Editor’s Choice: 12-7-Games Review 96%

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Jonathan J. Reinhart

CWF Editor's Choice Award for Singles12-7-Games is an online retailer selling a handful of historical games and gaming supplies.  It is the second most popular vendor amongst Axis & Allies ForuMINI members. 12-7-Games both sponsors that community and provides special discounts to its members.

I was looking for an affordable vendor to purchase three singles to finish off my War at Sea: Condition Zebra collection.  I asked on the ForuMINI and was told to use the sponsors. One member said “try the sponsors, they’re the cheapest on the net.” Normally I purchase all of my War at Sea product from my friendly local game store, Battleground Games.  But, they don’t sell singles.

This review details my experience providing reflections based on my experience. I was not compensated for this review.  In fact, I’m never compensated for my reviews and if the day ever comes that I am or am given special review only product I will gladly say so at the start of the review.

Preparation

I didn’t have a lot to go by when choosing 12-7-Games other than a smattering of discussion on the ForuMINI and whatever information existed on the vendor’s website.  All of the comments were good but not as enthusiastic as I hoped. I compared the prices for what I wanted with two eBay vendors, and the other two ForuMINI sponsors. I discovered that 12-7-Games had the best prices (combined with shipping).

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War at Sea: Condition Zebra Set List

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Jonathan J. Reinhart

If you’re anything like me, then you miss the set lists that Wizards used to include in the starter and booster boxes. With Condition Zebra they have printed the set list on the side of the booster. While this is nice to have it certainly doesn’t replace those great checklists.

Below you will find the complete War at Sea Condition Zebra Set List. Hopefully, someone will make a proper checklist that we can then share.

Collection # Name Rarity
1 HMCS Uganda Uncommon
2 Bearn Rare
3 D.520 Common
4 Lamotte-Picquet Uncommon
5 Provence Rare
6 V-156F Vindicator Common
7 Giorgios Averof Rare
8 Proteus Common
9 Vasilissa Olga Common
10 Witte de With Common
11 HMS Cossack Common
12 HMS Royal Oak Rare
13 HMS Victorious Rare
14 Sunderland Mk. 1 Uncommon
15 B-24D Liberator Uncommon
16 USMC F4U-1A Corsair Common
17 USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692) Common
18 USS Houston (CA 30) Rare
19 USS Lexington (CV 2) Rare
20 USS S-37 (SS 132) Common
21 USS West Vriginia (BB 48) Rare
22 Arkhangelsk Rare
23 Vainamoinen Uncommon
24 Fi 167 Common
25 Gneisenau Rare
26 Nurnberg Rare
27 Z32 Common
28 Ascari Common
29 Caio Duilio Rare
30 Leonardo da Vinci Common
31 Trento Rare
32 Z.506B Airone Uncommon
33 Agano Uncommon
34 Chikuma Rare
35 Fuso Rare
36 Junyo Rare
37 Matsu Common
38 Murasame Common
39 N1K1-J “George” Common
40 Suzuya Rare

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War at Sea: Condition Zebra Stat Card Gallery

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Jonathan J. Reinhart

This is the complete Condition Zebra Picture Gallery. It shows all cards personally scanned in by me at 600 dpi per card.  Please note all our stat card scans (including these) are released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share alike 3.0 Unported license (as is everything on this blog).  You must adhere to that license in order to use the scans.

I hope you enjoy the card gallery. Don’t forget to use the Condition Zebra Stat Cards, 2010 Starter Stat Cards, Flank Speed Stat Cards, Task Force Stat Cards, and Base Set Stat Cards.

You can enlarge any of the pictures simply by clicking on them. This will take you to a larger version where you can see all the text on the Special Abilities.

Before you click READ MORE please note that the gallery has 40 high resolution pictures. That may be resource heavy and if you use dial-up it may take a very long time to load. Dial-up users are better off going to Condition Zebra Gallery Folders and peruse the folders by nation.

PLEASE NOTE IT IS NOT YET POSSIBLE TO DOWNLOAD THE COMPLETE GALLERY. THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS AND THE ZIP FILE WILL BE UPLOADED WHEN THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED. If you wish to download the complete gallery you can find the REPLACE WITH ACTUAL SIZE IN MB WHEN UPLOADED 6mb zipped file at Condition Zebra Stat Card Gallery Zip (right click, save target as).

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War at Sea: Condition Zebra Case 1 Pulls

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Jonathan J. Reinhart

My case of War at Sea: Condition Zebra has arrived courtesy of the Miniature Market. I am happy to announce that I received no duplicate rares in the case. Including the units pulled from the boosters purchased at Battleground Games in Abington my collection is now:

1 HMCS Uganda
1 Bearn
3 D.520
3 Lamotte-Picquet
1 Provence
2 V-156F Vindicator
1 Giorgios Averof
2 Proteus
3 Vasilissa Olga
3 Witte de With
3 HMS Cossack
1 HMS Royal Oak
1 HMS Victorious
2 Sunderland Mk. I
1 B-24D Liberator
3 USMC F4U-1A Corsair
2 USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692)
1 USS Houston (CA 30)
1 USS Lexington (CV 2)
3 USS S-37 (SS 132)
0 USS West Virginia (BB 48)
1 Arkhangelsk
1 Vainamoinen
4 Fi 167
1 Gneisenau
1 Nurnberg
2 Z32
2 Ascari
0 Caio Duilio
3 Leonardo da Vinci
0 Trento
3 Z.506B Airone
2 Agano
2 Chikuma
1 Fuso
1 Junyo
3 Matsu
2 Murasame
2 N1K1-J “George”
1 Suzuya

For those who are keeping track, this means I am 1) only missing 3 rares (they are en route) and 2) the problems I had with missing units has since been rectified through local resources.

Now, the really good news for everyone is that I am now digitizing the stat cards. Only missing three units is a pleasant change for me. When Flank Speed released I purchased 3.5 cases and was still missing several units. Being able to purchase a single case and a few boosters yielding all but three units is simply amazing!

The digitization project will commence immediately. I will post scans as they are available with a goal of posting entire nations at a time. Like before I will be spreading out the scans. To answer your questions, yes this is to make you come back often looking for scans and yes it may be dastardly but this does work.

Lastly, please note that usage of the scans must comply to the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share alike 3.0 Unported license (as is everything on this blog). This is also mentioned in the readme file included with the zipped scans. The basics of the license is that you cannot use the scans for commercial reasons, you must state that I scanned them, you must provide a link to the scans (either www.wargamingforums.com or the individual scan), and you must share the scans under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share alike 3.0 Unported license so people have equal access and will know about the lengthy effort I put into this digitization project.

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War at Sea: Condition Zebra First Pulls

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Jonathan J. Reinhart

I’ve been anxiously waiting for my case of Condition Zebra to arrive and couldn’t stand waiting any longer. Today I gave up the wait, drove to Battleground Games in Abington, and purchased two boosters.

This gives me a start on the scanning project and marginally sates my appetite for shiny new War at Sea minis. My two boosters were hand-picked by star store employee Chase, happy birthday by the way, which yielded amazing pulls.

My first booster was torn apart to reveal:
11/40 HMS Cossack
24/40 Fi 167
30/40 Leonardo Da Vinci
32/40 Z. 506B Airone
34/40 Chikuma

The second booster provided:
4/40 Lamotte-Piquet
10/40 Witte de With
16/40 USMC F4U-IA Corsair
19/40 USS Lexington (CV2)
37/40 Matsu

Each booster overwhelmingly favored different sides. Between the two I have a start of five Axis and five Allies units. I am very happy with my pulls. The USS Lexington helps to found out my USN carrier fleet while I have nice additions to my Axis air fleet and a strong replacement for the Ambra.

The Chikuma isn’t a terrible pull, but it isn’t from my top ten list. Wednesday is gaming night and these new units give me a chance to integrate the new set with my existing collection. I know it will provide interesting results.

Please visit again for my WAS Condition Zebra 600dpi stat card scans.

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