Hitler plays A&A Spring 1942, 2nd Edition

@Schrecki:

Where can i see a list with the All game stuff? So if i write them, i will bei Sure that i have all miniature.

410 plastic pieces

Soviet Units: 74 pieces

20 infantry
    8 artillery
    8 anti-aircraft artillery
    10 tanks
    8 fighters
    2 bombers
    4 transports
    4 subs
    4 destroyers
    2 cruisers
    2 aircraft carriers
    2 battleships

United Kingdom Units: 84 pieces

20 infantry
    6 artillery
    8 anti-aircraft artillery
    8 tanks
    8 fighters
    6 bombers
    6 transports
    6 subs
    6 destroyers
    4 cruisers
    2 aircraft carriers
    4 battleships

United States Units: 84 pieces

20 infantry
    6 artillery
    8 anti-aircraft artillery
    6 tanks
    8 fighters
    6 bombers
    6 transports
    6 subs
    6 destroyers
    4 cruisers
    4 aircraft carriers
    4 battleships

German Units: 86 pieces

20 infantry
    8 artillery
    8 anti-aircraft artillery
    12 tanks
    8 fighters
    4 bombers
    6 transports
    6 subs
    6 destroyers
    4 cruisers
    2 aircraft carriers
    2 battleships

Japan Units: 82 pieces

20 infantry
    6 artillery
    8 anti-aircraft artillery
    6 tanks
    8 fighters
    4 bombers
    6 transports
    6 subs
    6 destroyers
    4 cruisers
    4 aircraft carriers
    4 battleships

@CWO:

To use a chess analogy: there are chess sets out there that are fabulously ornate works of art, but which are impractical for play because the pieces are not necessarily easy to identify.  That’s the reason why official chess tournaments are played with plain, simple, rigourously standardized chessmen: so that the players don’t have to waste any mental energy trying to figure out what each piece is supposed to represent.

But won’t everyone recognize Captain Kirk and Emperor Palpatine as the king piece in my chess sets? lolz

We got 16 players.

Matchups are set.  Bidding can begin.  And as soon as that is done games can start.  :-D

Thanks to everyone who signed up.

Good luck and have fun!

I will return as time allows to flesh out the sections in blue :)

Thanks again everybody

Sweet set up! I like the tune  :-D

Another nice thing about the 2nd edition is that it has better sculpts: more nation-specific designs, plus anti-aircraft guns represented by specific sculpts.

I’ve played about 30-40 games, and won against some other pretty experienced players. Axis is favored on this map. My personal view is that a bid of around 7-11 is fair among experienced players. This is a newer game, so it’s not surprising that people haven’t come up with an exact amount.

Among beginning players, this bid probably needs to be bigger because players don’t recognize deadzones and leave pieces in the open. Germany has many more offensive pieces than Russia, and Moscow is at serious risk of falling early if Russia loses a stack. This is less true if Germany loses a stack because 1. germany starts with more pieces (compared to Russia), and 2. UK and US aren’t a threat until round 4.

There’s already great threads on bid placement to have the most impact. I won’t go into depth, but inf in cauc, karelia, egypt ; uk sub off egypt or india are likely have the most impact per IPC bid. Among beginning players, I would probably give uk 1 inf in egypt and ~6 infantry for russia in moscow. That’s my suggestion for a dynamic game among beginners of approximate skill.

Yes.