Axis Europe Victory Conditions

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I can undertstand how “one complete round”, might be enterpated as; one round, from the start of german turn, till the end of france.

that way, if italy captured the last city on I9, they would win at the end of FR10.

but this is not the intent of the rules, I am pretty sure

@Kreuzfeld:

I can undertstand how “one complete round”, might be enterpated as; one round, from the start of german turn, till the end of france.

that way, if italy captured the last city on I9, they would win at the end of FR10.

but this is not the intent of the rules, I am pretty sure

No, the game would be over after UK10. And If Japan captured the needed VC on J7, it would be over after R8.

Cow is right. Everybody goes after the turn with the final VC. If that same country (that captured the winning VC) comes up again and the correct # of VCs have been in your hands for the whole time, Game Over.

If you lose a VC between germany and italy… it resets on italy turn if italy reclaims or claims a vc.

So your timer would reset for italy. next round.

If at any point on the allies turns you drop below the VC win requirement, the timer resets. You take it with a country and you got to hold it a whole round again.

Example Egypt. Germany takes it. has the VC count for the win, USA takes it back, Italy takes it back. On germany’s turn he does not win, he has to wait till italy’s next turn to win. UK takes back egypt before italy’s turn. The game keeps going.

Germany - 1vc
France - 2vc
UK - 3vc
Poland - 4vc
Novgorod - 5vc
Volgograd - 6vc

Italy holds

Southern Italy - 7vc

Japan Holds

Egypt - 8vc

If the allies reclaim any of them even if it is just for a turn, the 1 round timer resets. see above post.

The Allies don’t even have to hold it for a round. If England takes Egypt back from Japan, then Italy takes it from England, the Axis have to hold all those cities until the beginning of Italy’s next turn

@Fortress:

@Kreuzfeld:

I can undertstand how “one complete round”, might be enterpated as; one round, from the start of german turn, till the end of france.

that way, if italy captured the last city on I9, they would win at the end of FR10.

but this is not the intent of the rules, I am pretty sure

No, the game would be over after UK10. And If Japan captured the needed VC on J7, it would be over after R8.

Cow is right. Everybody goes after the turn with the final VC. If that same country (that captured the winning VC) comes up again and the correct # of VCs have been in your hands for the whole time, Game Over.

I did, and do know this interpretation is wrong. I was just commenting on the fact that I just realized that it was possible to read the sentence “hold for one complete round” could be interpreted in such a way.

However, interpreting the rules in this way might be a sort of elegant way of balancing the game (if we assume its axis advantage).

waddayasay? cow? fortress?

IMHO, I think the bid addresses any imbalance nicely. If there is an axis advantage, then there should be a limit as to what a player would be willing to give the other to play the allies.

I think Pacific victories would be harder to come by, and make it easier on the USA. I think the game works pretty well as it stands, with the ability to bid.

The problem with the bid is that a bid of 12 is not just 1 ipc more than a bid of 11, being able to place 2 subs is very valuable

some people have been expressing that a bid of 10 is too much, because a fighter can be purchased. There is too much to be gained by placing units exactly where you want them on the opening turn.

IMO any rule that decrease the bid, without changing the nature of the opening turn would be a better solution than an increased bid.

That is why I prefer to incorporate the “no more than one unit per territory or seazone” rule.

I think the great variation that bids provide allow for great replayability. Who wants a game that always depends on what kind of dice Germany got G1? Pick sides, set up the board, roll a couple dice, quit. Blech.

To your point about a 12 being too much, though - only 1 game has been finished in the league this year with a bid over 11, and the axis(-15) won.

Most good players are not going to give their opponent more than 10, is what we’ve been seeing in the league results. And among what appear to be opponents of close skill level, the Allies have won at +9, +10, +8, +10, +9, and +8. And the Axis have won at -9, -15, -7, -9, and -11. Yes, that’s a small sample size, but it seems to be pretty even.

I think the best judges of when a game is fair and balanced are the players. As you can see, over half the games have been run at an 8 or 9. And 2/3 of those games have been won by the Allies. You have people that don’t want to give bids too big, people that acknowledge the Axis has an advantage, people that don’t really want to play the Allies - it’s an interesting and fluid dynamic that always seems to find its own level.