Axis and allies minis, no map

I voted the same way, for the same reasons, but don’t forget the new A20 planes, some are pretty good! :D

Hey Audacity, maybe you should consider the “Play By Email” option for A&AM here on this forum. True, a 100 point game can take a week or two to play, but I enjoy the pace and the ability to do a well thought out turn in a day or two. Plus, its a great way to experiment with different force builds.

Planes attack the same way as any other unit, with the sole exception that terrain doesn’t block LOS to and from them.

While I don’t hate them, I’m not a huge fan of airpower either.  Things bog down too much when you have to constantly ‘watch the skies.’

Rangers are strong competitive piece, though unless they get new (non-improved) indirect fire units the Spotter SA is mostly just thematic.

(Edit)Here’s my full review:

As the opening salvo says, “its inevitable that it will be compared to the Axis workhorse, the SS-Panzergrenadiers.” Quite true, though thankfully the Rangers have enough differences to keep them from being just carbon-copies.

The Lead the Way SA is interesting in that it’s once per turn, not per phase (or during movement and/or assault), so be careful when you use it; unless it’s to grab a last minute objective, re-rolling a movement roll isn’t too important, though thematically it’s nice.

Spotter is again nice, if not too useful. The M1 81mm Mortar doesn’t need a spotter, nor do spotters enhance them, and the open back M7 105mm Priest is an easily neutralized unit. I suppose you could save 1 point and use the Russian mortars instead if you really wanted to. Also, lacking the Spotter SA they can’t enhance aircraft.

The Rangers have slightly improved defence and a re-roll over the similar Veteran SMLE Riflemen; the only time the Australian unit is, well when you can’t take Rangers (eg Pre-1942 game). By themselves the Rangers are at the high end of 5 points, but compared to the Garand they perhaps should have been 6; as is they make the Garand fairly useless. Sure the Garands can have the same dice, without a re-roll, but that requires more points for an adjacent commander, and is -1/-1 defence.

A great unit that I’m sure will see a lot of use both in casual and competitive games: 4.5/5

Heres the deal. Its my 3rd consecutive defeat against my friend who plays the axis. Here is his starting lineup (he doesnt really vary)

1 x SS-Panzer IV Ausf. F2
1 x StuG III Ausf D
1 x Wehrmacht Expert Sniper
2 x SS-Haupsturmführer
2 x SS-Panzergrenadier
2 x MG 42 Machine-Gun Team
1 x Luftwaffe Infantrymen
1 x Panzerschreck
1 x Imperial SNiper
1 x SnLF Paratrooper

Any Ideas to Kick his butt out of the game ???

Heres my new army i came with. It is a prototype as usually i put in at least 2 tanks or 1 tank and 1 Mustang

1st line of offense
1x Mosin-Nagant
1x Lebel Grenadier
1x MAS 7.5mm RIfle
1x PPSh-41 SMG
1x Commu PArtisan
2x Kuomintang Riflemen
1x Red DEvil Cptn

2nd Offense
1x BAR Gunner
4x Marine Riflemen
1x Red Devil Cptn

Anti-sNiper
2x Screaming Eagle Para

Defense
2x Vicker Machine Gun
2xFanatical Sniper

Tank
M24 Chaffee

I got lots of other units for the allies within set 1,2 and 3 So any ideas that would give me a flawless victory is welcome. Thx!!

here is some maps again.  although there not the exact size of the current ones.  but none the less thats what sizzors are for.

http://aam.code66.se/maps/

I guess my challenge would be getting used to those maps again.

I was thinking of lettered columns and numbered rows, like battleship. Use the facing as described above. Counting movements should not be a prob. I think a code chart for unit shorthand would be wise too, to speed the play.

thats a sweet deal, a store around here had a buy one get one half off deal, but they didnt say the 1/2 off one had to be equal or leser in value, so i bout 1 booster pack and got the starter set 1/2 off, i ended up doing that 13 times. i have more dice than i know what to do with!