Posts made by frood

@Jermofoot:

@Ender:

You look like Keanu Reeves in that shot.

Do you even know what Keanu Reeves looks like?!?!?  :mrgreen:

Well, now I know what he looks like in a grainy little photograph holding your baby…

@Bean:

I think for these sorts of articles it’s a good idea to give short term goals, such as first make sure you capital doesn’t fall, then make sure your navy won’t die, then make sure Africa doesn’t go down, then make sure the German navy dies, then make sure you land troops into N. Europe every round after that. Something like that. It can be very difficult and time-consuming to go through all the specific details of how to do it, but the overall goal should be mentioned more clearly.

Agreed. UK1 already depends so heavily on what happened in R1 and G1, that writing about what to do at any point after UK1 is pretty pointless. Is it safe to land in Norway/Karelia/Archangel? What happened in Egypt? Did Germany buy a baltic fleet? Where is the Luftwaffe? Did Germany sink the Z1 TRN?

Also agreed that the UK navy in the Pac is somewhat low-value because it is so far away from the main action, so it can be worth sacrificing some pieces, since otherwise they won’t do anything for you for quite a while.

Z59: I just send a DD - the extra 16 IPCs of an AC is not worth a higher chance of killing the TRN.
Z45: try to kill the Jap sub with your sub
Now Japan has to deal with your DD and sub possibly, so their J1 resources are stretched a little thinner.

Anglo-Egypt: If occupied by one or two German tanks, try to kill the tanks  by TRNing units from India. Pull out the AA to Persia. If AE is not possible to re-take, move Per Inf to India and India should stand for J1, assuming the Z59 TRN is dead.

WCan - Leave the Inf there just to help deter a Jap attack.

Purchase - it seems that 3 Ftrs is a good option for UK1, but TRN and ground units may be an option if the Luftwaffe is not in range of Z3/Z4.

Merge remaining Pac fleet in Z30, or move the TRN toward the Atlantic and the other units to between Madagascar and Kenya.

Beyond UK1, you just have to apply your basic strategy to figure out what to do. By UK2 so much can change.

My image is just a graphic I found searching google images for space battle images, just to go with the Ender name. The image comes closest to what I imagine the space battles looking like in the book “Ender’s Game”.

I see it this way: one Z8 sub goes to Z13 as fodder for an attack on that BB, and the other heads to Z2 or Z1, whichever. Now that I think about it though, you are really stretching out the Luftwaffe, but anyway…

So in the north atlantic, you are essentially trading a TRN for a sub. If you press the attack, you might trade a BB for some air units. Is that worth it? I’m thinking not.

You have 5-6 fighters and a bomber. Those have to:

• retake Belo if it was taken
• trade Karelia if Russia left an Inf there
• Help with Egypt
• Help with attacking the DD in Z14
• Help with attacking the BB in Z12
• land in WEU if possible to deter an Algeria landing in UK1/US1

I will always commit whatever I can to taking Egypt. If you fail to take it, not only is UK possibly up 1 Ftr, they can also bring 1 DD 1 TRN 1 AC into the mediterranean. That’s a lot more navy than 1 BB, and it will end Germany’s hopes of getting any income from Africa.

So 1 Ftr 1 Bom are going to Egypt, and if I can spare it, 1 to attack the DD in Z12. 2-3 ftrs minimum are needed for that, because if the BB lives any longer than 1 round, it’s very likely that you’ll lose an air unit.

The Bom is needed for egypt b/c that is priority #1, which leaves 1 Ftr 1 Sub at most to attack the north atlantic BB+TRN. Not a good attack.

I can see that if the dice are in your favour, that it could work out very well. But I think you’ll get burned more often than not.

You look like Keanu Reeves in that shot.

I’ve never yet encountered the sub to Z8 bid, and have only heard it mentioned recently. Sounds like it would be worth trying.

Perhaps instead of a bid, one should simply alter the starting setup - put an Arm/Inf in Libya, and be done with it. No bidding.

But that would be boring. The varying bid placement creates a lot of variety in openings, and the games that flow from them.

Well, for now I’m just going to bid 9. If someone wants the axis with a less than 51% starting chance, they’re welcome to it.  :-D

And if I end up being stuck with the Allies all the time, I’ll just be getting better at my Allies game and facing opponents who are taking the Axis with a lower bid than they should be.  :-D

I’m thinking of switching to this, might net me more good karma

I notice that I finally have more good than bad again. Makes no sense to me. I think we should get rid of it, people don’t use it correctly. Or we should only have good karma.

That’s obscene! I remember him approaching the 10k mark just a year ago. Now that he’s playing with TripleA, he’s playing more games at once, so he’ll only speed up!

Agreed, I’d not want to play 2 games every time - it would really slow down tournaments. And if you have a bid that has resulted in very equal results (Axis 51% win rate), you don’t need to play both sides, since each side has a roughly equal chance.

So I think I may bid 9 from now on, instead of 8 as I have been doing. I may get the Allies a lot more, but then I will just get better at the Allies.

w00t!

Inevitable comments about not having a life to follow…

unnecessary…

@Cmdr:

What’s their bidding system?

IIRC, it’s a bid of 9, and only one unit per territory. This would be very workable for the typical bid here: 1 Inf to Libya, 1 Arm to Alg, and 1 IPC to Japan. It wouldn’t work well for attempting to stack Ukraine.

Then I guess you just flip a coin for sides…

@Cmdr:

@Ender:

@Cmdr:

Anyway, I think we should pester djensen for a league forum for teams. :P  I think it would be fun!  Many of us only get to play one or two partner games a year here, not a lot of time to practice tactics!

Are you still teaming with Frimmel? I wouldn’t mind starting with a nice easy win… :evil:

JWW, but he needs to calm down before the holidays.

I can ask if he wants a friendly game 2 on 2 with you and your buddy ol’ pal. wink

Can’t say it will be easy though!

Yeah, I’ve played JWW, he’s pretty good.

Sorry, some of the above messages are off topic. Please ignore them.

I think, considering that the TripleA war club has a 51% win rate for the Axis with their bid system, it would be a good one to adopt.

@Ender:

@Ender:

@Ender:

I just used the Ukraine attack with good results, I may try it again I think.

@Ender:

@Ender:

I just used the Ukraine attack with good results, I may try it again I think.

@Ender:

I just used the Ukraine attack with good results, I may try it again I think.

@Cmdr:

Anyway, I think we should pester djensen for a league forum for teams. :P  I think it would be fun!  Many of us only get to play one or two partner games a year here, not a lot of time to practice tactics!

Are you still teaming with Frimmel? I wouldn’t mind starting with a nice easy win… :evil: