What's the first thing you'll do upon getting Europe 1940?

The first thing I will do is look at the map and then run into my room and grab P40 and put the global game together. This is going to be epic….

@questioneer:

Check out the box
Open box
Look at all the contents inside
Look at map for several minutes
Break open pieces and punch-outs
Set it up as Euro40 to observe then quickly to Global40 and observe while reading through the instuctions.
Master instructions (shouldn’t be hard since all the work was done in Pac40)
Set up weekend game night with friends.
Strategize and Dominate.
:-)

I will do almost the same as Questioneer, except for
“Break open pieces and punch-outs”

Punch out only what is necessary for setup and play. (I have done this with past A&A games)

When a country needs another cardboard chit, I go get one.

That way some things (like Control Markers) some countries only need 1-3 of are out there, and the rest of the seldom used chits are not cluttering the chit bowl blocking our vision of the most needed and most used chits.

Then years later when some needed more Control Markers of a certain country, one can claim, “We have a new record of territories controlled by So-and-So country!” (Yeah, get your geek on.)

Me and some mates will go down playing it the moment it arrives!
Been working our butts through Revised, Pacific, 1942 and D-day over the last 1,5 years, and we are really looking forward to this arriving!

@i:

i’ll look at it and bribe someone to play. (most likely my dad) and annihalate him and probley get accused of loading the dice.

Too True.

Open box.
Set up board.
Stare at board.
Attempt to not drool all over board.
Open all pieces.
Set up for E40.
Be depressed by my lack of a table large enough to set up G40.
Contemplate using bed to set up G40.
Say “screw sleep!”
Set up G40 on bed.
Play with self.

…. yeah, I’m going to leave that last item on the list exactly as is.  No further explanation necessary…

Why are people so adverse to putting it on the floor?

@Krupp:

@Funcioneta:

That size is almost the same as a Warhammer match. Add charts, dices, money (sacked from old games  :-P ) and similar stuff, and you have the same size. Interesting coincidence

You ever play Warhammer Funcioneta?

Not much since I play Axis & Allies, but I still play WH40k one or two times each year  :-D

@calvinhobbesliker:

Why are people so adverse to putting it on the floor?

They can’t afford a table?

@calvinhobbesliker:

Why are people so adverse to putting it on the floor?

I’ll need my bones when I become a granddaddy  :lol:

@calvinhobbesliker:

@Dylan:

@calvinhobbesliker:

Why are people so adverse to putting it on the floor?

They can’t afford a table?

I asked why people DON’T want to put it on the floor

They can’t afford a floor?

@Dylan:

@calvinhobbesliker:

@Dylan:

@calvinhobbesliker:

Why are people so adverse to putting it on the floor?

They can’t afford a table?

I asked why people DON’T want to put it on the floor

They can’t afford a floor?  No, some of us old timers cannot get back up off the floor after we get down there!

@Fishmoto37:

@Dylan:

@calvinhobbesliker:

@Dylan:

@calvinhobbesliker:

Why are people so adverse to putting it on the floor?

They can’t afford a table?

I asked why people DON’T want to put it on the floor

They can’t afford a floor? 
 No, some of us old timers cannot get back up off the floor after we get down there!

When I’m your age I will be able to get up!

The first thing that I will do when I get Europe 1940 is open it up and look at it, then I will look for all of the WOTC typos that are sure to be included.

Hahaha you think they will have them on this board?

@Brain:

The first thing that I will do when I get Europe 1940 is open it up and look at it, then I will look for all of the WOTC typos that are sure to be included.

The typo lost for P40:
2 artillry in Japan
Paulau
Honolulu on Hawai’i island(does this count as a typo? If so:
Calcutta is too far inland)

Anything else?

Probable list for E40
London touching the coast or way inland
Washington in Chesepeke bay or North Carolina
Ottawa in the middle of Quebec
Brittany will be spelled Britty, analogous to the artillery typo
France will have 1 infantary in Vichy

@Dylan:

@calvinhobbesliker:

@Dylan:

@calvinhobbesliker:

Why are people so adverse to putting it on the floor?

They can’t afford a table?

I asked why people DON’T want to put it on the floor

They can’t afford a floor?

Dylan … man, you are just too funny. I like reading your posts for a laugh if nothing else. Perhaps you don’t need my encouragement though.

@calvinhobbesliker:

Why are people so adverse to putting it on the floor?

I don’t know… We play on the floor a lot, actually. It is a nice solution if you can’t get to a table big enough.

Personally I prefer a table. It is generally more comfortable to sit at a table, and less prone to someone knocking the board around or stepping on it.

@UN:

@calvinhobbesliker:

@Brain:

The first thing that I will do when I get Europe 1940 is open it up and look at it, then I will look for all of the WOTC typos that are sure to be included.

The typo lost for P40:
2 artillry in Japan
Paulau
Honolulu on Hawai’i island(does this count as a typo? If so:
Calcutta is too far inland)

Anything else?

Probable list for E40
London touching the coast or way inland
Washington in Chesepeke bay or North Carolina
Ottawa in the middle of Quebec
Brittany will be spelled Britty, analogous to the artillery typo
France will have 1 infantary in Vichy

2 artillery in Japan? Is there only supposed to be 1?

Nope. Japan starts with 8 infantry, 2 artillery, 1 tank, 5 fighters, 4 tactical bombers, 2 strategic bombers, 1 AA gun, 1 naval base, 1 airbase, 1 major IC