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[CountDeMoney]

Is that a DVG game?  Meh.

[Ed Anger]

Is that a DVG game?  Meh.

Mark Walker's Flying Pig.

[CountDeMoney]

Double meh.  I wonder about that guy.

[Ed Anger]

 

His font choices are... Unique. At least with the one inch counters, it sorta negates the random font he picked off of a cheap Chinese CD.

[11B4V]

Not interested

However, At any Cost is slated for release in December.

[Delirium]

Me and some friends have become enamoured of Axis and Allies Anniversary Edition. 

Never really bought into the A&A thing before but this particular design has a seemingly well-deserved reputation as being the tightest of them all. Still wild, obviously, but close enough to a WW2 for my taste and I would rather play this than Triumph and Tragedy, for example.

[Tamas]

I would rather play this than Triumph and Tragedy, for example.

Elaborate please.

[CountDeMoney]

Delirium likes little boats and soldiers in his games.

[Habbaku]

I would rather play this than Triumph and Tragedy, for example.

Elaborate please.

Barf, vomit, wet splashes, etc.

T&T is as close to WW2 as Axis and Allies is, at least.

[CountDeMoney]

I would rather play this than Triumph and Tragedy, for example.

Elaborate please.

Barf, vomit, wet splashes, etc.

T&T is as close to WW2 as Axis and Allies is, at least

But T&T lets the tiki torch crowd kill Jews without, you know, really killing Jews.

ESSENTIAL WORKER PLACEMENT

[Delirium]

I take some comfort in knowing that I actually get to play hex and counter wargames with real opponents. OCS Blitzkrieg Legend once a week thank you very much. My credentials are unassailable. 

And because of that I am not ashamed to say I like this particular Axis and Allies incarnation. 

Anniversary Edition has some adjustments that makes it more like WW2 (most notably more spaces in Russia and China). Also I like that Italy is a separate country, maybe not as fun if you're the sixth player but makes for some fun twitches in the turn sequence. Here is a good review of pro's and con's: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/video/157545/axis-allies-anniversary-edition/discriminating-gamer-axis-allies-anniversary-editi

Triumph and Tragedy leaves me fairly cold. I suppose it is a good design (Besinque has done some interesting stuff, I like his Front games, good use of blocks) but it is essentially just a very abstract card game that has a 1930's-40's feel to it which could lead to any style of war (West plus Nazis vs USSR) or no war at all and Germany wins by nuclear bomb development. There is freedom in that but it is not a wargame and it has very little to do with WW2. So it is obvious that Axis and Allies is more WW2 than T&T just by that criteria alone.

Anyway, when I feel like killing stuff for shits and giggles I break out A&A, when I feel like playing cards in silence I let myself be talked into playing T&T.

[Delirium]

Oh, and I am about to fall for this: https://www.nightingale-games.com/

[The Brain]

Oh, and I am about to fall for this: https://www.nightingale-games.com/

No swastika? Lame.

[CountDeMoney]

Jesus H Meeplefucking Christ

[Delirium]

THEY ARE SOLDIERS WITH BIG GUNS NOT MEEPLES