I used to think the Allies sucked balls when I first started; I just kept massing tanks with Germany and threw Russia back (same with Japan, double complex + mass tanks LOL). They really are harder to learn to play/coordinate.
What's the consensus on a standard bid?
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So? Why not kill the Nor stack all games?
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So? Why not kill the Nor stack all games?
Because killing the Nor stack to take the land is very costly. Taking it to preserve the Battleship by destroying the fighter, is not as costly as losing the battleship and transport.
It’s just a way of saving the British fleet and giving England a chance to use it instead of losing it. Doesn’t always work, but it does work enough that it’s effective in stopping an 8 bid submarine in SZ 8 from ending England’s ability to wage war.
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@Cmdr:
I think I have found the issue.
You guys want to take the land. I want to kill the defending fighter. I could care less about taking the land! Without that fighter, it becomes 2 submarines, bomber vs battleship, transport, submarine. And those odds have the defending battleship surviving in 2 out of 3 battles, which is what is important.
Nope, not my dice sim. 66% chance of winning with Russia
My numbers are to kill the german ftr (at all costs) or better (Russian ftr survives, take the land, etc)
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@Cmdr:
I think I have found the issue.
You guys want to take the land. I want to kill the defending fighter. I could care less about taking the land! Without that fighter, it becomes 2 submarines, bomber vs battleship, transport, submarine. And those odds have the defending battleship surviving in 2 out of 3 battles, which is what is important.
Nope, not my dice sim. 66% chance of winning with Russia
My numbers are to kill the german ftr (at all costs) or better (Russian ftr survives, take the land, etc)
What sim are you using? I’m using Frood for mine, and I gave the parameters.
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AA battlemap
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oops, batsim
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oops, batsim
(hums)
Bat-man!
Bat-man!
(Adam West voice) - To the com-Bat simulator!
not sure why, but that made me laugh
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oops, batsim
(hums)
Bat-man!
Bat-man!
(Adam West voice) - To the com-Bat simulator!
not sure why, but that made me laugh
Maybe because it was funny! :-D
I love my new paint brush…
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not sure why, but that made me laugh
You laugh because you are weak.
…and also because it was funny.
BTW - This is CrazyStraw/themarvinmartian here. I’ve been out of the pool for a while, but it looked like fun so I’ve come back. Everyone seemed to have changed names, so I thought I’d be a joiner.
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Egads! Another Orson Scott Card ID!
Now Jennifer just has to change her name to Bugger Queen…
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@Ender:
Egads! Another Orson Scott Card ID!
Now Jennifer just has to change her name to Bugger Queen…
Petra,
And I refuse to change my name to Commander Petra until the Bad Karma that goes up incrementally daily stops. :P Tired of getting +1 bad karma EVERY FRACKIN DAY by the same person with a vendetta.
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@Cmdr:
@Ender:
Egads! Another Orson Scott Card ID!
Now Jennifer just has to change her name to Bugger Queen…
Petra
Oh, I like the bugger queen.
Oo yaaa.
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Holy shnikies, did I get -1 Karma within 30 seconds of posting my first message? Gotta be a record. Make the trophy BIG.
Card: Jennifer could also be Jane, given the amount she is online :-D
And then there was that whole topic thing being discussed, Bids: They’re creeping up in my circle. We haven’t seen south of 11 in a looong time. And if we’re playing 2 simultaneous boards with sides reversed, we’ll set a 14 bid for all boards. Axis are about 50-50 in those situations (but with a very small number of trials).
Peace
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Good thing I gave you +1 for the Card reference!
Interesting about the high bids - do you have any restrictions re: placement?
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It is NOT me giving out the bad Karma.
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Heh heh. Honestly, it never crossed my mind, Switch :-D
By the way, I was poking around Daak a couple weeks ago and I saw you had climbed pretty high in the standings. Nicely done!
For Ender: The bid system we use is the Caspian Sub system, 1pc/territory, cash allocated however you want. We have four common things that happen with the bid: break the Russian Triple by putting a unit somewhere in Europe, N. African piece or two, Med Transport, or Frindo/KWA combo. It depends on what gambit we’re trying out.
Peace
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I had reached 7th, about this time last year, then had a run of bad luck in a number of games. And losses hurt a lot more than wins help at DAAK.
Since most folks here no longer play or record games at DAAk though, it is even harder to gain points there, since most players on this site are not recording all of their wins there and thus have lower point totals.
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@Mazer:
Heh heh. Honestly, it never crossed my mind, Switch :-D
By the way, I was poking around Daak a couple weeks ago and I saw you had climbed pretty high in the standings. Nicely done!
For Ender: The bid system we use is the Caspian Sub system, 1pc/territory, cash allocated however you want. We have four common things that happen with the bid: break the Russian Triple by putting a unit somewhere in Europe, N. African piece or two, Med Transport, or Frindo/KWA combo. It depends on what gambit we’re trying out.
Peace
What’s the Russian Triple?
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