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Axis & Allies: 50th Anniversary Edition (anniversary of Avalon Hill, not A&A) is scheduled for release on Nov. 18. I can't wait.
Even though I'll have to wait for Christmas to actually play it, the website should have a downloadable rule booklet for me to read over and over until I do get it.
New features that I am excited about.
- Italy
- China
- Ottawa
- More victory cities (AKA Ottawa)
- bigger board
- Cruisers
- new sea unit costs
- sea and land/air technology upgrades
- territorial control bonuses (similar to RISK)
- a lot more pieces
New features that I don't like.
- this area is to be left blank
For those of you who don't know what A&A is, it is a WW2 (duh) stategy boardgame similar to RISk, but several hundred times more complicated.
Teams always start out the same way, except in AA50, there are two setup options, one for 1942 and one for 1942.
A&A also features many different pieces, marking different kinds of units (infantry, tanks, fighters, destriyers, transports, etc.) and units can only come into play on territories that have a IC (Industrial Complex), or in a sea zone adjacent to such a territory.
ANyway, it is an extremely fun game. The only problem with AA50 is that it costs... $100! Especially since none of the earlier ones costed more thatn $50 at release...
There are also many spin-offs of the original A&A, which include (put A&A before each of these titles) Europe, Pacific, D-Day, Battle of the Bulge, Guadalcanal and a revised version of the original (AA50 is basically a revised version of that). They have also released a RTS game based off of it. And they have released a miniatures game of it.
Who else has heard of it or plays it?
~KS~
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