BATTLE IN VANCOUVER! IT'S ON! Nov. 23-25. Who will survive?

@witt Hi Leo. Actually 3 Axis and 1 Allied victory - in the second of the 2 games of Anniversary.

For various understandable reasons some attendees cancelled and we ended up with 6 players. So we played 2 games:

1. 1914

Played with 2 house rules: max 4 builds in India; land units move 2 if every territory is friendly. Powers were allocated at random:

CPs - Ste
Entente - Andrew (h0lym0nk) as GB, Italy & USA; Adam (Private-Panic) as F & R.

Which may have been a bit unfair as Ste had not played 1914 before!

R was able to consolidate it’s units and overpower a number of G & A-H attacks, eventually advancing into Galicia. G’s advances into France were successfully beaten back by F with GB’s help. And A-H were pushed out of Italy as it’s forces were diverted to the R front and to help G against F.

However, T had some success against GB, resisting GB attacks on Mesopotamia and advancing into Egypt. Also G went on the rampage in Africa, killing off most of the GB & F units sent to knock them out. G’s dreams of an African empire were short-lived, with the USA eventually arriving and creating their own instead.

G & GB navies cowered in their North Sea ports, neither able to find the courage to attack.

With R in Galicia, Italy advancing from the West and the arrival of the USA in Albania, Vienna was increasingly under siege. GB also eventually managed to push T out of Mesopotamia (with R help) and Egypt (supported by some Italian Infantry landings). Virtually all G’s forces were in the West facing F & GB incursions, but giving R space to expand.

The CP surrender was graciously accepted by the Entente!:blush:

2. Anniversary

Allies - Rob (Dran Black)
Axis - Dave played G; Simon as J; jointly played Italy

I was not in this game, but here is what I think I know!

J took India, but lost a naval battle with the USA in the Pacific. Furious J naval builds recovered some level of maritime parity, but at the cost of limited ground units being dispatched to Asia.

G struggled against R in the early stages, but by the end of the game had attained unit superiority on the eastern front. This was partly because some R units had headed south to recapture India.

The Allies managed to sink the Italian fleet, but at some cost. Consequently they only managed to take F once and promptly lost it to an Italian counter attack. In doing so they put their remaining Atlantic fleet in jeopardy.

G made significant incursions in Africa, but looked certain to lose them again, due to a GB factory in S Africa sending units north.

At the end neither side had sufficient advantage to claim victory. But it was agreed that the Axis were in a stronger position, with quite a lot more income, the possibility of making headway against R and the impending sinking of the Allied Atlantic fleet.

I invite my fellow players to post their own views on these games. Especially to correct my mistakes or fill in any gaps.

Welcome to the forum Colin!

P.S. Do tell us what it is that you have to feel guilty about? :zipper_mouth_face:

Double elimination tournament for both 41 and 42 to start at release of A&A anniversary rerelease. November 1st 2017!

Signs up here on the forum.

http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=40246.0

You may ask, “what the hell double elimination and even after I win I still have to play Cow to get the $25 gift card?” Yep, I would like to know that you earned my money. :) Gift card will be sent to your email or I buy something then send it to you as a gift packaging, either way.

I was there on the last day on Team Allies.

One of the 2013 & 2015 GenCon winners as Germany/Italy
One of the 2016 GenCon winners as Japan

Trevor, Rob and Myself as the Allies narrowly escaped defeat before turning the game into a victory.  Three British infantry turned the tide by boldly retaking Calcutta.

Good game guys!

great directions and info thanks! now i just need to get work time-off approved to come in from calgary for the A&A tournament :)

Axis and Allies fans, I wanted to let everyone know that our gaming group, Atlanta Axis and Allies, will be having its next gaming session on Sunday September 23rd.

Our group, as the name implies, is devoted Axis and Allies,  and we always welcome new players. Whether you are a long time Axis and Allies veteran or are completely new to the series, if you enjoy strategy gaming then this group is for you! As always our group is free to join and there is no cost to come to any game . Check out our website:

http://www.meetup.com/Atlanta-Axis-and-Allies/

Our next meet up will include two separate Global 1940 games (Alpha 3 rule set) along with at least one of the earlier versions of Axis and Allies. If you live in the Atlanta area and want to take part in some epic strategy gaming, feel free to stop by on September 23rd:

2001 Westside Parkway
Alpharetta, GA