@JuliusBorisovBeamdog , please.

@DoManMacgee said in Pre-Announcement: The Axis & Allies Cup:

• If there ends up being a lack of interest for whatever reason, might it be possible to downsize to 3-person teams to keep the same general format, just with 1v1 games instead of 2v2 (this is more of a hypothetical than an actual request)?

This could happen. Let’s start with 6. If we can’t get 12-16 teams, then we can allow teams to split if they so desire.

• When two teams play each other, how does picking the game edition(s) to play on work (beyond the restriction of 42SE for T8, AA50 for T4, G40 for finals)? Do the teams mutually agree on what editions get played, is it randomly generated, or a mix (i.e. team A picks 1 game, team B picks 1 game, 3rd game is picked randomly)?

The tricky part here is if teams want to get together in person but none of the 12 people have a copy of the game, then what do you do? Otherwise I would prefer random.

What I’m thinking is that I would randomly assign the team pairings and the game they must play but not the squads.

For instance:
AA vs. BB Guadalcanal
AA vs. CC Revised
AA vs. DD: Classic

…and so on but you should have 3 games going at the same time at any given time.

For instance; for the round robin let’s say we have three teams:
Amazing Armada
Brilliant Bombardiers
Cruising Corsairs
Deadly Dogfighters

AA Squad 1 vs. BB Squad 1: Guadalcanal, AA win
AA Squad 2 vs. CC Squad 1: Revised, AA win
AA Squad 3 vs. DD Squad 1: Classic, AA loss
BB Squad 2 vs DD Squad 2: Revised, BB win
BB Squad 3 vs. CC Squad 2: Classic, BB loss
CC Squad 3 vs. DD Squad 3: Guad, CC loss

Of course, it would be more randomized.

And of course I created a scenario with a tie. With more team and more games and sending 8 to the knockout round, it should be less of a problem.

@DoManMacgee said in Pre-Announcement: The Axis & Allies Cup:

ounds cool to me. Is 5-6 people too many for one team? Maybe 4-6 instead?

I clarified it in the description. You really need 6 people because you’re going to have squads of 2 people playing other squads of two people.

I’m also open to suggestions for this Cup.

To celebrate both Axis & Allies month as well as the 25th Anniversary of this very website, we will hold the first ever Axis & Allies Cup, a team-based, year-long competition. Get a team of 5-6 of your best players together and find out who is the best Axis & Allies team in the world.

Details to follow but it will basically work like this:

• This will be an event that takes place over the course of several months. Ideally, no more than 12 months.
• There will be two rounds to the tournament. The first is round-robin-like and the second is a elimination.
• In the first round, every team will play other teams in various versions of A&A
  • Each team has 3 squads and squads from different teams play each other. This makes it a team sport and it allows us to play a ton of A&A in a shorter period of time.
  • Versions under consideration: Classic, Revised, Guadalcanal, D-Day, North Africa, 1914, Battle of the Bulge, 1941 (maybe), old Pacific, old Europe, Zombies (lol, j/k).
    might be a tie breaker but that is TBD.
• The second round will be single elimination
  • The eight best teams will play a Quarter Final in 1942SE
  • The four best teams will play a Semi-Final in Anniversary Edition
  • The winers in the semis will play a Final match with Global
• Matches can be played online, in person, via Zoom, whatever you like
  • If you play in person, we might so something special for you. In person matches

If you can’t find 4-5 fiends for a team, we can work on putting folks together.

Ideally, we start in early February so folks can plan their matches.

This is a pre-announcement because I don’t have the details worked out. If you’re interested, please shout out in this thread.

Posted: Jan. 16 at 11:35am PT
Updated: Jan. 16 at 3:00pm PT

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@VictoryFirst Thank you, done!

Thanks everyone! I’ll work on badges tonight.

TripleA Turn Summary: Italians round 9

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World At War

Game History

Round: 9

    Combat Move - Italians
        1 Adv.Fighter moved from Tunis to E.Morocco
        2 Adv.Fighters moved from 48 Sea Zone to E.Morocco
        1 Adv.Fighter and 1 Fighter moved from Hun to New Valley
        2 Infantrys moved from Kufra to New Valley
        3 Tanks moved from Hun to Darfur
        1 Infantry moved from Kufra to New Valley
        4 Artillerys, 3 Elites, 30 Infantrys, 1 Mech.Inf and 7 Tanks moved from Kufra to Darfur
        1 Infantry moved from Tobruk to Mersa Matruh

    Purchase Units - Italians
        Italians buy 2 Adv.Fighters, 1 Bunker, 16 Infantrys and 3 Tanks; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat - Italians
        Battle in New Valley
            Italians attack with 1 Adv.Fighter, 1 Fighter and 3 Infantrys
            French defend with 1 Elite and 1 Infantry
                Italians roll dice for 1 Adv.Fighter, 1 Fighter and 3 Infantrys in New Valley, round 2 : 2/5 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 Elite and 1 Infantry in New Valley, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                1 Elite owned by the French and 1 Infantry owned by the French lost in New Valley
            Italians win, taking New Valley from British with 1 Adv.Fighter, 1 Fighter and 3 Infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 5
            Casualties for French: 1 Elite and 1 Infantry
        Battle in Darfur
            Italians attack with 4 Artillerys, 3 Elites, 30 Infantrys, 1 Mech.Inf and 10 Tanks
            French defend with 1 Artillery and 1 Infantry
                Italians roll dice for 4 Artillerys, 3 Elites, 30 Infantrys, 1 Mech.Inf and 10 Tanks in Darfur, round 2 : 12/48 hits, 13.50 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 Artillery and 1 Infantry in Darfur, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                1 Artillery owned by the French and 1 Infantry owned by the French lost in Darfur
            Italians win, taking Darfur from British with 4 Artillerys, 3 Elites, 30 Infantrys, 1 Mech.Inf and 10 Tanks remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
            Casualties for French: 1 Artillery and 1 Infantry

    Non Combat Move - Italians
        1 Adv.Fighter and 1 Fighter moved from New Valley to El Agheila
        2 Infantrys moved from Tobruk to Kufra
        1 Artillery and 5 Infantrys moved from Tobruk to El Agheila
        2 Infantrys moved from S.Tunisia to S.Algeria
        2 Transports moved from 48 Sea Zone to 46 Sea Zone
        2 Transports moved from 48 Sea Zone to 46 Sea Zone
        2 Artillerys moved from Tuscany to 46 Sea Zone
        4 Infantrys moved from Rome to 46 Sea Zone
        2 Infantrys moved from Campania to 46 Sea Zone
        3 Infantrys moved from Tunis to S.Tunisia
        2 Artillerys, 6 Infantrys and 4 Transports moved from 46 Sea Zone to 48 Sea Zone
        1 Infantry moved from Campania to 48 Sea Zone
        1 Artillery moved from Greece to 48 Sea Zone
        4 Infantrys moved from Greece to 48 Sea Zone
        3 Artillerys and 11 Infantrys moved from 48 Sea Zone to El Agheila
        1 AAGun moved from Hun to El Agheila

    Place Units - Italians
        1 Bunker and 4 Infantrys placed in E.Morocco
        3 Tanks placed in Hun
        2 Adv.Fighters placed in 48 Sea Zone
        2 Infantrys placed in Greece
        4 Infantrys placed in Tunis
        6 Infantrys placed in Rome

    Turn Complete - Italians
        Italians collect 69 PUs; end with 69 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italians regular : -0.83
British regular : -1.33

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