2013 - AAG 40 League

[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. =^_^=

[gamerman01]

Bidding does not change the ongoing game play at all.  It’s a minor tweak to the start, agreed to by both players.  Bids are about 0.1% of TUV at game start.

I suggest at least take a poll before throwing monkey wrenches in the 2nd edition rule set that few players are even used to yet  :-P

[boldfresh]

@Cmdr:

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.

jenn, with all due respect, i would agree that we should not add rules like this.  the ramifications would be huge.

[DizzKneeLand33]

Yes, that sounds like a complete change in the entire game mechanics of how each side would play.  If this new suggestion is made to even out the game, let’s just simplify and allow France to start (see thread now moved to house rules).  At least that is easier to understand…. :)

[Jennifer]

@DizzKneeLand33:

Yes, that sounds like a complete change in the entire game mechanics of how each side would play.  If this new suggestion is made to even out the game, let’s just simplify and allow France to start (see thread now moved to house rules).  At least that is easier to understand…. :)

Hmm, France starting could be interesting, but it would throw the entire German first move out the window, I would fear.  Anyway, it’s just a thought not a recommendation.  :P  And might be on a house rule league or something where many of the delta rules that were agreed on could be implemented and discussed before starting a hour rule tournament/league thing.  Not sure.  Toying with ideas here.

[boldfresh]

Jennifer - we need to change the game limit against a given opponent.  I think we should up the max number of wins to 3 per opponent.  we don’t want people running out of opponents!

Cheers

[gamerman01]

I agree.  When the 2 win limit was made at the start of the year, no one dreamed of the explosion of activity that followed.  There are at LEAST a handful of players who are actually running very thin on opponents because of this rule.  Why not relax it?  What’s everybody else think?

It doesn’t bother me personally, but I can see it’s becoming problematic for some of our most active league players.

[gamerman01]

The rule is no doubt intended to help mix things up - get people to play more people, but that is not a problem and wouldn’t be a problem if everyone could play best of 5.
The rule is effectively reducing the amount of enjoyment and fun people can have - you find players you really enjoy playing with, and boom pretty soon you’ve hit the maximum, esp if 1 wins the first two games.

Please seriously consider!

[boldfresh]

i want to play Karl again!!!

[nerquen]

@Boldfresh:

i want to play Karl again!!!

well, nothing restricts you from playing an off ladder game with Karl.