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Its the new, 2004 game revised by Avalon Hill. I just played it yesterday, and I have to say it is better by orders of magnitude. Some of the changes include:

*Artillery which can support infantry in attacks
*Destroyers that negate a submarine's surprise ability
*National benefits like Luftwaffe dive-bombers and Russian salvage teams
*A modified map setup, giving Germany more territories.
*New victory conditions using "cities of control"
*Lower prices and more money.

I was wondering if anyone else had played this game yet, and what they thought of it?

I had a blast playing as Germany. I got rockets from research and my national benefit is Luftwaffe Dive-bombers, so that means my fighters can do strategic bombing runs, with a d3 instead of d6 damage. Japan has been back-and forth, with some huge naval battles with America, but hasn't been doing much to Russia. Meanwhile, next time we play I've got 14 tanks againt 6 infantry in moscow.
Between my rocket attacks and dive-bombers, I'm keeping UK to about 10 IPCs a turn, and I've taken though not held the brittish isles twice! US built a massive fleet after it sacked Japan, so currently the pacific is quiet and US and I are going to slug it out next turn. I actually have a battleship and a full aircraft carrier!

IMHO, its a better, more exciting game than the original.

Is there a board game version of it, or is it for computer?

It is a board game, actually. A famous one, at that.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com

For all your board-gaming info.

Is this a demo because according to Amazon the game isn't scheduled until Novemeber.

Stravo wrote:Is this a demo because according to Amazon the game isn't scheduled until Novemeber.

Well, Amazon is wrong because the game hit stores 2 months ago.

So, anyone play it?

What Axis &Allies are we talking about here? Game Domain on Yahoo also lists a 11/02/04 release date:

http://gamesdomain.yahoo.com/preview/32084

So are you playing a retread of the old one that came out? This preview certainly sounds like the game you're playing and I can't find it on sale at CompUSA, BestBuy or Amazon's website.

Stravo wrote:What Axis &Allies are we talking about here? Game Domain on Yahoo also lists a 11/02/04 release date:

http://gamesdomain.yahoo.com/preview/32084

So are you playing a retread of the old one that came out? This preview certainly sounds like the game you're playing and I can't find it on sale at CompUSA, BestBuy or Amazon's website.

I don't know what to tell you. I'm playing the new, 2004 Axis & Allies revised edition, with the new map and new rules. Its a board game, not a computer game, which is I think what you're looking for.

I figured i could talk about a board game in the Gaming and Computers forum, sorry for confusion.

CaptainChewbacca wrote:

Stravo wrote:What Axis &Allies are we talking about here? Game Domain on Yahoo also lists a 11/02/04 release date:

http://gamesdomain.yahoo.com/preview/32084

So are you playing a retread of the old one that came out? This preview certainly sounds like the game you're playing and I can't find it on sale at CompUSA, BestBuy or Amazon's website.

I don't know what to tell you. I'm playing the new, 2004 Axis & Allies revised edition, with the new map and new rules. Its a board game, not a computer game, which is I think what you're looking for.

I figured i could talk about a board game in the Gaming and Computers forum, sorry for confusion.

Ahhh....my bad CC I thought you were talking about a video game because I have been looking forward to playing the PC Game for some time and got all excited when I read your post.

Stravo wrote:

CaptainChewbacca wrote:

Stravo wrote:What Axis &Allies are we talking about here? Game Domain on Yahoo also lists a 11/02/04 release date:

http://gamesdomain.yahoo.com/preview/32084

So are you playing a retread of the old one that came out? This preview certainly sounds like the game you're playing and I can't find it on sale at CompUSA, BestBuy or Amazon's website.

I don't know what to tell you. I'm playing the new, 2004 Axis & Allies revised edition, with the new map and new rules. Its a board game, not a computer game, which is I think what you're looking for.

I figured i could talk about a board game in the Gaming and Computers forum, sorry for confusion.

Ahhh....my bad CC I thought you were talking about a video game because I have been looking forward to playing the PC Game for some time and got all excited when I read your post.

Try the board game, its well worth it.

CaptainChewbacca wrote:

Stravo wrote:

CaptainChewbacca wrote:
I don't know what to tell you. I'm playing the new, 2004 Axis & Allies revised edition, with the new map and new rules. Its a board game, not a computer game, which is I think what you're looking for.

I figured i could talk about a board game in the Gaming and Computers forum, sorry for confusion.

Ahhh....my bad CC I thought you were talking about a video game because I have been looking forward to playing the PC Game for some time and got all excited when I read your post.

Try the board game, its well worth it.

It is...as long as you have someone to play it with.

Which is why he might be waiting for the Computer version

Playing this in the board game version? Yeow. I seem to remember the last time I played it, it took us nearly an hour to hammer out the starting game.