@hawkeye999 Not quite done posting but wanted to start getting the idea out there.
@djensen đ my bad man i didnât see the work in progress sign
@hawkeye999 I just added more thoughts on it. Let me know what you think.
@djensen this sounds really cool, especially since itâs online hitting g a bigger region of players.
I love anything that involves competition. Count me in.
@gamerman01 Since you run the League, any thoughts on something like this?
Wow, youâre asking me? Cool!
Birdâs eye view first -
I guess this is why we keep you around, Dave đ
Januaryâs a great month since itâs the first of the year. Did you make a new yearâs resolution to engage A&A.org people more?
Please move forward with this idea, because itâs great. Start the infantry marching.
Iâll help facilitate things in any way that I can (except I donât want to book hotels for people, they should do that themselves).
@gamerman01 Iâve been sitting on this idea for a while. I shouldâve started talking about it in December to start in January but better late than never.
Yeah, I do want the community more involved.
Love the idea of a World Cup, looking forward to hopefully participating too!
Sounds great sign me up
Iâve actually been working on a similar idea involving getting something resembling an âofficialâ tournament system set up by Renegade at the various board game/hobby conventions they (probably) attend across the US/EU. I tried fishing for support for Renegade but got nothing back from them on my own. Shoot me a DM if you have time or want to exchange ideas. I can post it here instead but I donât want to derail this thread with a wall of text.
Please derail :) Canât see your ideas otherwise :)
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@DoManMacgee I forked it. The discussion, that is.
Dave Jensen, Founder of Axis & Allies .org
@djensen Thanks man. If you ever want to try pitching your idea to Renegade and need a point of contact DM me. I have contact info for their Organized Play director and you (as the owner of this site) probably have a much better shot of getting a response back from him than I did as just some random guy on the internet.
As for your plan here, since I never properly replied to it:
Overall, I like this idea a lot, so donât take any of my remarks below the wrong way of course.
Have you considered forcing 1v1 instead of teams to increase the overall participant count? A headline saying âAn Axis and Allies League with over 50 participantsâ would probably look better to onlookers/outsiders than saying âAn Axis and Allies League with over 20 teamsâ.
Online play itself is great since we already have the PBEM sub-forum on here with a community from all over the world, but it may also be good to have local events (such as the ones hosted by the people you CCâd + other known tournament organizers like @Young-Grasshopper, Smorey Swamp, etc.). I understand that results from live tournaments wouldnât quite vibe with the idea of a âLeagueâ (where folks play one another on a regularly scheduled basis similar to a âregular seasonâ in most sports), but encouraging the community to actually attend tournaments would do wonders for the franchise as a whole. There would definitely be some way to make it work out, like your idea of âbonus league pointsâ relative to how well you performed at the actual tournament.
If Greg would give his blessing, Gen Con would probably be an ideal location for a Final Tournament with the top X (4 or 8, probably depending on how many people actually sign up for this hypothetical league) Players competing for the championship. Renegade already chose Gen Con as the location of the inaugural World Championship last year, so keeping that tradition going may be beneficial. However, depending on the geographic location of the people who actually make the finals, it might also make sense to hold the finals in a location thatâs agreeable to everyone (for example, if 2 West Coast guys + 2 Canadians from Vancouver/BC make the finals, itâd probably be smarter to keep the finals in somewhere like Washington State so travel expenses donât get out of control).
Really liking your idea though. Sorry it took me a bit to formulate my thoughts on things and also sorry for bogging down your thread with my stuff yesterday.
Iâm sorry I canât help setting it up, but know that I support your idea and will participate.
Hi Dave,
this sounds like a great initiative. Iâve created a account here to follow the progress. Considering the geographic spread of the players, the time commitment, and the reliability of people in these modern times, I think itâd be best to do teams of 1 - 3 and certainly online.
Best Regards from Germany
@DoManMacgee said in Axis & Allies Cup 2024 Discussion and Planning:
Have you considered forcing 1v1 instead of teams to increase the overall participant count?
One of the points was for this to be team based. Team based and many different games.
Dave Jensen, Founder of Axis & Allies .org
@djensen I love this idea! But as I have said, there are some holes in this. Many players have house rules not everyone agrees with. If this is the case, some (newer) players who have only played the base game could pair with players who play heavily modded versions, like @The-Captain . Also, can we make 1941 not allowed? Itâs the most basic and unfun of any game. Thatâs my two cents.
I like 1941. Itâs basic, sure, and I rarely play it now, but thatâs what I started playing the entire franchise on, and I wanna use that knowledge and experience.
@SuperbattleshipYamato Yeah. To be honest, I have really only played it once.
