Pre-ordered from my FLGS last week. Happened to be in the store this morning when some deliveries arrived. I told the owner of my pre-order and asked if there was a chance it might have come a day early. Lucky me - it had!
The box is HUGE! It dwarfs the Pacific and Europe 1940 boxes. Can’t wait to play!
Pictured next to Pacific 1940 for size comparison…
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Punchboard 1…
Punchboard 2…
Interior boxes (tops)…
Contents of interior boxes (Dividers! Nice!)…
Three separate (non-folding) board sections fit together to make the map…
Cool… going to need a printable map so we can enlarge it… is the “new” AA50 map identical in territories and values as the “old” AA50 map, or have changes been made?
Also, factories make a return (not that I didn’t already have a stash of them).
Looks great, thanks for the pics (closeups of units pending?)
Cool… going to need a printable map so we can enlarge it… is the “new” AA50 map identical in territories and values as the “old” AA50 map, or have changes been made?
Also, factories make a return (not that I didn’t already have a stash of them).
Looks great, thanks for the pics (closeups of units pending?)
IL or anybody else. Is the new game board map identical to IL’s 3’ x 6’ map ?
@SS:
IL or anybody else. Is the new game board map identical to IL’s 3’ x 6’ map ?
Ya, I should have been a bit more clear… I know IL has an AA50 map, which was the gist of my query. Three things need to be looked at… #1: territories/borders the same or not, #2: territory values the same or not, #3: the “number assignment” of territories the same or not… ie: important if the chart says “put 3 tanks in territory 24” and if territory 24 used to be land but is now sea, that could be problematic… so all three need to be compared.
If the map is literally just a reprint of the original, than hooray, we can just use IL’s old AA50 map… but if it’s not… well I guess we all know what would need to happen next.
the map is the same except for one replaced china symbol in a Japanese controlled area
@Imperious:
the map is the same except for one replaced china symbol in a Japanese controlled area
I can live with that.
Looks like 2 Japanese-occupied Chinese territories changed roundels (Kiangsu and Manchuria).
@Imperious:
the map is the same except for one replaced china symbol in a Japanese controlled area
I’m slightly confused… does the new AA50 map have China controlling more territory than the original, or Japan controlling more territory than the original?
Either way you slice it, looking at all these pictures and referring to what I mentioned about not really having the budget to get this personally till after Christmas… well… I’m starting to think my kids don’t really need any Christmas presents… bunch of slackers have been free-loading off me their whole lives!
For me even if its 2 territories either way. I have the map already and 4000 pieces. Wolf you need pieces I can swing a deal with you so your kids GET those Christmas Presents !
It looks like they placed Chinese roundels on originally controlled Chinese territories but that Japan starts the game with them like in G-40.
Japanese controlled Chinese territories have a Chinese roundel, so if any of the Big Three recapture them, they’re returned to China instead of being occupied by an ally.
I’ve just posted some pictures of the sculpts over here:
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=40337.msg1707083#new
Japanese controlled Chinese territories have a Chinese roundel, so if any of the Big Three recapture them, they’re returned to China instead of being occupied by an ally.
Oh I get it… does Russian territory that is controlled by Germany at the start of the game have Russian emblems in them so something like the US or UK doesn’t end up controlling the Ukraine?
@CWO:
I’ve just posted some pictures of the sculpts over here:
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=40337.msg1707083#new
And to follow up on the pictures, I’ve posted tables over here…
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=40337.msg1707485#new
…giving unit counts and sculpt model identifications for the Anniversary reprint.
