@djensen An old player of the original game, back in the 80s when it first came out. Played it non-stop for a couple years at school, developed my own set of “Advanced A&A” rules which, sadly, I lost many years ago. Had a number of the ideas they incorporated into the later versions of the game, including The Bismarck (battleship that takes two hits to kill), paratroopers, etc. Anyway, post-school, barely played for many years (got hooked on Diplomacy PBEM for a while, played in the Worlds both online and FtF a couple years, and then, you know, life steps in…)

Now my sons are grown and playing A&A with their friends, so I picked up the new version (G1940) and have played with them a bit. Still very much learning the intricacies of the new board, but enjoying it very much. Great discussions on this site, have helped me figure out the game much quicker than I would have otherwise - I don’t have the time to play and replay like I did the original!

@djensen An old player of the original game, back in the 80s when it first came out. Played it non-stop for a couple years at school, developed my own set of “Advanced A&A” rules which, sadly, I lost many years ago. Had a number of the ideas they incorporated into the later versions of the game, including The Bismarck (battleship that takes two hits to kill), paratroopers, etc. Anyway, post-school, barely played for many years (got hooked on Diplomacy PBEM for a while, played in the Worlds both online and FtF a couple years, and then, you know, life steps in…)

Now my sons are grown and playing A&A with their friends, so I picked up the new version (G1940) and have played with them a bit. Still very much learning the intricacies of the new board, but enjoying it very much. Great discussions on this site, have helped me figure out the game much quicker than I would have otherwise - I don’t have the time to play and replay like I did the original!

@Panther I hadn’t seen this tactic used before - allows for the armor to be used against France, and then used again in G3 against second line Russian front, if Italy can-opens on I2. Seems odd, considering without any combat activity, those tanks would not be able to move that far across the board - but by engaging in combat, their range is (potentially) increased.

On G1, armor is used to take France/Southern France. On G2, armor swings back to attack Yugoslavia, along with infantry out of Romania/Hungary. Assuming the Germans do not defeat all five infantry that are activated in Yugoslavia, can the armor retreat into Romania/Hungary - effectively slingshotting them from France all the way to the Russian front for use on turn 3? My reading of the rules indicates this would in fact be legit, but that moves the armor 3 regions from their start, in effect. Exploit? Broken element?