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On this page you can read the latest news and rumours about Axis and Allies related stuff.
17 - 4 - 2001: Latest from XenoGames
Axis and Allies
Europe Revisited : out within a month!
Pacific at War : out before the end of the
year
Europe at War (3rd edition - new map with
less areas) : out early next year
27-2-2001: Operation Barbarossa
ConquestGaming has released an A&A expansion about the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.
25-1-2001: World War I game by IMP games
IMP games is working on a World War I game. However, it will not be released before half a year from now...
25-1-2001: World War II in the West out soon
This hex-based (!) A&A variant will be released soon. Click here for more info.
15-1-2001: Axis and Allies Pacific out in April
The new boardgame Axis and Allies Pacific will be released in April. This is a 3 player game: Japan, USA & China and UK.
2-7-2000: Axis and Allies II CD-ROM cancelled
The Axis and Allies II CD-ROM that would feature China and France is cancelled.
10-29-1999: Re-release of original Axis and Allies game
In rec.games.board the re-release of the original Axis and Allies game was mentioned. This re-release is not to be mixed up with the upcoming Axis and Allies - Europe game that will be released March/April/May 2000.
Axis & Allies will be re-released/re-designed under the Avalon Hill logo next summer/fall. The main changes are:
* A bigger gameboard
* Clarified rules/board space issues
* Slightly different piece colors
* A few rule adjustments to clear up things that always bothered Larry Harris
The Soviets have been made more powerful, although their main purpose is still to fend off
the German onslaught. Can't really change the historical reality of that situation. They
have a slightly higher piece count to start with and they have a unique ability now. On
the Soviet turn, during non-combat movement, the Soviet player may take over any Allied
land or air units that are in Soviet home territories. The Allied unit(s) is/are removed
from the board and replaced with Soviet equivalents. The Soviet player may do this without
permission of the Allies (although common sense dictates asking first). On the next turn,
and for the rest of the game, these units are Soviet units and may attack on Russia's
turn.
10-29-1999: Axis and Allies II ?
In the review of IronBlitz at IGN.com "Axis and Allies II" was mentioned.This game will have a Diplomacy-like interface and will add two new players to the mix: China and France. It will also have smaller regions and 3 generations of units. Click here for my Iron Blitz preview page.
10-29-1999: Axis and Allies - Europe
As mentioned above the upcoming Axis and Allies - Europe game will be released March/April/May 2000.
Skips Huge A&A map: Skips map can now be downloaded for free! It is called: WWII the complete game and it can be downloaded here. You need CorelDraw 8 to print this map. Click here to see a picture of the map.
New Games: MB is working on TWO new A&A-like boardgames. One situated in Europe, one situated in the Pacific. Both are WWII-games. The first game will be the European one. This game is called Axis and Allies Europe.
A&A CD-ROM: MB/Hasbro released a CD-ROM version of Axis and
Allies! First reports mention a lot of bugs. Check out Hasbros own page for more details: www.axisandallies.com...
An expansion for this CD-ROM will be released soon. It is called: Axis and Allies -
Iron Blitz.
Ralph Bourkes expansions: Ralph already has released an expansion set. This one consists of three parts (supply, weather cards and geopolitics cards). He is working on a new A&A map and a Nato vs. Warshaw Pact expansion. Check his page for more details.
WWI: Guild of Blades released a World War I expansion for A&A. The game covers the battle in Europe as well as the colonies. Please check my review!!
Bells of War: this is an area based WWII game. Unfortuantely the game
does NOT contain plastic playing pieces. One to seven players, set in Europe. I hope to
have a review of this game soon. Check the website sillyspace.com
for more info.
Discount Games sent me this description.
Thanks!!
Description: Welcome to the world
of Bells of War. Bells of War is a game of military strategy centered upon the
Second World War and is comprised of 3 levels of difficulty. The first level
consists of a relatively simple approach to Bells of War and should be mastered after a
few matches. The second level is much more complex. It includes
supplementary elements, such as 4 different types of infantry, 3 types of tanks a rule for
convoys of the merchant marines, and ,in this way, a disappearance of submarines from the
oceans. And if for some strange reason, you decide you want to try the third
level... Well, we would like to warn the maniacs of this type of game that they will find
an arduous challenge. There are extraordinarily complex parts to the third level
which can last several days.
Box Contents:
1 color map
8 sets of pieces
2 combat boards
8 countries chart
4 twelve face dice
1 set of economic points
2 sets of plastic chips
1 game manual
Sushi Jalapeno War: this is a Fortress America clone. In the near future Japan and her
small South American ally attack Mexico. The United States and her ally The Republic of
Texas try to stop them.
The game is area based and 80 plastic playing pieces are included: hover tanks, APCs,
infantry, helicopters, jet fighters and partisans. The playing pieces are the same as
included in Fortress America. I hope to have a review on my page soon.
If you have any news related to A&A or A&A-like games please let me know: axisandallies@wargamer.com.
