A New Game

@TheAandAClassicDude:

I see, I’ll continue my personal hunt for the most in depth war game I can find. Being a minor myself, I am unaware of old games from “your time” (No offense). Thank you for taking time to write such an in depth response. Also yes, I know what RISK is.

Hi fellow minor! :wink:

Twilight Imperium 4ed promises to be the best 4X (trade fight build diplomacy? I think) out there.  Problem is the steep learning curve and tons of races and special rules.

There are also a Star Trek and Star Wars themed “universe” sized 4X style game, with radically different teams.  One is called Insurrection, don’t own either but they look amazing.

as to semi-homebrewed games like AxA, FMG has a “Global War” map and rules for purchase, and a gentleman named jeff created a spin of AxA called “the War Game” which incorporates many customizable ideas such as rushing past blockers, special units for every team and different pricing for each team.  He is a great guy and salesman for his idea, which is available for sale.  Its a kind of AxA with added scope and complexity, with its own sculpts and rules.

I think Wolf has it right here;  many gamers consider AxA to be too “light” but then again, they don’t play any games at all (it being impossible to teach and find time to play serious, deep wargames).  some of the older games mentioned here in the “chits and hexes” era from 1965-1980 are awesome value and rules but playablity takes a massive back seat.  The fact that triple AAA and the community exist adds for the possibility (like the WoTC d20 open license idea, but crowdbrewed) of unique set ups and games that are not really AxA anymore (very similar to how Civ 4-6 led to open sourced mods better than the published game).

So this is really a golden era of home-published games and new products.  Axis and Allies pretty much is an exhausted brand that has been extensively used and abused but what remains is a huge catalog of sculpts and optional rules that could keep you busy on a desert island.

WoTC knows the brand is kinda tired, but it still supports Smorey and prints of the games, there is some demand out there.  Lots of products die a slow death in that position, but not really this game.  That’s thanks to the internet, IMO.  Larry is a game designer, he doesn’t really like to play so much as create from what people say, and his mission statement on War Room makes it clear that is and has been his focus.  With both of the IP parties interested elsewhere, the next product will probably come out a ways down the road, as a revival, and may or may not involve LH.  But who knows.

Market Garden.

Also Blood Rage and Scythe are massively popular “Euro” style wargames with more abstract and “any path to victory” tradeoffs and points counting, these have sweet figurines and awesome art, though the more abstract warfighting style of deck/points/efficiency may not be appealing to a traditional wargamer.

There’s just so much out there… with new twists on the old “map and men and money” idea AxA got rolling

I would love to see an A&A theatre game for the Med. It would be a full sized board and include the land territories surrounding the Med. There would of course be a number of sea zones and all of the islands in the Med. Being predominantly a naval game, you could introduce another sea unit and perhaps some coastal bunkers/guns into the game.

The best days were MSN game zone back in 1997-8, where 5 players can simultaneously play AA and that game had options to toggle on/off and the graphics and music were great. that’s the best format for this, where people can nightly play with anybody. The current ugly looking maps and pieces just don’t stand up. A game disk containing all the boardgames should be made available.

@Imperious:

The best days were MSN game zone back in 1997-8, where 5 players can simultaneously play AA and that game had options to toggle on/off and the graphics and music were great. that’s the best format for this, where people can nightly play with anybody. The current ugly looking maps and pieces just don’t stand up. A game disk containing all the boardgames should be made available.

Play TripleA on the live servers.  No need to live your life 20 years in the past.

Triple A is too ugly. I prefer quality.

If I ever play on a screen, it will probably be on something like the Steam simulators that look like you’re playing on a table top.

yea and everyone can talk with headphones, mute other team during turns and allow multiple players to control a turn function ( one guy builds, another moves, place, no wasted time)

And you can load up music from war tune library.

You can toggle on all options and all games , all scenarios OOB plus collection house rules

@Young:

If I ever play on a screen, it will probably be on something like the Steam simulators that look like you’re playing on a table top.

You are blessed with people who will come to your bunker and play face to face… that is what A&A (all boardgames in-fact) is really all about… the human interaction in the same room over a beloved game. Something like TripleA is mostly for people who can’t afford the luxury of in-person gaming (either because of lack of physical opponents in the area, or lack of time)… While TripleA may be better than not playing at all, I don’t think it can compare with the satisfaction of playing other people face to face.

You are blessed Grasshopper that you have that great interaction in your life… I miss having face to face opponents… the warm glow of the computer monitor is bad for my complexion anyways. I’m still hoping my kids will graduate from games like Risk to A&A as they hit their teen years… maybe I can at least have that!

That’s why we keep getting back to this idea of a community;  that includes local people, gaming friends across all demographics, my kids, the national audience (gencon, origins, regional cons), and the international audience (AAA and this site).

I really focus on that “build it and they will come” mantra.  If you build that base of interested people, games don’t just sit on a shelf or just get tapped for a while, then dropped.    If you are open to travel or talking to/hanging out with a stranger, or spending substantial time with someone radically different than yourself, there are more possibilities.

Even losing and getting diced is fun.  If I take pleasure in beating people less experienced than me, I should relish getting beaten by people who are better than I am.

Hop on a plane this winter and come up to the war room, Wolfie. We can play for hours on end and when we need a break we can go outside and you can experience what -40 degrees feels like. When was the last time you built a snowman?

@GeneralHandGrenade:

Hop on a plane this winter and come up to the war room, Wolfie. We can play for hours on end and when we need a break we can go outside and you can experience what -40 degrees feels like. When was the last time you built a snowman?

Are you asking me if I want to build a snowman? Are you singing?

Well, I’m not sure I’m up for -40 degree weather, but if you’re up to coming to the Florida coast inbetween all our Hurricanes, the Wolf has some spacious maps with all those extra units too you know! Do you want to build a sandman?

Maybe someday I will make that trip.This winter doesn’t look good though as I already have plans to go to Toronto.
Fun fact, there is no way you can build a snowman in -40 weather. When it gets that cold the snow is powdery and doesn’t stick together so there is no way you can form it into anything, much less a snowman. Now you can impress your neighbours with your vast knowledge of snow.

Tomorrow’s lesson, how to write your name in the snow with your peepee.

There’s house rules if you want to add anything, no reason at this point to rerelease it for a 100th time is there?  :?