What is "RR"

@Cmdr:

I have 3 factory sealed, mint condition “Classic” sets.  I do not either want to purchase one, nor do I want them to go back into print.  Let em die out, I wanna sell mine for $1500 each!

I disagree. Classic is dirt cheap and so heavily produced it’s like “sealed Monopoly”. Even a sealed AA50 edition is really, really pushing it at $1500. Take a look on Ebay. Even AA50 can be had $250-$500.

Wow. Some really informative and helpful replies. Thanks.

@kurt3892:

-There is a downloadable 3rd edition rulebook on the AAWC site…it is under ‘Other options’ under downloads.  You need Winzip to open it.

I downloaded that–thanks for the link–and it is the .PDF of the manual for the game. It explains the “Third Edition” rule changes, but isn’t what I’d consider an actual new edition of the rulebook.

If there never was a full rulebook that was included with any print runs of the board game, or available for download/purchase to owners of the board game, that makes it more understandable that the non-CD-ROM-based A&A crowd pretty much universally sticks to Second or Fourth Edition rules.

Also, it would take some creativity with the bits to bring the Marines and Destroyers from Iron Blitz over to the board game. If I were Hasbro, I would’ve prepared a “Third Edition/Iron Blitz Expansion Pack” to sell in stores with a shiny new rulebook, and pieces for the two new unit types, when Iron Blitz came out. But that would’ve required the project as a whole to have been much better-conceived than it actually was, I guess.

(For instance, how incompetent do you have to be to print way, way too few copies of even a poorly executed computer implementation like A&A: Iron Blitz, and never press any fresh CDs even when used copies turn up on eBay for $100-plus? Was there some reason they left money sitting on the table like that?)

Hello all,
at first sorry for my english, because I am from Czech republic. I have problem with my Axis and Allies game. I have played about 65 rounds now and in this time game typing error message something as “LOG file is full” and is impossible to continue with playing game. If I choose Load Game and click on saved game, the game starts as New game (on start). Folder with save games (Autosave and my 1 save) has about 50 MB. Thanky you for help !! thank you very much.

The classic rule is IC’s that you do not start with are limited.

So if Ger takes Kar, they can only place 3 on subsequent turns when they maintain control of it at the start of the turn.

IC placement rules are similar to ftr/bmr landing rules.  It can only happen on territories you controlled at the start of the turn, prior to any purchases.

Japan doesn’t matter if Germany loses both EE and WE in rd 3.
Again, I’ll gladly sacrifice 3 UK ftrs (or US planes) for 3 German trans (if they bought 1-2)

Tactical Retreat (in the East)

R1 fortify Yak (7 inf) and Kar (19, 3, 2)

UK1 - Move Ind and Egy troops to Per.  (4 inf, 1 arm) planes to Cauc

US1 - ftrs to UK sz, bom to Cauc (or Kar/UK/Mos)

Round 2 - Germany’s fleet is toast.  They have no move left - either UK or US will take them out.

Now UK can hold its forces in Per, or move to Ind, or move to Cauc.
US and R can retreat to Novo

US/UK land in Afr (or wait)

Round 3

Russia Strafe EE (or take)
UK/US go to Afr (or WE)

Japan will be no where near Moscow or even have the ability to take Novo.

Also Russia (if strafing EE) can retreat from Novo to Mos and with a placement of 6 inf on Moscow, Japan will be looking at a counter of 13 inf, 7 arm, 2 ftrs by Russia.  Meaning Japan is going to need like 15 inf to hold.
They simply can’t get that many troops to Novo in rd 3 or 4 (with no bid).

Japan isn’t scary if Germany has no ships and has lost EE (or getting pummeled there) and can’t hold WE (or is getting booted out of Afr).

In RR
Germany would be much better off buying all inf (no ships) and simply waiting till rd 4 or so for Japan to get going strong as you suggest.
Because you don’t need lots of troops to dance around Afr.  You just enough to take Egy.  Once you do that 1 tank and 1-2 inf are all you need to blitz around which can be accomplished by your original tran.

What I like doing in RR is killing the UK/Rus fleet in UK sz and killing the UK Med BB as well.  Then using the Baltic tran to transport some troops from Fin to Afr.  It depends but I like getting the Arm out of Fin but I will do 2 inf sometimes as well.

Then with 2 inf from SE you have a pretty solid Afr force.  If you’re willing to sacrifice an extra plane you can still have your BB and tran in Central Med with your other tran off the coast of Sp.  You’ll still lose your ships on UK/US2 but you get the extra 2 inf (or arm) from Fin.

Rus can easily afford to lose a few inf if it kills Ger arm.

LOL

I second D_B_'s “Well said!”, for D_M_ !!!

Keep trying new strategies, In_k!
It keeps your opponent guessing.