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CANADA vs USA final tally

Results:

Friday game, 1941 Anniversary w/bid for 2 points:

San Francisco over Victoria

Vancouver over Seattle

Tacoma over Valley (Canada)

Saturday game, G40 w/bid for 4 points:

San Francisco over Vancouver

Seattle over Valley

Tacoma over Victoria

Sunday Game, 1942 2nd, except San Francisco vs Valley which was 1942 Anniversary, w/bid, for 2 points:

San Francisco over Valley

Vancouver over Tacoma

Seattle over Victoria

Tournament totals:

San Francisco comes in at No.1 at 8 points! Yay!

Tacoma and Seattle come in for tie for 2nd place at 6 points each.

Vancouver comes in 3rd for 4 points.

Victory and Valley come in last at 0 each.

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Wow, this was a marathon tournament. Everyone was up at least until 2-3am, with people just crashing in rooms and couches, rising up the next morning at 7am to eggs and bacon and then dice, with games going by 9am. I got less than 4 hours of sleep both nights, that plus the beer and chest bumping really took it out of me.

But nonetheless, everyone I think had a good time. If there was one area of improvement, I think the moderator declared victories were unsatisfying for some. This was understandable since you’re asking someone to declare a winner based on an arbitrary stopping point in the game. Many of the games the moderators had to call were close enough that while you could still see one side was winning, there was a chance the other side could rally. I don’t like tourney rules, but maybe now I see value. Live and learn.

Regardless, there was definitely a lot of KILL KILL KILLING! Maybe next year I will be out from under my “family contribution time” deficit that I can host this thing again! As is, no one punched a hole in the wall, or threw a chair through any windows so I am probably good getting the house again!!

Peace!.. er, wait, WAR!

Karl7

@simon33 said in League General Discussion Thread:

For anyone who is interested, league games played per year are:
2013 - 581
2014 - 520
2015 - 462
2016 - 648
2017 - 404
2018 - 451
2019 - 367
2020 - 365
2021 - 339
2022 - 218+

Seems like when Balanced Mod came out in 2016 there was a big rush. I can’t really explain why the games played dropped off so much this year. Some big players have left the league, had enough of A&A?

I personally got a bit grumpy about the Paris liberation disincentive, and worse (IMO) the incentive to leave Normandy French. Although I am not sure if others got so irritated by this other than Gargantua.

Game length definitely a factor. 20 rounds for BM3 is pretty standard. Also level play has gone up. Casual fast and loose won’t cut it anymore.

NERDS

@Karl7 

Some random photos above. The one of us toasting was after the final game, which was a split decision for Vancouver. I voted for Tacoma but Juan and Joel were for Vancouver. Joel did not participate in the battle. That was a tight game.

@gamerman01 said in Post League Game Results Here:

Yes, I am back though have yet to do a combat move or throw any dice. AeV asked me for a game and has patiently waited. I hope it’s like riding a bike

It is

@djensen )

@gamerman01

Wow, sad to hear about the troubles. Sounds like Bold is on his way back. That is good news indeed. I went to college in Chicago and spend many years there. I used to have a lot of connections there, but time has faded many of them. But a trip back once things finally return to normal could be in order.

When Bold is ready to pick up the sword, let him know I am ready! LOL.

@axis-dominion said in BATTLE IN VANCOUVER! IT'S ON! Nov. 23-25. Who will survive?:

@Karl7 thanks karl! but I meant names and/or aliases to one of the pics with everyone in it, so we can know who’s who.

Ah! Ok

Starting from left to right:
Kirt ?, BC
? Langer in blue, BC
James Wiens, BC
Damian Allen, Seattle
Richard Mullins, BC
Joel/Gargantua, Vancouver BC
Lennard Feddersen, Victoria
Karl/Karl7, USA, SF, holding Gargantua’s hand
Andrew, Renton WA.
Stephen Yu, Seattle, A&A.org handle: Patryn
Guy way back in purple shirt almost obscured is Bgugs, Brandon from Tacoma WA
Guy forward looking goofy in Canada shirt is Canuck12, also known as Kyle McEwen, Vancouver
Nathan Gayner, WA, A&A.org handle: Mill Creek
Guy way in back second to last to right is Ray Chacko, Idaho, USA
On end is Samuel Nadeau, Victoria BC
(Curtmungus not pictured)

If I’ve got anything wrong, let me know and I’ll change it.

There are some guys not pictured here as they were either Friday or Sunday only guys. This was taken on Saturday.

@gamerman01 said in League General Discussion Thread:

Guys, I’m thinking about resigning as league moderator and scoreboard operator. I don’t want to leave you in the middle of a year so intend to finish this year out and set up playoffs and everything, but maybe somebody should come alongside me and learn some of the ropes, or maybe you guys have an idea of another direction to take all this.

Contributing to this decision is that I did have my first manic and depressive episodes this year since 2005 (still pretty depressed - trying to get the right meds) but I wanted to get out anyway, since I haven’t found the time to play any league games myself.

I intend to help make a smooth transition if someone else is eager to moderate and score games (maybe a team) - I’d been doing everything with no partner for years now (Although having a partner can mean more work if they have differing ideas than you)

Please think about it - sorry - I guess this day had to come sooner or later. Thanks for understanding

Gamer

The giants pass on…

I still remember the first G40 game I beat Gamerman, only then to lose 2 subsequent games to him… Highlight of my A&A game career! LOL! Gamerman and Boldfresh will always be A&A Titans in my book…

FtoF, probably like 60-80ish

On triple a on the league, like 400.

I guess I could go count them up…

@gamerman01 said in League General Discussion Thread:

Sure, those are good ideas -
Very exciting during 2022 to have some returning golden oldies - I guess - myself included <cough>

I apologize if I overlooked you, but Ghostglider and Me1945 were especially interesting come-backs

I have to wins I will file for 2023. I am coming back to the league for this season.

@Karl7 said in trulpen's 1st G40 2v2-tourney: Challenges:

@Adam514 said in trulpen's 1st G40 2v2-tourney: Challenges:

@Gargantua @Karl7 adam-dominion challenges you as well! Our preference is PTV then BM. Send your preferred version and bid to me or @axis-dominion .

adam-dominion is also open to challenges, we can play multiple games at once.

Hey Adam-dominion, we may need to see how things shake out on a couple other potential games we are working on the bid on. You guys are the “BOSS-LEVEL” team, so maybe no sense in getting killed before we trounce some minions.

But hold on. We’ll get back to you.

@corporalclegg

Easy, I was playing JuanSpain in G40 BM. It was competitive, but my Axis were slowly losing. Japan was collapsing, but Italy had Cairo. Long story short, I managed to attack and then, after 1 round, retreat my german eastern front stack through the Russian stack in Belorussia so as to move from East Poland to Bryansk. Russia had no choice but to do the same and attack and then retreat its own stack through mine back to Moscow. The gambit paid off, Russia was bled white, my Germans took Moscow for the win.

GREATEST EVER!

@gamerman01 said in Post League Game Results Here:

@gamerman01 said in Post League Game Results Here:

I have 35 of my games of '41 scenario in my records (61 games of '42). Bids ranged from 6 to 19 (and most are under 15)

Eh, to be clear, those 96 games were all ones I played, not the community in general. So you could play a lot of games with a lot of people.

If you were losing, it was over quick. You get diced in G40 global game, you suffer for a very long time if you don’t resign.

Just sayin’! G40 isn’t the best at everything!

My G40 BM games are now at least 18-22 rounds if they are competitive. Once in awhile you get a rout that causes someone to throw in the towel first 5-10 rounds. But not usual. Even if Germany captures Russia, it isn’t over if Allies are in good position. Almost the start of the game really.

@Argothair KILL!

We are all brothers in the League… KILLING BROTHERS!

(I’d say sisters too, but when was Cmd. Jennifer last on here?)

@seancb

“Loser’s Privilege” is an ancient and powerful doctrine, seldom seen or used, but can come up in rare occasions. Legend tells its origins were in Shogun games and the massive battles between Daimyos and Ronin armies amongst castles, the dice flopping hard for one side and the loser flipping the board as the ultimate gesture of defeat. A strange form of board game Seppuku.

The strict legal conditions to justify usage of “Loser’s Privilege” are as follows:

1. Loser’s Privilege can only arise after a battle decided by dice in a game involving three or more players, and only the attacker may invoke the right.

2. The battle in question must be between overwhelmingly in favor to close to 50/50 for the attacker. Attacks at less than 50% are insufficient prerequisites. Before the battle, any player can demand as a matter of right that the odds of victory be verified by an objective measurement. Best practices recommend usage of battle calculator or a “low-luck” analysis.

3. The battle in question must be decisive for the entire game and declared as such by the attacker. This must be acknowledged by everyone at the table either explicitly or implicitly. Best practices recommend the attacker declare the battle to be “for the game,” “decisive” or other such effective language. This declaration must be received and acknowledged by the other players. Again best practices recommend usage of a recording of some sort to verify.

4. If any players object to the declaration that the battle in question is decisive, the objection will be sustained and the declaration voided if all other players to the game, excluding the attacker, agree with the objection. Otherwise, the objection is overruled. However, any player who did register an objection that was overruled can “Appeal” the declaration. See below.

5. If conditions 1 through 4 above are met, the attacker may then conduct the attack with the option of invoking Loser’s Privilege. To invoke Loser’s Privilege the attacker must lose the battle. Any type of loss is sufficient. However, a victory at a cost greater than expected by the attacker is insufficient to allow the privilege, this includes ties.

6. After the battle in question has concluded and the battle was lost by the attacker, but before the invocation of Loser’s Privilege, any player who made an objection that was overruled per step 4 above may Appeal the determination of the objection. The appeal is resolved by a vote of the players over whether the battle in question should be redone using low-luck. If a majority agrees to do so, then the battle shall be redone accordingly. In games with an even number of players, any tie vote will be decided by die roll: result 1-3, then no low-luck reroll; result 4-6, then low-luck reroll. There is no Loser’s Privilege right for any attack done according to low-luck.

7. If the attacker loses the battle, all conditions above are met and there was no successful appeal, he then may proceed to invoke Loser’s Privilege by physically destroying the setup of the game as it stands immediately after the battle in question to such an extent so the game can no longer be playable. Best practices recommend the player invoking Loser’s Privileged use his best judgment in destroying the setup necessary to make the game unplayable but not so as to create an inordinate mess that would result in an excessively long cleanup time.

Historical Exception: a player who successfully invokes Loser’s Privilege in a Shogun, Ikusa or any original Milton Bradley Game Masters series game may by right physically flip the board.

8. If a player invokes Loser’s Privilege but fails to meet any condition above or fails to acknowledge a successful appeal, then that player must clean up the entire game.

@Argothair said in Post League Game Results Here:

@Karl7 It was an interesting game! Germany helped Italy take a pair of British factories in the Middle East with an airbase in Yugoslavia, and was able to take Leningrad early by sending two transports into the White Sea. Almost immediately after we switched to in-person play, I missed an American can-opener in trans-Jordan, with the American transport coming from Gibraltar and the American bomber coming from India to let British tanks from Egypt into Iraq, shutting down the factory. Meanwhile, the Russians went south to help make sure the Middle East fully converted to the Allied point of view.

Germany attacked an Allied beachhead in Normandy with 3 inf, 1 mech, 2 art, 2 ftr, 2 tac, and 1 strat bomber against 7 inf, 3 aaa guns; my battle calculator says that’s an 88% win chance for Germany…but the Allies scored 3 hits on their AAAs and then hit with 5 out of 7 infantry, virtually wiping out the German forces in one round. The Germans only scored 4 hits on 11 dice, so the Allies survived with a large beachhead.

That left very few options for the Axis – I tried hitting a Russian squad in Vologda with 1 mech, 1 tank, 1 ftr vs. 3 infantry, but that also got wiped out in one round, with all 3 defensive infantry hitting. That stopped me from moving in a stack of mechs, which stopped me from threatening Moscow.

I also tried hitting the main US Pacific fleet with the Japanese, probably at somewhat below 50% odds, but that was also a disaster on the dice – sometimes the dice just hate you!

I had fun anyway, and I will always cherish the opportunity to have repaired a damaged Italian battleship at the captured naval base in Singapore.

This was the last league game that I intend to play for quite some time; daily sessions of 1940 Global have been fun, but have been chewing up much more of my time and attention then I prefer to spend. If you’re passing within an hour of San Francisco and want to play a game in person on the weekend, let me know, and otherwise I hope to see some of you at Bloodbath 2020, the Bay Area Invitational Tournament (BAIT), and/or Gencon 2020. Thanks for all the games, and have fun!

We love you Agothair!

@djensen said in Have you guys seen this big anouncement for A&A?:

I just added to the article some new, exciting, info:

Update: Renegade Game Studios is having a virtual conference, RenegadeCon Virtual, on February 3-4. On February 3, 2023 at 4:30pm PT, they will be making announcements on “what’s to come for Axis & Allies.”

on calendar! lol,
i might attend

@gamerman01 said in Post League Game Results Here:

Rankings up to date

And for anyone wondering, I do plan to play a league game again after 3/31.

I only completed 1 game in 2018, and last championship won was 2014?? Time flies. I’d better get back in it so I can still answer questions and adjudicate matters fairly!

You’re a dead man! I will crush you like a malt-ball!

team Victoria

@Karl7 said in Post League Game Results Here:

@axis-dominion said in Post League Game Results Here:

@Amon-Sul said in Post League Game Results Here:

@axis-dominion said in Post League Game Results Here:

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/35055/abh-axis-vs-axis-dominion-bm3-20l

ABH over me, with an early massive dose of luck against the Russians, and that was pretty much over from round 5, altho I managed to stretch it to round 32 and could’ve kept going for another 10 rounds at least.

he openly admitted his strategy was to take whatever lucky chance he could get since he considers himself the weaker player. I do not enjoy playing someone who’s primary strategy is to get lucky. so now I know to avoid playing him and anyone who will have that mindset. while I can understand going for luck if you’re losing and feeling desperate, but to go for such odds right at the outset, before anyone has any real advantage? to make that your primary strategy? sorry but for me, this game is fun because it offers more tactics and strategies than a lot of common games out there, but that gets thrown out the window with this kind of approach (I would have same complaint if the battle went horribly wrong for him, as it would not be any fun for me if he threw the game that early on).

Maybe he only wanted to try 1 round and retreat, but got pretty lucky in that rd1 so he pressed forward?

no, he was taking big gambles like that all game actually, even earlier than that he did same kind of Hail Mary on my fleet in 110, but that came out roughly even. he later did similar big gambles in pac. I’ve actually played him a few times in the past, and while I remember he would like to gamble like this a lot, it never seemed like he would do it as his main strategy. it always seemed like he would do it on a smaller scale here and there, and only when he started losing and getting more desperate. but what bugged me about this game is that he admitted he was determined to try out any such 30 to 50% odds in hopes of getting lucky, and it was so early on that it didn’t make any sense to go for poor odds unless you were just praying for some luck as your strategy.

Ha ha, that’s funny. I guess you got to give they guy credit for having the balls to do it. But honestly, hitting a 40%-50% battle isn’t unreasonable, or even 30% if its small.

I hate to bring this ancient debate back, again, but I think while the battle calc is a useful tool, it isn’t the final word. Minor shifts in dice rolls can flip a battle hard. A few extra hits round 1, BOOM the odds go from 30% to 80% just like that…

As a gaming philosophy, though, I can see the “I am going to hit anything on chance I might win even if it’s unwise” can be annoying.

I guess theoretically if you hit game winning 30% battles all the time your a likely to win 1/3 your games. A 1/3 winning average would actually improve my record against Axis D! HA hahahahahah!

@djensen said in BATTLE IN VANCOUVER! IT'S ON! Nov. 23-25. Who will survive?:

@Karl7 said in BATTLE IN VANCOUVER! IT'S ON! Nov. 23-25. Who will survive?:

Some random photos above. The one of us toasting was after the final game, which was a split decision for Vancouver. I voted for Tacoma but Juan and Joel were for Vancouver. Joel did not participate in the battle. That was a tight game.

Why is there voting for victory conditions? Why not use IPCs controlled or IPCs + TUV (which would take forever to tabulate)?

Joel, Juan and I agreed we didn’t want some gamey tourney conditions, and we felt there was enough time to finish the games or get them to an obvious point where one side would likely concede. Indeed a number of games were conceded. But we ended up having to call (I think) around four of the 9 games. So not too bad.

Anyhow, the guidelines Joel, Juan and I used to call a game was in one part subjective, i.e. looking at the game what side would I immediately be more inclined to play, and objective, i.e. who had more money, more victory cities and better overall strategic position.

Only one game was a split decision, the last one. I raised the issue because obviously you rely on human judgment which can always be questioned. Where you draw the line between arbitrary objective conditions vs more subjective conditions is a debatable balance and one for further contemplation.

@jim010

Jim! I received one of my first major drubbings from you! Jim is back! Gamerman is back! Me1945 is back! Watch out and Cow and Mr. Roboto will be back!

The Earth is healing.

@Canuck12

WHAT!?!?!?

Kyle is an honest man? Careful! He’s the guy who told me I couldn’t buy 6 subs for 24 IPCs! Outrageous!