tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post6399183907069569250..comments2024-03-18T19:26:44.878-04:00Comments on The Silver Key: Axis and Allies--the relaunchBrian Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05563309422791320114noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-79589545959433933722009-09-04T14:03:29.666-04:002009-09-04T14:03:29.666-04:00Apparently my wife is game! It's a go.Apparently my wife is game! It's a go.Eric D. Lehmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06463816538253906019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-53256502449628605172009-08-30T20:39:44.500-04:002009-08-30T20:39:44.500-04:00Hi Eric, that's the spirit!Hi Eric, that's the spirit!Brian Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05563309422791320114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-91997720020327978332009-08-29T16:57:07.264-04:002009-08-29T16:57:07.264-04:00I'm buying this and introducing my wife to it ...I'm buying this and introducing my wife to it NOW. I loved this as a teenager and in college, and now it's time for the world to shake in the conflict against fascism once again!<br /><br />P.S. I found that the easiest of all to play and thrive with in the old game was Japan, and only Germany's defeat or the successful use of China or India as industrial sites by the allies (as Brian mentions )could stop them. Can't wait for the new version...Eric D. Lehmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06463816538253906019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-54500972802730156102009-08-26T23:31:28.956-04:002009-08-26T23:31:28.956-04:00Brian,
I've never played this game, though ...Brian,<br /><br /> I've never played this game, though I used to be a Risk fan back in the day.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726570487056061877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-12734354764995104772009-08-25T09:20:15.976-04:002009-08-25T09:20:15.976-04:00Falze: Yes, happily, you can still blow all your m...<b>Falze</b>: Yes, happily, you can still blow all your money on industrial breakthroughs. The difference now is that, if you succeed on the roll, you get to pick which breakthrough you'd like to get, instead of it being randomly generated.<br /><br /><b>Pericles</b>: Thanks, what a complement! And yes, my wife is pretty cool.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029334980673731146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-86653584757669111202009-08-24T22:00:17.688-04:002009-08-24T22:00:17.688-04:00Well Brian,I've never played this game, but wh...Well Brian,I've never played this game, but what lucid and intelligent piece of writing on your part. I pretty much felt like I was there in person.<br /><br />The internet is full of wretched and confusing prose, so it's a pleasure to find something this clear and readable for a change.<br /><br />Btw, what a patient and understanding wife you have!Periclesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-85623650556852684402009-08-24T09:02:34.765-04:002009-08-24T09:02:34.765-04:00Would the rules of the new version allow me to rec...Would the rules of the new version allow me to recreate my classic strategy of blowing all my money trying to get a 'technical advance' (or whatever they were called) until I'm completely demolished?<br /><br />(I didn't say it was a <i>good</i> strategy.)Falzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481333222029372752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-54808470110936747652009-08-23T18:42:12.353-04:002009-08-23T18:42:12.353-04:00Atom Kid: I had the 1984 version as well, and it w...<b>Atom Kid</b>: I had the 1984 version as well, and it was a great game, but I think the third revision is an improvement on the original. I never did play Conquest of the Empire, but I wanted to. I did play a bit of Fortress America--remember that one? The U.S. gets invaded by (I believe) the Chinese and the Russians? Fun times.<br /><br /><b>Ze Bulette:</b> Yes, I always thought the original was tipped in favor of the Allies too, but the current version seems to make the Axis quite a bit stronger... Germany now has 40 IPCs, I believe, trailing only the U.S. in buying power, and just barely. And the Japanese naval and air fleets are intimidating at the beginning of the game. <br /><br /><b>Badger King</b>: I can't speak about Supremacy or Shogun, having never played them. But I too had many late nights with friends playing epic games of A&A (and Risk) and recall leaving battle-boards set up for a week or weeks on end so that we could complete a lengthy game.<br /><br />Unfortunately, traditional table top war games seem to have been done in by the advent of the computer war game, which can keep track of turns, pieces, combat resolutions, etc., without any fuss or mess. Still, to me a computer will never replicate the thrill of seeing a nicely drawn, colorful game board on an honest-to-God tabletop with plastic soldiers, planes, and ships strewn about.Brian Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05563309422791320114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-84749791776612944802009-08-23T02:35:05.357-04:002009-08-23T02:35:05.357-04:00We used to play this a ton back in the day, but th...We used to play this a ton back in the day, but the one I think we played MORE saw SHOGUN. I fondly remember the zany hijinks of everyone trying to buy the damn ninja to assassinate various oyabuns. Good times. Is this game still around too?<br /><br />As for A&A, I played more Risk, and for simpulated war games, we preferred SUPREMACY. Now THERE'S a game that I pray every day will come back into print. My buddy used to have the old giant floor mat map, and we spent many a lost weekend, starting Friday night, sleeping over, and playing until SUnday night, only to suspend the game until the next weekend. 8)The Badger Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09020950272210873449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-39092222323029990772009-08-23T01:35:32.666-04:002009-08-23T01:35:32.666-04:00A really great game I played absolutely tons as a ...A really great game I played absolutely tons as a kid... As I recall, it always seemed as though the Axis had to play with more skill to pull off a win. Nice to see a game hold its own over the years, it truly deserves it.ze bulettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603716850479808633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-61264355754917897712009-08-22T23:50:52.797-04:002009-08-22T23:50:52.797-04:00It's been years since I've played A&A,...It's been years since I've played A&A, I've still have my 1984 version. I'll have to con my wife into playing it sometime!<br /><br />Did you ever play Conquest of Empire, MBs Roman version of A&A?Chad Thorsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15084711824869449643noreply@blogger.com