@dazedwit Welcome! I’m also new here, and glad to see another new member!

Sorry to not have gotten back too you folks sooner, but I got rid of the A&A program that was giving me fits, and got the new one from here, and that one works well…

Ok, so I’m playing a game of AE (or something like it in TripleA) with my first two fellow players.

I have to admit, I am hyped up, I’m just playing the USA/China. I didn’t read the rules before hand, and did my purchases as the USA of 2 inf, 1 bomber, one destroyer, and one carrier.

I tried to jump some german subs with all my continental aircraft, of 2 bombers + 2 fighters, but discovered that, yes, the rules had changed. Fortunately, my opponent was online, and graciously allowed me to reload the game and take my destroyer into the battle on attempt number 2.

The ‘Battle of the Atlantic’ ended with the German submarines & the US destroyer all sunk. Like an idiot, I landed only the two bombers in the UK, and both fighters landed in eastern canada.

I then intended to transport troops and stage them in eastern canada, and grabbed my infantry and what I thought was my artillery from Eastern USA, and dropped them up in Eastern Canada. I then realized that it was not my artillery I had moved, but my AA gun. OOOps!

In China, again not having read the rules, I took a chance to strike at the Japanese, and was successful in retaking fukien, but then I withdrew the Flying Tigers, and placed my new three chinese troops well back from the front.

The Remnants of the US Pacific fleet are preparing to transit the panama canal for rushing to help my allies in Europe, but my A1 builds didn’t include any transports, so what help I can offer is going to be limited initially.

After I played, and found out how to post my turn, I discovered an error message when trying to send the save game file, and so sent it manually to the others.

After doing all this, I then (sheepishly) went and started reading the rules, and discovered yet another new thing, that there are somethings called tech tokens, and when you buy them, you keep them and get a roll every turn, until you get a tech, and then you turn in all tokens.

I understand that tech rolls are now an optional rule, and so must first get word from my fellow players on whether or not we are playing with those rules in this particular game or not.

Anyway, that about covers my first turn playing community members online!

@Valladares Hello there!

I’m so new, I have never used this particular software, and so my reply and intro seem merged into one post.

I’m CrazyIvan, and I don’t play anymore due to lack of time to meet up with all the guys I used to play with back in the day. I got my introduction to Classic back in the 1980’s, and have never played any other version of Axis & Allies, well, unless you count Original and second edition as being separate games. Without using the board and pieces, I have played a couple versions of the 1998 computer game, but that doesn’t want to play nicely with my windows 10 computer, so I right now cannot actually play at all.

I recently discovered a thing called YouTube, and will be posting videos there within the next month or so. Right now, as I start the learning process, I’m going to be looking for help and suggestions on what kind of webcam I need to be able to capture the entire board. Right now, the videos I have made are either clear - but only show a part of the game board, or show all or mostly all of the board, but the pieces are so small as to be hard to see, and the spaces are also too crowded to clearly show the action, so looking for suggestions on how to position the webcam, the lighting, the board, and get the perfect zoom in on the game board.

I don’t know anything about the newer versions of the game, and for right now am only interested in classic second edition games. I found some interesting content on youtube, and that is how I ended up here, and am looking forward to getting some playing time in, making a few videos, and playtesting some house rules, as well as multi-board games using the classic board and pieces. Currently, I have no way to setup/play even a two board game, let alone a 4 board version. Later on this month, I’ll try to at least setup a two board version, but the cameras I have now will not be able to show much other than how the boards connect.

Anyway, there was a fellow that issued an “Open Challenge” about a month ago, and I thought that I might as well try to get a game or three with him, if he has the time and interest.

@dan-hamilton Hi Dan! Welcome. I’m also a newbie here, so good to see another fresh face.

***Edited"***In the original Axis and Allies, Harris made it clear that the pieces to be used in the box were set as a limit of how many of those “battle groups” you could create.

forum wont let me post the link… let me try to get fancy:

www harrisgamedesign com/pdf/A&A_Classic_FAQ.pdf

The most obvious for this was the aircraft carrier. If you play with the straight up 2nd Edition rules for axis and allies classic, you could never have more than two carrier pieces on the board (white/red chips are ‘unlimited’)"

For me, I would never consider playing without all the extra pieces I have, and so I have to ask, where exactly did this come from? It isn’t in any of the two sets of rules I am familiar with {1st and 2nd editions}, and as the 2nd edition offers additional sets of playing pieces right in the rule book on page #2, lower right hand corner, I have to cry foul on this. A&A is NOT Fortress America, where each army has an EXACT strength, and why in the world would folks be offered in the rules additional complete sets of 299 plastic playing pieces, if they were never going to be allowed to use them?!?!

I first saw this on a Youtube video, and the fellow held up to the camera some printout {from somewhere} that seemed to be saying this. If the rules themselves offer additional sets of pieces, and the paper that was held up to the camera even said that there were no limits to how many of a type of units a player can have, why in the world would anyone buy pieces that were not going to be allowed.

This seems to me to smell fishy. I don’t think that this is a hoax or anything along those lines, I’m betting that it is a misunderstanding or miscommunication somewhere in the past, and got grandfathered in somehow?

So let me ask, has anyone played by this ‘so-called’ rule? The reason I have to use the {so-called} tag here, is that IDK that this was ever in the actual rules of the game, but I think it is unlikely. I think that there was some attempt to justify this stuff, as somehow it figured into game balance, but I really cannot think how that could even work. It definitely would not be historical with regard to WWII.

I’ll have more later on, but for now looking for an answer to this question first from @AcesWild5049 and anyone else that can provide context.

Well hello! I’m not interested in in person games, as my health is not so good these days, but I thought I would stop by an greet a fellow A&A player new to the boards!

Currently, I own classic (the 1980’s version) that I learned on, and recently purchased the Anniversary Edition game as well, and have been playing the 1941 startup version using the TripleA electronic game engine, which allows players to play from anywhere in the world in three formats.

So far, I have not played ‘online’, as that is played live and in real time, but I’m starting to enjoy playing PBF & PBEM formats. Play By Forum takes a little bit of setting up (very little), while Play By E-Mail is also interesting.

@Panther and @djensen will probably drop by shortly and officially welcome you to the board, as well as point you in the right direction for whatever you are looking for!

Again, welcome aboard!

Thank you, sir. I only did the Bronze level so far, but the year is still young, so you never know…

@Intrepid Hello, and here’s hoping you have success in making your ideal “War Room”. Sounds like fun, and hope to see the end results posted here!

I just purchased the “Anniversary Edition” tonight, and it should arrive Thursday.

I forgot to ask, did you want to start with war bonds again?
7:54pm, June 11th.

TripleA Turn Summary: Germans round 1

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II v3 1941, version: 1.7

Game History

Round: 1

    Purchase Units - Germans
        Germans buy 2 armour, 1 factory and 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 0 techTokens; 

    Combat Move - Germans
        1 submarine moved from 7 Sea Zone to 12 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 7 Sea Zone to 2 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 5 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Norway to 2 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Germany to 12 Sea Zone
        1 bomber moved from Germany to 2 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Northwestern Europe to 12 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Poland to 6 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Germany to 5 Sea Zone
        1 artillery moved from Germany to 5 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 5 Sea Zone to Baltic States
        1 armour moved from France to 13 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from France to 13 Sea Zone
        1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 13 Sea Zone to 16 Sea Zone
        1 armour and 1 infantry moved from 16 Sea Zone to Ukraine
        2 armour moved from Bulgaria Romania to Ukraine
        2 armour moved from Czechoslovakia Hungary to East Poland
        2 armour moved from Poland to Baltic States
        1 artillery moved from Poland to East Poland
        1 artillery moved from Bulgaria Romania to Ukraine
        1 infantry moved from Bulgaria Romania to Ukraine
        1 infantry moved from Poland to Baltic States
        1 infantry moved from Poland to Baltic States
        2 infantry moved from Poland to East Poland
        1 infantry moved from Bulgaria Romania to East Poland
        1 infantry moved from Bulgaria Romania to Ukraine
        1 infantry moved from Northwestern Europe to France
        2 infantry moved from Germany to France

    Combat - Germans
        Battle in 2 Sea Zone
            Germans attack with 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 submarine
            British defend with 1 battleship and 1 transport
                Germans roll dice for 1 submarine in 2 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 bomber and 1 fighter in 2 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 1.17 expected hits
            Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the British
                British roll dice for 1 battleship and 1 transport in 2 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                1 submarine owned by the Germans lost in 2 Sea Zone
                Germans roll dice for 1 bomber and 1 fighter in 2 Sea Zone, round 3 : 1/1 hits, 1.17 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 battleship and 1 transport in 2 Sea Zone, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                1 battleship owned by the British lost in 2 Sea Zone
                1 transport owned by the British lost in 2 Sea Zone
            Germans win with 1 bomber and 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 21
            Casualties for Germans: 1 submarine
            Casualties for British: 1 battleship and 1 transport
        Battle in 12 Sea Zone
            Germans attack with 2 fighters and 1 submarine
            British defend with 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer
                Germans roll dice for 1 submarine in 12 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 2 fighters in 12 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/0 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer in 12 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.83 expected hits
                1 destroyer owned by the British and 1 submarine owned by the Germans lost in 12 Sea Zone
                Germans roll dice for 2 fighters in 12 Sea Zone, round 3 : 1/0 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 cruiser in 12 Sea Zone, round 3 : 1/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits
                1 cruiser owned by the British and 1 fighter owned by the Germans lost in 12 Sea Zone
            Germans win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
            Casualties for Germans: 1 fighter and 1 submarine
            Casualties for British: 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer
        Battle in 6 Sea Zone
            Germans attack with 1 fighter and 1 submarine
            British defend with 1 destroyer
                Germans roll dice for 1 submarine in 6 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 fighter in 6 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 destroyer in 6 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 submarine in 6 Sea Zone, round 3 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 destroyer in 6 Sea Zone, round 3 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 destroyer owned by the British and 1 submarine owned by the Germans lost in 6 Sea Zone
            Germans win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 2
            Casualties for Germans: 1 submarine
            Casualties for British: 1 destroyer
        Battle in East Poland
            Germans attack with 2 armour, 1 artillery and 3 infantry
            Russians defend with 2 infantry
                Germans roll dice for 2 armour, 1 artillery and 3 infantry in East Poland, round 2 : 2/0 hits, 2.00 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 2 infantry in East Poland, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                2 infantry owned by the Russians and 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in East Poland
            Germans win, taking East Poland from Russians with 2 armour, 1 artillery and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Russians: 2 infantry
        Battle in Ukraine
            Germans attack with 3 armour, 1 artillery and 3 infantry
            Russians defend with 2 infantry
                Germans roll dice for 3 armour, 1 artillery and 3 infantry in Ukraine, round 2 : 2/1 hits, 2.50 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 2 infantry in Ukraine, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                2 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Ukraine
            Germans win, taking Ukraine from Russians with 3 armour, 1 artillery and 3 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
            Casualties for Russians: 2 infantry
        Battle in Baltic States
            Germans attack with 2 armour, 1 artillery and 3 infantry
            Russians defend with 3 infantry
                Germans roll dice for 1 cruiser in Baltic States, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 2 armour, 1 artillery and 3 infantry in Baltic States, round 2 : 2/0 hits, 2.00 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 3 infantry in Baltic States, round 2 : 1/0 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                3 infantry owned by the Russians and 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Baltic States
            Germans win, taking Baltic States from Russians with 2 armour, 1 artillery and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
            Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Russians: 3 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Germans
        1 fighter moved from 2 Sea Zone to Norway
        2 infantry moved from Finland to Norway
        1 bomber moved from 2 Sea Zone to Norway
        1 fighter moved from 12 Sea Zone to France
        1 fighter moved from 6 Sea Zone to France

    Place Units - Germans
        1 factory placed in France
        2 armour and 2 infantry placed in Germany

    Turn Complete - Germans
        Germans collect 35 PUs; end with 35 PUs
        Objective 1: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 40 PUs
        Objective 2: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 45 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans : -1.17
British : 0.67
Russians : -0.33

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Testing Forum poster

Test summary from TripleA, engine version: 1.9, time: 7:47:48 PM
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Ok, first test bid game was a goof, now we know how this works, so starting bid game 2. Crosses fingers.

Testing Forum poster

Test summary from TripleA, engine version: 1.9, time: 7:19:04 PM
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Ok, testing out how TripleA handles buys.

Russia has fallen!
6:12pm, June 11th.

TripleA Turn Summary: Germans round 9

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II v3 1941, version: 1.7

Game History

Round: 9

    Research Technology - Germans
        Germans spend 0 on tech rolls
            Germans roll 4,4 and gets 0 hits

    Purchase Units - Germans
        Germans buy 8 armour and 1 artillery; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 2 techTokens; 

    Combat Move - Germans
        6 armour and 6 infantry moved from East Poland to Russia
        5 armour, 2 artilleries and 12 infantry moved from Belorussia to Russia
        5 armour and 5 infantry moved from Germany to Baltic States
        1 armour and 1 infantry moved from Czechoslovakia Hungary to Baltic States

    Combat - Germans
        Battle in Baltic States
            Germans attack with 6 armour and 6 infantry
            British defend with 1 infantry
                Germans roll dice for 6 armour and 6 infantry in Baltic States, round 2 : 4/0 hits, 4.00 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Baltic States, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the British lost in Baltic States
            Germans win, taking Baltic States from Russians with 6 armour and 6 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for British: 1 infantry
        Battle in Russia
            Germans attack with 11 armour, 2 artilleries and 18 infantry
            British defend with 3 armour, 1 bomber and 2 fighters; Russians defend with 1 aaGun, 3 armour, 1 bomber, 1 factory and 11 infantry
                Germans roll dice for 11 armour, 2 artilleries and 18 infantry in Russia, round 2 : 10/1 hits, 9.83 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 6 armour, 2 bombers, 2 fighters and 11 infantry in Russia, round 2 : 8/1 hits, 8.33 expected hits
                8 infantry owned by the Russians, 1 bomber owned by the Russians, 8 infantry owned by the Germans and 1 bomber owned by the British lost in Russia
                Germans roll dice for 11 armour, 2 artilleries and 10 infantry in Russia, round 3 : 8/1 hits, 8.50 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 6 armour, 2 fighters and 3 infantry in Russia, round 3 : 5/1 hits, 5.33 expected hits
                3 infantry owned by the Russians, 3 armour owned by the Russians, 5 infantry owned by the Germans and 2 armour owned by the British lost in Russia
                Germans roll dice for 11 armour, 2 artilleries and 5 infantry in Russia, round 4 : 8/1 hits, 7.67 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 1 armour and 2 fighters in Russia, round 4 : 2/1 hits, 1.83 expected hits
                2 infantry owned by the Germans, 2 fighters owned by the British and 1 armour owned by the British lost in Russia
            Germans captures 31PUs while taking Russians capital
            Germans win, taking Russia from Russians with 11 armour, 2 artilleries and 3 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 62
            Casualties for Germans: 15 infantry
            Casualties for British: 3 armour, 1 bomber and 2 fighters
            Casualties for Russians: 3 armour, 1 bomber and 11 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Germans
        1 aaGun moved from East Poland to Bulgaria Romania
        1 bomber moved from East Poland to Germany
        1 fighter moved from France to Germany

    Place Units - Germans
        8 armour and 1 artillery placed in Germany

    Turn Complete - Germans
        Germans collect 35 PUs; end with 66 PUs
        Germans collect 5 PUs from War Bonds; end with 71 PUs
        Objective 1: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 76 PUs
        Objective 3: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 81 PUs
        Objective 2: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 86 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans : -0.00
Russians : -0.83

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Back to the USA.
12:05am, June 11th.

TripleA Turn Summary: Italians round 8

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II v3 1941, version: 1.7

Game History

Round: 8

    Purchase Units - Italians
        Italians buy 6 armour; Remaining resources: 4 PUs; 0 techTokens; 

    Combat Move - Italians
        1 infantry moved from Italy to 14 Sea Zone
        1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 14 Sea Zone to 16 Sea Zone
        1 artillery moved from Bulgaria Romania to 16 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 16 Sea Zone to Caucasus
        1 transport moved from 14 Sea Zone to 15 Sea Zone
        1 armour moved from Egypt to 15 Sea Zone
        1 armour and 1 transport moved from 15 Sea Zone to 16 Sea Zone
        1 armour moved from 16 Sea Zone to Caucasus
        1 battleship and 2 cruisers moved from 14 Sea Zone to 16 Sea Zone
        1 armour moved from Bulgaria Romania to Poland
        1 armour moved from Bulgaria Romania to Poland
        4 armour moved from Bulgaria Romania to Caucasus
        7 armour moved from Ukraine to Caucasus
        5 armour moved from Italy to Germany

    Combat - Italians
        Battle in Caucasus
            Italians attack with 12 armour, 1 artillery and 1 infantry
            Americans defend with 1 bomber; Russians defend with 1 aaGun, 1 factory and 5 infantry
                Italians roll dice for 1 battleship and 2 cruisers in Caucasus, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 1.67 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 12 armour, 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Caucasus, round 2 : 7/1 hits, 6.67 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 1 bomber and 5 infantry in Caucasus, round 2 : 2/1 hits, 1.83 expected hits
                5 infantry owned by the Russians, 1 bomber owned by the Americans, 1 artillery owned by the Italians and 1 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Caucasus
            Italians win, taking Caucasus from Russians with 12 armour remaining. Battle score for attacker is 20
            Casualties for Italians: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
            Casualties for Americans: 1 bomber
            Casualties for Russians: 5 infantry
        Battle in Poland
            Italians attack with 2 armour
            British defend with 1 infantry
                Italians roll dice for 2 armour in Poland, round 2 : 1/0 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 infantry in Poland, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the British and 1 armour owned by the Italians lost in Poland
            Italians win, taking Poland from British with 1 armour remaining. Battle score for attacker is -2
            Casualties for Italians: 1 armour
            Casualties for British: 1 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Italians

    Place Units - Italians
        6 armour placed in Italy

    Turn Complete - Italians
        Italians collect 21 PUs; end with 25 PUs
        Italians collect 1 PU from War Bonds; end with 26 PUs
        Objective 1: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 31 PUs
        Objective 2: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 36 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italians : -0.33
British : 0.67
Russians : 0.17

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