Historical Boardgames sponsored BATTLE OF THE AGES Tournament

[Veqryn]

I’ll start round 5 real soon.  This weekend or next.

Anyone who has NOT YET BEGUN THEIR ROUND 4 GAME, please post here or send me a message.

If your opponent never showed up, or your game has not yet made it past the first round of turns and now your opponent has disappeared, Then I need to match you with someone new.

[Veqryn]

@ice:

round 4 greatwar
ajmdemen(allies) vs ice(cp) –- winner ajm
20 rounds of awesomeness muchos thanks to ajm for such a good and fun game.
i send the save to Veqryn, so when he posts it u can take a look at this historical match.
ice

ice vs ajm

greatwar_ice_ajm.tsvg

[Veqryn]

The following people have NOT YET STARTED their round 4 games of Great War:

Gekkepop
Nothing to see here
Hepps01
moilami

Hepster has responded to me in the online lobby that he has tried contacting his opponent.

For the other 3, I have sent out a private message today, requiring a response from them.  Are they alive, or are they dropping?

I will post Round 5 (lord of the rings) matchups this Friday.

And I might go see “the hobbit” this friday too.  yay!

[Veqryn]

sadly the gf had no interest to see the hobbit today

anyway, rolling to determine matchups:

high
Rolling 1d5:
(1)  
Rolling 1d4:
(1)  
Rolling 1d3:
(1)  
Rolling 1d2:
(1)

mid
Rolling 1d8:
(7)  
Rolling 1d7:
(6)  
Rolling 1d6:
(6)  
Rolling 1d5:
(5)  
Rolling 1d4:
(1)  
Rolling 1d3:
(1)  
Rolling 1d2:
(1)

low
Rolling 1d9:
(3)  
Rolling 1d8:
(3)  
Rolling 1d7:
(6)  
Rolling 1d6:
(6)  
Rolling 1d5:
(2)  
Rolling 1d4:
(2)  
Rolling 1d3:
(3)  
Rolling 1d2:
(1)

[Veqryn]

Round 5 Matchups for Lord of the Rings: Middle Earth

Ajmdemen
vs
soulfein

ice
vs
Admetus

Veqryn
vs
DeadTom

Make_It_Round
vs
wirkey

alexgreat
vs
lalapalooza

Noll
vs
Hepps01

pug6000
vs
Bacala

P@nther
vs
Narushima

Most Holy
vs
Gekkepop

Wassmuss
vs
SantaClaus2

kabloom
vs
AmorphousCube

Funcioneta
vs
Nothing to see here

HBG_BotA_tournament_triplea_2013_mar_12.zip

[Veqryn]

Lord of the Rings: Middle Earth

Rule Clarifications and Hints

-> The game uses Revised rules.

Neutral air and normal blitz clarification:

-> You can fly over neutrals with air units.

-> You can NOT blitz neutrals with land units.

-> You can however blitz through formerly neutral territories on noncombat move phase.

-> Good understanding of these rules is crucial in the first rounds, especially for Goblin and Elf player.

-> Low Luck is On by default, you can switch it off in game options.
(Low luck means that all attack or defense powers get added up and divided by 6 to determine the number of hits a side will do. The remainder is then rolled for.  So, for example, 3 trolls have 9 attack total, so they will get 1 hit for sure and roll one dice at 3 to determine if they get a second hit.)

Strategical Hints for Beginners:

-> Saruman should attack and retreat Fangorn ents rnd1 (by attacking with everything except for 3 uruks he can safely kill 7 of them in 2 combat rounds, assuming low luck).

-> Goblins can take Lorien rnd 2.

-> Elves should try avoiding getting their Lorien army trapped.

-> Buying extra nazguls with Mordor can be effective as it threatens both Gondors land and naval units. Take advantage of 2hit by attacking (and possibly retreating after few combat rounds) small stacks.

-> Gondor (and others in range of possible nazgul attack) should therefore aim to keep stacks big.

-> Mordor can also send nazguls north to help against elves, but it can be risky due to increase in Gondor’s power.

-> Due to number of nations in the game there is great potential for conducting attacks on a target with several’s nation armies in succession- watch out for that!

-> Another thing to keep in mind is the possibility of removing blockers with allied armies so that you are free to blitz.

-> There are 12 capitols in the game, sometimes they can fall easily, but on the other hand losing 1 capitol doesnt mean game has to be over yet.

[Admetus]

Ice (evil) surrendered to the superior forces of Admetus (good) in round 11

Thx for a fun and interesting game Ice

BotA - r5 - LotR - Admetus vs Ice.tsvg

[Make_It_Round]

Veq,

Wirkey is diametrically opposed to using dice.

I am diametrically opposed to low-luck. Hates it hates it hates it!

Could you please help each of us find more suitable opponents for Round 5?

Cheers, MIR

[Veqryn]

would you guys be willing to make this compromise:

**first 2 rounds are Low Luck

all future rounds starting top of round 3, are Dice**

what do the both of you think?

please answer ASAP

[Make_It_Round]

Low-luck literally sucks all of the fun out of it for me.

I’ve tried it, despised it, and don’t want to waste any more time with it.

I’d play chess or tic-tac-toe if I wanted a game with a script…

[Veqryn]

really, not even for a round?

ok will look for a new opponents for both of you

[Make_It_Round]

Cheers Veq.

And… since we’ve got your attention here, what’s the ETA on your TripleA 1914 emulator?  :wink:

[Veqryn]

MIR, you and Bacala will face off in round 5, playing with Dice

wirkey and pug will likewise face off, playing with LL

get to it

[Ajmdemen]

Ajm (good) wins vs soulfein (evil).

Save attached

soulfein LOTR.tsvg

[SantaClaus2]

Santa (evil) surrenders to Wassmuss (good) in LoTR.

It was only my second time ever playing the map, and I had fun even though I got crushed.

WassmussLOTR.tsvg

[Make_It_Round]

It’s my impression that this game is heavily-weighted towards ‘Good’. Results so far seem to confirm an imbalance…

[Veqryn]

ajm should have played as evil, not sure why he didn’t
perhaps he can repeat his victory as evil to show us all?

[Most Holy]

@Make_It_Round:

It’s my impression that this game is heavily-weighted towards ‘Good’. Results so far seem to confirm an imbalance…

Fear not! I’m currently playing ‘good’ and will help swing the curve back towards universal balance.

[DeadTom]

I’m no expert on this map, but I’m pretty sure that evil is a lot harder to play, but still rather balanced.

[wirkey]

After three rounds of not knowing what I was doing I (evil) conceded to Pug.

First time LotR, was fun though.
Thanks to all opponents for nice gaming and Veqryn for organisation!

LotR wirkey vs Pug.tsvg