Historical Boardgames sponsored BATTLE OF THE AGES Tournament

[eskander]

Is this thread going to be Stickied? Would make it easier on my sanity, for one.

[Bacala]

Hi,

Ok i have an account now, so i will be ready to start this week. Sorry im a little bit late.

Bacala

[Veqryn]

@Randmacts:

Put in Seththenewb in for me if you want, he seems pretty keen, I am playing several other games at the moment anyway. Apologies for any hassle.

@seththenewb:

I didn’t want to boot anyone who was interested in playing. Just figured I’d throw my name in the hat in case someone was a no show.

@Bacala:

Hi,
Ok i have an account now, so i will be ready to start this week. Sorry im a little bit late.
Bacala

Seth and Bacala, you 2 are welcome to start your game ASAP

Randmacts, it would be cool if you could stay in the tournament.  Your opponent is ‘ice’, and he has already started a thread for you two:
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28445.0

(if you must drop out, please let me know, but it would be much better if you stay in and have fun!)

[Noll]

I’m waiting for Lala to show up in the forums!

[Veqryn]

@Noll:

I’m waiting for Lala to show up in the forums!

send him a private message, with a link to your new thread

(i’ll also slap him if I see him in the lobby)

[seth4god]

@Veqryn:

@Randmacts:

Put in Seththenewb in for me if you want, he seems pretty keen, I am playing several other games at the moment anyway. Apologies for any hassle.

@seththenewb:

I didn’t want to boot anyone who was interested in playing. Just figured I’d throw my name in the hat in case someone was a no show.

@Bacala:

Hi,
Ok i have an account now, so i will be ready to start this week. Sorry im a little bit late.
Bacala

Seth and Bacala, you 2 are welcome to start your game ASAP

Randmacts, it would be cool if you could stay in the tournament.  Your opponent is ‘ice’, and he has already started a thread for you two:
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28445.0

(if you must drop out, please let me know, but it would be much better if you stay in and have fun!)

Yeah, I PM’d him already asking what side he wanted.

[Nothing to see here]

I played 6 rounds of Napoleonic Empires and I still don’t quite get when you get addtional income and when it get’s reduced and how the reduction due to convoys is calculated.

[Veqryn]

Ok, so a quick status update, mostly so I can figure out who has started and who hasn’t (and therefore who needs to be poked and prodded)

RED = has not started or contacted each other
BLUE = has contacted each other or started a thread, but not started the game yet
GREEN = are currently playing

Nothing to see here
vs
Gekkepop
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28447.0

Randmacts
vs
ice
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28445.0

P@nther
vs
Most Holy
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28449.0

Veqryn
vs
kabloom
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28444.0

AmorphousCube
vs
alexgreat

Odonis
vs
KBG

Make_It_Round
vs
Dimax

Ajmdemen
vs
Funcioneta
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28452.0

wirkey
vs
Narushima

U-505
vs
pug6000

DeadTom
vs
Gargantua
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28448.0

Noll
vs
lalapalooza
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28496.0

invictus
vs
Eskander
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28485.0

soulfein
vs
ErnieBommel
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28463.0

Wassmuss
vs
Admetus
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28506.0

Hepps01
vs
SantaClaus2

seththenewb
vs
Bacala
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28514.0

[Most Holy]

Nice work V. I have no idea what I’m doing in this game but your notes in this thread have been a great help. I love Napoleonic history and am loving this game so far. What a great way to introduce players to new games.

[Veqryn]

@Most:

Nice work V. I have no idea what I’m doing in this game but your notes in this thread have been a great help. I love Napoleonic history and am loving this game so far. What a great way to introduce players to new games.

Very glad you like it.  This is the whole point of this “tournament”: to get people to try new games and have a ton of fun.

For the previous question about convoy income, here is a longer explanation:

There have been several iterations of how convoys work according to A&A, and Napoleonic uses the version from the first A&A Europe game.

The rules are this:

1. The original owner (the person who controlled it at the beginning of the game) receives the income from a convoy zone, so long as he still controls it.

2. If anyone else controls it, then no-one gets any income from it.

3. You can only conquer a convoy zone with a unit that has some attack power greater than zero.  You can only attack it during combat move.

So, lets say France’s income is 56, and UK’s income is 50, and France currently owns a 6 value convoy zone.
Now, UK conquers this zone.  The new incomes are 50 for France, and 50 for UK.
This is because France loses 6, while UK gains nothing.

If France conquers it back (or an ally liberates it), then France goes back up to 56, and UK still stays at 50.

There are some national objectives at the end of France, UK, and Spain’s turns.  They are not related to the convoys at all actually.  Basically, it was decided during balancing that the incomes of some players needed to be reduced for balancing reasons.  So, for example, France receives -6 income every turn, no matter what (France could control every territory and sea zone on the board, or France could control nothing except for Paris.  No matter what, France will get -6 per turn).  This balancing was done over the course of 2-3 years of playing, so trust me: the game is very balanced.

[Panther]

Ok, I found “Ney” by accident (because my opponent moved him).

Where are the other guys: Wellington/Blucher/Charles/Kutusov ?

[Veqryn]

you can build more of these “Marshals” from the second turn onward. (and in unlimited numbers)

only france gets to start with 1 (and he is by egypt, to represent France’s forces down there)

they are quite powerful units, 4 attack, 3 defense, 3 movement, but they cost 9, which means you had better protect them with a hell of a lot of fodder

I rarely buy more than one or two of these guys…
(except if next turn you are hitting a stack 3 moves away and need the extra punch)

[seth4god]

Bacala and myself should both be green.

http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28514.0

[SantaClaus2]

hepps and i are playing by the lobby, not forum. we started 2 days ago. are w supposed to start a thread anyway?

[Gargantua]

I would Claus, I mean, why not?  Just to post the -win- information, or make the file public.

[Veqryn]

@SantaClaus2:

hepps and i are playing by the lobby, not forum. we started 2 days ago. are w supposed to start a thread anyway?

only have to post it after you guys finish (and let me know who won, and include the savegame)

glad to see you guys started  :)

[Gekkepop]

Nothing to See Here has conceeded our game so it seems I win round 1. You can check the thread for confirmation if you want. Is round 2 starting anytime soon?

[Veqryn]

as soon as the last team starts their round 1 game, i’ll post round 2 matchups
congrats on finishing so quickly! :)

[moilami]

Please sign me up thanks.

[Veqryn]

ok, we have some people who haven’t shown up in two weeks so far, that may require replacements or at least switching around the brackets to people can get on with their games….

no shows:
KBG
U-505
invictus
ErnieBommel

also, some players are not posting any turns yet:
Randmacts
kabloom

i’m going to private message everyone and give it a few more days (like til end of sunday), then if still no movement I will have the active people matched with each other