Mechanized Warfare's A&A Revised memory challenge!!


  • I was bored the other day and I decided to set up my A&A board just for the hell of it.  Rather than using the nation cards as guides to set up, I tried doing it by memory.  Miraculously I only made 7 mistakes setting up the whole board (3 of which were with Germany, go figure.)  So I figured this would be a cool challenge for the people here at the A&A forum.

    Try setting up your A&A board by memory, without practicing for it at all.  When you are done, check to see your mistakes.  Post your mistakes here on the forum (to check if anyone made the same ones).  If you didnt make any mistakes, then you can brag about it (that means you Switch!!  :wink:)

    Here are my results:

    Germany 3 mistakes: I added 1 too many armor in Eastern Europe and 1 too many infantry in the Balkans.  Also I didnt give the Balkans its required armor unit.

    Japan 2 mistakes: I forgot the SZ60 trn and also put 1 more infantry in Borneo than what I was supposed to.

    UK 2 mistakes: I forgot the AA gun in the UK (how are they supposed to protect themselves from a nazi air onslaught!!?)  I also added 1 more infantry in UK than what I was supposed to.

    Well hope to see if you guys pass the memory test with flying colors.  Also hoping you guys make some boners (not that kind).  :lol:


  • I haven’t looked at the cards in AGES….

    …the only nation in my mind that is in any way difficult is Germany…and even then it’s just remembering which territories have 3 INF and which have only 2.

    So…I made no mistakes…do I win a prize?  :lol:


  • Got it except for some of Germany’s western territorries. I think this is similar to how chess masters can remember entire game. You don’t just memorize territories and what’s on them, you use the purpose you’ve had for the units during games as mnemonic devices. Which explains why germany is so hard, since I just blob all of those units together in eastern e.


  • I’ve been doing it without mistakes for I would estimate 10 months out of the 1 year I’ve played A&A.  :mrgreen:

    That of course doesn’t make me special or necesarily good at the game  :roll:


  • OK, I won’t brag…

    But my cards have dust on them :-P


  • @ShadowHAwk:

    Might be more fun to make a different competion. Name a country and the guy below should list the troops there and then name the next country :D

    Sounds fun.  Okay lets do it!!

    Country: USA

    Go!


  • E. US

    1 IC
    1 AA
    1 BOM
    1 FIG
    1 ART
    1 ARM
    2 INF

    C. US

    2 INF

    W US

    1 IC
    1 AA
    2 INF
    1 FIG

    I can throw in Hawaii and Alaska too, if you like.  :-)

    …what is in Southern Europe?  :-D


  • @Aretaku:

    E. US

    1 IC
    1 AA
    1 BOM
    1 FIG
    1 ART
    1 ARM
    2 INF

    C. US

    2 INF

    W US

    1 IC
    1 AA
    2 INF
    1 FIG

    I can throw in Hawaii and Alaska too, if you like.  :-)

    …what is in Southern Europe?  :-D

    I kinda meant all of US troops, but thats okay.  You got those right.  :wink:

    Southern Europe….I beleive that has 1 AA 1 IC 2 inf 1 art 1 arm.  Am I right?

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    I can set up all the countries by memory without a problem Germany I sometimes mess up on.

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    3 inf 1 arm 1 art 1 fig
    ?


  • Both the Southern Europe answer and the Ukraine answer were correct…

    Caroline Islands Sea Zone???


  • Russia:
    SFE, Bury, Yakut, Evenk, Novo, Kazkakh:  2 INF each
    Caucuses:  3 INF, 1 ART, 1 ARM , 1 AA, 1 IC
    Russia:  4 INF, 1 ART, 2 ARM, 1 AA, 1 IC
    Archangel:  3 INF, 1 ARM
    Karelia:  3 INF, 1 FIG
    SZ4:  1 SUB

    Germany:
    Norway:  3 INF, 1 FIG
    Western:  2 INF, 2 ARM, 1 FIG, 1 AA
    Germany:  3 INF, 2 ARM, 1 FIG, 1 BOM, 1 AA, 1 IC
    Southern:  2 INF, 1 ART, 1 ARM, 1 AA, 1 IC
    Eastern:  2 INF, 1 ARM, 1 FIG
    Balkans:  ditto Eastern
    Belorussia:  3 INF
    West Russia:  3 INF, 1 ART, 1 ARM
    Ukraine:  3 INF, 1 ART, 1 ARM, 1 FIG
    Algeria:  1 INF, 1 ART
    Libya:  1 INF, 1 ARM
    SZ14:  1 BB, 1 TRN
    SZ8 1 SUB
    SZ5:  1 TRN, 2 SUB, 1 DST

    UK:
    UK:  2 INF, 1 ART, 1 ARM, 2  FIG, 1 BOM, 1 AA, 1 IC
    WCan:  1 INF
    ECan:  1 ARM
    Egypt:  1 INF, 1 ARM, 1 FIG
    UOSA:  1 INF
    T-J & Persia:  1 INF each
    India:  3 INF, 1 AA
    Australia:  3 INF
    New Zealand:  1 INF
    SZ1:  1 TRN
    SZ2:  1 BB, 1 TRN
    SZ13:  1 BB
    SZ15:  1 DST
    SZ35:  1 TRN, 1 DST, 1 AC, 1 FIG
    SZ40:  1 SUB, 1 TRN

    Japan:
    All Islands except Japan, EI, Phillipines:  1 INF
    EI & Phillipines:  2 INF
    Japan:  4 INF, 1 ART, 1 ARM, 1 FIG, 1 BOM, 1 AA, 1 IC
    Manch:  2 INF, 1 FIG
    Kwang:  3 INF
    FIC:  2 INF, 1 FIG
    SZ60:  1 TRN, 1 BB
    SZ59:  1 TRN
    EI SZ:  1 BB, 1 AC, 2 FIG
    Carolines:  1 AC, 1 FIG, 1 DST
    Solomons:  1 SUB

    USA:
    WUS:  2 INF, 1 FIG, 1 AA, 1 IC
    CUS:  2 INF
    EUS:  2 INF, 1 ART, 1 ARM, 1 FIG, 1 BOM, 1 AA, 1 IC
    Alaska & Midway:  1 INF each
    Hawaii:  2 INF, 1 FIG
    Sinkiang:  2 INF
    China:  2 INF, 1 FIG
    SZ10:  1 DST, 2 TRN
    SZ20:  1 DST
    Pealr:  1 AC, 1 FIG, 1 SUB

    OK.  How is that for 5:30 in the morning?

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    @ncscswitch:

    Russia:
    SFE, Bury, Yakut, Evenk, Novo, Kazkakh:  2 INF each
    Caucuses:  3 INF, 1 ART, 1 ARM , 1 AA, 1 IC
    Russia:  4 INF, 1 ART, 2 ARM, 1 AA, 1 IC
    Archangel:  3 INF, 1 ARM
    Karelia:  3 INF, 1 FIG
    SZ4:  1 SUB

    Germany:
    Norway:  3 INF, 1 FIG
    Western:  2 INF, 2 ARM, 1 FIG, 1 AA
    Germany:  3 INF, 2 ARM, 1 FIG, 1 BOM, 1 AA, 1 IC
    Southern:  2 INF, 1 ART, 1 ARM, 1 AA, 1 IC
    Eastern:  2 INF, 1 ARM, 1 FIG
    Balkans:  ditto Eastern
    Belorussia:  3 INF
    West Russia:  3 INF, 1 ART, 1 ARM
    Ukraine:  3 INF, 1 ART, 1 ARM, 1 FIG
    Algeria:  1 INF, 1 ART
    Libya:  1 INF, 1 ARM
    SZ14:  1 BB, 1 TRN
    SZ8 1 SUB
    SZ5:  1 TRN, 2 SUB, 1 DST

    UK:
    UK:  2 INF, 1 ART, 1 ARM, 2  FIG, 1 BOM, 1 AA, 1 IC
    WCan:  1 INF
    ECan:  1 ARM
    Egypt:  1 INF, 1 ARM, 1 FIG
    UOSA:  1 INF
    T-J & Persia:  1 INF each
    India:  3 INF, 1 AA
    Australia:  3 INF
    New Zealand:  1 INF
    SZ1:  1 TRN
    SZ2:  1 BB, 1 TRN
    SZ13:  1 BB
    SZ15:  1 DST
    SZ35:  1 TRN, 1 DST, 1 AC, 1 FIG
    SZ40:  1 SUB, 1 TRN

    Japan:
    All Islands except Japan, EI, Phillipines:  1 INF
    EI & Phillipines:  2 INF
    Japan:  4 INF, 1 ART, 1 ARM, 1 FIG, 1 BOM, 1 AA, 1 IC
    Manch:  2 INF, 1 FIG
    Kwang:  3 INF
    FIC:  2 INF, 1 FIG
    SZ60:  1 TRN, 1 BB
    SZ59:  1 TRN
    EI SZ:  1 BB, 1 AC, 2 FIG
    Carolines:  1 AC, 1 FIG, 1 DST
    Solomons:  1 SUB

    USA:
    WUS:  2 INF, 1 FIG, 1 AA, 1 IC
    CUS:  2 INF
    EUS:  2 INF, 1 ART, 1 ARM, 1 FIG, 1 BOM, 1 AA, 1 IC
    Alaska & Midway:  1 INF each
    Hawaii:  2 INF, 1 FIG
    Sinkiang:  2 INF
    China:  2 INF, 1 FIG
    SZ10:   1 DST, 2 TRN
    SZ20:  1 DST
    Pealr:  1 AC, 1 FIG, 1 SUB

    OK.  How is that for 5:30 in the morning?

    jeez hows that for a showoff :wink:

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    Yea I usually set up nation by nation navy –> airforce --> land


  • No one caught that I left off the SZ55 ships for the US :-P

    Damn.  I knew it as soon as I entered it, but had to get in the shower (was still almost late for work typing that this morning).  Figured SOMEONE would ahve slammed me for it today :-D


  • @ncscswitch:

    No one caught that I left off the SZ55 ships for the US :-P

    Damn.  I knew it as soon as I entered it, but had to get in the shower (was still almost late for work typing that this morning).  Figured SOMEONE would ahve slammed me for it today :-D

    Still not bad.  That was one mistake only.  :wink:

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    @ncscswitch:

    No one caught that I left off the SZ55 ships for the US :-P

    Damn.  I knew it as soon as I entered it, but had to get in the shower (was still almost late for work typing that this morning).  Figured SOMEONE would ahve slammed me for it today :-D

    I noticed but I didn’t wanna embarres u  :mrgreen:

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