@Sankt:
So in your mind the conservative player is the better dice handler? You are mistaken, in order to win the most games you need to play the odds where available considering the pay-offs. Some territories are worth more than others. That shifts throughout the game and also by what units are defending the territory. Egypt is a key area in the early rounds but may often lose its importance later on.
That is NOT what I said. I said the better dice handler would win. An agressive player can use a good run of dice just like a conservative player can recover better from a bad run. It could be either of the 2. But between them, that person will win most games.
You see it as the losers blame the dice instead of their(presumed) bad tactics. It goes the other way too, the winner thinks he has a great strat and is a better player than his opponent when in fact he got lucky. I think most of the games are like this, a little shift in the luck and the game could have gone the other way.
Rarely have I seen this at tournaments. Players can have a close game, but mostly one party is clearly ahead.
The only thing I dislike are those rounds 1 and 2 dice fracks as they just leave you no room whatsoever to maneuver. (yeah, yeah, some of you are just so uber good you work around it anyway. I don’t buy it.)
I could care less whether you “buy” it. It happens. From personal experience, an Origins opponent took Ukraine with USSR, AFTER I added 2 inf as a bid, with NO GERMAN HITS. The German counter into Ukraine was REPULSED. Egypt was empty and Germany had no fleet due to the forced UKR counter attack.
I won that game. Not because the dice magically turned, but because I was better. Sorry that you quit instead of taking the opportunity to treat it as a challenge, “how well can I do given these conditions”.
And as you mention, this conservative player will be able to avoid mosts risks once he gets an advantage giving him a great chance of winning the game.
I agree once a conservative player has a lead, he has an advantage.
You must take those early risks(attack Ukraine for instance or that lone uk BB) or you will never get that advantage. If you just roll with battles with 90% certainty you will not get that great win percentage of 80%. It’s definitely a strategy game, but between “equally skilled opponents” luck is the deciding factor by as much as 90%.
Disagree. Attacking UKR, (especially with a bid, but even without) is a risky move. You do so, you run the risk of losing or the dice going badly. However, had you moved all your troops into west russia, you have an overwhelming chance to kill the Germans in ONE ROUND, and REDUCE the hits coming back at you.
I say that the WR only strategy is better. Therefore, why people who use it probably win more than you do.
Similarly, attacking the BB wth 3 Fighters + sub is MUCH different than attacking with the BB+trans+sub+fighters and taking Gibraltar. Again, a better strategy.