Salvage Dive of 1984 A&A Classic Ed for current A&A SE

You will LOVE what you had  from the old classic…paper money, IC sculpt are enough to make a difference…

I am also like you who play a little long time ago and recently come back to play with the latest edition - 42 2E and recently starting to play global.  You will love what is evolved… enjoy the game and bring back good memory!

There are only 8 Industrial Complexes set up at the start of the game. Usually, less than 3 are built throughout the game. Your 12 ICs should be enough.

Also keep in mind that if ever you get deeply enough into the game to start using house rules, the units from Classic can be put to all sorts of potential uses.  For instance the infantry sculpts (which are very similar to the current ones, though slightly different in design) are in different colours from the current standard ones, so they could potentially be used as special infantry units, such as commandos and other special forces.  The equipment sculpts can be used to depict expanded minor player powers such as Mongolia or the Axis minor nations.  The artillery pieces can be used to provide artillery to China in Global 1940.  And so on.

Save your IC’s and IPC paper money. Essential for the 1942.2 game. Although I wouldn’t bother with the 1941 edition at all. It’s so watered down that besides using it for it’s sculps it’s rather pointless. My opinion tho. It can be used as a starter game for new players(as I did) but buy 1942.2 along with it. After 1 or 2 1941 sessions you will of had enough.

Speaking of sculps from older games. I was recently able to aquire the original Europe and Pacific games from a yard sale. Now I have 24 ICs and IPC paper money. Sure beats cardboard factories and keeping track of funds on paper.

I disagree with ProtesT about 1941.

As well as being an ideal starter game (as he and Wolf recognise) it brings a refreshing simplicity to the stable. Although I enjoy all the other A&A games I own, there are times when the strategic thrust of 1941 triumphs over the other games’ war of attrition. In 1941 the relatively high cost of units to income ratio leads to a greater need to hold on to the territories you capture, rather than merely trading them.

Of course that simplicity comes at a cost, so I am not saying that 1941 is better, just that I appreciate the differences and value all the A&A variants.

@Wolfshanze:

@CWO:

The artillery pieces can be used to provide artillery to China in Global 1940.

Ah… but there are no artillery pieces in A&A Classic!   

Anyways, thanks for the info guys!

I meant the AAA (anti-aircraft artillery) pieces.  A&A Guadalcanal is actually an even better option because it provides the generic AAA pieces in green for the US, which is a better match for China than grey.

@Wolfshanze:

Sad to say, my daughter defeated me in Risk this week… her eye for strategy is in her genes.  I might have to introduce the kids to 1941 soon!

She sounds like she has the potential to rise through the ranks very quickly.  I’m reminded of a quote from the WWII-era movie Air Force, in which the enlisted crew chief of a B-17 proudly announces that his son (a fighter pilot) has just received his commission as a Lieutenant: “Can you imagine me saluting my own kid?”