@Imperious-Leader said in Axis & Allies Anniversary upgraded version:

The art is great, but i feel the advantages are too great and imbalance the game.I think its best to post ideas here and continue and have people look for a nice picture to go along with the card? Free stuff should be something else, and Infantry defending at three in all Soviet areas is a huge deal.

Some of the advantages are a bit overpowered but most of them are original to A&A Revised edition… the Russian Winter is exactly as it was on that version. I mean, all the major power have 9 NAs…plenty to choose from or even remove from play if you feel they are way too powerful. In fact, seems the best number of NAs to use on a game for each power is 3…more than that and you start to forget using them…

The complete list of National Advantages:

This is an expanded version of A&A Anniversary, wanted to add some rules and options we saw in other editions like national advantages, air and naval bases, tactical bombers and the French as a non-playable power. All in all, it adds more flavor and options to the game and after playing many of the other A&A games, still feel like this is the best global version in terms of playtime so wanted to upgrade and get some of the improvements of the other versions included in this one.

The biggest challenge was including France… wasn’t very happy with how the 1940 Global edition deals with this power as I wanted the Vichy France/Free France dynamic in play. Playtested it many times and seems balanced; adds a new challenge for both the Axis and the Allies as the French situation changes with each round.

Let me know your thoughts :)

Last 3…now we have 12 NAs for the major powers and 6 for Italy plus 3 for China. what do you think?

Alright, might do 12 cards for the major powers and 6 for Italy…might work without stretching too much what a National Advantage should be… Did a few already, the text and titles aren’t definitive…just drafts, but I’m happy with the ideas so far. Had to include Banzai Attacks and Non-Aggression Treaty at least for now.

Thanks ;)

France is non playable, either Vichy France or the Free French Forces. Vichy French units just defend their territories on land battles and whenever an amphibious assault takes place from the sea zone with their sea units. Whenever a non-occupied territory joins (through diplomacy) the Allies (Free France) /or is captured you place one Free French token on that territory. The more of these tokens on the board, the higher the probability other territories (and their units) join the Allies through diplomacy: At the end of each round you roll one die for each non-occupied Vichy territory and these join the Allies on a roll of the same value or lower than the number of tokens on the board.
Joining the Allies means you can change the units for either US or UK equivalent units. The IPC income of these territories goes to the UK if its French West Africa or Madagascar. The occupied territories of France or Morocco-Algeria don’t join the Allies through diplomacy; these territories have to be captured.

The text on the Free French Cards is not the final and correct one but almost. These are not quite National Advantages like for the other powers but rather events and rules for France.

“Tactical bombers could be a lot of fun if done right, although I find it very odd that they are allowed to bomb airbases / naval bases but not factories. Bombing air/naval bases is a very niche move that rarely pays off – I would like to see tactical bombers that can do at least some damage to factories, and strategic bombers that are of little or no use in regular combat.”

Correct, they can bomb factories as well in my rules.

Air bases can make a difference as they allow air units to defend on adjacent sea zones and allow interceptor fighters. On the Pacific side they re crucial for movement as well. Naval bases, they limit the places where you can repair capital ships as well as where you can build new sea units if you have a factory as well. Also for increased movement. These can only be used for movement during non combat movement.

9 NA for the main 5 powers, 3 for Italy and 3 for China.
Some of the national advantages:

@Imperious-Leader

Yes, sure. I have the ready to print files in .jpg on dropbox, the link is down:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wli8ficivgzh28y/AADLVC127x_UTCC5F2aAcIW7a?dl=0

Even though the files are .jpg these are maximum quality files. Printed through these guys: https://www.thegamecrafter.com/
they did an amazing job. There’s even a “Enable Linen Texture” option and let me tell you that the cards look amazing, these guys are professional. Poker Card size deck.

Also, there’s a rules booklet, you can print with these guys as well, choose Medium Booklet. I might change a few things in the Tactical bombers section, I don’t think I mention that these can bomb factories as well…

I guess the Free French tokens are optional, you don’t really need them but adds a nice touch. You’ll need 5 of these. Medium Circle Chit. The thing is, I believe they only print big quantities of these, and I had another project and printed the remaining punch outs as tokens for the other project.

As to the miniatures, http://www.historicalboardgaming.com/
You’ll need 2 sets of Factory tokens that include air bases and naval bases, about 3 - 4 Tac Bombers for each power, 2 French roundels and French units: 2 Submarines, 2 Destroyers and 1 Cruiser.

Thanks ;)

About the sea units that can be built on naval bases/factories, I’ve been doing the same: BB, CV and CA only on the original Industrial Complexes with an operational naval base; all the new ICs can only build destroyers or below (again with an operational naval base).

Didn’t include this in the rulebook, maybe its good to include as well…

@barnee said in Axis & Allies Anniversary upgraded version:

Do you have a link to all the changes ?

Yeah, in the dropbox link you’ll find the loose pages of a booklet (1-12) with all the Optional rules:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wli8ficivgzh28y/AADLVC127x_UTCC5F2aAcIW7a?dl=0

@SS-GEN said in Axis & Allies Anniversary upgraded version:

12 cards each would be good.

What I mean is, take the Revised Edition for example…6 NAs for each power, and you already end up with Banzai Attacks and Non-Aggression Treaty to fill up the total…

“6. Banzai Attacks
When you begin an attack with only infantry, all those infantry attack on a 2. This also applies to any amphibious assault in which your attacking land units consist of only infantry.”

How come this is a National Advantage…? Never ever was a story of success with these attacks…

The same for the Non-Aggression Treaty… 4 Infantry for free just like that…

Now imagine squeezing 12 NAs… you’ll end up with anything but NAs imo

Good evening,

Alright guys, many of you have been asking for these cards since long time ago and at some point I lost the files as they were stored on an external drive that stopped working for good back then. Finally had some time so decided to redo them all over again (!)… similar but slightly different design, tried to get similar or the same images… lots of hours on this. So finally here it is:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wli8ficivgzh28y/AADLVC127x_UTCC5F2aAcIW7a?dl=0

The files are ready for printing on this online printing shop as poker card templates:

http://www.superiorpod.com/

Hope you like them, just post any comments or changes on them.

Sorry for taking so long, really needed time for this project.

Sure, i’ll send you a card file. The frogmen are invisible units, you get one die roll and can retreat the main unit, either the destroyer or submarine, without engaging in battle.

@always-wanderer awesome work, well done. Glad you kept the spirit of the original idea and used similar illustrations as well. Love those tech cards. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Wow… everyone’s an Axis & Allies hoarder :grin:
Atm just own the Anniversary Ed… at some point owned the Revised Ed, Guadalcanal and Battle of the Bulge…played D-Day, Europe 1940, Pacific 1940 and the Global as well; opted to just keep the Anniversary Ed, best choice of all the ones I’ve played in terms of playtime and global map.

Got worried? :grimacing:

Last 3…now we have 12 NAs for the major powers and 6 for Italy plus 3 for China. what do you think?

Alright, might do 12 cards for the major powers and 6 for Italy…might work without stretching too much what a National Advantage should be… Did a few already, the text and titles aren’t definitive…just drafts, but I’m happy with the ideas so far. Had to include Banzai Attacks and Non-Aggression Treaty at least for now.

@SS-GEN No, Im saying these are no NAs at all… Historically Banzai attacks were never successful… why give a 2 attack value to infantry?! My point is, you might get maybe 12 NAs for Germany but not for Japan or Russia for example without creating non sense NAs…

@SS-GEN said in Axis & Allies Anniversary upgraded version:

12 cards each would be good.

What I mean is, take the Revised Edition for example…6 NAs for each power, and you already end up with Banzai Attacks and Non-Aggression Treaty to fill up the total…

“6. Banzai Attacks
When you begin an attack with only infantry, all those infantry attack on a 2. This also applies to any amphibious assault in which your attacking land units consist of only infantry.”

How come this is a National Advantage…? Never ever was a story of success with these attacks…

The same for the Non-Aggression Treaty… 4 Infantry for free just like that…

Now imagine squeezing 12 NAs… you’ll end up with anything but NAs imo

@Imperious-Leader said in Axis & Allies Anniversary upgraded version:

We need people to make alot more cards including alot more Italian ones and about a dozen minimum for each side in global 40.

12 is too much for most powers… You’ll end up with non sense “National Advantages”… Even more difficult for the Italians… ;)

@LHoffman said in Axis & Allies Anniversary upgraded version:

@Dagon81 said in Axis & Allies Anniversary upgraded version:

@LHoffman was thinking the same…even though the advantage is called Most Powerful Battleships in the Revised Ed… changed it… also the Flying boats its now Sub-Hunters, makes more sense as I definitely wanted a de Havilland tactical bomber on the image… :)

Nice! I was trying to wrap my head around a Hornet or Mosquito on a Flying Boats card and understood your intent, but I think what you changed to works better overall.

Again, great set of cards. I followed Young Grasshopper’s Delta card deck with great interest a few years ago and have been collecting art to create my own at some point. But this set is very simple, is based in established A&A legacy and the aesthetic matches perfectly with the A&A brand.

The German Advanced Research card is genius, both in the illustration chosen and the reasoning behind the card. Easily my favorite.

Thanks, glad you like it ;) I believe the biggest challenge was with the Free French cards and a getting a dynamic mechanism for these. The idea for the Flying boats card was to have a Short Sunderland aircraft on the image but the British A&A tactical bomber is a Mosquito… so went for a pic of this one instead…but the title doesnt match… I think sub-hunters is a broader term and makes more sense altogether. Otherwise… this would be the card:

@LHoffman was thinking the same…even though the advantage is called Most Powerful Battleships in the Revised Ed… changed it… also the Flying boats its now Sub-Hunters, makes more sense as I definitely wanted a de Havilland tactical bomber on the image… :)

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