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Axis & Allies RoundRobin Bulge
13. A sub-variant tried was, no supply tokens, but, with regular Bulge attacks, but, the defender is allowed to counterattack, if they want to(in other words simultaneous combat using the Bulge hit/attack method).
Round One: Axis goes first(as always), no tokens, regular Bulge game attacks, but, defender may counterattack. Allis losses are 7 Infantry & 1 gun, &, Axis losses are just 1 Infantry. Hexes gain are 4 & V.P.=2.

Round Two: Allies go first, losses are 2 troopers & tanks & 3 trucks. Axis losses are 2 Infantry & 1 tanks & 2 trucks. hexes gain of 5 & V.P.=8.

Round Three: Axis goes first, losses are 4 Infantry & 2 guns & 4 tanks & 1 truck. Allies losses are 2 Infantry & guns & 1 tank & 2 trucks. Hexes gain 5 & V.P.=12.

Round Four: Axis goes first & losses 1 Infantry & gun & truck, &, 2 tanks. Allies lose 4 Infantry & guns & 5 tanks & 1 truck(one of the worst Allies losses ever). The Axis gain 6 hexes, but, only move V.P.=15. Last of the great Ge. reinforcements.

Round Five: Either air power saves the day for the Allies, or, it is all over. Allies go first, losses Air 5 fighters ,and, land battles 2 troopers. Axis losses Air 3 fighters & bomber & 3 tanks(destroyed by Allied air). Axis losses on land battle are 1 infantry & gun & 2 tanks. Axis hexes gained 4 & V.P.=16.

Round Six: Allies go first, losses via air are 7 fighters, &, Axis lose 3 fighters & bomber & 4 tanks(the tanks due to Allied Air Power, finally kicking in!).
Land losses are Allies 5 Infantry & 1 gun & 2 tanks, and, Axis losses are 3 Infantry & 2 tanks(both sides lose a truck). Axis losses in trucks will begin to hurt moving troops & guns around, still gain a hex & V.P.=17.

Round Seven: Allies go first, air losses of 3 fighters, &, Ge. losses of 3 fighters & a bomber, &, 2 tanks & a gun. Land losses Allies lose 2 Infantry & a truck, and, Germans lose 2 Infantry & guns & 1 tank. Allies get last of their reinforcements, and, actually outnumber the Germans, especially in tanks,. Still Germans get two more hexes & Allies take back one. The Axis cannot manned their whole front, gaps have opened in it. V.P. now 21. Thanks, Pellulo

@Matt-Hyra Alright, Thank you for letting me know!

They are bean counters. No doubt about it. They want exact results with no luck. All life is luck and games are simulations of life.

I don’t vilify anything. Its accurate reporting of facts and theirs nothing glamorous of low luck. To me its only value is for play testing of games, not actual games.

Bean counters are also mostly Rule Lawyers. They argue rules all day if possible.

One last reply for now.

First, let me hit you up with some pictures of how colors of units for different countries varied in the early days of Hasbro/WotC/AH A&A.

Tanks of the United Kingdom, from A&A Europe/Pacific to A&A Anniversary. (Source: https://boardgamegeek.com/image/424344/) - See the source link for a listing of what piece is from which game.
Axis and Allies - Tanks of the United Kingdom, from A and A Europe/Pacific to A and A Anniversary

And finally, a couple shots of the rarest (non-mistake) pieces in A&A - RN County Class cruisers in Russian Red. These were only done for the first print run of A&A Anniversary. The next time Soviet cruisers were seen in an A&A game (A&A 1942, 1st Edition), they were replaced with Kirov-class cruiser.

First, a comparison shot of all of the cruisers from A&A Anniversary, 1st print. (Source: https://boardgamegeek.com/image/362555/)
All of the cruisers from A and A Anniversary

Next, a clearer picture of those rare Soviet County classes, aligned with the rest of the Soviet Navy in A&A Anniversary. (Source: https://boardgamegeek.com/image/399605/)
The Soviet Navy in A and A Anniversary

I hope that helps somebody.

-Midnight_Reaper

@majordisaster I can’t speak for AADude, but I’m interested. I’ll send you a PM.

-Midnight_Reaper

@CEllis62
Hi CEllis62 welcome to the site. Which particular game ?

@captainwalker
Thanks Captain! I had a brief Y2K flashback of “saving space in software by not using 4 digits for the year.” Hopefully our great grandkids will roll their eyes and have a chukle when they have to post L2125 for their games! :-P