Yeah I play with the OM. I have yet to run into any real problems with it. Perhaps some realism rules and some “this isn’t very historicaly accurate” rules, but nothing that makes the game unplayable.
Posts made by triforce
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RE: Revised vs 2nd ed
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RE: Revised vs 2nd ed
To me a bid is an insult, since what you are saying is that I am not good enough to win without being given an advantage that is not included in the OM. I also tend to be a stickler for the rules that come with any game. I HATE house rules in Monopoly, for instance.
Do you consider it an insult to play with a bid in Classic A&A? Because I think everyone can agree that Classic is pretty unwinnable by the Axis wthout a bid and/or other house rules like Russia Restricted. Once players know what they are doing that is.
Now Revised is nowhere near as bad, and is certainly quite playable without a bid. Among beginning players the Axis may have an edge even w/o a bid since the Allies need a lot more coordination to be successful. For the same reason a bid isn’t needed nearly as much, if at all, in a five person game. Unless the three allied players are in complete agreement on strategy.
I think alot of our difference of opinion on this stems from your stance on house rules in general.  I have no issue with house rules that improve gameplay or game balance. Change just for the sake of change I don’t like. Which is why I hate the changes LHTR made to the way planes are placed on new ACs. Though I like the LHTR otherwise.
I didn’t play classic much, and I can agree that the game was mostly unwinable by the axis (but I did do it once with out a bid). I probally would have played with a bid if I had known that people do that, but I hadn’t discovered that house rule yet, and we didn’t think of it on our own. In short, yeah, its not an insult in classic. That game was just out of balance.
You are right about house rules. I guess I’m just a pureist when it comes to board games. I love them and they are my major hobbie besides surfing, so I like to do them right.
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RE: Number of victory cities?
When I play the cpu on triplea, i usually play a 12 city game, just cause its fun, and it dosen’t take as long. Besides a Japan that makes more that 100 ipc a turn is just a ton of fun. 2 battleships a turn baby. Just because I can!
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RE: Number of victory cities?
I don’t know about that, I think it was a way to make the victory conditions more acheaveable to the Axis.
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RE: Revised vs 2nd ed
thanks for pointing out the contradiction. I was comming from the common viewpoint of the boards. In wargames I like to play the part of the historcal loser (thus the reason I called the Axis the underdog). Its not that I think that the axis can’t win a significant number of games, but that they lost in history. The thrill for me is making the game go in a way that was contrary to the result of the historical event. To me a bid is an insult, since what you are saying is that I am not good enough to win without being given an advantage that is not included in the OM. I also tend to be a stickler for the rules that come with any game. I HATE house rules in Monopoly, for instance.
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RE: Revised vs 2nd ed
I mean that only whiners demand to play low luck. I have been known to complain about a bad roll but hey even at the touney level its still just a game. As for bids, well, I think that if your going to play the underdog you should expect a harder time than if you pick the favorite. Nothing is more satisfying than kicking butt as the Axis with no bid.
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RE: Which way of gameplay do you prefer?
Low luck no luck are STUPID.
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RE: Revised vs 2nd ed
I’ll I’m saying is that I don’t have any trouble winning when I play the Axis. In 2nd I did. Thats my point. I think bids are silly, and I think that Low No Luck is for whiners.
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RE: Revised vs 2nd ed
@Sankt:
I guess my question is why no or low luck. What crybaby came up with that?
LOL. Can I quote you on that? Â :lol:
No problem. Put it in your signature line. 8-)
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RE: Revised vs 2nd ed
I guess my question is why no or low luck. What crybaby came up with that?
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RE: Revised vs 2nd ed
I think no and low luck are stupid. Luck is a part of the game and war for that matter so deal with it.
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RE: USSR Strategies
I am almost never suprised by the attacks my oponets make.
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RE: USSR Strategies
the advantage of defending is stronger units.
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RE: War between the states 1861-1865
just put it on the web and let us download it for free :-D. I’m kidding. You deserve to be payed for your oringal work.
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RE: War between the states 1861-1865
Yea, that is beyond my means. Why so much? Is it comming up with the pieces (looks like the come from A&A and risk).
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RE: Revised vs 2nd ed
I would argue that well played axis is almost unbeatable in revised but I’ll agree to disagree on this one.
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RE: War between the states 1861-1865
You beat me to it :oops:. I was working on an idea for that same thing. Looks pretty sweet. How can I get a Copy?
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Need Help
A friend and I are trying to figure out how to PBEM using TripleA. Can anyone tell me how this is done? Do I need DAAK to do it. I think TripleA has its own dice roller.