Is there a world champion for this game?

@Nuts said in Is there a world champion for this game?:

@vodot That is absolutely true. Perhaps the idea of an international tournament with a world champion isn’t so far fetched. Though there should probably be a prize pool and pay to enter. Maybe a full set of every A&A game released or the title of head playtester for new games. Also, I imagine a tournament every 4 years would make sense, as it would give time for practice.

International Tournamen? Sure lets do it in Europe as this is where we played this game IRL for 5 years right. There are some huge boardgame fairs in europe ( biggest 1 in the world ).
But really its not a game that many people would watch as a sports. Its pretty slow going and with dice there is a pretty decent luck element involved.
Every sports event is based on pure skill games so far, chess, e-sports, olympics, snooker. Big spectator sports dont have a chance element in them, and dont take 10-12 hours for a game :P

So who would organize or even sponsor this? The people that would come and watch are people that already play the game, hardly no new people will be attracted if any, merchandise is also not big for these kind of things either.

@SuperbattleshipYamato said in Is there a world champion for this game?:

@shadowhawk

Let’s just hope some multi billionaire picks up this game.

Still how many people would fly for 10 hours to play in a boardgame tournament?
The costs far outweigh the price.
And the game takes 10-16 hours each, so its going to be a long tournament.

There are not many sports that have world tournaments anyway.
Olympics and soccer are the big tournaments and they are mostly state sponsored.

True. However, to some, the feel and movement of the real game is proffered by some.

@SuperbattleshipYamato said in Is there a world champion for this game?:

@shadowhawk

If people do it for chess, surely at least some people would do it for Axis and Allies.

And I feel like online play would be sufficient. Just need to schedule and arrange all the players.

Its also a question of who would like to watch these games.

If nobody is watching then there will be no world championship because nobody would sponsor it.

Chess hardly gets any press coverage and dont even think they got regular world championships. And lets be honest, chess is a pretty well known game where A&A brand is pretty obscure. Its like what arthouse movies are to boardgames.
Good quality but small audience.

@SuperbattleshipYamato sad but true. If renegade sponsored an official tournament, however, we could host a set of prelims at game conventions around the world, leading to continental tournaments, leading up to a championship game. This is different to chess, however, where they have multiple tournaments.

@Nuts said in Is there a world champion for this game?:

@SuperbattleshipYamato sad but true. If renegade sponsored an official tournament, however, we could host a set of prelims at game conventions around the world, leading to continental tournaments, leading up to a championship game. This is different to chess, however, where they have multiple tournaments.

The problem is who is we? Im pretty sure there are many players that dont even know of this site or use it.
I didnt go looking but im sure there will be other websites with either a part of their site/forum or just completely based on 1 or multiple A&A games.
You also have the playerbase on steam that might only look there.