Axis & Allies

[bryorama]

Axis & Allies is an oldie game where you choose either a team on the Axis or the Allies.

Allies

[kkbrando]

Good times, eY bro?  Yes it is an oldie, an enjoyable oldie that is.  Anyway, I had good times with Axis & Allies.

[Nyarlathotep]

Have any of you ever heard of this game?

I have the board version of the game.

[bryorama]

Is the board game any good?

[Vanguard3000]

I would think it'd be pretty much the same as the PC version, minus the gamma correction.  ;)

I've played the PC version, and it's quite fun.  Much like Diplomacy, really.  Just some more detail, and involving the whole world, as opposed to just Europe.  Personally, as far as TBSs go,  I liked Civilization II a bit better.

[lowzeewee]

Yes I heard of it. But why wasn't there Italy in Axis?

[Vanguard3000]

It takes place in 1942, by the time Italy's run in the war was pretty much over.  Italy is just a German territory, I believe.  Just like Spain, and just as Canada, Australia, and India are territories of Great Britain, and so on.

[Nyarlathotep]

Is the board game any good?

Yes, I liked it alot actually. Had many hours of fun :)

[bryorama]

Great! I might need to find the board game sometime, show my father and friends!

[Almageist]

It is a great game if you can find a the old game, if not you can try the revised version both of them are very fun and the revised game fixed alot of problems from the first edition.

[bryorama]

Board or PC game.

[Andrew]

I have the PC game.

I found it took too long for the AI to make it's moves. You would have to watch every move they made and it could take up to 5 minutes.

[Wolf]

Oh, I have Axis & Allies and the expansion pack; Iron Blitz. Fun game, though, you can get bored of it easily.

[bryorama]

I have the PC game.

I found it took too long for the AI to make it's moves. You would have to watch every move they made and it could take up to 5 minutes.

That's the down side, but it's still a really great game.

Wolfwiz, there was an expansion?!

[Vezner]

Go here:

http://www.fileplanet.com/files/140000/141447.shtml

This is a trailer for the new Axis and Allies game coming out later this year.

[Wolf]

Yep, Axis & Allies: Iron Blitz. It added more scenarios to the game, as well as two new units; Marines and Destroyers. Marines got bonuses for amphibious assaults, and Destroyers were good sub-killers.

[bryorama]

That is now on my request list along with some other games.  :-

As well as another computer, and copies of some of my games so we can network.