CarrierCon: This event would be absolutely awesome for me !!! I just saw the event and sadly cannot make it this time. I hope you do this event again - it looks amazing !!!

Yup with new players…
Always hard to find some players but much harder to keep it.
A lot of people don’t like to play 12 or 15 hours in a row… :-o

I know 41 can be considered a poor game. It is however cheap enough almost anyone can buy it. It’s also simple. I’ve taught people to play with 41 and even that can seem daunting to them until they get 2-3 games in. So I have to say 41 is a good starter. Classic is good too probably better actually than 41.

It really depends on how experienced the player is with other games and their interest level. A&A is really a hobby almost more than a game. Overall if you really are opposed to using 41 I’d use Spring 42. I would not start with Global.

Lastly you can always start with a simple board and introduce units, rules etc. in stages and then throw them at global. I think baby steps are the key when introducing someone to the game, how fast they start running will be entirely up to them. You may even want to show them at least the three current versions of the game and say “we’ll start here…but this is where it leads to”.

2015 should be July.

I’m in East Texas near Tyler. I’m up for a game.

Just curious…

If it were teams, I could definitely see the possibility of my brother, uncle and I thinking hard about this…

I want to try it out even if there isn’t teams, but it would be easier to convince my uncle and brother if there were.

I’m looking for Axis & Allies players in the Northeastern US; New England in general and Maine specifically. Obviously, I love to get together to play strategy games of all kinds, and Axis & Allies has always had a special place on my shelf of goodies. As anyone that’s tried to introduce A&A to friends can attest, it’s sometimes difficult to find a group of people willing to devote an afternoon or evening to a board game… though these same folks will spend five hours flipping through the channels, complaining that there’s nothing good on tv. :)  But I digress.
There does seem to be a fairly large Axis & Allies fan base in the area, but we’re always looking for more players. Every January, we have the SnowCon gaming convention in Maine, and both years I’ve had a great turnout for the strategy board games that I run. Axis & Allies always rounds out the evening, though, and we’re among the last ones to leave each night. It’s great fun, and I’d love to meet new players for the recreational re-enactment of World War II.
The one thing that has been lacking in the area, however, is a good game shop. Fortunately, the Game Citadel has recently opened and filled that need. The owner’s a great guy, and with his help, we’re looking to give a little something back to the community. Sometime in the next few months, we’re looking to organize a charity Axis & Allies tournament for a local organization, the CWC Angels’ Program, that helps families with the high cost of school supplies. The details are still being hammered out, but we’re hoping for a big turnout. There will be prizes, of course, and it’s for a great cause, so if anyone lives in the northeast, get in touch! We’d love to crush you with our blitzkreig! I will post the details as soon as I’ve got them.

For more information:
The CWC Angels’ Program: www.charlottewhitecenter.com/Support C…

Game Citadel: www.gamecitadel.com/

And SnowCon: snowconmaine.com/SnowCon10/index.html

Brayca,

The Dice Turret would love to sponsor this event.  Send me an email with your info.  I’ll send you out some COMBAT TURRETs you can use as give a ways.

Thanks,
Brian
www.TheDiceTurret.com
brian@thediceturret.com

Hello all.

A little Gameday event happens July 26th, 2008 (YES this SATURDAY) in Wheeling, WV.

General information on the day here.

Directions in this thread.

Not a big deal event just neutral ground to meet some new folks and play a couple of casual games. I’ll have Guadalcanal, Battle of the Bulge and Revised as well as War at Sea minis.