2011 Tournament discussion (AA50-41)

Who said anything about East Indies or Borneo?  Burma you have 1 inf.  You need bid placement in a territory you have units.  I think I favor art/arm bry… it can start a nice domino effect against the japanese.

Any talk of AA50 being broken is absolute nonsense.  It is by far the most superior map of any Axis & Allies variant. Sure it’s not perfect, but nominate a map and scenerio that is?

I am an Axis guy; bring on that KGF, if the dice are not unkind, I will stop it.  But even so, with that, and all my experience, if you look at my Tourny game, Bold seems extremely confident that he will be the victor. This demonstrates that in no way do people feel that there is a lack of hope to win with the Allies. With a bid placement, between 6 and 11, the game becomes very balanced.

So, if the OOB set-up placed another 3 units to the Allies somewhere, wouldn’t that actually take away some of the fun and intrigue that the game has right now?  Each game can be slightly different depending on the bid size and placement.

I would like to see China be a touch stronger, but if that is the only negative of the entire elaborate scheme that is AA50, I can more than live with it.  I retired from Axis & Allies for more than a decade because none of the maps stimulated the kind of strategery and agency that I wanted from the game, even though I loved the basics of the gameplay.  AA50 pulled me right out of it.  I use to play a lot of other games, now it’s just Axis & Allies.

sub sz 35. art and armor bury are pretty solid. I have nothing against that. art tank in bury is more or less of a gamble. 40% manchuria odds roughly with 3% draw? not too bad. I’ve done that before. it’s okay.

KJF and pacific play requires heavy luck on the allies side. where as europe isn’t nearly as intense… omg my attack failed I lost whatever the AA gun hit and some men.  where as in the boats and ocean… if you lose something you lose big. Japan has the odds, japan also chooses the battles if he plays well. also you see what is placed on west usa you can prepare for it on your turn before it moves out.

also there is not enough ground forces to really contain japan. so you got manchuria… china lives an extra round. great. meanwhile germany/italy are going to own africa/europe and eventually russia. if you do full on KJF yeah I don’t care as long as I get china done and make my bonus. that’s e z enough. germany + italy can handle moscow then that’s it. italy can do stuff like take brazil to ease up things for japan… or hell cross the channel.

germany after taking moscow… matter of time before uk goes.

I play OOB every now and then. you meet a guy, he says he’s played revised but not aa50 and wants to give it  try, meh basically allies getting zero bid = axis gets a free mistake.

KGF is easier and has a higher success rate. you know it is true. Plus the games end by round 9. you either lost moscow and failed to take berlin or you took berlin and lost moscow or you took berlin and moscow held. 2 of the 3 scenarios are favorable for allies.

the only time you might play out past round 9 or 10 is if both sides failed or if japan got moscow and uk or usa got berlin.  usually japan doesn’t have enough to beat usa and uk. he needs enough leftover men to A) dominate africa and outproduce allies in income B) take back and hold germany or italy… I’ve yet to see that C) have west usa.

I’ve done C and A to someone as axis. I’ve had C happen to me once, which is bs. 8 inf 2 tank and a fighter losing to 2 bombards and 6 guys. whatever, I did it to someone too for the heck of it. 10-25% is 10-25%… it happens.

also dutchman, boldfresh missed so many opportunities. don’t mention his KGF to me, ever again.

@Cow:

also dutchman, boldfresh missed so many opportunities. don’t mention his KGF to me, ever again.

i like your style Cow  :wink:

you have 1000+ tuv game… 500+ for each side. I hate games like that. because they can go on 14 round plus. in real life 10 hour game? in triplea 5-7hour game? most games resolve in 2-3 depending on how long people think about what they are doing. real life games 3-6 hours usual.

it’s like you couldn’t find a battle.

gi_joe over cow.  cow couldn’t hit against british forces all game with germany. lost sz 2 battle with sub fig bomber (total miss) and sz12 with sub 2 fighter (total miss)  on g1 and lost germany on a 77% defense on uk 3. :| which is pretty sad but that’s ok. even if i put a couple a couple more guys the way he rolled and the way i rolled… jesus.

PWNED!

You must be all talk, to get knocked out in the first round against a total noob!

See you next year Cow.

lol shit happens. like the time i lost 1 carrier 2 fighters to a single fighter… and that bastard flew away… and i choose carrier as my first casualty… lool but i won that game, because boats and oceans never matters.

:-)
I thought GI Joe’s men all came by sea….

So Cow, doesn’t that make you COBRA?

Hey Gargantua,

Why do you call me a Noob?  :?
Yes, this was my first game on this site.

I also play on GTO, DAAK and TripleA.

PS, i play A&A for 25 years now.

Why do you call me a Noob? 
Yes, this was my first game on this site.

I also play on GTO, DAAK and TripleA.

PS, i play A&A for 25 years now.

Exactly my point,

I watched your play style… sloppy LOL.  Hope we meet in the tournament!

Well, it would have to be in the finals.  Fat chance!

Looking forward to it hahaha.

don’t worry GI_JOE. you roll good, take advantage of that and you be fine! gogogogo super defense!

Tyzoq over Desert Journalist in 7 rounds.

http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=22594.225

Also Zhuk over DF