I've done a few videos on this game, and the first couple were fraught with mistakes. I dove right in and made some assumptions that really screwed me up. The game itself was fun to play, once I figured out the nuances. I think it is fairly balanced, despite three Allied victories.
Got this one on pre-order! I also met my goal of getting my game collection trimmed down to 97! Man, was it tough deciding what stayed and what didn't! 100 is my limit now, I'm going with the Tom Vasel method! If I'm at 100 games and I want to add one, then one has to go. Definitely a first world problem, right?
@@TheDiscriminatingGamer ya I have those ones. North Africa and Guadalcanal are the only ones I am missing out of the collection. If they can do zombies they can expand to other conflicts out side of WW1,WW2. I love the board/map on the new anniversary edition. I was so happy opening that bad boy.
Excellent review. I love the system they created for this. Can't wait to get my pre-order. Almost cancelled it, due to extreme overcrowding from too many games. lol. I'm afraid some of my existing A&A collection will have to go, to make room for this.
Pre-ordered. Looking forward to doing a solo dry run to learn the rules and then i'm playing with my buddy later in the fall. Its hard to get away from work and kids to do one of these big games, but we get it in at least once a year. Usually twice. Only once this year though so it's going to be extra fun with a new game to play on top of it!
Wow is that different. With the map and new rules it looks a little more to it than the original Axis & Allies. It dose look interesting though. Did you ever do a ranking of just the A&A games. I am curious after a few more games of this where they all rank. I do have a feeling you will ramk this higher later..
I love any and all A&A's games. There is something about them. Prolly the first boardgame I learned was A&A prolly why. This one will be auto include for me!
Like the extra pieces for home Scenarios, i can saw Operation E as a introductory 5 rounds. Compass and recon in force. Houses ruled for capture of tanks. Houses ruled for Italian 90mm as anti tank. Events like Tanto raid, raids on Vichy ports or in Gibraltar Operations mercury or Hercules.
I am tempted to get this, but also still strongly eyeing another game you reviewed that covers this same territory (i.e. North Africa & Mediterranean theatre-level strategy game), namely "Song for War: Mediterranean Theatre", which is supposed to relaunch crowdfunding again this year. How would you say the two compare in terms of thematics and gameplay experience?
I played my first ever Axis & Allies 1942 a couple months ago. I like to think I'm ok at strategy but I felt more like Peter Sellers Grand Fenwick Expeditionary Force from the film Mouse that Roared than a 1940s superpower. I was mortified when British lost Egypt early on and the Germans marched across The Arabian Peninsula and captured India. It was all downhill from there, I got trashed!! Lesson learnt dont play against a A&A veteran player who is also a professional statistician. Even though I got beaten I did quite like the game but felt I would prefer more campaign games than global ones. I hope the publishers either does a reprint or update of Axis & Allies: D-Day
@@eatingweevils Ha! I played Tulley Bascomb (the Peter Sellers part) in a ninth grade production of The Mouse that Roared. It can be hard for a person new to the system to go up against a veteran, but it’s a great game system for sure. Thanks.
I thought the same thing. They are realizing units from different armies fought at different effectiveness and are creeping it in. One day they will use counters rather than army men like real war games do.
@@TheDiscriminatingGamer What interests me regarding the North Africa campaign is the back and forth over vast distances. I also think that supply plays a much larger role at the beginning. Starting with Alamein, the supply situation favors the Allies and only hampers the Axis. I don't know if I will buy this if it only covers Alamein to Tunisia.
A couple reasons I can think of: 1.) Mediterranean Theatre was fascinating, but is under-represented in lighter wargaming, even compared to the Eastern Front (where a number have come out recently), 2.) The narrow linear nature of the desert map and tug-of-war looks like it sets the game design apart compared to a more dimensional area war of the Eastern Front.
HistoricalBoardGaming is releasing unit packs for the factions in this game, nicer detail and more historically accurate units to spice up the game
@@WolfpackWargaming Interesting. Thanks.
I've done a few videos on this game, and the first couple were fraught with mistakes. I dove right in and made some assumptions that really screwed me up. The game itself was fun to play, once I figured out the nuances. I think it is fairly balanced, despite three Allied victories.
Yeah. I think it is fairly balanced as well. And a lot of fun. Thanks.
Great review, thanks. I like the addition of supply especially when it looks fairly simple.
Yes, it's not overly complicated.
Got this one on pre-order! I also met my goal of getting my game collection trimmed down to 97! Man, was it tough deciding what stayed and what didn't! 100 is my limit now, I'm going with the Tom Vasel method! If I'm at 100 games and I want to add one, then one has to go. Definitely a first world problem, right?
Indeed. Best of luck to you. I should adopt that system, but not brave enough yet. Thanks.
I would like to see A&A do Korean War, Vietnam war, Cuban revolution, and a cross over with the computer game command and conquer.
They've done a WWI and a GI Joe version, I don't see why they don't expand the system to other conflicts.
@@TheDiscriminatingGamer ya I have those ones. North Africa and Guadalcanal are the only ones I am missing out of the collection. If they can do zombies they can expand to other conflicts out side of WW1,WW2. I love the board/map on the new anniversary edition. I was so happy opening that bad boy.
They really should do Napoleonic wars next.
Excellent review. I love the system they created for this. Can't wait to get my pre-order. Almost cancelled it, due to extreme overcrowding from too many games. lol. I'm afraid some of my existing A&A collection will have to go, to make room for this.
@@vinceA3748 I think you’ll enjoy it. Very fun game.
Pre-ordered. Looking forward to doing a solo dry run to learn the rules and then i'm playing with my buddy later in the fall. Its hard to get away from work and kids to do one of these big games, but we get it in at least once a year. Usually twice. Only once this year though so it's going to be extra fun with a new game to play on top of it!
Sounds like a plan. Best of luck.
The whole logistics element being introduced reminds me of GMT's North Africa '41
@@wmarclocher I’ve got a copy of that one but haven’t played it yet.
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Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks a ton!
Hard to get in Austria - but found it in a local Store. In my oppinion it‘s the Most overload rulebook so far. But im excited to try it next Week 👌🏻
I would agree about the rulebook, but it's a fun game.
Wow is that different. With the map and new rules it looks a little more to it than the original Axis & Allies. It dose look interesting though. Did you ever do a ranking of just the A&A games. I am curious after a few more games of this where they all rank. I do have a feeling you will ramk this higher later..
@@douglaspearson4853 Yeah. Somewhere down the road I may rank the various titles. Thanks.
I love any and all A&A's games. There is something about them. Prolly the first boardgame I learned was A&A prolly why. This one will be auto include for me!
@@jace76ful Excellent. You will enjoy it.
I remember supply as an interesting element of with A&A Bulge. I am interested in seeing how this compares.
@@richardhutnik It works differently here. I haven’t played bulge in years, so I don’t remember it well, however.
Like the extra pieces for home Scenarios, i can saw Operation E as a introductory 5 rounds. Compass and recon in force.
Houses ruled for capture of tanks.
Houses ruled for Italian 90mm as anti tank.
Events like Tanto raid, raids on Vichy ports or in Gibraltar Operations mercury or Hercules.
@@miguelvalladares1986 Sounds like fun.
I am tempted to get this, but also still strongly eyeing another game you reviewed that covers this same territory (i.e. North Africa & Mediterranean theatre-level strategy game), namely "Song for War: Mediterranean Theatre", which is supposed to relaunch crowdfunding again this year. How would you say the two compare in terms of thematics and gameplay experience?
@@tmorganriley Very different in terms of scale. Song of War is a much bigger game.
I played my first ever Axis & Allies 1942 a couple months ago. I like to think I'm ok at strategy but I felt more like Peter Sellers Grand Fenwick Expeditionary Force from the film Mouse that Roared than a 1940s superpower. I was mortified when British lost Egypt early on and the Germans marched across The Arabian Peninsula and captured India. It was all downhill from there, I got trashed!! Lesson learnt dont play against a A&A veteran player who is also a professional statistician. Even though I got beaten I did quite like the game but felt I would prefer more campaign games than global ones. I hope the publishers either does a reprint or update of Axis & Allies: D-Day
@@eatingweevils Ha! I played Tulley Bascomb (the Peter Sellers part) in a ninth grade production of The Mouse that Roared. It can be hard for a person new to the system to go up against a veteran, but it’s a great game system for sure. Thanks.
This looks like the old SPI game north African campaign but simpler and with minis instead of counters. Or maybe Avalon Hills Afrika Korps.
@@rochedl Cool.
I thought the same thing. They are realizing units from different armies fought at different effectiveness and are creeping it in. One day they will use counters rather than army men like real war games do.
@@Diabolik771 “Real wargames.” lol.
Great review! Did you get your copy early because of being a TH-camr? Also does it seem balanced?
@@keenankinder6657 Yes and, so far, yes.
@@TheDiscriminatingGamer Thanks!
Ugh. Rule Number One in my playbook, never EVER EVER roll the dice on the actual Axis and Allie board, no matter its size!
@@ednguyen3822 Ha! Not in mine, baby!
I also often cringe in your videos with the dice being rolled on the board. Maybe it could be a tech in A&A, the D6 teleportation tech.😊
@@garrettpotvin1522 Ha! Sorry.
@@TheDiscriminatingGamer love your videos, sloppy dice and all….keep up the good work!
@@garrettpotvin1522 Thanks a ton! Much appreciated.
Out of curiosity, have you ever played Campaign For North Africa.
Yikes! Nope!
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Because it was all asses and all lies in North Africa.
D'oh!
What for they use iPad in game?
He just had the rules on it.
I might have to get my clocks cleaned on this one , pass kasserine 😄🍺🙏🐬
@@BrianMarcus-nz7cs Ha!
No Operation Compass? Hm.
@@klausfritsch4350 Hmm, indeed.
@@TheDiscriminatingGamer What interests me regarding the North Africa campaign is the back and forth over vast distances. I also think that supply plays a much larger role at the beginning. Starting with Alamein, the supply situation favors the Allies and only hampers the Axis.
I don't know if I will buy this if it only covers Alamein to Tunisia.
Why North Africa? I am waiting for Eastern Front/Stalingrad for soooooooo long, and they went for North Africa?
@@flow3730 Because people voted for North Africa in their poll. I agree - I’d love too see an eastern front AA Game.
A couple reasons I can think of: 1.) Mediterranean Theatre was fascinating, but is under-represented in lighter wargaming, even compared to the Eastern Front (where a number have come out recently), 2.) The narrow linear nature of the desert map and tug-of-war looks like it sets the game design apart compared to a more dimensional area war of the Eastern Front.