Posts made by Shakespeare

There is definitely no tech development in the game rules.

Well, I am pretty well color blind when it comes to all the shades

used for all the different countries all across the Axis Allies universe.

I never got a definitive answer to my question  that I asked earlier about colors for AA 1914.

So I thought I’d post the definitive answer for AA 1914.

Yes

British Empire      30 Light Green
Ottoman Empire   16 Dark Teal
Italy                   14 Brown
United States   20 Dark Green
Austria/Hungary    26 Green
Imperial Russia    25 Maroon
Imperial Germany  35 Dark Gray
France                  24 Dark Blue

Two Players
Player  1:  Central  Powers       Player  2:  Allied  powers.

Three players
Player  1:  Central  Powers  
Player  2:  Russian  Empire,  Italy, United  States
Player  3:  France,  British  Empire

Four players
Player  1:  Austria-­Hungary, Ottoman  Empire
Player  2:  Germany
Player  3:  Russian  Empire,  Italy, United  States
Player  4:  France,  British  Empire

Five players
Player  1:  Austria-­Hungary,  Ottoman  Empire
Player  2:  Germany
Player  3:  Russian  Empire, United  States
Player  4:  France,  Italy
Player  5:  British  Empire

Six players
Player  1:  Austria-­Hungary            Player  2:  Germany
Player  3:  Ottoman  Empire            Player  4:  Russian  Empire, United  States
Player  5:  France,  Italy                Player  6:  British  Empire

Seven players
Player  1:  Austria-­Hungary              Player  2:  Germany
Player  3:  Ottoman  Empire            Player  4:  Russian  Empire, United  States
Player  5:  France                          Player  6:  British  Empire
Player  7:  Italy

Attacking Tanks will have a special ability to absorb hits. This ability does not apply to Defending tanks.

The Attacker may reduce the number of hits scored against him by the number of tanks the Attacker has in battle.

For each tank the Attacker has he may remove one die that scored a hit on him from the Defender!

I thought I had been following this thread, but I have not seen any link to any map or box art etc??

OK  German only

Cost 10 IPCs

Attacks on 5/6                  Reduces IPC’s by 1 for each hit.
                                      Can target infantry and armor on “tactical” missions.
                                      Can be attacked only by fighters on IPC bombing missions or by fighters and artillery on “tactical” bombing

Takes 2 damage; removes damage like a battleship removes

Range 6

Ideas Criticisms Comments

I’d really like to get this one right.

My game will have zeppelins!

Seriously, before Zeppelins disappear from this front page,

any one else have any input for Zeppelin rules?

I want to make it work within the context of the game.

I read about thier role and it was far more extensive than I thought.

Even on the Eastern front.

Any additional ideas would be appreciated.

We’re looking forward to see how Zeppelins, trench warfare, rails and cavalry work!

Oh wait, ……

Nevermind.

OK Flashman, opportunity:

do a diamond board of Europe stretched into India, without Sub Saharan Africa.

Can it be done?

Nice

I like the idea of high and low altitude bombing, were Zeppelins able to actually avoid fighters by flying higher?

And were not Zeppelins as fast as fighters?

I recall reading somewhere that fighters had trouble keeping up with them,

perhaps only fighters already pre postioned in their path can intercept them?

Looks  good to me!  Nice work!

Agreed!

Zeppelins:    move 2 or 3? should be faster than ships

may remain in the air above the sea, doesn’t have to land?

acting as strategic bombers only reduce IPC by 1or 2 or 3?

cost as much as a battleship??

only available to Germany

can be hit by artillery?  on a roll of 6?

can be hit by fighters?  on rolls of 5 & 6?

need 2 or 3 hits to take down?

What say you all?  Any ideas? Input? Insight?

Just thinking outloud.

I like that, perhaps too a cumulative amount of those supply centers triggers victory?? !!

Will just have to wait and see then, Europe just looks so small on the rendering.

Do the Diplomacy boards vary in size? 24 x 24 does seem small to me.

Just thinking outloud, I wonder if because the Africa campaign is just so

insignificant, in historical fact it had no influence upon the massive Western

and Eastern Front efforts, that we jettison that half of the board to concentrate

on Europe.

The Diplomacy map contains all the correct borders and countries, perhaps some

minor border adjustment might be needed, but it appears it could well indeed

be able to accomodate all the armies with enough elbow room.

What do you all think?

I don’t quite understand the reasoning to include Africa,

which as far as I know had no battles to speak of

involving a thousand men on either side.

Can anyone correct that understanding?

Is that right?

To me it seems a wasted opportunity.