BATTLE IN VANCOUVER! IT'S ON! Nov. 23-25. Who will survive?

The next Battle of Britain will be held on the 14th July 2024.

This all-day event is held in Derbyshire, UK. Typically we have 6 to 12 players, meaning up to three A&A games running - Anniversary, 1942.2 and 1914 - allowing everyone to decide which they wish to join.

If you’d like to join us then please either reply to this thread or message me via this website.

For various understandable reasons some attendees cancelled and we ended up with 6 players. So we played 2 games:

1. 1914

Played with 2 house rules: max 4 builds in India; land units move 2 if every territory is friendly. Powers were allocated at random:

CPs - Ste
Entente - Andrew (h0lym0nk) as GB, Italy & USA; Adam (Private-Panic) as F & R.

Which may have been a bit unfair as Ste had not played 1914 before!

R was able to consolidate it’s units and overpower a number of G & A-H attacks, eventually advancing into Galicia. G’s advances into France were successfully beaten back by F with GB’s help. And A-H were pushed out of Italy as it’s forces were diverted to the R front and to help G against F.

However, T had some success against GB, resisting GB attacks on Mesopotamia and advancing into Egypt. Also G went on the rampage in Africa, killing off most of the GB & F units sent to knock them out. G’s dreams of an African empire were short-lived, with the USA eventually arriving and creating their own instead.

G & GB navies cowered in their North Sea ports, neither able to find the courage to attack.

With R in Galicia, Italy advancing from the West and the arrival of the USA in Albania, Vienna was increasingly under siege. GB also eventually managed to push T out of Mesopotamia (with R help) and Egypt (supported by some Italian Infantry landings). Virtually all G’s forces were in the West facing F & GB incursions, but giving R space to expand.

The CP surrender was graciously accepted by the Entente!:blush:

2. Anniversary

Allies - Rob (Dran Black)
Axis - Dave played G; Simon as J; jointly played Italy

I was not in this game, but here is what I think I know!

J took India, but lost a naval battle with the USA in the Pacific. Furious J naval builds recovered some level of maritime parity, but at the cost of limited ground units being dispatched to Asia.

G struggled against R in the early stages, but by the end of the game had attained unit superiority on the eastern front. This was partly because some R units had headed south to recapture India.

The Allies managed to sink the Italian fleet, but at some cost. Consequently they only managed to take F once and promptly lost it to an Italian counter attack. In doing so they put their remaining Atlantic fleet in jeopardy.

G made significant incursions in Africa, but looked certain to lose them again, due to a GB factory in S Africa sending units north.

At the end neither side had sufficient advantage to claim victory. But it was agreed that the Axis were in a stronger position, with quite a lot more income, the possibility of making headway against R and the impending sinking of the Allied Atlantic fleet.

I invite my fellow players to post their own views on these games. Especially to correct my mistakes or fill in any gaps.

On one occasion, though, 5 bombers did get to attack a G tank and 2 bombers. Marvellous! Until G threw the dice and killed 3 US bombers with 3 dice!

Mental!

There will be an Axis & Allies tournament hosted by The Columbus Area Boardgaming Society (CABS) at 11 am on May 14th in Worthington, Ohio. Featured will be a 1942 tourney & also a Global tourney. Go to the Columbus, Ohio Axis & Allies Meetup site for more details. Prizes for winners.

Location - Derbyshire, UK

All welcome up to a maximum of 10 players. We currently have seven, so space for 3 more.

Current games are 1942.2 and Anniversary (with 1942.2 rules).

If you wish to join us please add to this thread or PM me.

Cheers
PP

The Battle of Britain 1942.2 event is quarterly. All A&A players are welcome. We can currently accommodate three more.

The Winter 2015/16 event is on 7 February. Then the Spring 2016 one on 8 May.

If you are interested please contact Private Panic via this thread or a PM.

I drove 9 hours to go to DragonCon 2011 in Atlanta with the sole purpose of getting into an Axis & Allies tournament, but no one else showed up…including the organizer of the scheduled Axis event.

My point with this post is not to complain (well maybe a little bit), but to hopefully generate enough interest in DragonCon 2012 that I can get into a game there.  I’ve been to GenCon a number of times and there was always a good group there.  I would just like to see the same at DragonCon.

Who will be the best “overall” strategist in an unusual cross-tournament: Axis & Allies, Axis & Allies: Europe and Axis & Allies: Pacific.

This unusual Axis & Allies/Europe/Pacific cross-tournament will have 3 rounds: The first round will be a round of “normal” Axis & Allies. The second round will be a round of Axis & Allies: Europe and the final round will be a round of Axis & Allies: Pacific.

The winner of this tournament will be the Iron Men of Axis & Allies!
The minimum number of players is 8. Dependent on the number of players the round of Axis & Allies is played in groups or k.o.-system. The following 2 rounds are played in k.o.-system.

The free tournament will start on September 7th, 2003. You can enter the tournament on the tournament page.

A&A Battle Cards and other prices will be rewarded for the toughest in a world-wide competition throughout all common A&A disciplines!

Please note that you have to register (for free) to access the tournament invitation.

Attis World of Axis & Allies