Sawtoothautum
I’m in Livermore, which is near Tracy. If you are interested in getting a game together. Send me an email.
Sawtoothautum
I’m in Livermore, which is near Tracy. If you are interested in getting a game together. Send me an email.
Shadowhawk
Is there a way to order these sets already on the website ?
Not yet. FMG is not quite ready to take orders yet but I think the time is not too far away. When they are ready. I’m sure they will announce it here first.
I think I played my first A&A game around 84 or 85.
Thanks guys
I’ll give AA 50 a second look.
Hi ET
My neighbors either love me or fear & hate me. That’s pretty much the par when you own a weaponized military vehicle. They tend to draw extreme reaction. Especially when it says “A WHOLE CAN OF WHOOPASS!” on the side of the turret. :-D Fortunately the neighbors around me love the vehicle. Those who don’t tend to keep to themselves. :-D
Normally though, the weapons aren’t mounted except for special occasions when I take it to a parade. When I do, the vehicle is fully loaded as shown in the picture. However, before I do that. I always notify local law enforcement as to who I am, what I’m doing and the area I’ll be traveling in. I also offer to take it to the police station for inspection if they wish. They really appreciate it and will keep you out of any serious trouble should any issues arise. Most cops I run into though are interested in playing with the toys themselves! :-D
By the way, the avatar that I use with German sdkfz251, I know the owner. He has 2 of them in Chandler Arizona. They are actually modified Czech OT-10. For more info on them, you can go here. http://www.sdkfz251.com/ I wouldn’t mind having one of these in my inventory.
Thanks Bjergmose
It usually takes me about 4 to 5 hours for the revised edition. Since the AA 50 map has more zones, I thought it would take longer.
I have been considering buying AA 50 but since I have a wife and 2 little kids it’s hard enough to get the time to play. If it took too long, I would have a hard time finishing it.
WOPR
Many times when I come to this site I don’t log in unless I have something to say. So that explains why sometimes I saw it and sometimes I didn’t.
And you gotta be signed in to post to the forum as well. grin
Well hallelujah praise the Lord. I’ve been saved :lol:
It’s an M4 on my lap, I have qualified on the M2 and the M240B as well. The 240B is my favorite as long as it’s mounted. I have also qualified with an M60, a long time ago Wink
Dezertfish
I have all of these weapons in my personal armory. Unfortunately they are all airsoft :-( But I do have a real armored HMMWV to mount them on :-D
I did have the opportunity to shoot all the real steel versions except the M240. One of these days I’ll get that checked off on my list.
To stay on the topic
Hi
I been playing with Paratroopers a long time.
I have been using these rules :
-Paratroopers cost a additional 1.IPC (This for the training)
-Paratroopers is transported and dropped by Bomber
-Paratroopers attack on a 2
-Paratrooper revert back to normal infantry after attackIf the game should include a new special unit piece, example Paratroopers or Paratroop markers, I think it should cost 1.IPC more than a normal Infantry Unit because of the training. It could have an attack of 3 or 2 first round of combat, than 1 as normal Infantry and defend on a 2 as normal Infantry. If people dont want to use their Bombers as transports for their Paratroopers, Paratroopers could have a COMBAT Movement/Range of 6, this would make the Paratrooper Unit unique & special. In the Non-Combat Movement Phase it should only have a movement/range of 1 as normal Infantry.
Thanks Supermestizo. I’ll keep this in my book too.
I learned something new.
Thanks WOPR
How does AA 50 map compare to the Revised Edition? I’ve seen the map and it is quite big and seems like it will take much longer to play.
Gents
I was wondering how long does AA 50 take to play compared to AA Revised Edition?
Sometimes I can see the pictures and sometimes I can’t. Is anyone else experiencing this too? I’m trying to figure out if it’s the web site or my computer.
Thanks
By the way FMG, once you have the pieces in hand and have finished crunching the numbers on production cost. Please let us know how many sets you’ll need to sell in order to move on to the next country. I’m sure many of us on this forum are willing to work for free to help you promote the sale of these units. Because I think almost all of us want complete A&A piece set and would be tormented if only a couple of countries are done.
I think one idea to help achieve this is if we create a separate thread where people can post the hobby stores in their area along with the stores contact info. FMG can then use this list to contact them to promote their products. We could further to help FMG along by calling these stores asking if they have these items in stock. I think stores will be more likely to order them if they know there will be a demand.
However, don’t start calling stores just yet. I’m just throwing out an idea for now. Let FMG take the lead on this. I’m sure they are going to need time to build inventory. Plus, they may also have a different market strategy they want to try first. Once they are ready, they can give us instructions as to what they would like us to do to help. But if anyone else has an idea I’m sure FMG would mind hearing them.
FMG, please let us know if you would like such suggestion posted on the forum or sent to you in private.
Thanks
I think they should go one of two roads:
- just make the next set a fix of all the bad pieces that AA missed the boat on
a) new artillery for USSR, USA, UK, Germany
b) new Kongo class BB for Japan
c) new submarine for Germany
d) new factory pieces in national colors
e) all technology pieces: jet fighters, heavy bombers, alternate submarine design, blockhouse, rockets ( v2 or v1)
f) new American fighter ( mustang)
- alternatively work on a German set just like the italian set same types of units, then do American, Japanese, Soviet and British in that order.
I would prefer option 2 and do one country at a time.
Very, Very NICE!
I think this will be good competition against the metal 1/285 micro armor, because this is better for gaming and you dont have to glue it together.
Ditto on that! I think you’ll definitely give GHQ a run for their money.
Thank you for all your effort FMG!
Maybe these will be ready just in time for Christmas :-D
By the way Dezrtfisf, nice toys you have there, M249 Mk-46 Mod1, Beretta 92 and a M-14 or shotgun? Little difficult to tell which gun that is on your lap. Do you ever get to play with the M-240 and M-2 too :-D?
Thanks for your service!
Holden
I think your idea is perhaps the best modification of my attempt to create a paratrooper rule that started this thread. It is simple and not overly complicated and I think would integrate well without the use of an air transport piece.
The idea of placing an airborne marker during the “Place New Unit” is a good idea. This means that unit would be potentially vulnerable for at least a full turn before it can be used.
I also like the idea that once an airborne marker has been place on a unit. It’s next move, no matter how it moves, the marker is considered spent. This will make players think hard about when and where to use this capability. Because if you don’t do it right, you could potentially throw your money away and/or tie-up some troops for a turn or more.
I would also add that once you purchase a marker, it must be deployed at during the “Place New Unit Phase”. This would prevent players from hoarding their markers and deploying them all at once.
Your range, attack and defend rule are good the way they are. However, I think paratroopers should have a little bit more of an advantage on the first round of combat to simulate the confusion they tend to create among the defenders. One is to give them a first strike capability like a sub as Emperor Taiki suggested. Two, all defending units defend at minus -1. I’d like to hear some thoughts on this one.
The only area I would disagree with is the cost. 5 IPC is too much. I think 3 IPC is more reasonable for something that is a one time use. Some may argue that this is cheaper than buying a troop transport. True, but a transport use is unlimited as long as it survives. Now lets say someone decides to buy 3 airborne markers at 3 IPC, that’s 9 IPC. The average IPC per country is 30 IPC. So if someone spends 9 IPC for an airborne attack. That’s a third of his budget for something that is a one time use. Now some may argue that it should cost more to prevent potential abuse. But lets say some one does decide to buy 4 or 5 markers. I say let them. They may gain in the short term but I think in the long term they’ll soon realize it was a big mistake. A big part of this game is learning how to spend your money wisely.
Anyway, great idea! With the exception of the IPC cost, I’m going to use this rule for my paratroopers!
My vote is for a medium gray
We had been collecting Models to use for sculpts. It will cost us $50 USD to miniaturize an existing model and put it into a mould (on top off mould cost) and $500 USD to have a sculpt made in a digital 3D file and put into the mould. If you do the math with the number of units we are tying to give for each Nation ON TOP of the mould cost you can see that this is very expensive. Each Mould (One for each Nation) has a cost of approx $5000 USD on top of these costs even before we pay for PRODUCTION and LOGISTICS to get the product back to us.
Thank you for sharing this. Very much appreciated. I think this will go a long way in helping us find what you need.
We were able to collect 80% of the models but some, like the DiveBombers we had to have made with 3D models.
I know you’ve posted here several times asking people for sculps but it was rather general. If you are looking for a specific model that you can’t find, post it here. This way, you will have a 100 pairs of eyes or more all over the world helping you find exactly what you need. Plus, as I just mentioned, now that we know a little bit more specifically how things work, it will make it easier for us in our search to help you find what you’re looking for.
By the way, no need to explain the cost of molds to me. I’ve dealt with molds before and know how expensive they can be.
Thanks again for all your hard work and for keeping us posted as this project moves along. I’m look forward to seeing the first batch. :-D