Solid Game
A few points: 1. There are no firm victory conditions; no capitals, etc. At a certain point it becomes clear which side has the upper hand, but some people may not like the open ended victory conditions. You could play until all territories are captured, but as the allies of each side do not lose industrial production income, a total victory may take a while. 2. There is no involvement from the Balearic Islands, naval units, nor Portugal. It was surprising, based on the game map, and since there are Portuguese roundels in the roundel set. It didn't take away from the play, but just be aware. In the Q&A, it mentions future versions may have naval units added or expanded game play. 3. The rules are quite straight forward, so if you have played most contemporary Axis & Allies games, you can quickly jump right into playing. 4. The rules recommend Russian units to represent Republican forces, German for the Nationalists, and the allies of each side to use French and Italian units. As the Italian and Russian forces are similar shades of brown, they can get mixed up. Using a more contrasting colour instead of Italian forces may be beneficial (maybe U.S. green). Or you can purchase separate Republican (plum) and Nationalist (grey or yellow) units instead. That way the German and Russian forces can be used as the allies of each side, which is more realistic. I will save my rant about how in all A&A games, Italy should be more orange and less brown for another time. 5. I recommend the adding the armoured cars. If you do not buy the Spanish coloured units, you will need to add German and Russian armoured cars. If you are adding separate Republican and Nationalist coloured units, the armoured cars should be in those colours. 6. If you purchase the roundels, there is enough to set up the game at the start. However, as soon as one side or the other gains territory, or if you consolidate your forces, you soon run out. So I recommend buying two sheets of roundels instead of just one to prevent this problem. Alternatively, you can use German or Russian roundels to show ownership of unoccupied territories if you run out of Spanish ones. 7. I purchased this game as I often don't have time to play a full A&A 1940 Europe game. This game is certainly much faster to play, but takes a bit longer than I expected to play a full game, especially if the players are evenly matched.
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Reviewed by: (Verified Buyer) Steven Siroski from Saskatchewan on 12/7/2017
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