[Consim-l] A&A Games

[Mike NotSpecified]

Yeah, well I am sorta embarrased to even consider A&A, but the minatures int 
he ads looked nice and since I'm gathering A&A is a brand name for all sorts 
of wargames that bare only the slightest resemblence to the orginal (sorta 
lika all car toys are now Hot Wheels) I was hoping somebody who knew the 
system would say something like:

A&A Naval Minatures is a fast playing, reasonably accurate, easy to learn, 
great fun way to spend a couple of hours.  Kids love it, non-wargamers are 
immediately hooked by the attractive minatures and although you certainly 
don't get the detail of a proper wargame, you do still have enough of the feel 
for this to be perfect solution when you're in the mood for fast and furious.

But alas, nobody is saying that.

"even the APL games would be better..."  Ouch.  I still want to try SOPAC 
someday, even if just to confirm your opinion (which I have found in the past 
to be well founded)  Smithsonian Guadalcanal languishes on my shelf alogn with 
its cousin Midaway because when I want to play I reach for Flat Top and CV. 
 Those two Smithsonion games occupy a very deadly spot on the 
complexity/fun/realism curve, too simple for my taste, too hard for my son.

Well, still looking, and thanks for your thoughts



On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:52:52 +1030 (CST)
  Markus Stumptner <mst at cs.unisa.edu.au> wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Dec 2007, Mike NotSpecified wrote:
>> Thanks Pat (and Tom and everybody else).
>>
>> Nobody mentioed any experience with the naval A&A.  I gather it is 
>> collecticable (ugh!) minatures.  I love Flat Top, but I admit there are 
>>times 
>> when I could use a faster playing system.
> 
> I know, but Axis & Allies??  It may be faster playing but any resemblance to 
>history is accidental.  Surely there most be something in between that you 
>can use... even the Avalanche games would be better... Or get a copy of the 
>Smithsonian Guadalcanal (pretty easy to find) or a copy of Carrier Battles 
>and play the Basic Game.
> 
> Markus
> 
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