Axis and Allies Board Game

[Red October1984]

OH MY GOSH!

This is the greatest board game you will ever play!

My friend just got the 1942 Edition for Christmas and we played for like 7 hours. Anybody else play it? I love this game!

Originally Posted by Red October1984

OH MY GOSH!

This is the greatest board game you will ever play!

My friend just got the 1942 Edition for Christmas and we played for like 7 hours. Anybody else play it? I love this game!

I have it. I feel the board is WAY too small for the amount of pieces you get, It should def be double the size. But other than that I love it, so much more strategy then just overpower and conquer like risk

[Cybermat47]

Looks pretty fun!

[CaptainHaplo]

One of my favorites of the past. I would love to see it done RIGHT as a PC game. The closest I have seen is Iron Blitz. Its close - but the AI isn't all that good. I do like the atari RTS one as well - though it lacks the depth (especially in the naval side) that it needs.

Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo

One of my favorites of the past. I would love to see it done RIGHT as a PC game. The closest I have seen is Iron Blitz. Its close - but the AI isn't all that good. I do like the atari RTS one as well - though it lacks the depth (especially in the naval side) that it needs.

Honestly, as long as its done right with decent graphics and multiplayer capability Id like it.

I had an open source one called Triple A, it wasnt bad when you played MP. Plus they had alot of revised editions. The UI was a bit weird to figure out but other than that it worked out well.

[kverdon]

I have not played Axis and Allies for about 25 years :-). I hope they improved the game over that time. When I got it after it first came out, my friends and I played it for weeks. What we found however, was that it was impossible for the Germans to win! Unless they had fantastic dice luck, they could never take out the Solviet Union and once the US came to play it was game over. Maybe its worth a new look....

Kevin

[seaniam81]

I have the Axis and Allies Revised edition and ya love it! One of my favorite board games ever.

[Raptor1]

Originally Posted by Red October1984

This is the greatest board game you will ever play!

Try not to make unnecessarily sweeping statements.

I've played Axis & Allies a bit a few years ago. From what I recall it was pretty good, though I prefer games which are somewhat less abstract. I might've actually gotten a copy and played it more if it wasn't so bloody difficult to get people to play board games in general...

[Red October1984]

Well, whatever your opinions, I love this. I'm gonna try and get a copy here soon.


I beat my friend pretty badly. He had 3 armies, I had 2. His mistake? He didn't build up his navy. I had complete control of all the oceans. He could not transport troops to reinforce. I invaded America and eliminated them from the war. I mopped up the rest of the US forces. I was almost about to take Panama so I could use the German Navy in Pac Fleet when he quit. I had eliminated America, Trapped the UK on the British Isles, North Africa and Australia, and Trapped the Soviets in Russia. I had come with the Japanese up through the Mideast and had the Soviets surrounded. He surrendered at that point. I was about to have no enemies in the Pacific and only have to deal with Europe and Africa.

I think we all know who is the Superior Leader.

[razark]

My mother-in-law just got it for my kids for Christmas, so it looks like I'll be learning to play. My first thought on opening the box: "A 31 page book for a board game manual?" That's probably the biggest I've seen. Are the rules pretty easy once you learn them?

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by razark

Are the rules pretty easy once you learn them?

It took me 2 hours almost just to learn how to play. There is a steep learning curve. The easiest way to do it is just to jump in. It should click pretty fast. Wikipedia helped me understand it. The rules are extremely technical but man is it worth it. I have both the 1942 and 1941 Editions on my Amazon wish list. You will love the game.

[Safe-Keeper]

Welcome aboard!
A&A is a great game, never tried the '42 version but I've played the original, the revised remake, and now I own the massive 1940 edition that I believe was a Limited Edition thing and which takes up our entire pool table .

I like more advanced games, too, such as Hearts of Iron III for the PC, but I still love A&A to death even if it isn't the deepest game out there (it's basically Risk with a money economy and a specter of unit types ).

One of my favorites of the past. I would love to see it done RIGHT as a PC game.

It's been adapted for online play. I don't remember the web site, but you'll probably find it if you go to Avalonhill.com and browse through the forums. It's on some web site that hosts various board games that have been "ported" into browser games.