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Axis & Allies: 1914
AXIS & ALLIES: 1914 - With the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, a fuse is lit and the armies of Europe, and soon the entire world, will be on the march. This war will be like no other ever fought in human history. With the introduction of machine guns, flying machines, tanks and chemical weapons, casualties will be measured in the millions, and advances against the enemy measured in yards. Eight major powers struggle for supremacy. The Central Powers of Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Ottoman Empire are aligned against the great alliance of France, the British Empire, the Russian Empire, Italy, and eventually the United States. AT A GLANCE: Number of Players: 2-8. For Ages: 12+. Playing Time: 4-6 hours. Game Type: Strategy. Miniatures War Game.
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- Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2023
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- Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2023
This arguably is the most strategic and elegant version of the game in the Axis & Allies (A&A) franchise. It's a goldilocks solution: neither dumbed down as the most affordable yet stripped-down 1941 version, nor bogged down by a myriad of exceptions and nationals rules of 1940 Europe and 1940 Pacific combined in the Global version.
The Most Strategic and Elegant Version of Axis & Allies
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2023
The physical product is visually appealing and has a good price point. The board and plastic pieces have beautiful bright colors. It sure is a nice gift for kids (ages 10 to 20) and adults into war games as a casual hobby.
All A&A games follow the "area control model": your armies must conquer territories to grow the economy, which allows you to buy more armies, which, in turn, will allow you to gain more territories, and so on. In 1914, whoever conquers two enemy capitals (including Paris or Berlin) out of the eight major nations' capitals wins the game.
The battle mechanics is elegantly based on infantry and artillery units, supported by other land, air and sea units. The combination of units in attacking or defending armies give bonus points to your dice rolling, which will determine the number of hits in the enemy.
In contrast with other Axis & Allies games, each battle involves only one round of dice rolling. This means that territories often remain "contested" with the presence of two enemy armies for a while. This imitates trench warfare's slow grinding as the core feature of WW1, as envisaged by A&A creator Larry Harris.
Minor points to consider that led me to take down one star:
1) the National Production chart printed on the gameboard is useless (you better have a numerical table board to mark each nation's production points).
2) The manual suggests a piece of paper to track money, an atrocious idea that will mess up your game and mind (better use paper money or poker chips as a much better solution).
3) Many hours (often a full day) required to play a match is a universal complaint in all Axis & Allies games, and a few experienced players complain about "lack of balance" between opposing factions; however, wars are unbalanced challenges, and A&A is better seen as a race against time by Germany against the US. Designer Larry Harris welcomes players to create "house rules" to change the game as they deem fit.
4) Tournament rules (designed by Larry Harris, fans and organizations) have been created to expedite the game, or make it more fun, realistic or "balanced". These tournament and house rules could have been added as an appendix in the rulebook.
This is a must-have game. Originally published by Hasbro in 2013, the WW1 version was out of print for several years and sold at eBay for a few hundred dollars each copy, until being released under Renegade in 2023. Who knows if 1914 will remain available in years to come...
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Manuel de la MarReviewed in Mexico on September 24, 2023
Por fin llegó la versión 1914
Después de tanto tiempo de querer tenerlo llego y que lo abro uff... que decepción!Manuel de la MarPor fin llegó la versión 1914
Reviewed in Mexico on September 24, 2023
(Hubiera comprado mejor el Ascendancy de Star trek)
Las miniaturas son todas iguales para las potencias, no trae billetes de IPCs, las fichas de valor de unidades horribles obscuras ( cambiarlas por otras ),
Tabla de batalla es una tirita... más de 100 $U.S. es un p..... robo !
Cómpralo si eres coleccionista si no... consigue el tablero para impresión y usas las miniaturas de otros A & A.
Ya no sé si regresarlo... y eso que tengo todos los otros 5 juegos
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