Comments on: Axis & Allies: 1939-1945 Game Review http://www.armchairgeneral.com/axis-allies-1939-1945-game-review.htm All things military history! Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:09:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Joseph Angiolillo http://www.armchairgeneral.com/axis-allies-1939-1945-game-review.htm/comment-page-1#comment-25863 Joseph Angiolillo Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:59:53 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/axis-allies-1939-1945-game-review.htm#comment-25863 The prototype of the 1939 edition was created in 1983 and copywritten in 1984. It stayed in my basement until July 2011 when I dusted it off for one of three seminars I presented at the Board Game Conevention in Lancaster, PA in August 2011 - the one on the Development of Axis and Allies for which I produced a 20 minute DVD. A copy of the 1939 prototype was made and given to one of the attendees. THERE IS NO DOUBLE IMPULSE FOR THE GERMANS OR JAPANESE as the design more closely follows the original Axis & Allies, starting with Germany having overrun Poland and at war with England and France. Japan is a war with China. The Sovidet Union is weak but can come in on either side or conquer up to one independent country per turn. The United States negotiates for independent country production using cash and can enter the game once attacked. If Germany does not obtain 3100 in production territories by turn 7, the game is over, otherwise the United States enters the game. This system is simple, elegant, and surperior to the Xeno game designed in the 1990's. The prototype of the 1939 edition was created in 1983 and copywritten in 1984. It stayed in my basement until July 2011 when I dusted it off for one of three seminars I presented at the Board Game Conevention in Lancaster, PA in August 2011 – the one on the Development of Axis and Allies for which I produced a 20 minute DVD. A copy of the 1939 prototype was made and given to one of the attendees. THERE IS NO DOUBLE IMPULSE FOR THE GERMANS OR JAPANESE as the design more closely follows the original Axis & Allies, starting with Germany having overrun Poland and at war with England and France. Japan is a war with China. The Sovidet Union is weak but can come in on either side or conquer up to one independent country per turn. The United States negotiates for independent country production using cash and can enter the game once attacked. If Germany does not obtain 3100 in production territories by turn 7, the game is over, otherwise the United States enters the game. This system is simple, elegant, and surperior to the Xeno game designed in the 1990′s.

]]> By: Joseph Angiolillo http://www.armchairgeneral.com/axis-allies-1939-1945-game-review.htm/comment-page-1#comment-9784 Joseph Angiolillo Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:23:31 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/axis-allies-1939-1945-game-review.htm#comment-9784 It is interesting to see how far Axis & Allies has come since I redesigned Larry Harris' original design for publication through Nova Game Designs (I developed the game and designed the combat system and other elements of the game). If you were fortunate enough to have obtained the China and French counter sheet, you will see that I was working on a game which would start in 1939. That game had the double turn for Germany and Japan which were introduced later by other versions. Much of the information about the original game was described by Lee Enderlen (spelling?). He wasn't even part of the development team or Nova when the game was designed and developed. The real playtesters got together at Joe Mike's (past Commissioner of Insurance for the State of Connecticut) house in Bristol, Connecticut and included Dave Sweet among others. If people want the real story about the design, development, and publication of Axis & Allies, they can contact me. I hope some of them live in the Punta Gorda, Florida or East Hampton, Connecticut area where I reside during the summer (East Hampton) and rest of the year (Punta Gorda). I have a lot of playtest versions of published wargames in Connecticut, including the original Avalon Hill Bismark playtest which included cruisers on both sides. It is interesting to see how far Axis & Allies has come since I redesigned Larry Harris’ original design for publication through Nova Game Designs (I developed the game and designed the combat system and other elements of the game). If you were fortunate enough to have obtained the China and French counter sheet, you will see that I was working on a game which would start in 1939. That game had the double turn for Germany and Japan which were introduced later by other versions. Much of the information about the original game was described by Lee Enderlen (spelling?). He wasn’t even part of the development team or Nova when the game was designed and developed. The real playtesters got together at Joe Mike’s (past Commissioner of Insurance for the State of Connecticut) house in Bristol, Connecticut and included Dave Sweet among others. If people want the real story about the design, development, and publication of Axis & Allies, they can contact me. I hope some of them live in the Punta Gorda, Florida or East Hampton, Connecticut area where I reside during the summer (East Hampton) and rest of the year (Punta Gorda). I have a lot of playtest versions of published wargames in Connecticut, including the original Avalon Hill Bismark playtest which included cruisers on both sides.

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my late husband played a WWII game, now my nephew wants to play the same game. I am not a gamer and never got involed with Marks gaming. (just the way he liked it) So I need to know if mark voiles or “opie” was a member? If any one remembers him it would mean a great deal to my nephew and me.

Thank you all,
Betsy voiles

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