On March 17, 2013 I got together with some friends, Jay and Kurt, and played my second game of Axis & Allies WWI 1914 and this game turned ou much differently than my first. In my first game the Central Powers struggled but in this game, learning from my mistakes and a lot of lucky dice, the Central Powers dominated.

It seems that the challenge for the Allies is transporting enough units into Europe to build unit stacks that rival the stacks of the Central Powers.

We started this game at 2:45pm, took a 1 hour break for dinner and finished Germany turn 6 at around 10:45pm. We played with the Russian Revolution rules and were it not for a lucky dice roll, Austria-Hungary may have been stuck not having taken Moscow, which it did.

I took one photo per country turn approximately at the end of the turn. Keep in mind that every so often something that was neglected during the turn was corrected after I took the photo.

The only major frustration of the game was the fact that it does not come with enough chips and infantry. This is especially true for an playing Germany and Austria aggressively. But don’t let that disuade you, there are easy work-arounds especially if you already own any other Axis & Allies games.


Second Game of Axis & Allies WWI 1914

Storified by David Jensen· Mon, Mar 18 2013 00:28:30

Austria-Hungary purchased 2 infantry, 2 artillery, 1 submarine, and 1 fighter
Axis & Allies 1914 A1: Austria-Hungary captures Serbia & contests Romania and Albania. http://pic.twitter.com/9ADi4G5FqYAxis and Allies.org
Russia purchased 5 infantry, 1 fighter, 1 artillery.
Axis & Allies 1914 R1: Russia fortifies Romania, Poland, Ukraine. Attacks in Romania. http://pic.twitter.com/kbVbtbZjZ0Axis and Allies.org
Germany purchased 7 infantry, 2 artillery, 1 fighter.
Axis & Allies 1914 G1: Germany fortifies Tyrolia, Westernn front, captures Belgium, attacks Poland. http://pic.twitter.com/0QNlAorrtoAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 F1: Attacks Belgium, kills a sub, activates Portugal. http://pic.twitter.com/QUnfq0DYGWAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 B1: Africa campaign and activated Arabia. Built boats. http://pic.twitter.com/MYBzFxTv0vAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 O1: Attacked Arabia, activated Bulgaria, and lost in sea zone 19. http://pic.twitter.com/EGAdsHnT12Axis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 I1: Bought 2 planes, reinforced Venice, evacuated Albania. http://pic.twitter.com/6QxBATiolNAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 U1: Bought 1 infantry, 1 artillery, 2 transports http://pic.twitter.com/ruhHvopwbvAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 AH2: Captured Romania, attacked Venice, and mutual annihilation in SZ 17. http://pic.twitter.com/zLPGu6bkoqAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 R2: Fortifies Ukraine & Poland. Attacks Poland. Kills Austrian transport. Moves battleship fwd. http://pic.twitter.com/UhgawG3rIJAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 G2: Killed Russian Battleship, captured Poland, attacked Venice. http://pic.twitter.com/RWEo9ct3bwAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 F2: Captured Togoland, attacked & contested Ruhr, fortified Lorraine. http://pic.twitter.com/t3dpVnNoHCAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 B2: Captures Smyrna, Congo. Attacks: Jordan. Moves troops into Europe, Arabia. http://pic.twitter.com/gCQIwOhF2ZAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 O2: Captures Smyrna, Trans-Jordan, Arabia. Contests Sevastapol. http://pic.twitter.com/P6eAH87KF4Axis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 I2: Captured Albania. Fortifies Venice. http://pic.twitter.com/A6lIHZ08c5Axis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 U2: Lands troops in Ireland & Canada. http://pic.twitter.com/I9fD8mZmSDAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 A3: Captured Albania. Attacked & contested Ukraine. Fortified Venice. http://pic.twitter.com/AoCc00RgcBAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 R3: Fortified Ukraine. Bought infantry http://pic.twitter.com/2OYcFgU74MAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 G3: Captures Belarus, Livonia. Fails to capture Ruhr. Mutual destruction in SW Africa. http://pic.twitter.com/PQ30DZweDMAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 F3: Passed the mines, captured Kiel. Attacked Allsace. Lost 1 BB, 1 DD in SZ 11. http://pic.twitter.com/K1mBqDHGD6Axis and Allies.org
Cats & dogs living together, French & Italians in WWI Egypt, mass hysteria! That’s Axis & Allies 1914. http://pic.twitter.com/KiyICKGZMLAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 B3: Lost in SZ 11. Fortified Belgium, Ruhr, Egypt. Captured French Eq. Africa. http://pic.twitter.com/gIhmkmpaC5Axis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 O3: Captured Sevastopol. Fortified Trans-Jordan & coastlines. http://pic.twitter.com/nTylVdwN2WAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 I3: Captured Romania (avoiding mines), fortified Egypt. http://pic.twitter.com/C22sTwIpqzAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 U3: Bought transports, artillery, fighter. Transported units to Scotland. http://pic.twitter.com/llORa48mzRAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 A4: Attacked Ukraine & Venice. Captured Romania. Bought a cruiser. http://pic.twitter.com/XhU2UthFZ5Axis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 R4: Fortified Moscow w/5 infantry. Lost a Russian cruiser in SZ 18. http://pic.twitter.com/68gQ3WqhtpAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 G4: Captures: Keil, Ukraine, Karelia, Finland. Attacks: Ruhr, Alsace, Venice, Moscow. http://pic.twitter.com/CEDgg42bIwAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 F4: Attacked Alsace, SZ 10. http://pic.twitter.com/YZliIc3feXAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 B4: Fortified the front. Attacked Ruhr, SZ 18 (killed CA), SZ10 (killed BB). http://pic.twitter.com/UclqtRkL28Axis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 O4: Bought battleship, cruiser. Captured Persia, Tartarstan. http://pic.twitter.com/ZZ3T1JbjpeAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 I4: 3 artillery. Attacked in Venice. http://pic.twitter.com/m34fYzEc8dAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 U4: Killed transport in SZ 12. Liberated Finland. http://pic.twitter.com/aQBVzkMVxdAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 A5: Captures Moscow & Venice. http://pic.twitter.com/XBJ9JKFSxHAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 G4: Liberated Ruhr. http://pic.twitter.com/5LI08FsDjIAxis and Allies.org
Germany also attacked Alsace.Axis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 F5: Attacks Alsace. Fortifies European front & Piedmont. http://pic.twitter.com/a5oXqC1XTHAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 B5: Attacked Kiel. Captured Ruhr. Fortified India. http://pic.twitter.com/iaUgrjfWWyAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 O5: Captured Egypt. http://pic.twitter.com/JoO4w5zoBnAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 I5: Bought 4 infantry. http://pic.twitter.com/II6niW0o4xAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 U5: Fortified Kiel. Moved troops further into Europe. http://pic.twitter.com/fQlqfC4qDiAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 A6: Moved all troops West. http://pic.twitter.com/rkz2YC2pXoAxis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914 G6: Attacked Kiel, Alsace. Moved troops West. http://pic.twitter.com/DLEK3bYiW7Axis and Allies.org
Axis & Allies 1914: The Central Powers are victorious!Axis and Allies.org

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