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Yes sir!  I got my email today and I’ve already ordered a couple of sets!

WoW Paul!!!  Phenomenal painting skills!!!

I’m interested in seeing the Japanese pieces in the yellow gold color simply so that they can be used with the original units from back in the day.  I’ve been playing A&A since 1984 and I have always loved the original Japanese color.  It’s just the perfect color to me and I really want to see it continued.

Actually, the Japanese used paratroops during their East Indies (A.K.A Strike South) campaign of 1941-42.

Excellent post!!  I’m really looking forward to these new pieces.

I agree……schweet!!  I know that I pretty much already stated this but I’ve been waiting for these pieces for over twenty years.  This is going to be excellent!

Okiedokie…here are the pictures.  Thanks for setting me up to insert links guys!

Revised:

And Europe:

Those nukes can be tempermental can’t they?

There are a bunch of things that would be fun.  Crete is the one I’ll go with at the moment.

@CWO:

This sounds like the kind of propaganda story that the North Korean Central News Agency would be happy to run in a war with NATO.  I can just imagine it: “Our heroic socialist troops, fortified and guided by the enlightened teachings of our Great Leader, scorn the puny effects of the atomic weapons of the so-called western democracies and their running dogs.”

WoW!!  You should write for NK’s propaganda ministry!!  Well done!

Yavid,  3/4 of a page is devoted to the use and consequences of nuclear bombs in the manual but here’s the general idea:

1.  Your country must posess fission bomb technology.

2.  It may move one space per turn during non-combat.

3.  It must be delivered to the target using a bomber or ballistic missile if you possess that technology.

4.  One bomb destroys five military units (chosen by the defender).

There are other rules involving protests, malfunctions, detonations and international hostility.  An atom bomb strike also affects the sea or land space that it’s dropped in for a period of time.

I have it but I haven’t played it in about 12 years!  The few times that we did play it were lots of fun though.  I remember that I nuked North Korea (that nuke cost me 20 IPC’s IIRC) only to see my buddy smile and replentish all the infantry I killed on his next turn!  I forgot about some dang rule that gives NK access to LOADS of infantry.  What a waste of money that attack was.  Yeah…it’s a fun game.  Europe was a wasteland by the time it was all over.

I’m really looking forward to the new sculpts myself….especially the Japanese.  In fact, the opportunity to get ahold of them is the main reason I’ve ordered it!

I posted the boxes over at Boardgamegeek.  If you look under both the Revised edition (3 pictures) and the original Europe edition (4 pictures) under recent images, you should find them readily.

Thanks for the info!  I’ll check back on this thread when I get a few more posts  under my belt.

You can also just make your own out of thin cardboard too. Â The layout and overall design will vary depending on both which game you are building them for and the piece assortment. Â If you put some Quality time into them you can end up with a product that will last for many years. Â Here are some examples from A&A revised I did years ago and they’re still in A1 shape:

The Europe/Pacific boxes were a little more of a challenge and required a tiered approach:

Well, how do I post pictures??? �  It says that I can’t post links to photobucket.

I always liked Xeno’s destroyers.  In fact, I still use them.  World at war was fun and we played it a few times but the Japanese had an uphill battle in South East Asia mainly because of the fact that infantry could be built without a factory present rules.  We only played Europe at War once.  The rules were contradictory and in bad need of clarification.  We had lots of fun and made good memories playing both games though and ultimately, that’s what games are all about!

I.ve been waiting for nice Japanese pieces in the classic yellow gold color for over twenty years!!!  Way to go HBG!!!