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    IronWill

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    • How do you break through the Danish Strait as Allies?

      I’ve only played 5 games of Global 40, but I’ve yet to see the Allies even come close to breaking through the Danish strait.  Germany always decimates the British navy on Turn 1, and by the time the British can rebuild it (if they even can), Germany has the opportunity to stack enough Infantry and AAA guns to make taking Denmark a fool’s errand - at least for Britain alone.  Even if the U.S. brings a flotilla of carriers and transports over, Germany still has enough time to stack it such that taking it is far more trouble than it’s worth and at relatively little cost to Germany.

      And even if you did get lucky and take it, you’d likely have too few men to hold it for a turn so you could use the straight.  I guess if the U.S. reinforces you, you might could hold it a turn, but it seems that if the U.S. has that much presence in the area, then A) Germany will see it coming and be prepared, and B) the U.S. is is probably having to yield the Pacific to Japan in order to threaten Germany with enough force.

      All this is to say that the Allies seem to have little to no hope of entering the Baltic unless Germany is careless.  It sure seems to make attacking Germany’s north-west front almost impossible.  I don’t know why I find that so surprising, but I do.  It just seems… wrong(?) to allow a single territory to deny access to an entire region to their opponents so effectively with so little cost.

      Has anyone else found this frustrating/baffling?  Am I missing something?  Is there an easy way to circumvent/take the strait that I’m not seeing?

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    • Can submarines use a narrow strait if they don’t own it?

      Can a submarine pass through a narrow strait if they don’t own it and there are no enemy ships on either side of it?  For example, can a Soviet submarine pass through the narrow strait between Denmark and Norway prior to Turn 4 if they are not at war with Germany?  What if there are no German ships at all on either side of the straight?  Does that matter at all?

      My strict reading of the rules leads me to believe that it’s only possible if Germany allows it (which of course they have no incentive to do).

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    • Can Soviet Union attack Finland (a pro-axis neutral) prior to Turn 4?

      In the Global rules, under the Soviet Union Political Situation section it says, “The Soviet Union may not declare war on any European Axis power before turn 4…”.  I would interpret this to mean that they can attack Finland if Germany is careless enough to not activate it on Turn 1.  Agree/Disagree?

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    • RE: Does a Rules Differences Summary exist?

      @Bob77:

      There are no differences in the rules themselves.
      The only differences are in the wording…to provide better clarity and understanding of the rules.

      This is a joke, right?

      posted in Axis & Allies Anniversary Edition
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    • Does a Rules Differences Summary exist?

      I have been playing Global 1940 a lot recently and recently purchased the new Anniversary Edition.  Is there a document on the website (or any other website) that summarizes the differences between the different versions of the “main” A&A game?  I’d love to NOT have to scour the entire new rule book just looking for the differences.

      Thanks in advance!

      posted in Axis & Allies Anniversary Edition
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    • RE: Anniversary Edition purchased in Florida today!

      More Images…

      Punchboard 1…

      Punchboard 2…

      Interior boxes (tops)…

      Contents of interior boxes (Dividers!  Nice!)…

      Three separate (non-folding) board sections fit together to make the map…

      posted in Axis & Allies Anniversary Edition
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    • RE: Anniversary Edition purchased in Florida today!

      Pictured next to Pacific 1940 for size comparison…

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    • Anniversary Edition purchased in Florida today!

      Pre-ordered from my FLGS last week.  Happened to be in the store this morning when some deliveries arrived.  I told the owner of my pre-order and asked if there was a chance it might have come a day early.  Lucky me - it had!

      The box is HUGE!  It dwarfs the Pacific and Europe 1940 boxes.  Can’t wait to play!

      posted in Axis & Allies Anniversary Edition
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    • Are the War at Sea minis a good size for use with the Global maps?

      I’d love to pimp my game with some of the painted War at Sea minis if they’re not too big for the Global 1940 map.  Anyone tried using them before?

      posted in Axis & Allies Global 1940
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    • RE: Cliffside Bunker Battle Dice (UPDATED)

      @Young:

      @IronWill:

      Thanks for making these reality YG.  You mentioned that you have a reason behind your color choices.  Do you mind me asking, out of curiosity, what that reasoning is?

      My reasons would sound very superficial to many people, but I can say that they involve information recognition, and subliminal association (if any of that helps).

      No, subliminal/intuitive association makes perfect sense to me.  The colors of the IWNGU dice were very intuitive to me.  The color scheme seems like a “heat (hit) index” - White (1), Yellow (2), Orange (3), Red (4).  The “hotter” the dice, the more hits it should make.

      posted in Marketplace
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