Which team will win Super Bowl LX?

[Maxperson]

I had this hat on. It says the Seahawks Superbowl Champions. Which means I've had it since the last SB win. I only wear it when the Hawks are in the SB, so this was only the second time I wore it in 11 years.

Is that why your dog looks so surprised?

 

[Maxperson]

3/4 of the commercials were badly done AI. It reminded me of the Superbowl that was all dot com ads several years ago. One can only hope the AI industry pops just like the dot com bust did.

The very first AI commercial with the therapist was funny. The rest were whatevers.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

The very first AI commercial with the therapist was funny. The rest were whatevers.

Anthropic’s personal trainer Claude ad mined the same theme.

 

[Maxperson]

Anthropic’s personal trainer Claude ad mined the same theme.

It did, but not nearly as well in my opinion.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

It did, but not nearly as well in my opinion.

Well, it’s the same campaign; odds are good they can’t all be winners!

 

[RealAlHazred]

I used to be really big into Axis & Allies (and the rest of the Game Master Line along with Adjacents [such as War of the Ring...etc] that utilized A&A like systems).

The 1e A&A game was a typical wargame made by Larry Harris. It used the components common to Wargames of the time.

It was picked up by MB and they made the 2nd edition of A&A (the box that you have), though there were several printings of it (harder to tell which printing one has then what edition). It had plastic pieces for armies and other improved components as well as slightly simplified rules.

The Third edition was the Revised edition and made several changes to the rules.

Then, I think is when Anniversary Edition came out and then the first 1942 version (or was it 1941). That later one was sort of controversial for me as they stopped including paper money with that one.

Then came the revised 1941, the 1942 Second Edition, and more recently the rereleased Anniversary edition.

My favorites are probably Anniversary Edition, and then the Second Edition (Which you have) followed by the 3rd Edition.

That said, I'll always play a Game of A&A, but depending on who it is with, it will either be bonkers (as experienced A&A players use strategies that some would consider...unnatural in how the war normally seems) or more relaxed and enjoyable.

I went to GenCon one year, and they had a new Axis & Allies game -- but it was a collectible miniatures game, instead of the standard versions. It had plastic pieces, and you got a random assortment in each box. I played a demo game, but it uses buckets and buckets of dice -- multiple for each unit, which meant you were rolling a lot every turn, which made for a slew game. And they had simplified the rules for it, removing a lot of the cool edge cases you can have. I didn't care for it.

When I went to the hobby shop the next time, I talked to the owner who was a huge A&A fan. I told him why I didn't think it would sell in the store to the other grognards and he seemed to agree with me. He still bought two cases of boxes -- but for himself. I don't think I ever saw the grognards play it there, and they played practically every wargame ever made, at least once...