@ShadowHAwk:
@squirecam:
@Jennifer:
And yet, No Luck is a viable method of playing the game. And, it has the added benefit of negating the need for a bid and changing what happens in a normally pretty static game.
LL is better. Still some fluctuation.
LL is NOT axis and allies. So it could never be “better” as it is not part of the game.
Bidding is also not part of A&A it is a house rule just like LL is a house rule ( or variant if you preferr that )
One could even argue that LHTR are house rules since they did not came orriginaly with the box.
If you dont like LL and want to be dependant on the dice that is your choice but jenny and some others preferr to be dependant on strategy only and not on the dice. There is no need to flame or start a holy war over this if you dont like to use that variant dont play like that.
In fact, an important part of the skill is taking the “luck” into account and playing accordingly.
This is verry subjective how would you deal with russia to 2 full turns of bad luck 3+ dice where germany has 2 full rounds of good luck 3- dice ? In that situation you would have lost your capital on turn 2 and there is verry little you could have done about it. Was your opponent more skillfull in that situation ?
Bidding does not eliminate a game mechanic. Dice are factored into the game. Bidding and LL are not equal.
It is a strategic decision to attack with “enough” forces. In LL this is always 51%. In A&A, 60% may not be enough. Do you “risk” it??
Without dice, USSR can attack with less pieces and guarantee itself german territories R1 that they would have to “risk” in attacking playing with dice. How is this more balanced and fair??
If you send 11000 infantry against one, and you somehow lose, then you lost. GET OVER IT. It is just a dice game.
And, yes, if you play in such a way to minimizre the dice rolls (attacking with as overwhelming odds as possible), and you beat a player who consistantly takes 1Inf 1 Fighter vs 1 inf and “dice cries” when he loses some of those battles, you were more skillful. Also smarter.
Most people dont like the following statement, but it is true. Even though this is a dice game, most games are won/lost by strategy, not by bad dice. If you attack 3 territories with a 55% 56% and 63% chance to win, and lose 2 of them, it was YOUR POOR STRATEGY that lost the game, not the dice. You could have attacked 2 territories at 85% chance to win, but chose not to. That was poor strategy not dice.
Also, I have had bad dice, but no bad dice should lead to a capital falling R2. I have won games where dice was incredibly poor R1&2. You just need to keep your head and play smart.
Squirecam