5th Annual Portland - Seattle "The Challenge Classic" July 21st,2018 in Seattle

5th Annual Portland - Seattle  “The Challenge Classic”

Hello folks,

The cities of Portland and Seattle started this rivalry in the Summer of 2014 and has alternated between them every year.  Join us for some fun!

This year, the Portlanders climb the steep hills and arrive on July 21st,2018 to take on their neighbors to their north. The fair denizens of Seattle will rush to defend their home advantage and try to take total ownership of the bragging rights.

Games are going to be:
Game 1 : 50th Anniversary Edition - 1942
Game 2 : Either 50th Anniversary Edition or Global
Game 3 : Global
Game 4 (if needed) : Global

Please bring small change for Pizza that we shall order for lunch.
If needed, we shall order for dinner also.

Lunch will be at 1.30 pm. We shall break for 20 minutes.
Dinner, if needed , will be at 6.30 pm and We shall break for 20 minutes.

BYOB !!! There are lots of micro brew connoisseurs among us!

Please bring a Log-book, if you wish to log purchases and track Income.
Please bring colored dice to speed up the game!
Please bring timers, as this will be a timed game.

Time:
Germany - 12 minutes
USSR - 5 minutes when at not with Germ/Italy, 8 minutes when at war
Japan - 8 minutes when not at war with USA, 12 minutes when at war
USA - 5 minutes when not at war, 12 minutes when at war
China - 4 minutes
UK - 12 minutes
Italy - 5 minutes
Anzac - 4 minutes
France - 2 minutes

There will be 4 timeouts allowed. Each of 5 minutes per per team.

NOTE: THERE MAY BE CHANGES TO THE ABOVE TIMES… but by July 1st, it will be final.

Every game has bidding and the bids are to play Axis.
The team that wishes to play Axis bids an amount which if accepted will go to the opposing Allied team.

Bids can go as IPCs to any Allied team or as units.
Only 1 unit can be placed in a SeaZone or Territory.
There has to be an pre-existing unit (not necessarily the same exact Bid unit) in that Sea-Zone or Territory.
Also Bids can be placed as Minor Industrial Complexes or Air or Naval Bases.

Timeframe:
Teams will be decided by June 23rd and announced.
Bidding will start on June 24th and should be completed by June 30th.
This gives all the teams 3 weeks to prepare.

Any questions can be directed to the Host for the Seattle teams,

The games will stop by 9.30pm and will be called.
Process involving calling games will include 2 players from Seattle and Portland who are not involved in that game.

Please first contact me on this forum if you wish to attend. Usually there are 2-3 spots available…. and the “Rules of the Ronin” will apply.
Rules of the Ronin :  Should you be selected into a team… the Captain of the Team will have Veto power over you on any matter. This is almost never used… but it is to protect the interests of the team that takes in the Ronin.

Seattle won this event!

Leads the series 3-1-1

Gargantua made his first appearance in Seattle and won one of the games for the Seattle side with his Seattle teammate MeinHerr.  Tight game till Turn 6, game was poised on knife’s edge…
  His opponents were Teflon and Kyle from Portland.

AndrewAAgamer with his teammate Ted won the second game against Josh and Stephen. This was a AA50 game.

Marshmallow of War had a great game against Andy and Joe playing Global.

Lots of fun with 11 players playing .

Next year, will be in Portland. Promises to be a 3 city game with Portland-vs-Seattle-vs Vancouver (Canada) and maybe San Francisco, if enough players show up.

Lots of wine, food , beer , fun and excitement!

My Special thanks to 2 players on this forum who helped advise me to prep for this game (Weddingsinger and Cow).

SEE YOU ALL IN PORTLAND IN MID-JULY 2019 !!!