I would have bought that if I had known about it.
Fortress America and Conquest of the Empire
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Posted by: cyan
Quote from: critmonster on Today at 05:01:14 PM
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is spreading lies one. if it is then Jen has that one down flat.out of line dude
sorry forgot this was a primearly republican place. also sorry i don’t look at Regan like he was a god.
you are making less and less sense with each post. and aren’t you the one who dogged me out about improper grammar/spelling?
calling someone a liar IS out of line (IMHO) disagreement is fine, even healthy as long as the discourse is civil and the information exchange is pertinent.
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OK people we now have a spelling check for the bad spellers…
and stay on topic BTW
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yes a grammer check would be a decent idea.
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Make sure it has Punctuation Check too!
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OKAY back to the topic at hand. Fortress America. I bought this sucker off ebay and love it. Even better than Axis and Allies. I have finally figured out how to win with America!
Kill Russian bombers. Fall back and force them to fight you one zone against one zone.
Delay the best you can the Central Americans so you can divert forces behind them. Same strategy, force them to fight you one zone against one zone.
Stay one zone ahead of the Asians and continually retreat so they can’t use the helicopter jump where they can take an extra zone. You can delay them up to 10 turns. Fight back once you retreat back to Minneapolis.PS. Jen, your pics get hotter and hotter!!! Damn Girl! :-o
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Hey Rune, the secret weapon for America is the mass redeployment card, If you can turn that card after you get holedup in Minn, it’s game over!
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Oh also, maximise use of the giant friggen lazer beams.
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I have enough games going on right now. But at some point, I wouldn’t mind playing a game of FA by forum. There is PMEM map and dice server available on the web. If any of you guys are interested, I’ll find the map and dice server and post the link.
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Oh also, maximise use of the giant friggen lazer beams.
Yeah, that’s what I meant by destroy the Soviet’s bomber squadron. I had my opponent out of Bombers and was forcing him to fight me one-on-one in the cities of Pittsburgh, Cinncinnati, etc. I could have won the dang game that I played except I my stupid forces couldn’t capture a city that was occupied by one infantry. Gaaaaaa. Still can’t claim a win with America, but I know the strategy now.
I WOULD LOVE TO PLAY THIS GAME THROUGH EMAIL OR FORUM IF ANYONE CAN GET IT.
RB
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Okay, here’s the link to the PBEM web-page. It has PBEM rules and a chart where you can roll to see what Partisan Card you draw (it’s explained in the rules):
http://members.aol.com/evilhedpro/fa/fapbem.htm
The link to the map is here, though I haven’t yet figured out how it works:
This is a link to the OOB Rules (a rough copy):
http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/Fortress_America.pdf
Here is a link to the Fortress America Players Association (who knew?):
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fapagroup/
They appear to be the source of the map.
And, finally, here’s a really cool high-res picture of the game:
http://www.visi.com/~spookshow/famerica.html
If anyone can figure out how the map works, let me know. I suggest contacting the FAPA folks since they apparently originated the map. Unless someone has a better idea, I think it would be cool to bid to play America. We could assign values to the pieces to determine who wins the bid. Say 6 for a Hovertank, 8 for a Helicopter, 15 for a bomber, etc.
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I forgot to mention, the link to the PBEM rules also has a dice server. Pretty necessary, given the varying die involved (d6, d8 AND d10).
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Forgive my ignorance since I haven’t played these games online, but what is a “bid”?
RB
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In A&A online, each player typically bids so many IPCs to the Axis for the privilege of getting to play the Axis side. Whoever bids less IPCs wins the bid. So, for example, I bid 7 IPCs and you bid 8 IPCs, I win and get to play the Axis. I immediately get to buy up to 7 IPCs worth of units and deploy them or bank all seven IPCs or buy some and bank some, etc.
I think a similar system could work for Fortress America. I think it’s safe to say America is the hardest player to play (meaning most challenging tactically speaking) and is probably the hardest to win with. If for no other reason than the invaders have 3 minds working everything out while America is on her own.
As for a system, I just thought of a way to make it easier so we don’t have to assign some arbitrary values to the pieces. We could bid a number which represents the number of partisan cards and/or lasers that the US player gets to draw and deploy before the game begins. So, for example, let’s say I bid “5”. I could draw 3 partisan cards and deploy the units referenced AND deploy 2 lasers immediately. Come to think of it, that bid may be on the high end! :lol: (or maybe not?). But it would make for a very simple bidding system.
Thoughts?
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I think in order to use that map you have to register on the groups site. I don’t realy have the time to figure it out right now, but the map looks like it might be a good utility. If anyone can figure it out I might be up for a game.
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d-fish, I’ve checked out the Web FA utility on their site (I joined, got some instructions, etc.) and so far, it seems somewhat unwieldly. Every time you move a piece, the screen freezes and it reloads the web page. Not nearly as simple as ABattlemap. I’ll keep playing with it off and on to see if I can get it working decently.
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I actually just played my first game of Fortress America today … I didn’t realy do that great as America and I was still a little confused about the game play but it was a fun game.
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AJ, did you play FTF or did you use the Web FA utility? If it was Web FA, maybe we could play a PBEM game.
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it was FTF
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However if I play it again soon and get the hang of it I would be willing to play a PBEM with you.
Yesterday was my first time so I’m still a noob :lol:
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