@superbattleshipyamato said in A&A: The Blockgame? (Axis and Allies Eurotrash Variant):
I don’t get that last part though. So tipping them down shows the unit and the number of units is shown on the side facing the opponent?
Yup
EXPANDED A&A-THE NAVAL SERIES "Coral Sea and The Solomons Campaign"
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Tigerman and I are working on our Expanded A&A–The Solomons Campaign and it hopefully will be an worthwhile arena to showcase all of these new ship, aircraft, and land unit types. We’re planning for it to cover the Solomon Islands chain from the Admiralties in the North to New Caledonia in the South and be the size of an entire G-40 map.
Tall Paul and Tigerman, What are the dims of this Solomons Campaign Map going to be? I am wondering if I will need a bigger table to field this one on. I do not have any other Maps yet apart from the gigantic Map by Ben Stein which is 4 ft by 6 ft. and all the AA OOB maps. I do not think Eagle Games Attack maps even come close to the scale you guys are talking about.
Cheers
WARRIOR888
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Warrior,
We are planning it to be the SAME RATIO as a 1940-Global map.
I think that is about 36" x 80" if I remember correctly. Let me repeat that this is the SAME SIZE as a 1940-Global(Europe & Pacific) gamemap.I plan on having the “Coach” at HBG make mine in a 48" x 108" size. I think he might possibly be willing to make maps of different sizes although they would all retain the same ratio.
I hope I answered your Question. Let me know if I didn’t. Check back later & often.
“Tall Paul”
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Tigerman and I are working on our Expanded A&A–The Solomons Campaign and it hopefully will be an worthwhile arena to showcase all of these new ship, aircraft, and land unit types. We’re planning for it to cover the Solomon Islands chain from the Admiralties in the North to New Caledonia in the South and be the size of an entire G-40 map.
Tall Paul and Tigerman, What are the dims of this Solomons Campaign Map going to be? I am wondering if I will need a bigger table to field this one on. I do not have any other Maps yet apart from the gigantic Map by Ben Stein which is 4 ft by 6 ft. and all the AA OOB maps. I do not think Eagle Games Attack maps even come close to the scale you guys are talking about.
Cheers
WARRIOR888
The map will be a 36x72" map. HBG will do special oreders for larger maps but if you want one smaller remember just remember the game will be designed for the 36x72" size.
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Tigerman,
Thank you for stepping forward with the exact dimensions, buddy. I gave him the approximate dimensions but I’m sure he appreciates the exact ones. Work continues on this project.
“Tall Paul”
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Tigerman and Tall Paul, I have been out for awhile learning a new job. Now I am back for how long i don’t know. The Solomons campaign are we going to treat ships as individuals or are we going to continue to use them as fleets and flotillas? I suggest since this map is going to be a massive ocean/islands fight if we can devise rules to use the ships as individual units for combat and movement and land units as battalions and air units as squadrons. We might have touched on this earlier, i do not recall.
Cheers
WARRIOR888
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Warrior and Others,
Well, in GENERAL TERMS our new game with it’s large map covering only a specified campaign area (the Solomons) will have units representing smaller organizations than in the “Standard A&A” games,…but larger than in the “A&A-Miniature” games.
Unit size(s) may vary depending on the unit type. For example: The Marine Raider units might represent a battallion or regiment size unit. Most units would represent larger organizations though. Even ship units would represent larger than individual units.
I know this answer is vague at best, but should answer your question. And things are still
“in process”. Check back later as I hope to have some pics of my Marine Raiders soon. Thanks for your continued interest.“Tall Paul”
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Everyone,
Here are some pics of my almost finalised US Marine paint scheme that “Allworkandnoclay” is painting for me. I hopefully should have all 20 of them finished and delivered in a week or so. Remember, this pic is an “in process” shot. The final product will probably look better.
This painter is a REAL PRO and does AWESOME work!
As I Say,……What Do YA’LL Think?
“Tall Paul”
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US Marine, pic #2
Notice the Eagle and Anchor in four colors, and the Globe in five colors. You really need to “click” on these pics to enlarge them to appreciate the detail!
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US Marine, pic #3
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excellent job there by allwork, being a professional he has the time to devote to it and he gets paid for it, i struggle just to get the time for it.
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Well done Tall!
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Crusaderiv,
“Allworkandnoclay” deserves ALL the credit for the Awesome paint jobs.
The only things I can take credit for is coming up with the IDEAS for paint jobs I want,…and then PAYING for them. BTW, did you see the UK-Pacific(Calcutta) Infantry I had him paint for me? I call them “Jacks” because of the Union Jack roundels painted on their bases.
“Tall Paul”
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UK-Pacific(Calcutta) “Jacks” #2
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Y’all have some very nice pieces there, Wow!
The games you are describing are beginning to remind me of Squad Leader, a game I played almost 30 years ago. Yours sounds like the same sort of thing on a bit higher level (maybe company level instead of squad level) and plastic pieces instead of cardboard chits. Developing games like that takes a lot of work. Good luck.
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Dinosaur,
Thanks, I’m especially looking forward to Marine Raiders. They’re next on the list. After that will be some US Airborne units: 11th, 17th, 82nd, and 101st “Angels, All-Americans, and Screaming Eagles”. Wow!
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Only somewhat. But more like Brigades or Divisions for the normal size of units.
“Tall Paul”
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open your pic in paint and resize, the limit is 256kb per pic or per post
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Everyone,
Well, the US Marines are almost finished and here’s a pic.
Thanks for your advice Dangermouse650.
“Tall Paul”
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Amazing painting job. Wish I was that good. Enjoy your gaming pieces man
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Georgemak1,
Thanks, I’m sure we’ll enjoy them. The Marine Raiders and Paratroopers are next. The Raiders are almost done.
Even though I’m sure that these painted pieces will add to our group’s enjoyment of the game I must say that for me the main enjoyment is the f-t-f challenge and comraderie of a game.
“Tall Paul”
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These units look amazing. About how much does it cost to get those guys painted?
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