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.

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

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@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.

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I started playing in '96. It was good then and it’s still good now.

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@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.

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I suggest that you get Anniversary now. They made a lot fewer of those and have quit making them for now. The price will only go up from here. You can then try out a game with fewer rules on a smaller map.

If you like Anniversary but want to scale it up, you can always go back and grab 1940 Europe and Pacific to do so.

If you don’t like Anniversary and don’t think the 1940s games will help, you can always unload your Anniversary copy online.

My 2 IPCs,

-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?”

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This is good stuff. I really appreciate the color balance in your version.

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@squirecam said in Global war 1940:

@jonahawesome said in Global war 1940:

I just started playing Axis and allies 1940 with 6 peoples . Where do I start implementing the more complicated rules of the game and house rules after we got the basics down like phases/ fighting units

I would avoid making any house rules until your group is familiar with the base game and how it plays.

I agree. First, learn how to play. The better players will likely win, no matter their side. Game unbalance does not become a factor until all players are at the same level of play.

Plus, it’s important to know the basics before moving on to more complicated rules.

-Midnight_Reaper

@the_good_captain I, for one, can’t wait to see how they turn out. If I can be of service to you on your quest, feel free to DM me.

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@old_no7 Using the colors of the map you linked, I don’t know why HBG wouldn’t work for you. No, they don’t pay me anything. But, to me, it’s the obvious solution. So I wonder why it would not work for you…

Here’s what I would buy, with links to the correct pages:

First, the All-Allied look:
French Dark Blue
China Light Green
British Tan
(potentially US Green)
(potentially USSR Brown)
https://www.historicalboardgaming.com/Battle-Pieces--Allies--Mack-Truck-x5_p_1164.html
French in Blue (can also use Dark Green here for US)
China in either Light Green or Celery Green (Light Green will probably work better)
Brits in Tan
(can also use Dark Green here for US)
(can also also use Brown here for USSR)

This would also help with piece recognition - all the trucks on the Allied side would look alike. Some more national solutions for the Brits, the US, and the USSR follow:

Brits can also do
https://www.historicalboardgaming.com/Battle-Pieces--UK-Supp--Kangaroo-Mech-Infantry-x5_p_1888.html
in Tan or ANZAC Grey (Tan is probably best here)

US Dark Green -
https://www.historicalboardgaming.com/Battle-Pieces--US-Exp--M3A2-Halftrack-x5_p_2080.html
in Dark Green

USSR Brown
https://www.historicalboardgaming.com/Battle-Pieces--Russia-Early-War--Gaz-60-Mechanized-Infantry-x5_p_1143.html
in Brown (Russia)

Now, the Axis. Doing the Allies in trucks and the Axis in Half-tracks will help tell them apart:

German Grey - either
https://www.historicalboardgaming.com/Battle-Pieces--Axis-Minors--Opel-Maultier-Truck-x5_p_781.html
in Light Grey
or
https://www.historicalboardgaming.com/Battle-Pieces--German-Exp--Halftrack-Mechanized-2501-x5_p_2170.html
in Dark Grey

Japan Yellow
https://www.historicalboardgaming.com/Battle-Pieces--Japanese-Supp--Type-1-Ho-Ha-Mech-x5_p_1620.html
in Yellow Gold

And last, our neutral nations (assuming you want to get them half-tracks / trucks as well)
Neutral Light Tan
https://www.historicalboardgaming.com/Battle-Pieces--Neutrals--Polish-Truck-x5_p_790.html
in Blonde

Again, if you want an exact color match, you will need to paint. But I think these are close to what you are asking for.

If the above does not help, please be more specific.

My 2 IPCs,

-Midnight_Reaper

@old_no7 What colors do you need? I think that HBG’s total range covers a lot of colors, so I’m curious what you think they missed. If you are looking for true color matches, you will have to paint no matter what…

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@andrewaagamer said in Werner Von Braun:

@zooey72 said in Werner Von Braun:

Braun was a war criminal, there is no doubt of that. The estimates I have seen is that he was responsible for at least 10k deaths building his rockets.

Really? No doubt? How is building rockets a war crime? If so every weapon of war is a war crime by this definition. Knives, clubs, pistols, rifles, tanks, ships of all types, fighters, bombers, artillery - well everything. Oh! And let’s hang everyone from the Manhattan project for their war crimes then while we are at it.

You could try reading what he said before you blew up at him. Zooey’s original post, which you quoted, says: “responsible for at least 10k deaths building his rockets”. The Nazi Germany government used slave labor and concentration camp labor to build their weapons of war. A lot of that slave labor died while working. Some of them died building Von Braun’s rockets.

Paul Grigorieff [http://www.v2rocket.com/start/chapters/mittel.html] puts the lower range of deaths from building the V2 at 25,000. Now, Von Braun didn’t kill them himself. But his work led the German government to invest in factories to build his rockets. And those factories were more hazardous to the workers than the end products were to their enemies.

Being the “not worst person” in Nazi Germany is an awfully low bar to clear. But the man was no saint, either.

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@nolimit said in My Axis & Allies collection:

@aadudecphdk1981 https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/20457/italy
Here something you ain’t got, nor does hardly anybody else either!!!

I have that. It’s not all that hard to get, if you ask me.

Unless @Nolimit knows something I don’t, that never came in a box. It was just a set of rules for an expansion of A&A Europe that split the Axis from just Germany into having both Germany and Italy as playable powers.

Take a copy of A&A Europe, add troops for the Italian player, add the rules from the game designers in Italy, and you have this.

It’s not commonly found because it’s not commonly known about.

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@aadudecphdk1981 Hey, that’s a nice looking JEDKO A&A game you have there. Very snazzy, even. If you get a line on a second one, I would appreciate your assistance in helping me get one.

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HBG, in their wisdom, is working on their take on the US CW: Global War 1861. News here:
https://www.facebook.com/HBGnews/posts/1628973450472203
Which means that somebody is at least thinking on those lines.

-Midnight_Reaper

I started playing in '96. It was good then and it’s still good now.

-Midnight_Reaper