Go rogue today

This precious “baby” boy of mine celebrated a big birthday on Saturday. His one birthday gift request? This enormous board game he’s been eyeing at the hobby shop, “Axis & Allies” (circa 1981), which depicts WWII on a grand scale. It comes complete with a world map board, infantry, armor, fighters, bombers, battleships, aircraft carriers, submarines, troop transports, anti-air guns, and factories. As a family, we made the trip, and the investment, in this giant game about war, to celebrate our boy who is fascinated by the stories of history.
The night we brought it home, it took over an hour just to set up the first two teams in all their proper locations, according to the instructions.
Being the history buff, that I am not, during the subsequent re-setup, when I started feeling a bit overwhelmed by the intensity, I decided to go rogue. I couldn’t handle all the strategy and the …