Just wanted to mention another place to play online, which probably won’t be going AA50 anytime soon (so if you want a place to play Revised for a while, it’d fit the bill): the IAAPA, which can be found at axisandallies.net
This is one of the oldest A&A clubs around, and these folks are so old school that most of the gaming there is still 2nd edition! That’s right, Revised is cutting edge at the IAAPA. However, don’t be too quick to dismiss them, they have some very good players including some very good Revised players. I’ve played in a number of their Revised tournaments (they have three per year) and have never made it to the finals.
Facebook A&A
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I actually kind of like it because it’s another option to play A&A online. However, a problem I see (well, for me anyway) is when blitzing, I don’t honestly know if, when I blitz through an empty space into another occupied one, if that blitzed space will be mine. I had a problem with it originally when playing. I think it could be fixed now.
Sometimes loading/unloading troops can be a pain, because you have to go through a few steps just to load guys.
And yes, I agree about seeing what others have done. I pretty much have to look all over the screen to see what was done and how I should respond accordingly. However, I don’t think this problem can be rectified with coloured lines of what guys moved. That could be a lot of lines and would get hard to decipher. For example, if let’s say, you’re Germany, you would have to wade through the UK, Japan, US and Russia’s turns and follow every line every which way. So I don’t think lines telling where everyone moved is a good idea. I think just moving around the screen will have to suffice for now.
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Thats not facebook. thats gametable.com the actual game was first created by WOTC and its failure Gleemax, then ported and sold or given to the game table peeple.
This version is great and no LL can be used.
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Blitz works. What you have to do is use the right click button on your mouse, and it will show you various ways to blitz, and you choose the one you want.
In general they have worked hard to work out the kinks and as far as I know it is now consistent with the rules. The main drawbacks is it doesn’t show game history like TripleA, or have edit like TripleA. Also, there are issues with OOL and problems with sub casualties that detract from the game somewhat (in this case, playing the first round or two live typically solves the problem), but its still very playable as is.
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Yup, figured out blitz but you still can’t blitz through your own territory so you have a place to retreat. Also aa gun fires during NCM. I lost 2 ftrs that I didn’t use for attack but moved during NCM. Overall it’s pretty good, just need to fine tune it.
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There is one serious bug. If, for example, Germany uses 3 Transports in the Baltic to amphibiously attack Norway, Karelia and Eastern Europe, and he also has a Battleship in the Baltic, all three battles will get a Bombardment attack from the BB.
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No, they fixed that too. The battleship will bombard only the first territory you attack.
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Another bug is aa firing during NCM. I had saved two Japanese ftr to reinforce Ukr and it passed over Cauc during NCM, the ftrs were not used for combat at all, and both ftr got shot down during NCM.
Another annoying thing about it is that there is no concede button you have to meet the # of VC’s set forth when the game is setup.
I’m in one where US has no ships, UK is reduced to UK and W & E Canada, and US just has E/C/W US but the game is going on since I need 1 more VC.
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I’ve tried looking on facebook for aa and cant find the so called game page. Or is it page that takes to GTO? Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Another bug is aa firing during NCM. I had saved two Japanese ftr to reinforce Ukr and it passed over Cauc during NCM, the ftrs were not used for combat at all, and both ftr got shot down during NCM.
That’s not a bug. AA guns fire during NCM in the Revised box rules.
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Another bug is aa firing during NCM. I had saved two Japanese ftr to reinforce Ukr and it passed over Cauc during NCM, the ftrs were not used for combat at all, and both ftr got shot down during NCM.
That’s not a bug. AA guns fire during NCM in the Revised box rules.
Thanks Krieghund, so many different versions, so many rules. I’ll remember that one!
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Facebook AA is dead! GTO is charging for people to play per game on Facebook.
Sniff, sniff…
Long live PBF!
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So that’s why I can’t join anymore games. Dammit all!
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It’s back but now you need to pay for the games.
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Basically, on the plus side the PBEM is no longer done through Facebook, but instead is available on the GameTableOnline page.
On the negative side, games now cost 27 cents per game.
I think the convenience (much less effort involved than say PBF here or TripleA PBEM) is worth the price–we’ll see how many agree. The application is still imperfect alas.
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It used to be free. Can’t come around to paying for something that used to be free.
Basically, on the plus side the PBEM is no longer done through Facebook, but instead is available on the GameTableOnline page.
On the negative side, games now cost 27 cents per game.
I think the convenience (much less effort involved than say PBF here or TripleA PBEM) is worth the price–we’ll see how many agree. The application is still imperfect alas.
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