Newbie Questions for AAM

Thank you for the quick reply. I never knew AAAF was created for integration into AAM. That’s good news that I can now expand my options….less good news for the wallet. I guess I need to figure out of my OCD can handle the site of tiny AAM plane flying along side the larger planes. Thanks again, I had no clue about that.

And thanks for the information on the points. I was hoping to play some 200 point value games . Guess I’ll see how that goes.

You can also use the small planes with the AAAF cards. I use the small planes since they take up less space on the map when deployed & some were not reproduced in AAAF, so there are some that are only in the smaller scale.

Also the Meteor & Donier Do 335, the Push/Pull twin engine plane. It would make an interesting addition as well as the jets to the air game I think. Planes in the land game are abstract units at best...strafers with MG's & rockets & some can bomb but air to air is not really an aspect of the land game. That being said, I do use planes in games but sometimes add & use house rules to make it a bit more realistic....I have a "Flight Path" houserule....a hexrow is chosen for the plane & it enters & exits on that row...it is also subject to any eligible "Defensive Fire" along that path....planes don't just appear this way but it is a Land Combat game anyways....planes are optional.

Enjoy however you play. I experiment with "Freestyle" play, mix countries that are opposite in the basic game is 1 way, another is try "Patton's Idea", fight the Russians then as he postulated & he passed away shortly thereafter, no tinfoil hats please...the system is flexible enough & there are other's houserules too so it is kind of an open ended system that can be used with several gaming systems. It also looks way cooler than the old Avalon Hill Bookcase games & stacks of cardboard squares that were always getting knocked over.

Happy Gaming All!

I was thinking yesterday that it might be fun to have my Brits and Americans battle a soviet force. Glad to see I am not the only free thinker.

My friend that works for ASL pointed me in the direction of the Deluxe ASL maps as well. He remembers AAM (he’s a game store owner) and thought the Deluxe maps were the way to go. Obviously, you shared that with me already, but he was able to give me a lot of details.

Thanks again for mentioning the ASL option. I would never have connected the maps I’d scene in his store to being useful.