Aircraft carriers! The game was chock full of stuff and every turn is fraught with tough decisions as you fight a half dozen battles scattered across the globe. And Tanks could almost as soon blitz in and trample them all to pieces. Fighters could be sent to undermanned territories to beef up their defense. Bombers were like battleships in the sky. Your air power could be concentrated wherever you needed it, land or sea. Seriously, though, the World War II flavor of the game came with everything but the lamentation of your opponents’ women. Sure, it’s not the “new hotness” or anything, but it’s a much better game by far. Straight up, though, you’d be far better off playing the 2004 revision of the original Axis & Allies. Chances are that if you’re any sort of a gamer that you’re liable to be drug in to a session of this thing before long. This is a relatively hot game right at the moment and the 100 year anniversary is coming up pretty soon. But I just don’t see how you can rightly call it a world war if you don’t have naval battles all around the Pacific Rim. But let me save you the $100 history lesson by revealing the big spoilers for you: Italy was on our side, France was actually a serious world power, Germany is essentially two big powers in this one, and there’s this Ottoman Empire thing doing a terrible job of filling in for Japan.
Okay, I have to admit it: this game is an excellent summary of The War to End All Wars for people that have played the original Axis & Allies game. “I communicate to others by way of games– it’s what I do.” - Larry Harris
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