I’m axis allies’s foreign fan. And I bought axis allies anniversary 50. But, when I unbox, the inside boxes are a little breakage. So I want to repair them!
Is there axis allies anniversary 50 box(inside) art pdf file?
1940 vs anniversary balance
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thanks guys, i will look into anniversary seems like a real solid game.
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@DoManMacgee said in 1940 vs anniversary balance:
However, far more work has gone into developing G40 into its current state than has gone into AA50. AA50 is balanced by the community simply by adding bids for the Allies (varying by scenario and whether you play with NOs turned on/off).
The ‘community’ may have gone the route of bids, but our Chicago players group has developed a whole set of house rules akin to the AARe (Enhanced) rules for AAR (revised).
In order to not hijack this thread any further, PM me if interested in getting a copy of the “Chicago Rules” for AA50-41. These rules are 8+ years in the making.
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@Hopper1999 1940 is better balanced than Anniversary edition 1941 by far. Annversary has fewer units and smaller maps so just a few key movements and dicerolls can destroy you much more compared to AA 1940.
I did not play Anniversary 1942 properly but I guess it is the same thing compared to AA 1940. I prefer the Anniversary scale and that al are in teh war straight away but it does mean the very first turn becomes even more important… -
@Magro That’s not an entirely fair comparison. In G40 games there’s plenty of opportunities early on where one side or the other can get diced out of the game (Paris, Taranto, attacking the Yunnan stack, etc.) by taking more casualties than you statistically should as Axis.
The main perk for G40 over AA50 is that the massive size of the board allows you a bit more freedom in deciding your strategies (UK Factories in Middle East Vs. 100% of income into Fleet, trying to send Russians to various parts of the map to steal cheap NO points, etc.), but the big picture is still pretty static (European Axis can-open their way to Moscow, Russians turtle, Japan does either J1 or J3 and crushes Calcutta/Money islands to wrack up a huge IPC income, US/UK attempts to build a surface fleet to retake Africa/the Middle East + Pressure Germany).
AA50’s perks are that it has a lower bid than G40 (OOB, anyway) and the game is quick enough to be played in half a day or so.
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@DoManMacgee I actually prefer AA Anniversary, as no nations are neutral “an hour or three” to begin with. Also it only takes a full day, not 15 hours after setup. The political situation with Japan in AA Global 40 is hard for new players to grasp. It Axis, Allies, Japan axis and special Mongolia neutral plus Dutch East indies neutral. It is two different scaled games, the bigger scale means normally you have some time to react in G40. It is always nice to start just one step earlier (1940) to decide your strategy more though. The dice goods are always a menace. “Playing the odds” is part of the charm off these games. I’d love an Anniversary scenario starting earlier. Maybye some additions from G40 are transferable but I do want to be able to finish in 8-10 hours.
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@Magro I can definitely agree with wanting an earlier start date. I’ve wanted a 1939 (or earlier, even) game for years.
GW36-39 is great, but it’s complexity is a bit extreme (in terms of unit types, deep tech tree, complicated rules for minors, etc.), which effectively means that I can only play that game solo (rest of my playgroup has a low tolerance for complex rules).
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I do have a 39 setup you may want to look at for AA 50.
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@DoManMacgee PM me your E mail. I’ll send it to you. Take a look at it. Can’t hurt.
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@SS-GEN PM’d
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@SS-GEN I will!
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@Magro said in 1940 vs anniversary balance:
@SS-GEN I will!
PM me your e - mail. May leave site after today.
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@SS-GEN Don’t leave the forum.
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@SS-GEN i would like them rules if you are still here.
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You’ll have to refresh my memory on what rules you wanted.
Oh you want the 39 setup. I’ll have to look for them again. Once I find I’ll send u a PM here to you on this site
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@Gary-Mark-Scott-Cooper said in 1940 vs anniversary balance:
@SS-GEN i would like them rules if you are still here.
PM me here on site your e mail. I can send a 39 rule and setup plus if you want have another file for house rules for anniversary game too
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AA50 with 42 start and without NO’s is the most balanced version. Bids are usually a single unit.
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@squirecam said in 1940 vs anniversary balance:
AA50 with 42 start and without NO’s is the most balanced version. Bids are usually a single unit.
If you want balance, don’t use the tech rules unless you want to add too much of an element of luck, IMHO.
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Agreed.
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@squirecam yups. tourney takes out NO and TECH. the NO are especially abusive (16$ for france per turn, with 2 powers getting $5 each)
also the 41 setup is really easy for allies to win–UK buys 4 fighters UK1 and flies to Russia UK2.
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For me, it seems unfair to use NO’s and then complain about balance, when those are the reason for the imbalance. More $ doesn’t make the game better.
Luckily, 42 without them and tech, but with interceptors, is a fun and fair matchup.
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