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.

[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.

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

Originally Posted by 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

its quite easy to win as Germany. You and Japan focus on
Russia. You have enough IPCs to purchase some serious attack units and I use my uboats to fend off all trans ships coming from england. Couole that with a few BBs and a nice load of bombers and you can focus on RU until you wear them down. And once you get that IPC boost from RU land you should be able to quickly steamroll the UK and then help Japand with the US.

[Blacklight]

I have this game and think that it's a great "rules light" wargame. The only problem is that I just can't get any of my friends to play it because they think that it's too complicated. I don't get it. It's not complicated at all and pretty "dumbed down" from my perspective. I wonder if "Candyland" would be too complex for them.

I own the original set from the early 90's and the one new rule that's implemented now is the bomber now can carry infantry units and drop them off (think parachute brigade). That's nice because prior to that rule, bombers were actually pretty worthless unless you wanted to use them to do bombing runs which was kind of rare as they were so expensive and ALWAYS got shot down.

I think my favorite wargame of this style is "War of the Ring". That thing is FANTASIC. If you like Axis & Allies, you'd probably like "War of the Ring" It's a nice, yet relatively easy step up in "game meat" and it's absolutely EPIC and totally captures the feel of the "Lord of the Rings" books and movies.

[Red October1984]

I don't like the Lord Of The Rings stuff. Never could get into it. I saw the movies and just didn't like them.

If there are any other wargames like this that are WW2 or something similar, I'd like to hear about some of them though.

[seaniam81]

Originally Posted by Blacklight

I own the original set from the early 90's and the one new rule that's implemented now is the bomber now can carry infantry units and drop them off (think parachute brigade). That's nice because prior to that rule, bombers were actually pretty worthless unless you wanted to use them to do bombing runs which was kind of rare as they were so expensive and ALWAYS got shot down.

Interesting rule what edition is it? I've got a Revised from 2004 and don't have any paratrooper rules.

I'm not to sure about your theory about bombers. I've seen them grind Germany, UK, and Russia to a halt on more then one occasion.