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Ok so let me start off with my boys and I have played a few dozen AA games for far but this was our first Global. So we have a good understanding how turns often work out.

We setup everything up last night so we could start fresh today. Turn 1 was fun and there where a few surprises for sure. But as we finished up the UK turn 2 we could all see the end of the game and how it was going to play out.

What I mean is with the US able to join the war in turn 3 and Soviets just building up infantry for the German invasion that we all know is coming it was pretty clear the Axis couldn’t pull out a win. Our thinking is with the knowledge that the USA and Soviet union will be drawn in to the war because it is the only way for the Axis to win they are just building up and waiting to be set loose to attack.

Maybe we did something wrong but we all felt the game had 3 or 4 turns left but you could predict how turns would play out so we stopped playing. We all really want to enjoy the game but in this case we didn’t.

Any suggestions on playing and are we the only ones that feel this way?

I have a group of guys that are wanting to play Axis & Allies but not sure which edition to break out. We have a mix of player experience two never played, two with less than 3 games and two with around 10 games. All the games have been a mix of A&A games.

At first I was thinking I need to buy A&A 1940 Europe so we can play Global(already own pacific) but then I remembered Anniversary will play with 6 players. Global would give me a reason to buy another game but it will also add Anzac and France to the mix and while not major factors it would make things a little more complicated for those players. Where Anniversary would make things more simple for all the players with only the USA controlling china also, plus rules feel a little easier for new players.

Really leaning toward playing Anniversary but buying 1940 Europe if we start playing more. What do you all think?

I’m also thinking I will play as Italy because they feel like the slowest and I think it would be fun to see if I can take over Africa.

Thanks for the feed back guys. I think I will do the AA50 game for our first few games then move up if others are wanting to.

We just need to decide if we are doing 41 or 42 start.