2013 - AAG 40 League

[variance]

Hey ya never know

[variance]

seriously though, would it be legal to put some Dutch infantry in Java?

[gamerman01]

There is no such thing as Dutch infantry.  They don’t come with the game.

Seriously, Jenn will have to give you the answer.

[Jennifer]

No, variance.  Mongolia is neutral, not an allied nation for start, for another, it isn’t allied controlled at the start of the game.

Likewise, there are, to my knowledge, no Dutch pieces…so, uhm, yea.  No army to bid with and no capitol for Holland to hold IPC to buy an army with either.

The British do not control Dutch territories (rationale: they cannot collect IPC for them until they take over the local governments) either at the start of the game, so they could not bid units there either.

[variance]

Ok thank you.

[wheatbeer]

I would let you do it Vance  :-D … But I guess it’ll have to be a non-league match (or covert).

I can see a rationale for bidding pro-Allied neutrals into Persia.

[Jennifer]

I can as well, but I do not think it is fair to allow that kind of change at this point in the league.  Perhaps next year.

[variance]

Yeah a couple extra Russians in Persia could make the Iraq thing cost effective against a slow Germany but oh well.  Not many do slow Germany anymore so whatever.

Jenn, do you and Gamerman have any plans for changes to bid rules for next year?  Like allowing bids to be spent on infantry in pro-allied neutrals?  Or how about putting a limit of 1 unit per territory?  Bids need to be higher than they are but we are sort of capped around 12 because certain key points can be stacked (e.g. Yunnan with 4 extra infantry plus 2 Soviet planes turns into 20 infantry plus plane(s) holding Burma road forever).  Without that stacking potential bids could be higher but more dispersed around the board.

[gamerman01]

Variance, I do not have any authority in setting league rules or parameters
I’m just a regular, experienced player who is allowed to post a rankings spreadsheet because the moderators let me

[Jennifer]

And he’s cute, dont forget that he’s cute. :P

As for bidding rules, I am open to ideas and we may have a discussion in July (assuming I have sold my house and purchased a new one by then) as to how we would rework things.  I agree, there is too significant a difference between G40 and the other global versions of the game to arbitrarily limit it to xx units here and xx units there.

What I know is that I dislike the idea of negative bids to remove units from the board.  It was done during the tournament last year and I think it really did not work out well.  There were too many people taking useless AA Guns off just to get the side they wanted and the intent, I believe, was to have people be able to remove bombers or infantry etc from the board.  So that will definitely not be an option.

What I could see is a limit of 8 IPC or Less of units bid into any specific land or sea zone that is controlled by you.

We may even come to an agreement of certain neutral units that would be placed on the board (half by Allies, half by Axis) but I would say they would have to be in territories that are true neutral instead of Iraq for instance, more like Chile or Suadia Arabia.

[Karl7]

Question RE: scramble.

I think I know the answer is no, but…. one can only hope.

If US parks its fleet on ncm next to an enemy airbase and then the UK attacks the territory with an amphib and the defender scrambles, does the US fleet participate in the pre-amphib naval combat?

It would be sweet if it could, but I gather the use of the word “attacker” in the scramble rule means only ships actually attacking and not just sailing around.

[gamerman01]

Gotcha answered on the FAQ thread, Karl

[Karl7]

So my understanding is correct.  Bumber.  I was hoping for some exoteric interpretation had been made to allow the US help out….

Back to the drawing board!

[hobo]

boldfresh (axis) over hobo

http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=30689.0

[hobo]

opps wrong thread  :-D

[atease]

@Karl7:

Question RE: scramble.

I think I know the answer is no, but…. one can only hope.

If US parks its fleet on ncm next to an enemy airbase and then the UK attacks the territory with an amphib and the defender scrambles, does the US fleet participate in the pre-amphib naval combat?

It would be sweet if it could, but I gather the use of the word “attacker” in the scramble rule means only ships actually attacking and not just sailing around.

I’m with you Karl, it would be sweet, but sadly no.

[blastherfast]

hows it going axis and allies players. I have played the board games quite a bit. I was wondering if anyone would be kind enough to show me the ropes. I would really like to test my experience out. im sure a few of you have played a lot of people and no a lot of tricks that I don’t no. please give me a chance and lets rock and roll. 8-)

[Jennifer]

A D-Day rule may be implemented for league/tournament games as an option in the future.  That would be, once per game, the US, French, British and Australian units may attack in unison against West France and/or Holland as long as at least one ground unit is dropped off via transport (amphibious assault.)    I’d have to look into the total ramifications since it would change the Western Front significantly I would think.

[gamerman01]

I don’t like the idea of adding house rules to league/tournament play

[Jennifer]

@Gamerman01:

I don’t like the idea of adding house rules to league/tournament play

Bidding is a house rule.  There’s precedent.  Not saying we are going to add any, but, you know…it’s been done before. =^_^=