in other words there will be the vast emptiness of north and south america taking up space.
You did read what you quoted right? let me underline some parts:
@CWO:
@Scarapis:
The Europe game says it comes with 1 game board so a total of 3 game boards?
There’s no difference between the board specification in the two announcements:
"Same great game as the last version of Europe 1940, including the extra large 35Ë x 32Ë game board for a greater play experience."Â /Â “Same great game as the last version of Pacific 1940, including the extra large 35Ë x 32Ë game board for a greater play experience.”
"Both game boards unite to create a massive 70†x 32†playing field that will let you experience the full scale of World War II global conflict!" / “Both game boards unite to create a massive 70†x 32†playing field that will let you experience the full scale of World War II global conflict!”
In other words: The Pacific game has two boards which assemble into an overall game board measuring 35" x 32". The Europe game has two boards which assemble into an overall game board measuring 35" x 32". When you put the two Pacific boards together and the two Europe boards together (4 in all), you get a single Global board measuring 70" x 32".
now to highlight the box description:
Axis & Allies Pacific: 1940 (2012 Refresh)
2 Game Boards
1 Battle Strip
1 Casualty Strip
100 National Control markers
16 Industrial Complex markers
16 Naval Base markers
16 Air Base markers
5 National Storage Boxes
80 chips
10 dice
& Allies Europe: 1940 (2012 Refresh)
1 Rulebook
1 Game Board
5 National Storage Boxes
1 Research & Development Chart
1 Battle and Casualty Strip
100 National Control Markers
16 Naval Base Markers
14 Air Base Markers
22 Industrial Complex Markers
80 Chips
6 Dice
610 Plastic Miniatures
According to that, Pacific doesn’t come with a rulebook. And why does Europe have four less dice?
Interesting… Europe comes with a seperate tech chart. Unlike just the rulebook before.
The BIG question is… is this print the final Alpha?
@Scarapis:
You did read what you quoted right? let me underline some parts: […]
I didn’t notice that the verso of the flyers said 2 boards for Pacific and 1 board for Europe, but I would assume that the reference to one board for Europe is a typo – or inconsistent writing by a WotC staffer who’s referring to the overall Europe playing map rather than to the two boards it’s [presumably] made from. The original Europe 1940 and Pacific 1940 boards were each composed of two sections, so why would WotC switch to a one-section board for E40-II while keeping a two-section board for P40-II? Could WotC even physically produce a one-piece 35"x32" game board? Would it be practical to give it the extra folding it would need to fit in the box, compared with two separate boards? Maybe yes, but a simpler explanation would be that the flyer is just badly written.
Hey, Europe 40 has a UK flag on the box now. Â Neat. Â I remember a few folks commenting on its absence last time around.
@CWO:
@Scarapis:
You did read what you quoted right? let me underline some parts: […]
I didn’t notice that the verso of the flyers said 2 boards for Pacific and 1 board for Europe, but I would assume that the reference to one board for Europe is a typo – or inconsistent writing by a WotC staffer who’s referring to the overall Europe playing map rather than to the two boards it’s [presumably] made from. The original Europe 1940 and Pacific 1940 boards were each composed of two sections, so why would WotC switch to a one-section board for E40-II while keeping a two-section board for P40-II? Could WotC even physically produce a one-piece 35"x32" game board? Would it be practical to give it the extra folding it would need to fit in the box, compared with two separate boards? Maybe yes, but a simpler explanation would be that the flyer is just badly written.
ok now i’m confused since my A&A: Europe has only one game board and shows only one game board in the instructions and pics, so am I missing something here?
Your Europe 40 has one gameboard made by putting 2 gameboards together. I’m sure it’s just inconsistant wording on WOTC’s part. According to the parts lists above, AAP40 does not include any pieces either or a rulebook, as people have pointed out. The pdfs clearly needed a little more proofreading.
EDIT: AA Europe (1999) has only one board. Are you talking about AAE (1999) or AAE40 (2010)???
mine haqs a copyright of 1999, so there are 2 versions of A&A: Europe?
YES.
Europe.
and Europe 1940.
There are also 2 versions of Pacific…
Correct. Â Yours starts in 1941. Â AAE40 from 2010 has a map twice that size and includes several new unit types (2 types of factory, tac bombers, cruisers, mech inf). Â It also includes the French and Italians. Russia and USA are Neutral at the start of the game. Â It is a much deeper game than the 1999 version (which is also great, and quicker to play).
ugh :-P more games to add to my list to get.
You can read more about Europe 1940 here:
http://www.axisandallies.org/p/axis_allies_europe_1940_preview_1_out_of_the_box/
http://www.axisandallies.org/p/axis_allies_europe_1940_preview_2_french_and_italian_units/
http://www.axisandallies.org/p/axis_allies_europe_1940_preview_3_the_rules/
http://www.axisandallies.org/p/axis_allies_europe_1940_preview_4_the_global_rules/
This is a must have for the collection, I’ll have to bring it to Toronto in April
wow, I was thinking Thanksgiving at the earliest. I might have the global even before my FMG elite dice set gets here. :-o
Has anyone relize the pacific box description there is no COUNTRY UNIT PIECES
funny thing is my Brithday is on the 18th. of Sept. so i’ll have to see if I can either get my wife or folks to get me the games for my birthday 8-)
Has anyone relize the pacific box description there is no COUNTRY UNIT PIECES
Good catch – the second page of the Europe flyer lists 610 plastic miniatures while the second page of the Pacific one makes no mention of miniatures. It also makes no mention of a rulebook, whereas Europe does. Plus there’s the two-boards-versus-one-board part that’s already been pointed out. It looks like whoever at WotC prepared the two flyers did a crummy cutting-pasting-editing job.
