Axis & Allies Korean War Expansion

[Chuck Shaw]

I am a big fan of A&A and all of its' expansion games. My Pastor and I play them alot. Axis & Allies is our favorite game. My heartfelt thanks goes to Larry Harris for creating this Masterpiece of gaming history. I have been playing the game for over 20 years and I have noticed that, since there seems to be so many variants out there, I was wondering how everyone feels about an expansion A&A game about the Korean War? I already have a prototype created with Adobe Illustrator program on the PC and printed out on a 19"x26" mapboard of the entire Korean peninsula. The game features the North Koreans/Red China as the axis with South Korea and the United Nations (led by the U.S.A.) as the allies. I felt that Korea truly is the "forgotten war". I mean close to 4 million people on both sides died in the three years it was fought. It was fought with World War II equipment and almost ignited World War III, but few games or movies are ever produced about it. Can we forget 4 million lives lost and sacrificed? A&A is truly suited for this type of game. The object of my prototype is for the North Koreans to push into South Korea and gobble up as much territory as it can on the way to capture the vital port of Pusan. The South Koreans must delay the North Koreans long enough for the UN forces to arrive and begin the break out of Pusan. Once the North Korean capital of Pyongyang is captured, Red China enters the war. Our prototype game ended with a stalemate, just like history. There is a timeline with the years 1950 to 1953 and the winner of the game is the player whose country captures the most territory at the end of the Truce Talks in 1953. I would like for Larry Harris to look at my prototype and get his feed back if he wishes to. Players would have to purchase A&A or any of the expansions to play this game if it was produced by a game company, but could be a unique game on its' own with it's own unique pieces. Tell me what you all think about this. Chuck Shaw

[pagan]

Larry Harris Web Site:

http://www.harrisgamedesign.com/phpBB2/index.php

[TomJag3]

Chuck,

There will be A&A Revised and A&A 2nd edition tournaments in Champaign at the Winter War Game Convention over the first weekend of February. There's usually around a dozen A&A players there. This game convention has been held annually since the early 1970's and is a lot of fun. If your interested in getting in some great A&A games, this is a great tournament and not far from you. Last year's winner flew in from Seattle for it.

The website for Winter War 32 is: http://winterwar.prairienet.org/

[elbowmaster]

bring it on !! lets have a looksie!!

[IBKsax44]

I'm interested in what you've got to say. Does your Korean War model use the economy like the strategic A&A games or is it more like D-Day? And on remembering the Korean War, don't forget about the greatest TV show to ever be produce, MASH. If you haven't seen any of it the first seven seasons are out on DVD now and really give you a flavor for the hell that was Korea with some of the most compelling characters ever written.

[OctavianNT]

Thats the coolest thing ive ever head...
a wargaming pastor

[Chuck Shaw]

Yes, my Korean War model does use the the economy similar to the original game, but in a different way. The North Koreans, as well as the Chinese and the South Koreans, have IPCs like in the original game. The North koreans did have an industry as well as the South, but the South's was much more limited. Remember, the Soviets helped to build up the North Korean war machine and factories were built with Soviet help. These were later destroyed by allied bombing raids. But, to keep in the spirit of A&A, the factories cannot be destoyed, only damaged or captured. No new ones may be constructed either. Players only use the original ones they start the game with. They can be reused, however, if they are recaptured. The North Koreans also have IPCs given to them during the game to reflect Soviet aid that they received during the war. This can never be taken away. The Chinese, and both North and South Korea, can never build naval units or bombers during the game. They did not have the technology to build those then. True, most of the tanks, etc that the North had came from the Soviets, but they did actually build a few along with some cheap aircraft. The factories and the economic power that China, North Korea, and South Korea have during the game is actually the amount of cash that they can use to buy units from Russia, the U.S.A. , etc. The factories on the board represent port areas where newly bought units from foreign countries can enter the board. The United Nations start the game with a huge economic advantage over their rivals. They have a huge industrial base to draw upon. But, they cannot put all of their units onto the board at once after purchase. The UN forces take several turns to reach Korea before they can enter combat (i.e. a supply line). Aircraft enter the war before naval and ground units, and just like real life, it is the air units that see combat first.

[Beast1313131]

I would absolutely buy a korean war axis and allies game.