Axis and Allies Comparison

This video will compare the different versions of Axis and Allies, including Axis and Allies Classic, 1940 Global, 1941, 1942, and other versions.

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[Kiltzombie]

I grew up playing a massively custom 80s version. My uncle hand painted new territories and even made playable france and italy and each country had unique bonuses.

[MeanderingMikesManCave]

Thank you for this comparison video! Do note that the Milton Bradley version was not the actual original! Axis & Allies was first published by Nova Games Designs in 1981, and it had cardboard pieces instead of miniatures! Nova sold the game rights and their remaining inventory to Jedko, and they released a version also in 1981. Then Milton Bradley acquired the rights, and their version (with the now familiar plastic miniature pieces) was released in 1984.

[occamraiser]

Axis and Allies. The one genuinely bad thing about growing up is that there are no longer any whole weeks with half a dozen board-gaming friends in my diary. In fact once we all had families and mortgages those weeks stopped in their tracks 30 years ago. I moved house a few years ago and finally threw away all my unused-for-decades boardgames. Including an almost mint 1980s version of Axis and allies. Oh Father time, you have so much to pay for.

[lavabarf]

My introduction to A&A was this previous weekend when I was invited to play UK and ANZAC in a game of 1940 global. So far we are 20 hours and 2 sessions into it, still with about 1/3 of the game to go.

[charliedoom]

Great breakdown of the different versions, thank you!

[ThatBoyAintRight]

I've played other versions of Axis and Allies, but the original - which I played and loved as a kid - is still my favorite.

[jessenaylor]

Great video, Axis & Allies was always a great time back in high school

[BoldWittyName]

Great vid! After playing a few hundred matches of A&A online I wish they would make the next version more dynamic. The old research tech development was a fine idea, just terribly implemented. Should have been a pure investment of time/money, not as much luck. Also different countries should have different unit costs, to represent the quality of each as well as the ease or difficulty every country has in furnishing such. And finally there should be a better attempt at historical accuracy. 2 fronts for USA and a large economic disparity between Japan and USA.

[dustinjones]

Thank you for this video. Helps very much

[matthewcraig]

Great review, thanks! Looking for a version to get my kids interested, very helpful

[dimetronome]

Anniversary and 1914 are the best imo. The 1942 version is too basic and the scale of the 1940 versions is too large (especially global). Anniversary is a perfect middle ground. As for 1914, I just love how different it is from the others.

[dndgeek]

Great Axis and Allies video! Immediately gave you a sub.

I love strategy games thanks to this one!

[BigFreakingCacodemon]

Has probably been over 15 years since I played A&A, but I've been thinking about getting back into it. I had the original one, and A&A Europe. I remember in the early-mid 2000s, there where many A&A variants. East and West, The Great War, and, my favorite: Crucible. They were played via PBEM using a program called MapView. I Actually had a physical copy of East and West, but most of it, except the board and the red cardboard tube it shipped in, have been lost to time. Would be cool to MapView make a come-back. I really enjoyed those variants.

[readhistory]

We added nuclear weapons as a special weapon developement. It killed everything in the territory it was.dropped on. We had a crater that symboliized where it was dropped.

[Colin-bowser]

I think, In my opinion, the 1940 games are the best out of all of them

[wscrivner]

Nice video and overview of the A&A boardgame line!

I didn't see the standalone Pacific version in your list which came out in 2001. This is different from Pacific-1940 which was released in 2009. I found a copy of the 2001 version in a game store a couple years ago but haven't got around to playing it yet.

[MarcusEye]

Really interesting games!. Thanks for sharing!.🙏👍👊

[Shauma_llama]

The first edition had one big flaw. If the Germans didn't take Syria/Iraq on their first turn, the game was over. England would build a factor in Iran on their first turn, and could dump all their new units in there every turn, to feed into africa, Moscow, or India. In that version of the game new factories could build as many units as you wanted. So getting a factory in Iran meant England didn't even have to bother building ships.

[hansvanberkel]

Once you get the hang of it, global takes about 10-12 hours of playtime, yes its a bit of a long sit but not impossible. Its nice for playing on the weekend.

[gowensbach]

Have you looked at the BB5 map? I just got it. Im not sure what to do with it yet, but it looks like there is alot of potential there.