Danish threat

[Bjergmose]

Finally Frank was back from Poland so we could finish our tournament.

Frank played the allies (5 bid) and even though I never was in seroius trouble the Germans was pushed a little too far back, but managed to survive ´till the japs knocked on Moscows backdoor. 6 rounds and Frank gave up.
This was my 50th AE50 game face-to-face.
My score after 50 games you ask….27-19-4…0.560 not too bad considering the fact I am playing against the best players in the world every week  :roll:

On the other table Ghostglider managed 2 victories vs. John and Jakob in 3 hours or so.
A huge amount of luck wiped the axis of the board in no time.

Last week Bjergmose beat Jakob and Ghostglider/Allan found out that a 12-ipc bid was too much to give John.

European cup 2010

Bjergmose vs. Frank    3-0 (14-6)

Standings;  G  P
Ghostglider  6   18
Allan           6  14
John           6  12
Bjergmose   6    9
Brian          6    6
Jakob         6    4
Frank         6    0

So play-offs next  8-)

2 new guys showed up visiting our mighty axis-dungeon. Hopefully Kim and Christian will appear in our next tournament  :-)

[Bjergmose]

Play-offs  8-)

1st semi-final;
the #1 seed Ghostglider vs #4 Bjergmose. And the winner is….Bjergmose. Ghostglider tried the German turtle-option but his Luftwaffe couldn´t survive long enough to keep the UK away. And when the Russian 7 inf into Manchuria 2nd round strategy paid off it was all downhill from there. Berlin fell UK4 and was retaken. Rome fell US6 and was retaken, but it was only a matter of time…so G8 Ghostglider faced the facts and surrendered.

2nd semi-final;
#2 Allan battled # 3 John and it looked like John will face Bjergmose in the finals.

Jonas played vs. Frank. They played revised w/lotsa xtra rules. Jonas seemed to have the upperhand…maybe ´cos Frank couldn´t manage all the new rules  :|

I don´t know if it´ll be the revised ++ version for the Danish Championship in october.
It is not in my power to decide that  :cry:

But our little club is bursting with gaming energy. Tuesday and thursday are open for Danish gamers world-wide  :?
Unfortunately I don´t get all the results, so my club-record will never be complete  :-(

[Bjergmose]

So the finals are over…and the winner is John.
He took Moscow G3 with no chance for the red army to reconquer.
A strong push vs Caucasus G2 resulted in 6 armors holding Cau.
A desperate counter attack to soften up…or with a little luck kill the panzers
failed miserably. 5 inf and 2 art scored zero hits while the panzers hit 4 times.
This sealed the deal, but the russians tried to defend Moscow. But no.
Euro Cup champion 2010…JOHN.

Ghostglider and Allan played a game of my-stack-is-bigger-than-yours,
so when I left the room…crying…nothing was settled.  :-)

Frank and Jakob battled it out on the 3rd board and this game also looked close
when I left.  :-)

Now we need to figure out what our next tournament will be called…
it is going to be huge…the name anyways  :-D

[Bjergmose]

Finally the losers settled their game. After 15 rounds of stacking they had to come to a conclusion…the giant chip-stacks almost touched the ceiling  :roll:
Ghostglider won 3rd place after a battle that involved 42 japanese tanks.

John won against Jakob…according to Jakob this was a close game, but tech
helped John win.  :-)

I fought a tough match against Frank, who managed to continue the fight eventhough I
took Caucasus G2 with 6 arm and 2 rt. The struggle continued around Caucasus and at one point Berlin struggled to stay alive…but in the end the japanese won the game.

[Bjergmose]

Oh my god he´s back again…yeah  :-D

The Danes are back…actually we were never that far away.
We kept playing but you know writers block. :?

We´ve actually finished a new tournament since the last time.

Once more Ghostglider finished a the top spot.
Ghostglider 6 games 16 points
John          6          15
Brian        6          12 (surprise  :wink:)
Bjergmose  6            9
Allan        6            7
Jakob        6            3
Frank        6            0 (one day my son…one day)

John allready beat Brian in the playoffs, so I have to face the mighty
Ghostglider (when his newborn axis-player allows it).

We have started a new club called “Hovedstadens Axis and allies forening”
something like “Capitol city AA aasociation”.
Any danes out there watching…write me. 8-)

Last night John beat me. I am 0-7 against this guy…this is getting on my nerves.
I played Axis. G2 and the game was finished. I know I know a risky move but I remember
the old saying “when in doubt…attack” Patton.
So I opted to take out the allied fleet buying some time…you all know the drill.
1 sub 3 ftr 2 bmb vs. 1 dd 1 ac 2 cru 2 ftr…a fair fight.
I scored 2 hits and John scored 6 hits. And to top it off he rolled exactly 2 x 2, 2 x 3 and 2 x 4. I had bought a ftr  a bmb and a sub to secure my domain G3. But nooo.

In the other game Frank lost after his usual good start against Allan (G) and Jakob (J).
Maybe Frank would benefit from a tournament with games lasting only 4 rounds :lol:

[Bjergmose]

2010…status report;

122 AE50 games played in HaaF.
62 axis 55 allied 5 tied

We played last wednesday at Ghostgliders house.
Ghostglider lost the final vs. John.

At the other table Jakob and I played and won vs. Allan.
Then John secured another victory vs. Allan
and Jakob handed over Moscow to Ghostglider G3 giving Ghostglider and me and easy win.
Ye old italian-sucker-punch still works :-D

So Jakob wanted a rematch vs Ghostglider and me. After 11 rounds the allied had a minor advantage but failed to secure the win. A failed landing in France helped Germany breathe again and with another 5 or 6 rounds on the horizon we agreed to call it a tie.

Powerrankings HaaF 2010;
1 - Ghostglider…34-11-3  A couple of early europe losses and 2 Blind losses vs John makes Ghostglider look human…he is not :evil:
2 - John…37-15-1  My arch-enemy. Won both our tournaments but has a lower percentage than #1.
3 - Allan…25-24-2  Wins 50% of his games. Never satisfied with his dices  :roll:
3 - Bjergmose…19-19-1  Wins 50% of his games. Too modest to claim 3rd place for himself. Great guy  :lol:
5 - Brian…14-19    Surprise 3rd place in latest tournament. Lost 4 in row. Maybe 2011 will be his year  :?
6 - Frank…17-28-3  Still in search of his 1st tournament win. Finished strong.
7 - Jakob…12-28-1  Worst percentage but better 1-on-1 record than  Frank. Is gone to the big dice-game in Afghanistan most of the year. Safe return and I´ll give you a better spot next year  :-)

[Bjergmose]

Another year another tournament  8-)

Thursday kick-off in the European cup 2011

New tournament new bidding rules.
Now it is possible to upgrade units allready on the map giving the allies
a slightly bigger punch in the 1st round.
Example; 1 inf converts to 1 rt = 1
             1 inf converts to 1 arm = 2
So the bids will be lower (I think) but the options will be higher (in the beginning anyways).

3 great games;
John played vs. Frank with the usual result. Frank starts out strong but fails to land that 1st tournament victory  :cry:
Brian played vs. Allan and it looked like Allan would win this when I left.
And Bjergmose vs. Ghostglider. This is a new season and I´ve made a new years resolution to step it up  :-D No more early 50-50 attacks against the Royal Navy… no more 50-50 assaults at the gates of Moswcow. And it worked. Great game vs Ghostglider. I had 3 german aircraft carriers before my panzer took Moscow G9.
The russians had liberated India´s ic and occupied the FIC ic but ran out of steam.

[Bjergmose]

More results from Euro cup 2011;

2 weeks ago
Ghostglider vs. John    0-3
Frank vs. Allan          0-3

Last thursday;
Ghostglider played against Frank and won his first game this tournament. Frank is still looking for that first victory.

Bjergmose played the allies vs Brian. I tried to upgrade the russia/japan border and attack Manchuria 1st round. Not a smart move. The game rolled back and forth. For a long time the allies had the upper hand, but IFP helped japan push forward from India.
After round 10 the score was 9-9 in VC and with a small advantage to the axis. Germany held Caucasus, but only had troops in Berlin and Caucasus. UK and US controlled the sea so after some discussion we called it a draw. The chinese fighter was still alive and China never conquered  8-)

EuroCup´11;win-loss-draw
John……2-0-0
Allan…2-0-0
Bjergmose…1-0-1
Ghostglider…1-2-0
Brian……0-1-1
Frank…0-3-0

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Last thursday….wait for it…Frank won  :-o
His first tournament victory in his 10th game.
Brian and Frank almost tied, but Frank managed to take moscow
after 10 rounds and 7 hours of play.

In a training match Ghostglider beat the Brothers Grimm Ravn.

Last night John took it out on Bjergmose (GI) and Frank. A bad G1 and J2
made it impossible for the axis to win. Give John an inch he´ll take the game :-)

Ghostglider bounced back vs Allan. When I left ´round G5 it looked like Allan
would win his 3rd tournament game in a row. Japan was down to 3 countries and the
UK had an income around 70 but still the Germans managed to save the day and conquer Moscow.

Re-cap;
Frank vs. Brian……3-0
Ghostglider vs. Allan…3-0

EuroCup´11;win-loss-draw
John…2-0-0
Allan…2-1-0
Ghostglider…2-2-0
Bjergmose…1-0-1
Frank…1-3-0
Brian…0-2-1

[Bjergmose]

Last thursday John and Brian played vs Allan teaming up with the head of aaclubdk in his first AE50 game.
Needless to say John and Brian prevailed. Maybe Kenneth will change his mind and start playing AE50…
time will tell  :lol:

Today 3 games;
Brian vs Ghostglider  0-3    Brian tried hard to get a win to reach the playoffs but alas…
John vs Allan            3-0    The battle of the Ravens  :?  John won…Allan blamed the dice!
Frank vs Bjergmose    0-3    Frank tried to built an Italian Navy but didn´t help much. The Germans bled in Russia, particularly in Karelia. Japan had some succes on land, but not at sea.

EuroCup´11;win-loss-draw
John…3-0-0
Ghostglider…3-2-0
Bjergmose…2-0-1
Allan…2-2-0
Frank…1-4-0
Brian…0-3-1

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Tournament game thursday.
Strange game. I played the allies vs Allan and managed to take Rome UK02.
Blitzing thru´ France from NWE will not happen again in a while. Allan opted to take
Caucasus with the italians. I thought that Italy could keep it and started to harass
Japan in the pacific. But just when I was harassing my best Japan got LRange and
harassed me back  :x A blunder ny me then changed the game. I forgot to move my US
transport (although I moved the cargo). When it was US again we couldn´t roll back
the entire turn. This made it possible for Italy to punch thru russian lines wiping out Moscow.
Luckily I am allready in the playoffs.

Brian took on John and is increasingly desperate for a win. John didn´t give him one  :cry:
Frank battled Ghostglider and lost. But Frank has great plans…secret plans in the tournament
on daak.de in his battle vs. Dy. So secret he won´t tell his playmates  :?

Ghostglider and Bjergmose is on to the 2nd round at daak.de. Will Frank and Zeen (Jakob) follow us?

[Bjergmose]

Last tournament game. I lost to John. End of story.
A couple of other matches…Brian got his long awaited win.
And he got it against Ghostglider, ending his 10 game winning streak.
Frank lost to Allan.

And unfortunately Zeen didn´t manage to push thru´ to round 2 at daak.de.
Frank is hanging in there…but only just  :|

Ghostglider and the top-dog Bjergmose represented haaf at Spilfestivalen saturday.
Hopefully a couple of new guys will show up in the near future.
We need some new blood  :evil:

Semifinals coming up;
John vs. Bjergmose
Ghostglider vs. Allan

And soon…very soon…
www.caac.dk

[Bjergmose]

Oh yes. For the first time in a zillion years I beat John  :-o
I waited to the semifinals to beat him. Now only Ghostglider stands
in my way….beware.

New guy last thursday Agust teamed up with Brian, controlling Russia
and controlling Frank  :-(

Ghostglider glided across Allan and everybody had finished their game
in less than 4 hours. First time that happened.

And www.caac.dk is up and running.

[koffiekroft]

Cool thread. Like your style.

[Bjergmose]

thanks. Been kinda lazy lately  :roll:
Maybe I´ll sharpen up  8-)