Posts made by Soulblighter

@Gamerman01:

Try again a couple months after the playoffs start.  It looks like I’ll be working on the house ruled game again, and actually play-testing it myself for the first time

Sorry for your disappointment so far

I am not that disappointed and I get that not everybody has time to test these things or has other things to do. I think it is a shame tho that not that many players have been willing to test the house rules. I mean players like Karl and MrRoboto would make ideal testers. They can finish a game rather fast and are both decent players. So I was a bit surprised that the house rule version wasn’t finished yet.

As for my bad start in the league. It was my own damn fault for trying to play to many games at the same time. Well to many for me anyways. It is my belief that if you start out, it would be best to focus your energy at one game at a time as you will almost always play against players who have more routine then you do and thus will make certain choices easier and faster. If you want to maintain the same speed, then you need to focus more of your time and energy on a single game…

@Gamerman01:

Players can play any style of game, in the play boardgames section of the site.  Team games are a blast, but we don’t have a team league because of what you just (very concisely) said.

You can always play any kind of game with anyone you want, just might have to do it in the play boardgames section.

I would be happy to moderate your game in the play boardgames section as well, if you have a disagreement and need mediation, so you’re not even giving that up.  Only thing you don’t get is your game counting on an official record.  If you’re playing to have a fun game, you don’t care about that anyway.

I do care about rankings, but my ranking got messed up at the very beginning. So I decided to leave and come back again at a later time.  I also hoped that the house league version was ready by then. When I noticed it wasn’t even close, I decided to come back sooner to help speed up by doing some more testing. But as it is, testing is still slow. And the game needs more testers to boot anyways.

@Vold:

@Soulblighter:

I am looking for a player who wants to play and test the house league rule version with me.

I’m intrigued.  This is the first I’ve heard of it - I’ve been under a rock lately.  Is there a condensed rules book and game file I can check out?

I’m interested @Soulblighter:

I am looking for a player who wants to play and test the house league rule version with me.

Once you read the file gamerman posted, if you still want to play, we can set a game up. Then it all depends if you want to go first or not. I am guessing it would be easier for me to go first as I already played it. Then again I probably should help you out as much as possible…

@Cmdr:

In my mind, turning down game isn’t the same as saying “later” or “not now.”

Anyway, post#1 is a copy of the current rules, just to specify.  A reference for anyone who wants to propose a change.

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What about team games, like if 4 people want to do a 2 on 2 game?

Should we permit that, or should we bar such games?  I would say we could permit it, since both sides have equal players they can just share the points for a win/loss (add and divide by two for each winner.)

The solution for team games is simple. If enough players want to play teamgames, then make a separate league dedicated to just that.

@Gamerman01:

House ruled game is still in spreadsheet (development) form

Here
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhOB4pSke42ydGh6d2NwRDJRRzBteEsyU1EtNGhXVUE#gid=7

There is a stickied discussion thread for it, in the league section

Any questions, please ask me

You literally ninjad me. I was about to show him the file :cry:

@Mallery29:

How about sweetening the pot for those Tier 1 guys?  Us Tier 4 low lifes only get a chance to play a small percentage of the top dogs because we’re fodder…rightfully so. I will say those who have ran me over I greatly appreciate the lesson…I think I’ve learned a little about some things…(not saying the tier 2,3, and 4s haven’t done their teachings as well).

But I’m looking to get a way to get these guys to play…If they play us with no bid as the Allies or give us a super bid of +20 or so, shouldn’t that be worth some thing to them as well? Maybe an extra Point?

Give us plankton a chance!  8-)

plankton is tier 3 :P

I am looking for a player who wants to play and test the house league rule version with me.

Then we need more play testing :P. As it is, the house rule project isn’t moving any further. Unless I am missing something…

I want an official rule that if you dislike a bid, that you can opt out as Axis. For example as an Axis I dislike bids that include anything other then infantry/artillery/transports or as an exception a bomber for the Russians.

Basically we can have our Chinese Navy until November  :lol:

@Gamerman01:

And then there’s big attacks by Germans on Russians - Moscow or earlier.  If the Germans can be assured of winning when they have 60-70% odds or whatever, that is a HUGE advantage for the Axis.

LL bid for Allies should be much higher than 12.

If the house rule version of the game was finished by now, then we wouldn’t even have this discussion:lol:

Shin Ji and I believe the current VC setup in the Pacific is to much in the favor of Japan. So it needs looking at. Also Shin Ji wants to play some league games.

So if you want more testing done, then you need more play testers.

@Shin:

Oh yes.  Missing Java was a mistake both of us made.

Now I’m famously bad with Japan - but someone who had any skill at it would win every single time under this ruleset.  The Allies are forced to put as much resources into Asia as possible right from the start.

I’m not terribly interested in playing with this ruleset much more.  I’m going to message back some of the people waiting for a League game from me for now.

Thanks again for the games - you’re a great opponent.

I am inclined to agree. US needs to put many resources in Pacific to begin with. Both under the old rules and under the new ones. The main issue is that the current VC´s might not be ideal for the new setup.

True. I am kinda wondering if we need to change anything after playing these two games. Did you notice anything that we should look at in further detail? I like the way UK Pacific works now. But to be honest I think the mistake you made was that you didn’t block my access from Java. If you had done that, you would have won. Which makes me believe that the current vcs may be an issue, but that would require extensive testing by more then just us.

We could play a game now with me as axis tho.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 12

Purchase Units - Chinese
            Trigger Chinese Artillery Supplies: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Open
            Chinese buy 5 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Chinese
            11 artilleries and 10 infantry moved from Yunnan to Kwangsi
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Shensi to Suiyuyan
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Shensi to Kweichow

Combat - Chinese
            Battle in Suiyuyan
                Chinese attack with 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                Chinese win, taking Suiyuyan from Japanese with 1 artillery and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry
            Battle in Kweichow
                Chinese attack with 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                Japanese win with 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -10
                Casualties for Chinese: 1 artillery and 2 infantry
            Battle in Kwangsi
                Chinese attack with 11 artilleries and 10 infantry
                Japanese defend with 2 armour, 1 artillery and 8 mech_infantrys
                Chinese win, taking Kwangsi from Japanese with 11 artilleries and 4 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 30
                Casualties for Japanese: 2 armour, 1 artillery and 8 mech_infantrys
                Casualties for Chinese: 6 infantry

Non Combat Move - Chinese

Place Units - Chinese
            2 infantry placed in Szechwan
            2 infantry placed in Shensi
            1 infantry placed in Yunnan
            Chinese undo move 3.
            1 infantry placed in Sikang

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 8 PUs; end with 8 PUs total
            Objective Chinese 1 Burma Road: Chinese met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 14 PUs
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            EDIT: Changing PUs for Chinese from 14 to 13
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

TripleA Move Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 12

Purchase Units - Chinese
            Trigger Chinese Artillery Supplies: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Open
            Chinese buy 5 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Chinese
            11 artilleries and 10 infantry moved from Yunnan to Kwangsi
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Shensi to Suiyuyan
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Shensi to Kweichow

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 12

Purchase Units - Americans
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            Americans buy 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 1 infantry, 3 submarines, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 2 PUs;

Politics - Americans
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            EDIT: Changing PUs for Americans from 2 to 1
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Combat Move - Americans
            3 fighters moved from Java to 37 Sea Zone
            1 armour, 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Java to 42 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 1 transport moved from 42 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone
            1 armour moved from 44 Sea Zone to Celebes
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 42 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 35 Sea Zone to Philippines
            2 submarines moved from 16 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
            2 submarines moved from 7 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 16 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 7 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
            1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 transport moved from 16 Sea Zone to 17 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 17 Sea Zone to Iwo Jima
            1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine moved from 92 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Tobruk to Alexandria
                  British take Alexandria from Italians

Combat - Americans
            Battle in Philippines
            Battle in Celebes
            Battle in Iwo Jima
            Battle in 6 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 2 fighters, 4 submarines and 2 tactical_bombers
                Japanese defend with 1 destroyer
                Americans win, taking Philippines from Japanese, taking Celebes from Japanese, taking Iwo Jima from Japanese, taking 6 Sea Zone from Japanese with 2 fighters, 4 submarines and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 destroyer
            Battle in 37 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 3 fighters
                Japanese defend with 2 transports
                Americans win with 3 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 14
                Casualties for Japanese: 2 transports
            Battle in 98 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
                Italians defend with 3 transports
                Americans win, taking 98 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 21
                Casualties for Italians: 3 transports

Non Combat Move - Americans
            2 fighters moved from Norway to Belarus
            1 battleship and 1 cruiser moved from 42 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            1 carrier and 2 destroyers moved from 16 Sea Zone to 17 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 6 Sea Zone to 17 Sea Zone
            1 carrier, 2 destroyers, 1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 transport moved from 7 Sea Zone to 17 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 6 Sea Zone to 17 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 17 Sea Zone to Iwo Jima
            1 mech_infantry moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone
            1 mech_infantry and 1 transport moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
            1 mech_infantry moved from 26 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
            1 carrier, 2 destroyers, 1 fighter, 2 submarines and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 10 Sea Zone to 7 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 62 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
            3 fighters moved from 37 Sea Zone to Burma

Place Units - Americans
            1 infantry placed in Western United States
            1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 3 submarines and 2 transports placed in 10 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber placed in 10 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Americans
            Americans collect 65 PUs; end with 66 PUs total
            Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 71 PUs
            Objective Americans 4 Philippines: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 76 PUs
            Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 81 PUs
            Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 91 PUs

TripleA Move Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 12

Purchase Units - Americans
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            Americans buy 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 1 infantry, 3 submarines, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 2 PUs;

Politics - Americans
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            EDIT: Changing PUs for Americans from 2 to 1
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Combat Move - Americans
            3 fighters moved from Java to 37 Sea Zone
            1 armour, 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Java to 42 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 1 transport moved from 42 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone
            1 armour moved from 44 Sea Zone to Celebes
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 42 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 35 Sea Zone to Philippines
            2 submarines moved from 16 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
            2 submarines moved from 7 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 16 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 7 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
            1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 transport moved from 16 Sea Zone to 17 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 17 Sea Zone to Iwo Jima
            1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine moved from 92 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Tobruk to Alexandria
                  British take Alexandria from Italians

Making a small change to the CM. I am moving my BS/Cruiser there during the NCM. Which makes sense as it avoids the kamikaze.

Scramble Japan? Buying 5 infantry with the chinese.