’t need the pieces.

HBG recently announced a re-print of their game Amerika. The difference between the first print and the newly-announced second print will be the color of the pieces. To quote HBG: “… new Amerika Game with [T]an Allies, Black Germans, and Yellow-Gold Japanese” (Source)

What I elided out of that quote is that if you have a copy of Amerika and just want the new pieces, HBG will accommodate you, but only for a short while. The full quote goes: “Pre-Orders on Tan Amerika Allies Sets will be available for 4 weeks only (Ends July 16), after that they will only be in the new Amerika Game with [T]an Allies, Black Germans, and Yellow-Gold Japanese.”

So, making the Allies Set in in Tan allows one to get HBG Centurion tanks and Meteor Jet fighters in British Tan. But only for the next 2 to 3 weeks. (Recently, HBG announced that their French Set would be available for pre-orders in a “light blue” or “Free French” color until the 5th of June. Only pre-orders were cancelled before then, and if you were too slow, you missed out.) So, if this sounds like something you would like to have, you will want to move sooner rather than later.

One thing to point out, these Pre-Orders on Tan Amerika Allies Sets include not only the Allies Set pieces from base game pieces but also the Allies Set pieces from the Amerika Expansion Set “Bring in the Heavies”. Well worth it if you already have Amerika and the “Bring in the Heavies” expansion and you just want the new pieces, worth it if you already have Amerika and you just want the new pieces, and also worth-while if you just want to equip your late-war British in a game of Axis & Allies or Global War '36 or '39 with some awesome new tanks, mechs, self-propelled guns, jet fighters, and jet bombers.

For the visually-inclined, a picture of some of the pieces is available here:
thumbnail picture of tan Allies pieces from the re-release of HBG;s Amerika game
Source

For those that want to know what all you get, here is a listing of what you are pre-ordering for when you put down your $38 ($32 for the pre-order, $6 shipping in the US):

Unit / (US Green Pieces) / (British Tan Pre-Order Pieces)
Base Game
B-48 Jet Bomber / (6) / (4)
Centurion Medium Tank / (10) / (4)
M19 SP AA Gun / (8) / (6)
M43 SP Artillery / (10) / (6)
M75 Mechanized Inf. / (8) / (4)
Meteor Jet Fighter / (10) / (4)
Rangers (Elite Infantry) / (20) / (12)
T-29 Heavy Tank / (8) / (4)

Bring in the Heavies Expansion
B-47 Jet Bomber / (5) / (4)
M6 Heavy/Medium Tank / (5) / (4)
M36 Tank Destroyer / (5) / (4)
P-59 Jet Fighter / (5) / (4)
T-28 Heavy/Super Heavy Tank / (5) / (4)

And if you’re ready to pre-order some awesome Brit pieces, HBG is standing by: http://www.historicalboardgaming.com/Battle-Pieces--Amerika-Set-Tan-Pre-Order_p_3425.html

-Midnight_Reaper

P.S. Edit to correct spelling.

@Dylan:

what was the WW3 story?

Read about it here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_HQ

It’s based on Robert Heinlein books and 50’s sci-fi stuff

Oh man, I’ve been looking for a copy for a long time myself! I’m looking forward to the revamped version.

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/35198/battle-of-france-1940-revised-preorder-available

Thanks Private Panic. I just did that.

Amazon, Amazon, Amazon. You can buy it for around $50 USD. Game looks cool. All I have is a scrap edition that I traded another game for back in the 90’s so I could use the minis for AA Classic.

That being said the game is looks awesome. Haven’t puched it out or assembled pieces yet but it looks great. Been reeeeeaaaallly tempted to buy an extra copy just for minis for my “alterniverse” AA games. Though fifty bucks for a set of minis seems rediculous… I think I’ll wait for some “scrap” versions at Goodwill or yard sales or better yet used via Amazon.