Oil Rule's

[Tall Paul]

YG and others,

––Well, let me re-state that I REALLY LIKE 99 % of Buran’s Oil Rules,…and they seem very thorough and well thought out. I certainly appreciate his hard work and time spent on them.

----The only thing that I had any concern about was that being able to ship Oil at 1/2 the rate of Infantry, or 4-Oil Barrels on any sea transport, might be too overpowering or allow some skewing of the economic/military balance in the long run.

----For example, in one of my scenarios as Japan I build up a “shuttle service” of Infantry from Japan to Phillipines, and another from there to Borneo,…or wherever I’m attacking. With 2 Transports going to and from Japan-Phillipines (four total) each turn I can easily supply my offensive forces with troops, etc. and All I need to Defend in force (with Fleet units and/or scramble Fighters) is Japan proper, the Phillipines, and then wherever my southern Fleet is.
----Here’s the point I’m making,…The Transports rather than returning empty to Japan can return loaded with Oil,…very EFFICIENT!
----And another thing, I would build a Minor, then a Major Factory in Korea for the main purpose of “cashing in” the Oil reverues.
----I can’t myself “play test” these theories of mine as I only have one player i my area at the moment who is versed in GW-39. I will depend on your opinions as you play test these rules further to see if four Oil Barrels, or only two should be allowed.
----I truly hope my previous postings weren’t received as criticisms. My only goal is to have as good, fun, and fair game as possible and therefore I pointed out something I believed might be a potential problem.

----IMHO GLOBAL WARFARE-1939 is not only the BEST GAME, but also the FUTURE of A&A gaming!

Tall Paul

[Young Grasshopper]

Sorry Tall Paul, I hope my post didn’t come across as being defensive… not my intention. your opinions were awesome to read and they didn’t seem like criticism to me. Cheers.

[Tall Paul]

YG & others,

@Young:

Sorry Tall Paul, I hope my post didn’t come across as being defensive… not my intention. your opinions were awesome to read and they didn’t seem like criticism to me. Cheers.
**––YG, there’s certainly no need for you to appologize,…It’s just that I realize that sometimes what I’m meaning to say might come across differently when it’s only typed. WE’RE COOL, Brother! BTW, I’ve been meaning to tell you for a while that I REALLY LIKE your new avatar.

Tall Paul**

[John Brown]

YG and Buran, thanks for the tip on the crude oil board game. I just got it in and it really has nice pieces. :-D

[Tall Paul]

Guys,

@John:

YG and Buran, thanks for the tip on the crude oil board game. I just got it in and it really has nice pieces. :-D

**––Well, I went a different way. With my model railroad background I remembered a company named Campbell that had some really well detailed Oil Barrels that were a little smaller than those shown in the pics above and were turned wood. I wanted my Oil Barrels smaller and so I orderred 8 dozen (96) from Walthers.com and they only cost about $58.00 including shipping if I remember correctly. I’ll post some pics one day when they come in.

Tall Paul**

[General 6 Stars]

Tall Paul, thats funny. I’m a model railroader too. I only live 30 mins from Walthers. I use to get my stuff at Standard Hobby out east. Might be New Jersey. If you have a local train hobby store near you they might be able to order barrels for you also. Took my full basement layout down to build 2  4’ x 8’  custom war game tables soon.
I also have Crude oil game coming today.

[Young Grasshopper]

@Tall:

YG & others,

@Young:

Sorry Tall Paul, I hope my post didn’t come across as being defensive… not my intention. your opinions were awesome to read and they didn’t seem like criticism to me. Cheers.
**––YG, there’s certainly no need for you to appologize,…It’s just that I realize that sometimes what I’m meaning to say might come across differently when it’s only typed. WE’RE COOL, Brother! BTW, I’ve been meaning to tell you for a while that I REALLY LIKE your new avatar.

Tall Paul**

Cheers TP, and thanks.

[crusaderiv]

Tall Paul, thats funny. I’m a model railroader too. I only live 30 mins from Walthers. I use to get my stuff at Standard Hobby out east. Might be New Jersey. If you have a local train hobby store near you they might be able to order barrels for you also. Took my full basement layout down to build 2  4’ x 8’  custom war game tables soon.
I also have Crude oil game coming today.
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And I’m a railroad modeller too…
Ahhh…SS… 30 mins from walthers!!! Did you ever visit the warehouse?
I sold a lot of walthers kit years ago…
I have more Intermountain, Athearn, Atlas and Exactrail now.

AL

[Tall Paul]

@crusaderiv:

Tall Paul, thats funny. I’m a model railroader too. I only live 30 mins from Walthers. I use to get my stuff at Standard Hobby out east. Might be New Jersey. If you have a local train hobby store near you they might be able to order barrels for you also. Took my full basement layout down to build 2  4’ x 8’  custom war game tables soon.
I also have Crude oil game coming today.
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And I’m a railroad modeller too…
Ahhh…SS… 30 mins from walthers!!! Did you ever visit the warehouse?
I sold a lot of walthers kit years ago…
I have more Intermountain, Athearn, Atlas and Exactrail now.

AL

**––Well, I’m not only a railroad modeller (HO, O, and 7 1/2" live steam soon) but a railroad collector, photographer, historian, and for about a decade, a conductor on the BNSF (see below). And I will hopefully soon be building my Railroad & Military Museum.

Tall Paul**

[Young Grasshopper]

Wow! You really are TALL Paul.  :lol:

[crusaderiv]

Well, I’m not only a railroad modeller (HO, O, and 7 1/2" live steam soon) but a railroad collector, photographer, historian, and for about a decade, a conductor on the BNSF (see below). And I will hopefully soon be building my Railroad & Military Museum.

Cool…I’m not only a railroad modeller. (HO scale). I’m also a railroad collector, a railfan since the last 15 years and I work at part time in train hobby shop since 1995.
My father work for CN and CP during 35 years. I have ‘‘rails’’ under my skin!

AL

[Tall Paul]

Guys,

@Young:

Wow! You really are TALL Paul.  :lol:
**––Well while I’m about 6’-4" tall,…I am the SHORTEST man in my family!  :-o
My Dad, a WW2 vet(see his pic at LEFT), is about 5" TALLER than me! Comes from the German (Prussia) side of our family. My sister is shorter than me, only 6’-0". She was a model years ago (Miss Shreveport).
----Anyway, I’m called “Tall Paul” NOT because I have an ego or anything, but usually in my life when I’m around friends there were usually two or three Paul’s,…so I was called Tall Paul and it just “stuck”.

Tall Paul**

[Tall Paul]

@crusaderiv:

Well, I’m not only a railroad modeller (HO, O, and 7 1/2" live steam soon) but a railroad collector, photographer, historian, and for about a decade, a conductor on the BNSF (see below). And I will hopefully soon be building my Railroad & Military Museum.

Cool…I’m not only a railroad modeller. (HO scale). I’m also a railroad collector,
––What do you collect?
a railfan since the last 15 years
––Chased and photographed steam engines all over (Canada, Mexico and almost South Africa) since 1975
and I work at part time in train hobby shop since 1995.
––My first job was full time at a leading Train store for 5 1/2 years
My father work for CN and CP during 35 years.
––My uncle was an engineer with KCS for 30+ years
I have ‘‘rails’’ under my skin!
––My Dad was a “railfan” and took me on my first steam chase/photograph trip (UP #8444 Boise, Idaho) back in 1965 when I was 7 years old. My Grandmother was a technition at the Louisiana State Museum and helped build all of the diaramas. So between all of them it was kind of a “Perfect Storm” that hit me and made me a Railroad & Military historan/collector, etc.
Tall Paul
AL

[Admiral T]

Hi guys,

I know I’m a little late to the party with this thread,  but there is a great resource for oil barrels at you local game store you should know about. …

POWER GRID

It has little wooden oil barrels that fit in perfectly with the Axis & Allies board and pieces (and this rule set). It’s not overly expensive, around 40ish dollars. As an added bonus, it’s a pretty decent game. It’s actually one of the few games my fiance will play…. unlike A&A, which she makes a point of leaving the house if it’s being played.

[Admiral T]

Here’s a picture of a few of the Power Grid oil barrels with some OOB Russians and an oil derrick I picked up from HBG.

[Fenris]

Making oil barrels?

Why not just paint some capacitors?
That way, you can get them in any color and size you want, and they are really cheap :)

The oil concept seems cool will test it next time i have the chance….