Checking back at your old 2ndEd board, I realize that the game of Axis and Allies really has developed a lot.
I maybe no place, is this as obvious, as in the GER/RUS border.
I began writing a post, on how Germany is negatively effected by the RUS/GER Border changes.
However, I got caught up in tracing the changes in this area of the board. From 2ndEd, over AAR to AA50.
What has happened is that we have had a lot of new territories added over the years. And the balance of those territories, as counted in IPC Value in % of Total IPC Value on Board, has increased!
Number of Non-Scandinavian Land Areas between Germany and Moscow:
A&A/2ndEd:
- 4 Areas (EEU, LEN,UKR, CAU), whereof 1 Non-capital IC (LEN)
- Totalt IPC Worth of Areas: 12 IPC or 8,2% of Total IPC Value of All Map
AAR:
- 8 areas (EEU, BLK, LEN, BEL, UKR, ARC, WRU, CAU), whereof 1 Non-capital IC (CAU)
- Total IPC Worth of Areas: 21 IPC or 12,7% of Total IPC Value of All Map
AA50:
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A whopping grand total of 12 Areas! Whereof 2 Noncapital ICs. Territories are:
Poland 3 IPC
Czech/Hungary 2 IPC
Balkans 3 IPC
Karelia 2 IPC + 1 IC
Baltic States 1 IPC
East Poland 1 IPC
Bulgaria/Romania 2 IPC
Arcanglesk 2
Belorussia 2
Eastern Ukraine 1
Ukraine 2
Caucasus 4 +IC
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Total Base IPC Worth, is 25 or 14,0% of Total Base IPC Value of All Map
(With Base IPC I mean IPC worth Before counting effects of NOs)
So, we’ve seen an evolution where the area between Germany and Moscow grows in relative importance. Also, we get 300% more room to move & maneuver within (12 areas in AA50 VS a mere 4 in 2ndEd!). That has to be a good change…
I’m a relative conservative guy, when it comes to gaming. But checking out these changes - and others - makes me eager to welcome AA50 into my gaming collection whenever it will make it’s way over to Sweden.
I am very interested what you guys think about the RUS/GER border changes.
In what way will it effect gameplay? Ì’ve got two big questions:
- Will we see still see territory trading on the GER/RUS border?
- How many rounds will a standard game take to complete? More or less than AAR?