AA newbie and Revised edition buyer - Need help :)

[nielsvk]

Hi, I'm a AA newbie and Revised edition buyer. I like to play board games with my friends and I heard I should try out AA so I got one (turns out to be the revised edition).

Now, I played the game once with a total of 5 people (all newbies :) ). We like the game a lot but we have some speed problems. :)

Anyways, the rulebook is a bit vague on some subjects. It would help a lot if the sample turns were a bit more detailed. I would like to know how a turn with an attacking fighter turns out, for example. Like: I attack with a fighter using 2 friendly zones into a hostile zone during the Combat Move phase. No AA gun present so during the Conduct Combat phase, I can use my fighter. After win or retreat, what does the fighter do?
A) I should already have laid out the entire flypath of my fighter in the Combat Move phase.
B) In Non-combat Move phase, I can use all left-over move points to fly to a friendly zone.
C) Something else?

Why are there flypath markers? They take way to much space on the board, and when I fly more than 1 fighter out of more than 1 zone, I don't have enough of them. They seem rather pointless. I point out where I want to fly (counting my steps) and AA guns die are rolled if I encounter some during my flight...

And why isn't there more material in the box? There is one(!) cardboard box in which ALL units, chips and other things must be placed?! I heard the earlier editions had a box for each country? Why was this taken out of the Revised edition? I now have bought my own case with lots of compartments so I can divide the units better, but I really think this should have been included in the game itself...

Any help on reading material would be great! I've read through a lot of Don Rae's material, but a lot isn't applicable to the Revised edition anymore.

[steben]

I haven't bought "revised". only played it "digital" ;-)

On your fighter question: I always played it by choosing the flypath in the non-combat phase. Never used flypath markers. :rolleyes:

[Moderator Sinister]

Flight path markers are there to spell it out if you want. fighters land in the non-combat phase using left over movement. I don't know anyone who uses those flight path makers, I think they are in their to show newbies valid moves.

Yes the old game has storage trays. The old game also had a bi-fold board that didn't scuff up the map when you folded it up.

Welcome to the forums.

[nielsvk]

Thanks, all.

Any other things a newbie should now (except this forum)? I read the official/unofficial FAQ's (funny how the official one is NOT on the Avalon Hill site? :) ).
Any tools? Any step-by-step guides (am working out my own one right now)? Must see sites? Revised edition strategy docs?

[nielsvk]

Yes the old game has storage trays. The old game also had a bi-fold board that didn't scuff up the map when you folded it up.

Mmmm, and the new guide has some errors as well (read it in the FAQ). Doh!

[Moderator Sinister]

Axis and Allies is a pretty deep game when you are learning it. I suggest you play around with your own strategies and ask people on the site. Get the rules down. Also once you have played for awhile there's a house rule section for optional rule play.