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Hi Goldsack, how does ypur strategy play out if you play Global Europe and pacific?

I remember this toy...! I had one of these!

Brilliant strategy and know I am late to the party -- one thing, I don't think you can build "major" factories in territories you capture, eg Korea only a minor factory can be built there ...as you kept talking about placing 10 American units in Northern china, it's really not possible.

I played this with my Grandma growing up in the early 2000’s we still have the original board and all the pieces! We loved playing this game and I’ll never forget the fond memories we had playing it! This game should come back! 😢

Woww great gameplay love your channel and great game

Hearts of Iron before Hearts of Iron

It seems like 34 years later this game is still relevant, I wish I could play it myself

Really cool additions. I'll have to look into making them myself for my copy

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I only have 3. But wish i could have found more. Nowadays it was so expensive to own it.

Hello. I see that they give you the terrestrial general at the beginning of the game. I have a question about this. What happens to the troops if the ground general is eliminated? Would they be unable to attack land territories or can they continue to do so?

Thanks for this series.

Great stuff, Goldsack. At some point on BGG, I had subscribed to Dark Cults. Just now discovering your video. Thanks.

This is better than monopoly 😊

Nice! I don't remember all the cards and coins/ability to double up same areas but really liked this game long ago when playing it :) is teh modern "reprint" the same rules or has there been changes?

Love this game!

This game gives off a truly uncanny energy. For those with a true interest in the occult, the deck can even be used for other "practices."

Why did the Mauryans get control of India when there was still a blue unit in the Hindu Kush? Maybe I'm seeing it wrong

Love this game.

I employ the same strategy no matter the version of A and A. All these games have the setup with the Axis having a bunch of shiny units but a huge potential of getting overextended. So avoid that, build your economic base and preserve those shiny units until you can win and hold what you gain.

Karmic there is that word again 😵

Sub-stalling makes this game a lot more interesting, actually. Especially if both players are aware of it and know how to use it/defend against it.

Is that really the 1991 edition? I thought they didn't come out with plastic pieces until the late 90s.

Love the idea of using Risk 2210 pieces to add a 9th epoch!

This is one of my favorite games. Definitely can use lots of adjustments from the original bare bones concept. One of my favorites was to allow empire to reactivate at the beginning of every Epoch to create a bit more of a feeling of empires tapering off into lesser versions of themselves rather than vanishing as viable powers.

Just like you, Zombies!! in my opinion is one of my top on its genere, I know that because it is a very old game many of its mechanics have become obsolete compared to more recent board games, but in my group of friends it is one of the games that we enjoy the most for its art, miniatures and in general for fun, also we can play more than 6 player, sometimes 8 or 9 players your limit is the player pawns xD. Excellent recommendations, I have not tried "mods" because I don't like to put "non-canon" elements or pieces to the games but your recomendatios look interesting. Over time I realize the shortcomings of the game, I apply the following rules that I have taken from forums recommendations: 1. In the zombie movement phase must be move in the direction of a player (to avoid removing zombies at convenience). 2. When the heliport tile appears, if someone d13s they appear in the nearest building in a space where there are no zombies, if the building is full of zombies the next one and so on, otherwise if Town Squre tile is closer this rule is overridden (to avoid "su1c1d3s" at convenience to appear on Town Square tile for the purpose of approaching the heliport). 3. When the helipad tile appears, the "reshuffle discard pile to Event deck" rule stops and event cards are used until the Event deck is exhausted. Another suggestions are change the rule of the dice roll in the Player movement or Zombies movement and make it become a fixed move up to 3, but for my game groups this makes it lose essence of the game. I will explore your suggestion to "max hand cards 1 or 2" and get the item/weapon cards in the respective building. There are objects/weapons that are always discarded in the games because sometimes it is not worth waiting or move to the building tile and that item card always becomes a brick in the hand (Chainsaw, Molotob cocktail and Granade, rarely has been used or never always are discarted to get better cards :/), so there are buildings that have more than 1 weapon/items, maybe adding a rule that when your enter in a build once per turn also if you are in a space free of a Zombie select weapon/item that card indicates the builing you need roll a dice, in a 4,5,6 result you get it, the game lets you repeat equip weapon/items as you let to use it (except for combat, there you can use only 1), but to avoid spaming all weapon/item as possible that rule don't apply and you can't repeat holding weapon/item

I had this game. I remember Conchita Peter eater strikes again lose 2 turns 😂😂😂

Awesome overview! Thanks! Questions: 1. What combinations of your top 5 mods do you like to use in a given game? I'm assuming that some might not work well together as they combine multiple possible victory conditions/objectives and create confusion (e.g. Regalia and Tenka)? 2. Do you have a link for the battle board with cavalry class shown at 16:50? 3. Your thoughts on permanently fortified provinces? And if you use them, in combination with what other mods? Thanks again!

I graduated from high school in 1986 so this was a fun watch. I was a punk in a small town in the Midwest US.

What website did you use for this?

Looking forward to your mods or house rules video

Great video could you do one from the Japanese perspective as well?

I lived out in the country and it was so dark I would make up my own lyrics and sing all the way home.😂

I played this in high school 😂

The new game bias is VERY real. I expected more from board game nerds lol.

I have one of the later releases of it for sale. Its in fantastic condition.

Played for years! Looks like some of your cards were from scans from my website devoted to the game. Nice job!

Kind of cool idea, but maybe you can put a way for us to know what the conputer and you're saying. Reading the text is far.

Tengo una modificación del maletín de armas secreta, todos tienen uno al azar y se puede usar una vez en el juego

The classic Axis and Allies Milton Bradley game was clunky and somewhat broken, especially if playing with veteran players. The game can be fixed by using a handful of house rules. These rules balance the game, while still keeping the Allies the stronger faction as they were historically and also these rules can make the game somewhat more historical. Try these rules: 1. Always play with the Russia Restricted rule. 2. Move the factory and AA gun from Karelia to Caucus. 3. Aerial units can only attack submarines when friendly naval units are engaged in the battle. 4. Both Axis countries can place a free factory and AA gun before the start of the game. 5. Neutral nations can never be attacked, moved through or occupied.

Awesome video. Also love Samurai Swords as a system and have played it for many years. Have a group meeting up tomorrow to play... I love introducing it to some new players and seeing the way all the thematic elements mesh "click" into place. Especially 5 players, has a great "knife fight in a phone booth" vibe. Loved hearing about some of those variants, especially the map related ones. May have to try some of them out some day... Thank you for sharing!

I played this game when I was a kid

All time favorite game books, the humor was *chef's kiss*

his vision was to enjoy the drugs at the time, witch was marijuana, cocaine, and other recreational drugs as such, it was for inlighten human beings, those that were unafraid of trying something different

Great video! I have all of the original MB games, and still enjoy them to this day. Shogun is our favorite. But I always liked Conquest for the theme. Do you have links for the alternative rules and some of the PDF? I know it's been a few years, but I just stumbled upon you today. Cheers!

Talk about other grail quest books. I had them somehow in Australia. I managed to collect 5 or 6 for a 2nd hand bookshop in the 90s. One by one I went back and found more. I’ve never spoken with anyone that knows them. So it is cool to hear about the quality holding up and how the gameplay is. I never played them but loved the writing and reading all the options. The imagination and humour. And the illustrations and maps were awesome. The homers odyssey one, 4, was. A favourite. I would love to see rarer ones too. Cool to know the story on the missing ones I never found. I will try to get them and play through at least one some time.

Thanks! I posted some comments on the BBG site (where one can watch this without annoying commercials!) Well done!

I know this is a year old but have you ever played the Total War computer game Shogun or the better versions Shogun 2? As n avid Shogun player back in the day it had many similarities and is a great game for a computer game.

Truly the dark souls 2 of axis and allies

I can't find this Wogan guy on BGG. Can you link it for us?