Axis & Allies 1941 First Preview

[lozmoid]

From what I can discern from the pictures, I would say that the Allies definitely share the same sculpts for:

Tank
Fighter
Bomber
Submarine
Transport
Destroyer
Battleship

And the Axis would appear also to share the same scuplts again:

Tank
Fighter
Bomber
Submarine
Transport
Destroyer
Battleship

And if we can assume that the pics are exactly of all the units taken straight from their bags, it looks like each power gets the following:

8 Infantry
5 Tanks
4 Fighters
2 Bombers
3 Submarines
3 Transports
2 Destroyers
2 Battleships

Of course, I could be completely wrong about this.

[CWO Marc]

@Lozmoid:

From what I can discern from the pictures, I would say that the Allies definitely share the same sculpts for:
Battleship

I think you’re right about the Hood.  I’ve had a closer look at the UK, US and USSR  capital ships (I cringe at calling the Hood a battleship – it was a battlecruiser) and I think I was fooled by the twin funnels, which because of the angle of the shots look round on the UK pieces but square on the others.  The Hood was famous for its balanced, symmetrical profile, which shows up nicely on the UK sculpts but is harder to recognize on the US and USSR ones because of the way they’re positioned on the table.

[knp7765]

I’m not sure, but I think the Allied Carrier is a US class, but I’m not sure which one. I know the Ark Royal was a British carrier. I think it was the one sunk early in the war by the U-Boat captained by Gunther Preen.

[CWO Marc]

@knp7765:

I’m not sure, but I think the Allied Carrier is a US class, but I’m not sure which one. I know the Ark Royal was a British carrier. I think it was the one sunk early in the war by the U-Boat captained by Gunther Preen.

Prien was the U-boat skipper who sank the battleship Royal Oak at anchor Scapa Flow in October 1939.  Ark Royal (which played a major role in the sinking of the Bismarck in May 1941) was sunk in November 1941 by a different U-boat captain.

[Rebel]

Maybe he was thinking of the HMS Courageous which was sunk by a sub early on in the war. The Ark was fired at, but the torpedos missed and hit some other ships IIRC. It was sunk a year later though! :D

My Guess is a Yorktown or Indomitable… but I’m no expert! :lol:

[djensen]

If you watch the video in HD, you can get a much better look at the pieces.

Maybe I’ll do better photos of the pieces today instead of the game setup.

[Bob_A_Mickelson]

Please do the setup instead. If you post a picture of the map setup we will see different angles of the sculpts anyways. I personally am much more interested in the setup.

Thanks for all your quick responses. It’s much appreciated.

[valtteri771]

I would prefer the setup too. You could also make them both. :roll:

[cond1024]

Set up would be great. I don’t care about the sculpts.

[lozmoid]

Couple of things I’ve noticed about the rulebook:

The silhouettes for the Tanks show different shapes than the Tiger and the IS2. But that’s not important I guess.

However, the setup chart for the U.S. clearly shows a starting income of 15 IPCs!  :-o

[djensen]

Sorry guys, I’m going to do unit previews first. I’m going to include the new unit stats with this.

[djensen]

Setup will be tomorrow.

[Bob_A_Mickelson]

@djensen:

Setup will be tomorrow.

Is that because your going to be trying the game out tomorrow?

[djensen]

No, just trying to space out the articles. Also, if I did setup first, it would have revealed a lot of details about the pieces so I figured I should do pieces first.

I have the game setup on top of my laser printer right now but I’m not playing until Sunday.

@Bob_A_Mickelson:

@djensen:

Setup will be tomorrow.

Is that because your going to be trying the game out tomorrow?

[Panther]

I wonder what the victory conditions may be…

[crsluggo]

I’m betting capitals only…

[djensen]

Victory conditions are: if you can get a new friend to play this shorter version, you win!

Actually, the first one to flip the board loses.

No really, first one to own 5 battleships on the board wins! Ha!

I could go all day …

The real answer is capitals, that’s all I’ll say for now.