No problem. I will ask you next month for W@W game.
Historical Boardgames sponsored BATTLE OF THE AGES Tournament
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Ok, so a quick status update, mostly so I can figure out who has started and who hasn’t (and therefore who needs to be poked and prodded)
RED = has not started or contacted each other
BLUE = has contacted each other or started a thread, but not started the game yet
GREEN = are currently playingNothing to see here
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Gekkepop
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28447.0Randmacts
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ice
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28445.0P@nther
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Most Holy
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28449.0Veqryn
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kabloom
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28444.0AmorphousCube
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alexgreatOdonis
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KBGMake_It_Round
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DimaxAjmdemen
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Funcioneta
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28452.0wirkey
vs
NarushimaU-505
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pug6000DeadTom
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Gargantua
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28448.0Noll
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lalapalooza
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28496.0invictus
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Eskander
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28485.0soulfein
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ErnieBommel
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28463.0Wassmuss
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Admetus
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28506.0Hepps01
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SantaClaus2seththenewb
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Bacala
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28514.0 -
Nice work V. I have no idea what I’m doing in this game but your notes in this thread have been a great help. I love Napoleonic history and am loving this game so far. What a great way to introduce players to new games.
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@Most:
Nice work V. I have no idea what I’m doing in this game but your notes in this thread have been a great help. I love Napoleonic history and am loving this game so far. What a great way to introduce players to new games.
Very glad you like it. This is the whole point of this “tournament”: to get people to try new games and have a ton of fun.
For the previous question about convoy income, here is a longer explanation:
There have been several iterations of how convoys work according to A&A, and Napoleonic uses the version from the first A&A Europe game.
The rules are this:
1. The original owner (the person who controlled it at the beginning of the game) receives the income from a convoy zone, so long as he still controls it.
2. If anyone else controls it, then no-one gets any income from it.
3. You can only conquer a convoy zone with a unit that has some attack power greater than zero. You can only attack it during combat move.
So, lets say France’s income is 56, and UK’s income is 50, and France currently owns a 6 value convoy zone.
Now, UK conquers this zone. The new incomes are 50 for France, and 50 for UK.
This is because France loses 6, while UK gains nothing.If France conquers it back (or an ally liberates it), then France goes back up to 56, and UK still stays at 50.
There are some national objectives at the end of France, UK, and Spain’s turns. They are not related to the convoys at all actually. Basically, it was decided during balancing that the incomes of some players needed to be reduced for balancing reasons. So, for example, France receives -6 income every turn, no matter what (France could control every territory and sea zone on the board, or France could control nothing except for Paris. No matter what, France will get -6 per turn). This balancing was done over the course of 2-3 years of playing, so trust me: the game is very balanced.
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Ok, I found “Ney” by accident (because my opponent moved him).
Where are the other guys: Wellington/Blucher/Charles/Kutusov ?
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you can build more of these “Marshals” from the second turn onward. (and in unlimited numbers)
only france gets to start with 1 (and he is by egypt, to represent France’s forces down there)
they are quite powerful units, 4 attack, 3 defense, 3 movement, but they cost 9, which means you had better protect them with a hell of a lot of fodder
I rarely buy more than one or two of these guys…
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Bacala and myself should both be green.
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hepps and i are playing by the lobby, not forum. we started 2 days ago. are w supposed to start a thread anyway?
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I would Claus, I mean, why not? Just to post the -win- information, or make the file public.
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hepps and i are playing by the lobby, not forum. we started 2 days ago. are w supposed to start a thread anyway?
only have to post it after you guys finish (and let me know who won, and include the savegame)
glad to see you guys started :)
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Nothing to See Here has conceeded our game so it seems I win round 1. You can check the thread for confirmation if you want. Is round 2 starting anytime soon?
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as soon as the last team starts their round 1 game, i’ll post round 2 matchups
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Please sign me up thanks.
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ok, we have some people who haven’t shown up in two weeks so far, that may require replacements or at least switching around the brackets to people can get on with their games….
no shows:
KBG
U-505
invictus
ErnieBommelalso, some players are not posting any turns yet:
Randmacts
kabloomi’m going to private message everyone and give it a few more days (like til end of sunday), then if still no movement I will have the active people matched with each other
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alright, KBG and U505 are starting, and Ernie sent me an email and has contacted soulfein
so that leaves only Kabloom and Invictus, and possibly Randmacts.
sending another round of private messages to get this stuff going, and if it still doesn’t start in 2-3 days then i will switch some matchups around so that active people will play active people
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Randmacts and Invictus are dropping, but Kabloom messaged me to say he is still in
So, that leaves “ice” and “Eskander” without a game, so i’m matching them up for the 1st round (napoleonic)
their new game thread is here:
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28635.0 -
I conceded my rd 1 game vs. Hepps. Heres the link to the thread.
its telling me i cant post hyperlinks so ill just attach the file here
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@Most:
Nice work V. I have no idea what I’m doing in this game but your notes in this thread have been a great help. I love Napoleonic history and am loving this game so far. What a great way to introduce players to new games.
Very glad you like it. This is the whole point of this “tournament”: to get people to try new games and have a ton of fun.
For the previous question about convoy income, here is a longer explanation:
There have been several iterations of how convoys work according to A&A, and Napoleonic uses the version from the first A&A Europe game.
The rules are this:
1. The original owner (the person who controlled it at the beginning of the game) receives the income from a convoy zone, so long as he still controls it.
2. If anyone else controls it, then no-one gets any income from it.
3. You can only conquer a convoy zone with a unit that has some attack power greater than zero. You can only attack it during combat move.
So, lets say France’s income is 56, and UK’s income is 50, and France currently owns a 6 value convoy zone.
Now, UK conquers this zone. The new incomes are 50 for France, and 50 for UK.
This is because France loses 6, while UK gains nothing.If France conquers it back (or an ally liberates it), then France goes back up to 56, and UK still stays at 50.
There are some national objectives at the end of France, UK, and Spain’s turns. They are not related to the convoys at all actually. Basically, it was decided during balancing that the incomes of some players needed to be reduced for balancing reasons. So, for example, France receives -6 income every turn, no matter what (France could control every territory and sea zone on the board, or France could control nothing except for Paris. No matter what, France will get -6 per turn). This balancing was done over the course of 2-3 years of playing, so trust me: the game is very balanced.
I would suggest adding a decoration to each sea zone that has a convoy marking the original owner. The placement could be done in such a way that the flags (marking the current controlling nation) could then be put partially over or adjacent to those. That way you’d always know which convoy zones represent lost or potential income for each nation. It would just make it clearer for the player who the original owner was. Just one of the few things I noticed that was confusing as a first time player.
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P@nther has defeated Most Holy in Round 1! who shall trample me next?
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Now that several of the Round 1 match-ups have been finished can we start to look at matching those people together for the round 2 matches?
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And can we sticky this thread? Instead of having to hunt it down all the time?
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