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When and where was your first game?
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It really ticks me off when Christians say that war is wrong. I agree that many wars are wrong, started for stupid reasons by stupid people, but there does come a time when “right” must be upheld against the “wrong”. A lot of times it comes down to a moral decision, and if the Church was doing it’s job we wouldn’t take a whole lot of time deciding!
The Roman Catholic Church is a very hypocritical body. It claims that war is wrong and that killing is wrong yet it let millions of Jews die in Hitler’s gas chambers and in history it always supported the attacks on Jews. The Church is very hyproctritical and very corrupt. A good book for anyone who wants to know about The Roman Catholic Church during World War 2 is Hitler’s Pope.
Another interesting history topic is Jewish history. It’s very long and very sad, but very interesting too.
Now I will talk about my first game of Axis and Allies. It happened a few months ago, actually. It was when I was studying World War 2 in school that my friend burned me a copy of the game and I’ve been playing since. I had seen it and learned about how it worked before but I didnt actually play it for myself until I got the game. I played as Japan first and didnt do too well. Once Germany fell, I was quickly defeated, but it was a good game. In a few days I began to do much better at it and in my frist game as Great Britain, I won. That was on hard mode. Since then I’ve been working to improve my strategies.
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Well the issue on the Pope during WWII (what was his name again?) is still hotly debated even today. Some people say the Pope did all he could without raising Hitler’s wrath.
Oh, so you’re still a rookie, eh? It’s intresting to see people new to the game and how they react to it.
PS: Burning games is wrong! :evil: Go restore your dignity by buying the board game! That’s what all the good A&A player have. :roll:
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Grew up in a small town called Cotulla, Texas and two guys one an elder at my church and the other a English Teacher played this board game and I always wanted to know what took so damn long. So asked to join and of course at that age I didnt even really appreciate the game… now I love the classic battle. Played online for a year or so and now im back. Once someone answer my post about how to fix game… hehe
Lee
btw the two men were Bill Cotulla and Michael Beyers
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Sort of the same with me. My first game was when I was 10, and I really didn’t start playing competitively until I finally got my own copy of A&A (previously I had to go to my cousins house to play) when I turned 15. Since then, A&A has been more of a off again on again relationship, though with A&A.org I can share my A&A thoughts with the rest of the fellow gamming community.
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My first game was between myself and my older sister. I had recieved Axis & Allies for my eleventh birthday, I believe, but I had definate trouble finding anyone to play. Eventually I convinced my sister and we proceeded with the first game (she has attempt to play me very few times since). Unfortunately the details have been lost in my memory, but I believe I was the axis and got my ass thoroughly kicked; more than likely it was a terrible game, but I’m glad I had the experience.
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Damn! Bossk you have like the exact same story as me! Except instead of sister, it’s brother, and instead of 11, it’s 15. :lol:
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Ha, great stories – all of them! :D
These are some of the greatest post I have ever read for sure.Bossk, at least I know there’s someone who can share the pain and humiliation of being beat by the opposite gender. And sometimes by more than one at the same time!
So far I know I’m not the oldest A&A player, but I think I’m the youngest. Unless… somebody can top (or should I say lower?) age 10.
Chris, I also have a older brother so I got the worst of both worlds! (Though me and him were on the same team, so we both lost :oops: )
Also, I’m wondering if any first time players actually pulled off a victory. So far it’s been total beatdown (including me) on part of the other side.
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Ah oops, instead of OLDER SISTER, it’s YOUNGER BROTHER. Heh heh…there we go! (I insisted that I would be the bad guys-Axis, and I certainly paid the price!)
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I did get a win my first game. That is part of what hooked me. But I was America in a 5 player game, and the other guys had played a few times.
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@TG:
Ha, great stories – all of them! :D
These are some of the greatest post I have ever read for sure.Bossk, at least I know there’s someone who can share the pain and humiliation of being beat by the opposite gender. And sometimes by more than one at the same time!
Also, I’m wondering if any first time players actually pulled off a victory. So far it’s been total beatdown (including me) on part of the other side.my dream is to be one day married to a woman who can beat me around 50% of the time at games.
my first A&A was at my house after church one sunday when a few guys from my sunday school class came over and taught me the game. We’d always played risk until then, but “there was this awesome game that Jon had just bought”. This must have been around 18 years ago or so . . . when i was 11/12, in there. -
Whoa, why does every first A&A game seem to be at Church now!? :wink: At the rate this is going, I’ll be the only decent, self-respecting Christian guy out there! :D
“my dream is to be one day married to a woman who can beat me around 50% of the time at games.”
Ha, just be sure she doesn’t rub it in your face every time she wins! :lol: I’ve been disgraced more then once by the dreaded Venus Troupe Girl Dance Party at A&A… grrr… :evil:
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@TG:
the dreaded Venus Troupe Girl Dance Party
Now that sounds interesting! How do I get them to come to my games?
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Here’s the interesting back story:
About 1 and a half years ago, my sister and I were having this real big argument over something and the only way we’d settle it was through a game of A&A. She was the Allies and I chose Axis w/ a small bid and paratroopers. Well, I gave her a sound thrashing and planted the Japanese flag over her White House. Well apparently she didn’t like it, and we didn’t speak for a week. During this time, she was secretly rebuilding her tactics and recruiting and teaching two other girlfriends on how to play the game. She then challenged me to another game, this time multiplayer. Since most of my A&A playing friends were unavailable or caught off guard with such short notice, I had to settle with an intermediate player. This time it was a different story. With good luck, second guessing (they used a switched Japan-Germany ATB containment strategy), and teamwork, they were the ones able to come out. Of course for her, the revenge was bittersweet and to prove it, they also came up with this cheerleader spirited “Venus Troupe Girl Dance” move that was humiliating. Since then, I have sworn off to play against them again unless I come well prepared ahead of time.
Now that you heard it, I bet you don’t want to play against them. Their strategy may not be as good, but they do know how to play the metagame.
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LMAO…. your right, I probably wouldn’t want to play them. If you win what do you say? “Yea I beat a bunch of girls!” and as for the alternative, lets not go there.
TM if your still around, just kidding :D
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Yeah, you’re really screwed if you did and screwed if you didn’t. No offense, but winning against a girl is downright embarrassing. What do you have to show for yourself? And if you lose to them, it’s even worse! Now you’re stuck with the notion that you lost to your own game! :(
The only alternative lose, but to make yourself look good in the process. (For instance, try taking over all neutral countries before finally bellying over)
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It’s just a lose/lose situation! I’ve never played a girl, but I think it just goes against nature. We want a trophy, some guy’s scalp to hang in our den, something that gives you a sense of accomplishment. Beating a girl is like shooting your pet 24 point buck! (And if that buck sends you to the hospital how do you explain it?) They just want to see us get mad.
Hey, maybe somebody will start an A&A church league! :P
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A&A Church League!?
What’s gonna be your slogan? “Kicking butt in the name of Jesus 'cause we’re of holier than thou are” :roll:
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@TG:
A&A Church League!?
What’s gonna be your slogan? “Kicking butt in the name of Jesus 'cause we’re of holier than thou are” :roll:
come on Moses, you know better than that. True, it harkens a little too much to the crusades, but interchurch basketball, volleyball and floorhockey (please forgive me if i’ve left anything out) leagues are a fun way to stay active with fellow believers. I gotta’ tell you, most of the A&A people i’ve played with are Christians (for some reason - few of my non-Christian friends are really into A&A) and they make for some pretty tactical opponants - irrespective of their faith. And i don’t have any friends who do the “holier than thou” stuff. Maybe ‘cuz my drinkin’ and partyin’ skirt-chasin’ ways have scared them off :)
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Okay… I don’t think the object of basketball is to smash your opponent’s infantry to pieces (j/k) 8)
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Back about 1988 I think, I just looked at the box and knew I’d like it. I had an old game called Carrier Strike that was good, but way too simple and thought this was going to be much better. Well, here it is 14 years and about 30 regular playing partners later and I still have it.
As a matter of fact, I’ve since went and got 2 more copies of the game to pool the playing piece together. I thought they were a bit chinchy with them.
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