Historical Boardgames sponsored BATTLE OF THE AGES Tournament

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    I’ll start round 5 real soon.  This weekend or next.

    Anyone who has NOT YET BEGUN THEIR ROUND 4 GAME, please post here or send me a message.

    If your opponent never showed up, or your game has not yet made it past the first round of turns and now your opponent has disappeared, Then I need to match you with someone new.

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    @ice:

    round 4 greatwar
    ajmdemen(allies) vs ice(cp) –- winner ajm
    20 rounds of awesomeness muchos thanks to ajm for such a good and fun game.
    i send the save to Veqryn, so when he posts it u can take a look at this historical match.
    ice

    ice vs ajm

    greatwar_ice_ajm.tsvg

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    The following people have NOT YET STARTED their round 4 games of Great War:

    Gekkepop
    Nothing to see here
    Hepps01
    moilami

    Hepster has responded to me in the online lobby that he has tried contacting his opponent.

    For the other 3, I have sent out a private message today, requiring a response from them.  Are they alive, or are they dropping?

    I will post Round 5 (lord of the rings) matchups this Friday.

    And I might go see “the hobbit” this friday too.  yay!

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    sadly the gf had no interest to see the hobbit today

    anyway, rolling to determine matchups:

    high
    DiceRolling 1d5:
    (1)  
    DiceRolling 1d4:
    (1)  
    DiceRolling 1d3:
    (1)  
    DiceRolling 1d2:
    (1)

    mid
    DiceRolling 1d8:
    (7)  
    DiceRolling 1d7:
    (6)  
    DiceRolling 1d6:
    (6)  
    DiceRolling 1d5:
    (5)  
    DiceRolling 1d4:
    (1)  
    DiceRolling 1d3:
    (1)  
    DiceRolling 1d2:
    (1)

    low
    DiceRolling 1d9:
    (3)  
    DiceRolling 1d8:
    (3)  
    DiceRolling 1d7:
    (6)  
    DiceRolling 1d6:
    (6)  
    DiceRolling 1d5:
    (2)  
    DiceRolling 1d4:
    (2)  
    DiceRolling 1d3:
    (3)  
    DiceRolling 1d2:
    (1)

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    Round 5 Matchups for Lord of the Rings: Middle Earth

    Ajmdemen
    vs
    soulfein

    ice
    vs
    Admetus

    Veqryn
    vs
    DeadTom

    Make_It_Round
    vs
    wirkey

    alexgreat
    vs
    lalapalooza

    Noll
    vs
    Hepps01

    pug6000
    vs
    Bacala

    P@nther
    vs
    Narushima

    Most Holy
    vs
    Gekkepop

    Wassmuss
    vs
    SantaClaus2

    kabloom
    vs
    AmorphousCube

    Funcioneta
    vs
    Nothing to see here

    HBG_BotA_tournament_triplea_2013_mar_12.zip

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    Lord of the Rings: Middle Earth

    Rule Clarifications and Hints

    -> The game uses Revised rules.

    Neutral air and normal blitz clarification:

    -> You can fly over neutrals with air units.

    -> You can NOT blitz neutrals with land units.

    -> You can however blitz through formerly neutral territories on noncombat move phase.

    -> Good understanding of these rules is crucial in the first rounds, especially for Goblin and Elf player.

    -> Low Luck is On by default, you can switch it off in game options.
    (Low luck means that all attack or defense powers get added up and divided by 6 to determine the number of hits a side will do. The remainder is then rolled for.  So, for example, 3 trolls have 9 attack total, so they will get 1 hit for sure and roll one dice at 3 to determine if they get a second hit.)

    Strategical Hints for Beginners:

    -> Saruman should attack and retreat Fangorn ents rnd1 (by attacking with everything except for 3 uruks he can safely kill 7 of them in 2 combat rounds, assuming low luck).

    -> Goblins can take Lorien rnd 2.

    -> Elves should try avoiding getting their Lorien army trapped.

    -> Buying extra nazguls with Mordor can be effective as it threatens both Gondors land and naval units. Take advantage of 2hit by attacking (and possibly retreating after few combat rounds) small stacks.

    -> Gondor (and others in range of possible nazgul attack) should therefore aim to keep stacks big.

    -> Mordor can also send nazguls north to help against elves, but it can be risky due to increase in Gondor’s power.

    -> Due to number of nations in the game there is great potential for conducting attacks on a target with several’s nation armies in succession- watch out for that!

    -> Another thing to keep in mind is the possibility of removing blockers with allied armies so that you are free to blitz.

    -> There are 12 capitols in the game, sometimes they can fall easily, but on the other hand losing 1 capitol doesnt mean game has to be over yet.

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  • Ice (evil) surrendered to the superior forces of Admetus (good) in round 11

    Thx for a fun and interesting game Ice

    BotA - r5 - LotR - Admetus vs Ice.tsvg


  • Veq,

    Wirkey is diametrically opposed to using dice.

    I am diametrically opposed to low-luck. Hates it hates it hates it!

    Could you please help each of us find more suitable opponents for Round 5?

    Cheers, MIR

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    would you guys be willing to make this compromise:

    **first 2 rounds are Low Luck

    all future rounds starting top of round 3, are Dice**

    what do the both of you think?

    please answer ASAP


  • Low-luck literally sucks all of the fun out of it for me.

    I’ve tried it, despised it, and don’t want to waste any more time with it.

    I’d play chess or tic-tac-toe if I wanted a game with a script…

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    really, not even for a round?

    ok will look for a new opponents for both of you


  • Cheers Veq.

    And… since we’ve got your attention here, what’s the ETA on your TripleA 1914 emulator?  :wink:

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    MIR, you and Bacala will face off in round 5, playing with Dice

    wirkey and pug will likewise face off, playing with LL

    get to it


  • Ajm (good) wins vs soulfein (evil).

    Save attached

    soulfein LOTR.tsvg


  • Santa (evil) surrenders to Wassmuss (good) in LoTR.

    It was only my second time ever playing the map, and I had fun even though I got crushed.

    WassmussLOTR.tsvg


  • It’s my impression that this game is heavily-weighted towards ‘Good’. Results so far seem to confirm an imbalance…

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    ajm should have played as evil, not sure why he didn’t
    perhaps he can repeat his victory as evil to show us all?

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    @Make_It_Round:

    It’s my impression that this game is heavily-weighted towards ‘Good’. Results so far seem to confirm an imbalance…

    Fear not! I’m currently playing ‘good’ and will help swing the curve back towards universal balance.


  • I’m no expert on this map, but I’m pretty sure that evil is a lot harder to play, but still rather balanced.


  • After three rounds of not knowing what I was doing I (evil) conceded to Pug.

    First time LotR, was fun though.
    Thanks to all opponents for nice gaming and Veqryn for organisation!

    LotR wirkey vs Pug.tsvg

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