Hello out there.

I am the Midnight_Reaper. My interests include collecting and playing Axis & Allies games, collecting alternate rule sets, and devising alternate rules of my own. I also enjoy helping others, both in real life and virtually. I try to help answer rules questions when I can.

I am also over on boardgamegeek.com, going by Midnight_Reaper over there as well.

I live in Maryland, am a veteran of the U.S. Army, and am working full time while attending college as well. Haunting the forums here and on BGG is something I do to stay abreast of what it happening in the world of games and what I do to unwind after a long day.

-Midnight_Reaper

And a Merry Christmas to you and to everyone else here at AxisandAllies.org. And a Happy New Year to everybody as well.

-Midnight_Reaper

@Super-Semple While I like the idea of Combat Medics, I think that they might be outside the scope of Global War. When infantry and tank units represent Corps or Armies of troops (which would have thousands of soldiers), what would a Combat Medic unit do, exactly? Do you have a Corps of Medical troops, with hospitals, ambulances, and convalescent facilities? What effect would you have this literal Medical Corps do for you?

I don’t mean to punch holes in your idea, I’m just trying to help you make this rule a better rule. This idea might be better as Hospital unit that is stationary, similar to an Airbase and a Naval Port, and provides some benefit when ground units in nearby zones are taken as casualties.

Alternatively, you might build Hospital Ships and have them off-shore, to provide medical facilities for Amphibious Assaults. The US Navy had about 15 Hospital Ships in commission during WWII, and they were not alone in providing aid and comfort to the wounded.

My 2 IPCs,

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@CWO-Marc As for what we did and did not have back in 2000, I made a small chart

Unit from Classic (1984)
Aircraft Carrier
Anti-Aircraft Artillery
Battleship
Bomber
Fighter
Industrial Complex
Infantry
Submarine
Tank
Transport

Units Added in Europe / Pacific / Revised (1999/2000)
Artillery
Destroyer

Units Added in Anniversary (2008)
Cruiser

Units Added in Europe 1940 / Pacific 1940 (2009)
Mechanized Infantry
Tactical Bomber

Units Radically Changed in Europe 1940 / Pacific 1940 (2009)
Industrial Complex

Units Radically Changed in the Second Edition games (2012)
Anti-Aircraft Artillery

Units Added in Zombies (2018)
Zombies

So, yes, both a lot already around in 2000 and a lot more still to come.

-Midnight_Reaper

@djensen

Your work on Google SEO has payed off in the usual way: spammers have arrived. Or a spammer, anyways: marieclint123fdr has been up to no good on the forum. That user has posted only three posts, but all three are for ielts and other testing spam. I just thought you should now. I’ve marked their posts as spam already.

On the bright side, if the spammers have you in their sights, they must think they will get some visibility from posting here.

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@trulpen said in Post League Game Results Here:

@akreider2 said in Post League Game Results Here:

Trulpen (Axis) over Akreider2 (Allies). Bid of 9. Despite the Allies winning a lot of the small battles. I think we need to do a 20 bid. Though I also did the mistake of under-committing with the US to the Atlantic when I saw Germany building a navy.

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/35374/l20-1-trulpen-x-vs-akreider2-a-9-bm3/152?page=7

trulpen and his german navy. Wonder when that gets around to be the joke of the neighbourhood?

If it’s stupid, but it works, then it’s not stupid. The corollary being that if you don’t know why it’s working, be extra careful when trying it for yourself…

-Midnight_Reaper

I know the game you speak of, I even own a copy. You want to search for Axis & Allies Europe Italy, sometimes referred to just as Italy (which really helps a person find it). Fortunately, I’ve some links for you.

There is an entry for this game expansion at BGG: BGG Italy page. You will also want to look at this review for Axis & Allies Europe Italy. The rules for Italy are in Italian (as the developers of this variant are Italian), BGG user Moshe Callen translated them into English as a part of his review of this expansion. If you are further interested, the original file in Italian is still available at: http://xoomer.virgilio.it/giocolab/Strategia/AA/Italy.htm.

As for playing this game, all you need is a copy of A&A Europe, some pieces for the Italian player (A&A Europe 1940, either edition, work well here), the rules, and the setup. And away you go.

I hope this helps.

-Midnight_Reaper

@Argothair I like the thrust of this strategy, as you described it. As for the naming rights…

@Argothair said in UK Strategy -"Middle Earth":

…
The overall idea here with this modified ‘rebound’ strategy (anyone have a catchier name?)
…

How about: “The Allied Outer Perimeter Defense Plan”? Or, shortened to “Outer Perimeter Defense”? That way you can ask your opponent: “You down with OPD?”

-Midnight__Reaper

@captainwalker said in On this day during W.W. 2:

May 24, 1941. Battle of Denmark Strait

At 0552 hours, British battlecruiser HMS Hood and battleship HMS Prince of Wales open fire on German battleship Bismarck and cruiser Prinz Eugen from 24 km. Although they outgun the Germans, both British ships have flaws.

HMS Prince of Wales holds the distinction of being the only British capital ship to face both the Kriegsmarine and the Imperial Japanese Navy in the first half of WW2. Unfortunately, she did not give a good account of herself, with her main guns jamming in her engagement against Bismarck and a lack of air cover and effective anti-aircraft gunnery leading to the IJN’s bombers sinking her.

HMS Prince of Wales was in commission for less than one full year, from 19 January to 10 December 1941. A tragic fate for what might have otherwise been a fine vessel.

-Midnight_Reaper

My other favorite place for A&A news, BGG, has some help for you…

The A&A and Monopoly mashup: https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/8989/amonoploygif

An A&A map board with the aesthetics of the Milton Bradley board but the spaces of the Nova Game Designs board: (file: https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/2382/novambcompletzip)
Preview:

And the piece de resistance, Milton Bradley A&A game board with large IPC values: (file: https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/174573/axis-allies-classic-1986-world-map-large-ipc-value)
Preview:

I hope that keeps you satisfied for A&A maps.

-Midnight_Reaper

@thrasher1 said in Axis and Allies MB edition: inquiry form included in the box:

@midnight_reaper I prefer a space game of alien empires.

What setting you had in mind?

Something like “Masters of Orion (I’m thinking more like the original computer game rather then the later board game.)” or “Twilight Imperium (which dropped its 4th edition a few years ago.)”. In short, let’s make aliens ALIEN. Do something wildly different from WW2 or WW3 or Humans vs. Martians vs. Venusians.

Use ground unit rules and amphibious attack rules from A&A for landing troops, attacking space stations, and dirt-side action. Use naval unit rules and associated amphibious attack rules from A&A for fleet-to-fleet combat and for getting troops where they need to be. Use air unit rules from A&A for fast-striking raiders and fleet defenders. Use the initiative system from Shogun (Yes, the linked game says Ikusa. The name got changed for a reprint in 2011) for suspense - who knows who will go first in the next round? Use the cities and roads building from Conquest of the Empire to build stations and wormholes, to support the fleet and move it around more quickly.

Something like that, I suppose.

-Midnight_Reaper

@hbg-gw-enthusiast said in Piece Count for Various Sets:

Quick note. The Japanese pieces for Amerika are a slightly yellow-orange rather than the classic pumpkin orange. Make sure that’s not a deal breaker for you before you purchase Amerika purely for pieces.

Also note that there are now two different Amerika sets. They play the same as the have the same rules and setup. But they come in two sets of colors. Version 1 has dark-grey Germans, olive green Allies, and yellow-orange or “golden” Japanese. Version 2 has black Germans, tan Allies, and burnt-orange Japanese. The sculpts are the same in both versions, only the colors are changed.

And now you know.

-Midnight_Reaper

Call them whatever you want. Just be consistent in the use.

-Midnight_Reaper

@thrasher1 said in Axis and Allies MB edition: inquiry form included in the box:
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Question: I am not from US so please explain to me… why Civil War is so much ‘popular’ then the American Revolution.

I can’t tell you why it’s so dominate in the U.S. market. I can tell you why I’d rather see a new U.S. Civil War game (Civ War) than a new U.S. Revolutionary War game (Rev War).

1. The U.S. Civil War was the Second Revolutionary War. It was the southern (slave) states telling the northern (free) states that slaves would be freed over their dead bodies. Of which the Union/Federal/Northern Army obliged.
2. More to do in a Civ War game. Everything there might be in a Rev War game would also be in a Civ War game, plus you could have merchant raiding, technology trees, cross-border raids, etc.
3. The Civ War was, in some ways, the first modern war. Between the steam ship, rifles instead of muskets, trains, and telegraphs, the Civ War was more violent and faster moving than the Rev War.

Is that what everybody who prefers the Civ War to the Rev War thinks? Heck if I know. I can speak for myself alone.

-Midnight_Reaper

This was a little before my time. So, I’ll give my “today” answers.

(7) Number of Players: 3-5 players.

(8) Categories / Setting / Period

(A.) HISTORICAL: (U.S.) Civil War

(B.) MODERN: WWIII

(C.) SCIENCE FICTION / SPACE: Battle of Alien Races

(D.) FANTASY: King Arthur Knights & Castles

(9) Chose one category: (C.) SCIENCE FICTION / SPACE

That’s what I have.

-Midnight_Reaper

Those prints look nice. I assume the flames are to show damaged facilities / intercepted convoys. Is it a binary damaged / not damaged or is there a counter of some kind? Just Curious.

Seriously, I think these look good. I assume the color of the print will vary based on the feed stock, no?

My 2 IPCs,

-Midnight_Reaper

@imperious-leader said in Russian Color:

@hbg-gw-enthusiast I would prefer the Italians as a lighter green than USA, and the Russians take the Italian “brown” color, The brown the Soviets had with Milton Bradley was the best “brown” ever.

The only problem with getting Russian pieces in that color is that Italy “stole” that color already so it’s hard to use Brown Russian pieces on a map with Brown Italian pieces…

-Midnight_Reaper

I went in on the latest pre-order HBG set, the one for the Soviets. I ordered both brown and red. I got a brown closer to Italy than any recent USSR pieces (looked rather like old Milton Bradley Soviet pieces) and a red closer to the Japanese / Chinese pieces from Pacific. I mean, a Brown brown and a Red red.

They didn’t like anything like the pieces I’ve gotten from HBG in the past for the Soviets. I wonder if that’s just me or if others think that way as well…

-Midnight_Reaper

I assume that these pieces are, from top to bottom, a factory (minor factory for the games that distinguish), naval base, major factory, and airbase. Just making sure I understand you.

-Midnight_Reaper

@djensen said in Axis and Allies MB edition: inquiry form included in the box:

@thrasher1 Looks like I forgot to ask. Given that they can’t find the Zombies setup for 1942 SE, I doubt they have a copy of this.

It was sloppy of them to miss the truncated setup for Zombies '42. It is even sloppier of them to not correct it. If people ask on BGG about this, I tell them to use the setup for standard 1942, SE, and then only modify it when the setup for Zombie '42 differs. That seems to work.

-Midnight_Reaper