I asked this question before and Kreig came back with a great answer from Larry.

I don’t have the quote, but it was pretty much saying that time in this game (not in global 40 exclusively) is like a rubber band where its stretched in some points and shorter in others.

Where some battles might be able to fit some sort of time frame, movement of units don’t fit. Using six months as a base means that it takes ships over a year to get from the US to the action in the Pacific. Planes could have flown around the world a couple times, let alone made the flight from the US to Russia, in six months.

It’s nice to be able to do because most of us that play the game also know a lot about the the battles, but it’s more feasible to say I think D-day is possible because you notice an anglo-american armada forming than it is to say because it’s round 9.

If I had to make my own personal guess I would probably say four months, going on a mix of how long the games lasts and what the other posters have said about it supposed to being three months.

At 12-13 turns (at turns of 3 or 4 months each) that makes it 1944 when the game ends, and historically you can Hitler really had no shot of fending off Russia once the west landed in Normandy. He probably didn’t anyway, but the war was over once Overlord was succesful. If you wanted to go the extra four or so rounds to make it summer of 1945 the axis would be in complete shambles by then.

Why? I understand not buying it, but why would you quit? That’s sort of like saying I’d never watch Caddy shack again because I hated Caddy shack 2

I’ve always used dice. If I have enough space, I’ll put it right under the plane in the territory. I usually have the number of remaining moves showing.

As for your plane as a casualty question, we’ve always rolled all dice like that at one time. And you can choose any one you want as the casualty, so yes, you could always pick the one with the fewest remaining moves.

I know there used to be an economic victory condition in older versions, but I was wondering if any of you guys with more trigger time in FtF games have any thoughts on what one might be for this game.

It was 84 for the axis in the older game, but I think it might be a little higher than that now. Maybe the same for the allies.

Just looking for a possible way to quicken the game a little.

Love everything about that room. Everything!!

All you need is a potbelly stove, a couch to sleep on and some war rakes and you’d have my perfect man cave.

I’ve just bought the game recently and found that it could be a great starter for potential wargamers. As frimmel said, it’s quick, fun and fairly easy to learn.

Playing this with a few friends has them at least interested in trying a game of AA41. From there, maybe 1942 or anniversary.

“Dime added for sizing purposes, not included with the game.”

Now they’re not including dimes with the games anymore?! How cheap can these punks get?

Arnold was an athlete then became an actor.

Do you get paid to play A&A professionally? You work out 10 hours a day to play Axis and Allies? Is the battleship piece a little too heavy to push two sea zones?

And I go through a cleanse every morning while reading a periodical, and I don’t consider myself an athlete.

Olympic athletes put on rehearsed performances in many routines, isn’t that just acting? Do their athletic skills only play as an attribute since they are acting out a routine?

Athletics are supplementary in professional wrestling? LOL!
You’re way off dude, 99.9% of all wrestlers have to be in great athletes and in great shape to even get a start in the business. The ones that are better actors get paid more. Acting skills aren’t mandatory, they’re just really nice to have.

Besides, if wrestlers are actors, then how come not one of them has ever made a decent movie?

Yeah, but does the US send a fleet knowing there are 4 carriers out there?

Like Wittman said, there wasn’t any carrier action because Japan just lost four carriers at Midaway.

I’d like to know your definition of an athlete if someone that puts as much training and time into as a wrestler isn’t one. :

Is the thumb wrestler not an athlete to you? The beer pong player? The yard dart thrower? The cup flipper? The paper football player?

Are these not honorable athletes?

Without Midway, would the US have been able to send the landing force to Guadalcanal when they did?