@allboxcars:
So $50 for 171 pieces….
26 Infantry
12 Artillery
12 Armour
12 Fighters
9 Bombers
12 Submarines
12 Destroyers
9 Cruisers
6 Battleships
6 Aircraft Carriers
12 Transports
6 Bunkers / Pill Boxes
3 Commander Units
12 Half tracks
12 Trucks
3 Task Force Markers (Like Pacific)
3 ********* Special Surprise
Which gives us $400 total… hmmm best of luck FMG but I fold.
To be fair, that list isn’t near correct. You’re not including Tac Bombers or Air Transports/Med Bombers or the fact that the armour includes 2 types (hopefully not 6 each, cause then we have AAP40 all over again with the freaking Tacs).
Also, bunkers/pill boxes and task force markers truly don’t need to be nation specific and I would hope FMG doesn’t delay, or add cost to the italian set by including those at this point, especially as he’s indicated plans to mold major/minor factories, air bases, naval bases, and AA guns to replace the cardboard and I’m not including the special surprise, because whatever the surprise is, it’s probably not what we’re paying for. In addition, the original plan was not 8 nations, but 6 - the project was for AA50, not AA1940 global. We’ll most likely see AA50 completed before they move onto ANZAC & China (and china might very well be a much smaller set of units). So “only” a $300 investment ;) plus another $30ish for the factories, bases, markers, etc.
So, a list revision of possibly:
26 Infantry
12 Artillery
12 Armor #1
12 Armor #2
12 Fighters
12 Tac Bombers
9 Bombers
9 Air Transports/Med Bombers
12 Submarines
12 Destroyers
9 Cruisers
6 Battleships
6 Aircraft Carriers
12 Transports
3 Commander Units
12 Half tracks
12 Trucks
For a total of 188. But at $50 for Italy, that’s over 26 cents per piece, and that also puts it beyond my budget for a game I haven’t played in 8 months because the only friend of mine who enjoyed the game moved to the east coast, so I feel your pain.