[HN Gopher] TripleA: A Java-based free open source Axis and Allies
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TripleA: A Java-based free open source Axis and Allies
Author : xretaxeous
Score : 90 points
Date : 2022-11-03 10:38 UTC (12 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (triplea-game.org)
(TXT) w3m dump (triplea-game.org)
| wingmanjd wrote:
| I never played TTRPG growing up, but when I was younger, my dad
| would let me roll his dice during his A&A game nights he had with
| some friends and co-workers, eventually joining the table as I
| grew older. It was a great excuse as a little kid to stay up late
| (they played once a month from 7PM to midnight).
|
| I need to see if he'd be interested in trying this out!
| ww520 wrote:
| This looks great. Brings back old memory. Will try it out.
| culopatin wrote:
| I'm sure they don't know but for 40M people TripleA means this:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_Anticommunist_Allian...
| onlycoffee wrote:
| It sounds like that was a horrific event. The inverse also
| happened under communist regimes though, since you bring it up,
| out of context of Java and AAA (triple A) gaming which is the
| definition most widely recognized by the HN audience in my
| view:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimes_against_humanity_under_...
| UI_at_80x24 wrote:
| Thats funny, because for me Triple A meant this:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Automobile_Associatio...
| culopatin wrote:
| Way more wholesome
| capableweb wrote:
| For a even larger group of people, Triple-A would refer to
| games made by/published by big video game publishers.
|
| Or, it's possible to initials (or whatever this is called) can
| mean multiple things depending on context, and I'm sure people
| generally can tell when the appropriate one applies :)
| yamtaddle wrote:
| I bet the first thing that comes to mind for many is the
| American Automobile Association, or AAA baseball leagues.
| Would be surprised if the figures for those are also ~40m,
| each.
| the_af wrote:
| > _Triple-A would refer to games made by /published by big
| video game publishers_
|
| Out of curiosity, do English speakers say "Triple-A" or
| "A-A-A" in this case?
|
| (As an Argie, of course to me Triple A means the paramilitary
| Anticommunist Alliance mentioned in the top comment, as would
| for most Argentinians of a certain age...)
| saw-lau wrote:
| I've only heard people say it as 'triple-A' in this
| context.
| denton-scratch wrote:
| I thought AAA was anti-aircraft artillery.
| rjsw wrote:
| Your Nazi Tribute Band seems a pretty good copy of the
| original.
| culopatin wrote:
| That's because they adopted the originals when they disbanded
| at home.
| pessimizer wrote:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucha_Libre_AAA_Worldwide
| david422 wrote:
| Played Axis and Allies with some friends on the board game a long
| time ago. Spent a whole weekend on it. I think a large part of
| the allure is physically being in a room with friends. Will have
| to check out the online version.
| _0ffh wrote:
| Nice, wasn't this project dead at some point due to legal
| threats?
| e3bc54b2 wrote:
| There seems to be okay-ish activity on the repo:
| https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/commits/master
| _0ffh wrote:
| I've done some digging, as I am terminally curious.
|
| It was taken down by Hasbro with a DCMA complaint in July
| 2009 [1]. Not sure when exactly it was resurrected, but I'm
| glad it worked out for them in the end.
|
| [1] https://uboat-aaa.blogspot.com/2009/07/dmca-takedown-
| notice-...
| dougdonohoe wrote:
| Back in the early 2000's, I wanted to create an online version of
| Axis and Allies so I could play over the internet with friends. I
| explored getting the IP rights, but wasn't able to do so.
|
| I found another game that was sorta similar, War! Age of
| Imperialism, and was able to convince the publisher to allow me
| to create a computer version, which actually got sold in boxes in
| places like Target and Best Buy.
| http://www.donohoedigital.com/war/
|
| I created a general-purpose "Game Engine" (in Java) that could
| have been easily been used to make something like this. I ended
| up using the same engine for my 2nd game, DD Poker.
|
| Ah, the good ol' days.
| taftster wrote:
| That's actually pretty amazing. Well done.
|
| For me, I read blog posts and sit on the sidelines, thinking
| about fun ideas like yours, but never executing or figuring out
| how to take forward steps. It's actually quite the
| accomplishment to ship a product, even if it was in the good
| ol' days.
| danjoredd wrote:
| I LOVED this board game as a kid! I even loved the video game.
| Glad to see that Axis and Allies is still around!
| blakewatson wrote:
| My friends and I used to play TripleA by emailing the game file
| back and forth. Good times.
|
| If anyone is interested, there's a great game similar to A&A but
| with simpler rules and tons of maps and scenarios. It's called
| Lux Alliance by SillySoft.
|
| https://sillysoft.net/vox/
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