The Return of Axis & Allies Anniversary Edition

[Imperious Leader]

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[Young Grasshopper]

@Krieghund:

@Imperious:

First show this and the map changes.

The only changes to the map were the removal of the Japanese emblems from Kiangsu and Manchuria.  These will be represented by the placement of control markers in the setup.

Smart

[simon33]

Have the AA Gun and air raid (i.e. air battle preceding strat bombing) rules been updated?

[djensen]

@simon33:

Have the AA Gun and air raid (i.e. air battle preceding strat bombing) rules been updated?

I’ll look but I doubt it. I also kinda wish they incorporated that into Anniversary.

[baron Münchhausen]

Both G40 2nd Edition or 1942.2 Air raid rules are better to incentive such action.

This can easily be rewritten in the revised rulebook, since Air raid rule were not included in the OOB rulebook.

However, adding AAA sculpts in set-up and changing AAA and IC combat values seems a much longer process, probably too costly for a re-edition.

[dajokr]

I had this on preorder, but I’m thinking about cancelling it since I have the original and the “new” sculpts seem to all be 1940/42SE retreads.  I am also assuming, perhaps incorrectly, that one of the old sculpts they could not reproduce was the Italian tanks?

I suppose I’ll save the $75 and put it toward War Room.

[Young Grasshopper]

There is a rare German cruiser sculpt out there but I don’t know where it’s from, I only have 4 of them which makes me think it’s from my old anniversary edition (my pieces are all thrown together unfortunately), if it is from AE… I hope they don’t change them, they looked really cool IMO.

[reloader-1]

Your “rare” cruiser is from the 1941 edition.

[dajokr]

@reloader-1:

Your “rare” cruiser is from the 1941 edition.

Assuming you mean the entry level AA1941, there are no cruisers in that game. Unless you meant a different game?

[CWO Marc]

@reloader-1:

Your “rare” cruiser is from the 1941 edition.

There are no cruisers in the 1941 game.  YG is referring to the early version of the Hipper-class cruiser sculpt, which had a transom stern (meaning a square back part).  It first appeared in Anniversary, and I think it was also used in Europe 1940.1.  The later version of the German cruiser sculpt has a cruiser stern (meaning a pointy back part).  My theory is that the sculpt was redesigned to avoid confusion with destroyers, since most A&A destroyers have transom sterns.

[reloader-1]

@Dajokr:

@reloader-1:

Your “rare” cruiser is from the 1941 edition.

Assuming you mean the entry level AA1941, there are no cruisers in that game. Unless you meant a different game?

I stand corrected - for some reason I read “destroyer” instead of “cruiser”.

[Young Grasshopper]

@CWO:

@reloader-1:

Your “rare” cruiser is from the 1941 edition.

There are no cruisers in the 1941 game.  YG is referring to the early version of the Hipper-class cruiser sculpt, which had a transom stern (meaning a square back part).  It first appeared in Anniversary, and I think it was also used in Europe 1940.1.  The later version of the German cruiser sculpt has a cruiser stern (meaning a pointy back part).  My theory is that the sculpt was redesigned to avoid confusion with destroyers, since most A&A destroyers have transom sterns.

Yes, the German cruiser I’m referring to has a square back stern, however, I personally never got them confused with destroyers because of their bow shaped width. The only reason why I would question your theory about why they changed those German cruisers, is because the later ANZAC cruiser vs destroyer sculpts causes the same confusion they maybe tried to avoid earlier.

[Tjoek]

@Young:

@CWO:

@reloader-1:

Your “rare” cruiser is from the 1941 edition.

There are no cruisers in the 1941 game.  YG is referring to the early version of the Hipper-class cruiser sculpt, which had a transom stern (meaning a square back part).  It first appeared in Anniversary, and I think it was also used in Europe 1940.1.  The later version of the German cruiser sculpt has a cruiser stern (meaning a pointy back part).  My theory is that the sculpt was redesigned to avoid confusion with destroyers, since most A&A destroyers have transom sterns.

Yes, the German cruiser I’m referring to has a square back stern, however, I personally never got them confused with destroyers because of their bow shaped width. The only reason why I would question your theory about why they changed those German cruisers, is because the later ANZAC cruiser vs destroyer sculpts causes the same confusion they maybe tried to avoid earlier.

Don’t forget the confusion between the French destroyer and cruiser. They will be gone early in the game, but the both have the square stern.

For me personally I hope all the sculpts are exactly the same as 1940.2 Just for the sake of mix and match.

[Erocco]

I am hoping for gray German pieces just like noted on the article.

[Gen.Nehring 0]

I spoke with Larry Harris about the new anniversary edition and he said that he was unaware of any changes except for the some broken rules that he talked WOTC into fixing them before re-releasing the game. They would hopefully have to change a few things to entice us to re-buy this game or buy it for the first time. Only the future will tell? It was and still is a great game!

[The Big E]

Anybody heard an exact release date on this yet?
My Amazon pre-order now has delivery between Nov. 7th and Nov. 11th. Pushed back a week or so.

Thanks for any additional info.

[The Big E]

Amazon just sent out  an updated shipping notification. It now estimates delivery on or around Oct. 26th or 27th.
I believe Miniature Market was saying release date of Oct. 6th.
So hopefully we start seeing these in a few days to 3 weeks or so.

[Imperious Leader]

Hello,

We have received new release date information related to the order you placed on July 02, 2017 (Order# 114-2645395-6413051). The item(s) listed below will actually ship sooner than we originally expected based on the new release date:
   
  “Avalon Hill Axis & Allies Anniversary Edition Strategy Board Game”
    Previous estimated arrival date: November 07, 2017 - November 11, 2017
    New estimated arrival date: October 26, 2017 - October 27, 2017

If you want to check on the progress of your order, take a look at this page in Your Account:

[CWO Marc]

@The:

Amazon just sent out  an updated shipping notification. It now estimates delivery on or around Oct. 26th or 27th.
I believe Miniature Market was saying release date of Oct. 6th.
So hopefully we start seeing these in a few days to 3 weeks or so.

The WotC page about the Anniversary Edition…

http://wpn.wizards.com/en/products/axis-allies

…says that the release date is 10/20/2017.

[Bob77]

Did you do a comparison of the rule books yet? What were the changes?