I agree with JeffDestroyer, and to a minor degree MaherC.

I personally payed an enormous amount of money for this game (as I had a love of the MB version as a kid) with an assumption that the game would be relatively balanced.  Quite frankly I’m shocked, offended and enraged at how many people I’ve read coming to the defense of the game creators in these forums.  You should be furious with the creators, not just desperate to create rules to fix the game.

“They’re trying to correct the problems”, they say.  Well, that’s good.  As Jeff said above me, please mail out a corrected setup rulebook.  However, it’s quite clear that we really shelled out our money for an “IOU for one quality board game”.

I refuse to be a part of the playtesting experience on principle alone, as that is not what I intended to purchase.  If this were a free item or an optional add-on, I’d say “fine, I don’t have to use it”.  To those who say “Just use house rules”, if I wanted to do that, there’s very little reason to buy this game.

In the end, I feel duped and punked.  Tricked like a sucker to fancy graphics.  Only after searching the internet to see if other people felt ripped off did I find a site like this.  Strangely, the folks on it are actually TOO dedicated to Axis and Allies to fight the problem, and instead look to create a solution for themselves.

As for me, I’ll tell those that I know that Axis and Allies has a creator who should be flushed out of the profession.