How nice. They look very straightforwardly, I guess they are great help to make the game run more streamlined.
Europe 1940 shows up on Wizards site…with screenshot
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Whats that neutral East of Poland?
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@Dylan:
Whats that neutral East of Poland?
Pripet Marsh; it’s an impassable territory like the Himalayas
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I don’t like the coloring of the board. I wish it were all Earth-shaded, like Google Earth or whatever. I think that would be best. Experienced players would know which countries were neutral and etc., and the ones owned by hte powers will have troops or decals on them anyways.
Or I wish the board were colored for teh sake of being colored, like AA Revised was. At least there you could tell they didn’t try to make it look like the Earth. Here they mix the two themes and it doesnt look good to me. Small critique though, it won’t stop me from buying the game.
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I don’t like the coloring of the board. I wish it were all Earth-shaded, like Google Earth or whatever. I think that would be best. Experienced players would know which countries were neutral and etc., and the ones owned by hte powers will have troops or decals on them anyways.
Or I wish the board were colored for teh sake of being colored, like AA Revised was. At least there you could tell they didn’t try to make it look like the Earth. Here they mix the two themes and it doesnt look good to me. Small critique though, it won’t stop me from buying the game.
Well in the AA50 they started doing that, they wanted it to look more real, and the continued with Pacific 40 and Spring 42.
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Okay so I’m reading the description and let me show you guys a gaffe on their part:
Axis & Allies Europe 1940 will feature an oversized board that measures 35" wide by 32" high.
Finally, this deluxe theater-level game is designed to play together with Axis & Allies Pacific 1940. Together these two games will create the greatest Axis & Allies experience to date, with a combined board measuring 5’ wide by 32" high and over a thousand sculptured combat units.
Does anyone else notice that the measurements don’t match up? I mean if each board is 35"x32", then combining them should make a board 70"x32" right? Not 60"x32", as stated above. Do you guys think that this is just a typo, or the actual measurements are off?
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Obvious the European map will be smaller
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Well both boards are 35"x32", so either that 60"x32" is a misprint or the boards are 30"x32". When I get home tonight I am going to measure the board and get to the bottom of this.
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Well both boards are 35"x32", so either that 60"x32" is a misprint or the boards are 30"x32". When I get home tonight I am going to measure the board and get to the bottom of this.
Yes I did notice the measurements seemed off. I would like someone to get to the bottom of this haha… But I just assumed it was 70" by 32" and the statement intended “over” 5’, since 70" isn’t quite six feet, and it doesnt read well to say the board will be 5.833 feet by 32 inches.
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It’s 35’’ wide
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Well to make it sound even better they should state, “almost 6 feet.”
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Some criticism I’ve heard about the box art is the absence of the British flag on the box art, and the center of attention being on the Free French flag. Apparently the argument is that the British Empire did more fighting than the Americans (which is up for debate, but I’m not going into it here) and the Free French did little to nothing. I don’t understand this criticism when
1)the Brit flag has been seen on almost every Axis and Allies game to date, and even if it wasn’t the UK faction has been represented in every Axis and Allies board game (except Guadacanal and maybe the Battle of the Bulge–-haven’t played Bulge). Additionally, the UK is going to be well represented in Europe 1940 (Global 1940 even more so!).
2)I see nothing wrong with the Free French flag being the “main” flag here. Free French contribution to the Allied war effort wasn’t significant to turn the strategic tide, but it was enough to warrant worthy mention. However, all of that is irrelevant; this is the introduction of France as a full power for the first time in Axis and Allies. Sure, Italy’s flag might not have been shown in AA50 but you don’t see the Italians complaining do you?
Really, I don’t see what’s so insulting about the British flag not being shown on Europe 1940. We know what it looks like, we know how much the British contributed to the war effort (at least, people who know their history do), and we know they’re a major faction in the game. Only a dunce would have no idea Britain is in a game called “Axis and Allies: Europe 1940”.
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off topic much? really its just a box…. why so serious?
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@Dylan:
I’m going to call you Joker
Wanna know how I got these scars?
off topic much? really its just a box…. why so serious?
It is just a box, I just don’t understand why the flag-waving British patriots have to whine and complain about it.
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@Dylan:
@UN:
@Dylan:
I’m going to call you Joker
Wanna know how I got these scars?
off topic much? really its just a box…. why so serious?
It is just a box, I just don’t understand why the flag-waving British patriots have to whine and complain about it.
Their British they always do that.
And Americans and Canadians never do that… whistles innocently
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It’s just because we were colonies. British whininess got passed on to us.
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UN, could you show me where people were complaining about the lack of British flag? I didn’t see any.
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UN, could you show me where people were complaining about the lack of British flag? I didn’t see any.
Heck, I will…
I mean, I think it should be there… perhaps with more cause than the French (no offence UN), but at this point I don’t care all that much. As long as the US is on there. Do I think they (the British) should be there: yes. Does it matter: no.
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UN, could you show me where people were complaining about the lack of British flag? I didn’t see any.
Now you don’t see them…
Heck, I will…
I mean, I think it should be there… perhaps with more cause than the French (no offence UN), but at this point I don’t care all that much. As long as the US is on there. Do I think they (the British) should be there: yes. Does it matter: no.
None taken. Actually, I could care less what the box art shows; it can be as American, British, French, or Soviet-biased as it wants. I’ve enjoyed a lot of the A&A box covers so far. It’s rare for board games to have such fantastic and attractive covers these days. I’m still gawking over my Pacific 1940 cover (having just gotten it a few days ago!).
…I wonder who’s the designer for these wonderful covers? Seems like the same guy who was behind AA50, AA1942, and Pacific 1940…
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@UN:
…I wonder who’s the designer for these wonderful covers? Seems like the same guy who was behind AA50, AA1942, and Pacific 1940…
Agreed… I do believe the covers are quite interesting and great works of art themselves… regardless of any minor issues I may have brought up.
I think the boards themselves are improving too. I read somewhere recently about the dissatisfaction with the look of the new maps. … Personally i think they are a huge improvement over the old ones (especially old Europe, Pacific and Revised). I love the new and realistic look of a satellite picture, rather than solidly colored territories. When I compare AA Revised or old Europe/Pacific to AA50 or P40/E40 … they look awful. And not very cool.
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ahh…should have scanned forum more thoroughly. :-P
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