Axis & Allies War At Sea

[Overkill]

Well I've got to say I'm happy with my purchase. The models are a little cheesy and I definately agree with aaronblood that have'n to collect the ships is kind of lame. However, you can find partial and complete sets for sale on ebay and at several online game stores from $20 - $340. I just ordered a set of all the commons and a few boosters to see if I get lucky. Not quite ready to throw down $340 for a complete set.

[panzer 49th]

Alright they have U-510

Wheres U-571

[nikimcbee]

It would be nice to have somebody to play with

[Overkill]

Tuesday nights are now War at Sea game nights for us at work. Two of us have massed some impressive fleets. The models look 100X better if you do a little painting.
Some of the rules need a little tweek'n but in all it's a very fun game.

[XLjedi]

Originally Posted by Overkill

Tuesday nights are now War at Sea game nights for us at work. Two of us have massed some impressive fleets. The models look 100X better if you do a little painting.
Some of the rules need a little tweek'n but in all it's a very fun game.

Eh... I wouldn't spend another dollar on those flimsy plastic army-men quality minis.

And if you're gonna spend time to paint em, there's got to be a better quality (perhaps metal) miniature out there. Anyone know of any? I used to love painting little D&D figures back in the day. Be great to paint up a nicely detailed fleet of metal minis.


You are right, the stock ruleset was totally lame.
Particularly annoying was:

1. Lack of any sort of positioning strategy like "crossing the T" or moving in formation.
2. First strike advantages.
3. Some silly unit specific "special abilities"

Did you guys do anything to overcome any of this with your rule tweeks?

[Blacklight]

The game is really a lightweight filler but the minis are really nice. I use them for playing Command at Sea. The only thing I don't like is the random assortment packs. It's tough to get a large number of ships that belong to the same country to make fleets. Ebay is the place to go for them. You can pick up large lots of them all the time.

[XLjedi]

Originally Posted by Blacklight

The game is really a lightweight filler but the minis are really nice. I use them for playing Command at Sea. The only thing I don't like is the random assortment packs. It's tough to get a large number of ships that belong to the same country to make fleets. Ebay is the place to go for them. You can pick up large lots of them all the time.

That part in yellow... I don't know how anyone could be satisfied paying like $10-15 for that random junk. Are we talkin about the same minis... the Axis & Allies War at Sea collectible (ie. random ripoff) minis?

These things?

The $20 Iowa BB (actual size or darn close to it)

I'm gonna look for Command at Sea and maybe some more respectable metal miniature makers.