So glad you got this... and in such mint condition, congratulations Eric, you totally deserve it.

I have this game but no one to play with. I play with myself but it takes about 4 hours per turn

Never played axis and allies but I love risk and I'm gonna go all out and buy the anniversary version. Hope I like it

I've only ever played the original back in the day. Fun game, but it's so hard to get people together to play. Shame, fun weekend game to play with friends.

HA! Eric is so excited to finally get it.

I tried to host a game of this (well, the newer edition) -- I made copies of the rules available to my friends. Only two people showed up -- one of them swore that he knew the game (in spite of my telling him that it was different from the original, and the other one actually owned a couple of Axis and Allies games, but never played it. NO ONE READ THE RULES. OK, I knew them well enough to teach, but the guy who claimed he understood the rules didn't want to hear them. I made sure that they were on opposite sides, and we started the game -- unfortunately, both players played so entirely timidly, not wanting to make more than one or two attacks per turn, not wanting to actually play to win. The guy who played Germany and Italy decides to pull back his troops in Russia back to Berlin (in spite of me asking him repeatedly if he was sure). The guy who played the Allies never tried to bring more troops into Europe (or Asia) anywhere, didn't want to attack hardly at all. The only interesting thing that happened is that the guy playing Germany and Italy decides on his first turn to roll for research and got Improved factory production. After a few turns, I made an executive decision to call the game a draw on the basis that if neither Germany nor the Allies were going to go after one another, that the game would take forever, and I didn't have forever to play it. I put it away and haven't tried to play the game again.

To clarify: Artillery, destroyers, victory cities and individual research was introduced by A&A Revised. Some of that stuff was even earlier introduced by Xeno Games The World at War expansion for the MB version. Still a very involved and history version that is often overlooked.

I guess i should finally grab a copy, and give it a try with friends.

We won as the Allies and I really enjoyed the game. I only paid like 65 dollars for it on Amazon.

I have the re released Anniversary Edition of Axis and Allies and agree it the best A&A game of the lot, the only thing I wished they did, was more units unique to Italy, but other than that, perfect game!!

Hey Eric,

I have 1942 2nd edition, Anniversary 2nd edition, Europe & Pacific 2nd editions.

I’ve been playing this version recently and I absolutely love it

I CHALLENGE YOU TO A DUEL!!!!! God damn this box is glorious. It's true though - this game looks a LOT HARDER than it is. Once you start playing you cant stop

You guys need to get into Hearts of Iron 4 now.

Now, thanks to you, i have to have this version too.

1) Europe & Pacific 1940

Thanks guys, this is incredible helpful.

I got this on Black Friday at a local gaming store for $50 and I have never played axis and allies (it was the original anniversary not the reprint)

You guys should do a video comparing the 1940 Europe/Pacific global rules, and the 1941 Anniversary Edition, detailing the differences, and explaining why you might like one more than the other.