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@Midnight_Reaper Thank you so much! I have all the pieces I need. I’ve been curious about this for years.

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@GEN-MANSTEIN That’s true about the die roll. Like how I roll d4s for my fighters. ;}

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Many moons ago I saw an article, about a 1st ed Europe variant that included Italy. They reworked the board, and used Japanese pieces for the Italians. I can’t find the article online, and I’ve tried searching for info here. I rolled sixes. No luck.

Does anyone recall this, or know of any info on it? Thanks ahead of time for any help.

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Since I brought these guys up I better warn people about them. I placed an order on Sept. 8. On the 20th they still hasn’t processed it so I emailed them. That was the first of 2 unanswered emails. I filed a dispute with paypal on the 25th. Naturally Fair Play Games would have been informed of this by now. My order is still not complete and FPG has not contacted me. Buyer beware.

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Here’s a link to the price guide for East & West. You can buy expansion armies in 4 of the 5 original A&A colors there. The pieces are the generic ones you find in Classic. They have added destroyers and nation specific AAA though.

http://www.impgames.com/OrderInf.html

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At the time a main goal of communists everywhere was to spread communism all over the world. Hitler wanted a chunk of the world. There was going to be problems.

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Thanks. I’ll check that out. I know it’s not WW2, but if you’ve never read “Warbirds. Diary of an Unknown Avaitor” do so. It’s the diary of an American WW1 pilot. Haunting is the best word I can think of. I read it 3 times when I was younger. I’m about to read it again.

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That’s too funny. I had the same thing happen with a pellet gun. I shot the bottom of a plasitc 55 gallon drum. The pellet came back and hit my shin. Just in case I was peer reviewed I decided to aim at the same spot and try it again. That pellet hit me a few inches from where the first did. After that I felt too stupid to collect souvenirs.

Although somewhat painful to hear if you put yourself into Kimmel’s shoes, that is one of my favorite quotes.

Back onto topic though. Tanks are cool.

P.S. Wow. Just caught my typo. Make that I take exception.

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I take acception to one of your points Marc. I care what I’m shot with. Were it a fatal shot I would prefer a head shot frm any of tye finely crafty 50 cal sniper rifles out there. For wounding I want a cheap pellet gun. One with a leaky seal.

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Thanks for posting you question. I haven’t listened to Hardcord History in a while. You mention of Dan’s covering of WWI sent me there today. I just listened to Blueprint For Armageddon Part 1. Very good.

As far as audio books goes I hate to say it but the best reference source I’m aware of is A History of WWII Podcast. I love Ray’s depth of coverage but as you said he is pretty dry. If someone could just cattle prod him at random intervals I think it would liven things up.

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Throw in an improved glacis, improved driver vision, and the removal of the round traps on the turret and I could get behind this idea. I don’t know what type of latches the Nazis used on their tank hatches. Since so much of the IV’s armor was hatches I would want to know if they needed improvement. Loose hatch latches was one of the things I was trained to look for when getting up close and personal with an armored vehicle. No use getting my guys killed because someone defeated the armor with an e-tool.

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Very nice work. 👍

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@sgtwiltan:

@Flashman:

Still waiting for Panzer III/IV for early war German light/medium tanks. Starting off with Panthers in 1939 is just wrong.

Wonder what happened to the molds for the more detailed units shown on the 1984 box - or were they borrowed from a different game?

As has been said, PzIII are available from HBG and I am totally with you on panthers for 1042. That is what led me to scratch build my own tanks for the original game. The original game had painted GHQ pieces on the back cover and was actually deceptive in insinuating that the game pieces were the same as the picture in the back.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I’ve been wondering why the pieces pictured on the back of my first A&A game were different from what was in the box. For 27 years that has been a mystery to me.

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@Kreuzfeld:

first question you have to ask yourself is if you are going to play “fall blau” (german attack accross the donbass to stalingrad), The city itself (german offensive, where they have to take everything to win), or “Operation Uranus” (soviet encirceling counterattack)

The question is moot. You make both versions. This ain’t no Highlander. There can be more than one.😝

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A Japanese infantry is 21 mm. 1776÷21=84.6 That makes him 1/85 scale technically speaking.

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My first A&A game had 1/72 figures in it I bought from a hobby shop. The Japanese and Germans ran out of infantry a lot. That’s when I figured out A&A infantry must be on HO scale. That’s 1/87. I’ve never measured one to verify the scale. FCS. Now that I’m on it I’ll have to measure one and figure the scale. I’m OCD like that.

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@barney:

that sounds like a cool NO (Malta, Crete, Cyprus) Chris_Henry. Maybe make it worth 3 ? Or 2 ? That would make all 3 worth a collective 5. I wonder if 5 might be too much.

I agree LHoffman. A small Malta UK NO would be cool too. I wonder how you could word it so they don’t start with it ? Maybe Malta, Gib and Cyprus for 2 ?

If Italy takes Malta, Malta becomes a UK NO. 1 buck and the Italian player has to do a shot.

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The final pieces have arrived. This gives me the option to go smaller when needed. Sometimes using the big pieces just adds to the cluster. As you can see the Monopoly U Build houses stack. As a house rule if you can afford all of them you get an indestructible Super Duper Major IC that smacks planes from the sky.

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Just in case anyone needs parts, or would like to build a game for way less than the $170-200 complete games are going for. This does raise a question. Why would anyone replace the pieces with Battue pieces to be left with an all cavalry variant?

http://m.ebay.com/itm/NAPOLEON-IN-EUROPE-Board-Game-Eagle-Games-War-Strategy-INCOMPLETE-FOR-PARTS-/321864463300?nav=SEARCH

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The Eagle Games infantry tends to be 1/72 so it’s already a touch big for A&A. The infantry I use from Attack! is noticeably larger than the HO scale A&A grunts. The cavalry in War! is 1/72 as well. They would dwarf everything but the infantry. Imagine tanks sharing the battlefield with horses that can trample them.

Then again with the direction things are moving those cavalry might fit right in with any possible new editions. The pieces have been getting bigger. 😜