My username is Midnight_Reaper. This came from the tag line of a series of emails I wrote at work in 2006, where I described myself as the Midnight Reaper what Reaps at Midnight. Those were some slow shifts, let me tell you… Later that year, I found the Gaming Motivator list on RPGNet forums. I needed a username to register on the site, so I grabbed Midnight_Reaper. I haven't logged into RPGNet forums in over a decade, so don't look for me there. But my use of that username there led me to pick that name when I went to register here. And now you know.
Right after it first come off availability, I asked HBG on Facebook if they could sell me one. After they read that, they made two set available for purchase. Somebody bought one before I bought mine, leaving “none”.
My suggestion: Ask HBG on Facebook if they can make a set available for you. If you don’t ask, the answer’s no anyways…
-Midnight_Reaper
@thrasher1 said in Thoughts on the Scott Van Essen (Lead Developer for AAZ) Interviews:
Even more off-topic: I never understond MB/Hasbro never came up with a simple ‘cruisers and artillery’ expansion. Just adding cruisers (or destroyers or escorts) and artillery to the Axis and Allies Classic game. Rather cheap to produce and I am sure many people would be willing to purchase such an expansion in the late 1980s or 1990s.
Many people did buy that expansion. It was called Central Powers and was produced by a company called Table Tactics. To be fair, there were more than cruisers/destroyers and arty in that expansion, but those pieces were the reason a lot of people bought Central Powers.
-Midnight_Reaper
Also, HBG Global War is saying to expect this more 2020 than 2019, whatever “this” happens to be.
-Midnight_Reaper
For full answer, go to this Facebook post (requires account to read in full): link text
Short answer: HBG whoever Global War on Facebook is, is thinking about running a Global War convention and is sounding out suggestions for where to put it. One of the listed options is Tulsa. Nothing firm yet.
-Midnight_Reaper
Edit for proper attribution.
@snurkert said in Where to go from here?:
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The standoff in the Pacific is interesting: the allied fleet and Jap fleet are equivalent and I am looking for a way to tip the balance. I have been thinking about sending a small taskforce to capture Hawai, this would force the US to reclaim it using a larger force and thus weakening its main fleet. This would be the Jap moment to attack full-force.
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So you’ve reinvented Operation MI (Wiki Link Op MI)…
That didn’t go well for Yamamoto, but you don’t have Station Hypo opposing you, so maybe it will turn out better for you.
-Midnight_Reaper
Your link was cut off and doesn’t work. Please fix.
-Midnight_Reaper
@SelfishPopcorn said in Combat Rules:
Hey guys i have a few questions about the Combat Board of axis and allies 1914, in this video by Harsh Rules it displays a seperate box for attacking artillery, and artillery combined with infantry. When does it get combined and when not? and if you can choose why would you ever choose 1 unit with 3 attack over 2 units with 2 attack and 3 attack? if someone could clear this up for me thatll be a great help! Thanks!
Artillery combines with infantry and tanks on a one-for-one basis. Example:
You are attacking with a force of 10 infantry, 4 tanks, and 6 artillery. You can choose to combine the 6 artillery with any combination of 6 infantry or tanks, to include 6 infantry, 4 tanks and 2 infantry, and any other mix up of infantry and tanks not to exceed number of artillery on hand.
You choose to combine 6 infantry with your 6 artillery. That means that 6 infantry get the attack bonus, 4 infantry do not, and none of the tanks get the attack bonus.
Does that answer your question?
-Midnight_Reaper
Well, here’s a curated list of “the 50 best WWII movies”, dated mid-2018:
https://www.timeout.com/london/film/50-best-world-war-ii-movies
That should give you a start.
-Midnight_Reaper