Ok so let me start off with my boys and I have played a few dozen AA games for far but this was our first Global. So we have a good understanding how turns often work out.

We setup everything up last night so we could start fresh today. Turn 1 was fun and there where a few surprises for sure. But as we finished up the UK turn 2 we could all see the end of the game and how it was going to play out.

What I mean is with the US able to join the war in turn 3 and Soviets just building up infantry for the German invasion that we all know is coming it was pretty clear the Axis couldn’t pull out a win. Our thinking is with the knowledge that the USA and Soviet union will be drawn in to the war because it is the only way for the Axis to win they are just building up and waiting to be set loose to attack.

Maybe we did something wrong but we all felt the game had 3 or 4 turns left but you could predict how turns would play out so we stopped playing. We all really want to enjoy the game but in this case we didn’t.

Any suggestions on playing and are we the only ones that feel this way?

I have a group of guys that are wanting to play Axis & Allies but not sure which edition to break out. We have a mix of player experience two never played, two with less than 3 games and two with around 10 games. All the games have been a mix of A&A games.

At first I was thinking I need to buy A&A 1940 Europe so we can play Global(already own pacific) but then I remembered Anniversary will play with 6 players. Global would give me a reason to buy another game but it will also add Anzac and France to the mix and while not major factors it would make things a little more complicated for those players. Where Anniversary would make things more simple for all the players with only the USA controlling china also, plus rules feel a little easier for new players.

Really leaning toward playing Anniversary but buying 1940 Europe if we start playing more. What do you all think?

I’m also thinking I will play as Italy because they feel like the slowest and I think it would be fun to see if I can take over Africa.

Thanks for the feed back guys. I think I will do the AA50 game for our first few games then move up if others are wanting to.

We just need to decide if we are doing 41 or 42 start.

@Chris_Henry I was wondering about the map being crowded. I have been printing air bases and shipyards because I like those better than the counters in global 1940. But those will make things more crowded for sure.

I might order the big one just hate to loose all the table space.

@Chris_Henry thanks for that info. I did see the 1936 map so that will be the one I get.

I need to pick a size. I like the idea of the 48x96 but that is the same size of my table so that wont leave room for stuff on the table.

Ok so let me start off with my boys and I have played a few dozen AA games for far but this was our first Global. So we have a good understanding how turns often work out.

We setup everything up last night so we could start fresh today. Turn 1 was fun and there where a few surprises for sure. But as we finished up the UK turn 2 we could all see the end of the game and how it was going to play out.

What I mean is with the US able to join the war in turn 3 and Soviets just building up infantry for the German invasion that we all know is coming it was pretty clear the Axis couldn’t pull out a win. Our thinking is with the knowledge that the USA and Soviet union will be drawn in to the war because it is the only way for the Axis to win they are just building up and waiting to be set loose to attack.

Maybe we did something wrong but we all felt the game had 3 or 4 turns left but you could predict how turns would play out so we stopped playing. We all really want to enjoy the game but in this case we didn’t.

Any suggestions on playing and are we the only ones that feel this way?

So thinking about buying the 1939 global map but wondering what differnet games or versions of the games can I play with the map.

So with the prices of the 1914 game being put of reach for some of us I was thinking about different maps.

Could I use the 1940 global map? I know the zones would be different but that could be worked around.

Thought about buying the 1939 or 1936 global map from HBG but not sure it would be that much better.

I’m in Fort Wayne Indiana. I have a few friends that play casually but willing to meet other players.

Thanks for the feed back guys. I think I will do the AA50 game for our first few games then move up if others are wanting to.

We just need to decide if we are doing 41 or 42 start.

I have a group of guys that are wanting to play Axis & Allies but not sure which edition to break out. We have a mix of player experience two never played, two with less than 3 games and two with around 10 games. All the games have been a mix of A&A games.

At first I was thinking I need to buy A&A 1940 Europe so we can play Global(already own pacific) but then I remembered Anniversary will play with 6 players. Global would give me a reason to buy another game but it will also add Anzac and France to the mix and while not major factors it would make things a little more complicated for those players. Where Anniversary would make things more simple for all the players with only the USA controlling china also, plus rules feel a little easier for new players.

Really leaning toward playing Anniversary but buying 1940 Europe if we start playing more. What do you all think?

I’m also thinking I will play as Italy because they feel like the slowest and I think it would be fun to see if I can take over Africa.

So last night my son and I played a full game of D-day. Both of us are disappointed in the game over all and don’t have any plans to play it again. As we played a few things stood out to us,

A- Planes are pretty useless (understand this is for balance)
B- No way to hold the allies at the beach(which is historical and we understand)
C- Germans can start reinforcing St Lo and they can’t lose.
D- There are lots of areas that are pointless to move to as the allies

I understand we may be wrong about the above list and we should try the game a few more times but we both thought it was hands down the worst AA game (or any board game) we have played so I don’t think it will be played anymore.

How about you guys
Do you like the game?
Is it a game you play much?

When WaS came out I bought a lot of stuff and the local store played a lot of games, like most things over time it faded and the stuff got shelved. Then when I sold my miniature game stuff WaS was one of the few games I keep because I enjoyed it so much and hoped one day to teach my kids. Well last week my youngest son was going thru the basement looking for board games and he found my WaS box.

We set out everything on our gaming table and  started playing a few games. I can’t find my map I made so will have to make a new one but no big deal. But playing I have noticed with 2 or 3 people drawing from one collection we don’t have enough ships. I have looked but the price of WaS are kinda nuts I think I’m going to buy some normal WW2 ships and just paint them myself. Guessing I could find all the ship cards online and if I keep with ships WaS has it would be easy to add more ships.

This got me thinking does everyone stick with the WaS ships or have others branched out too?