Guys, I’m thinking about resigning as league moderator and scoreboard operator. I don’t want to leave you in the middle of a year so intend to finish this year out and set up playoffs and everything, but maybe somebody should come alongside me and learn some of the ropes, or maybe you guys have an idea of another direction to take all this.

Contributing to this decision is that I did have my first manic and depressive episodes this year since 2005 (still pretty depressed - trying to get the right meds) but I wanted to get out anyway, since I haven’t found the time to play any league games myself.

I intend to help make a smooth transition if someone else is eager to moderate and score games (maybe a team) - I’d been doing everything with no partner for years now (Although having a partner can mean more work if they have differing ideas than you)

Please think about it - sorry - I guess this day had to come sooner or later. Thanks for understanding

Gamer

@simon33 said in WW2 Path to Victory - Feedback Thread:

I don’t understand why you liked both my post and Adam514’s contrary post.

I appreciate your statement.

The way I view likes - I don’t have to agree with a post to like it. I will like/heart posts when I’m glad they posted rather than staying silent. Or when I think the poster communicated something well/effectively. Et cetera

As for default game, I think it has to be the version that’s available to the world outside this site (out of the box version, basically) - we have very few players who refuse to play “balanced mod”, although of course it does happen, and I think it’s the way it should be… Makes more sense to force someone to play the “public” version than to force someone to play a mod, even if 95% of players only play that mod on this forum. It’s not welcoming to potential newcomers if they have to learn a different version of the game than they’ve been playing.

Crockett has videos of 1 hour interviews with
(chronological order)

AndrewAAGamer
AndrewAAGamer interview

ArthurBomberHarris
ArthurBomberHarris interview

Gamerman01
Gamerman01 interview

The Good Captain
The GOOD Captain interview

JDOW
JDOW interview

Oztea
Oztea interview

The Captain (NOT The Good Captain)
The Captain interview

Gargantua is interviewed 15 minutes by dtroy
Gargantua interview

Game reviews

OOB CHAMPIONSHIP 2023 ArthurBomberHarris v Farmboy (+41)
Video commentary by Crockett36 and ArthurBomberHarris senior,

Rounds 1-8
ArthurBomberHarris v farmboy 2023 OOB championship

Game thread and save file here

OOB AndrewAAGamer v Farmboy (+60)
Video commentary by Crockett 36 and Gamerman01

Round 1-3
AndrewAAGamer v Farmboy rounds 1-3

Round 4-5
AndrewAA Gamer v Farmboy rounds 4-5

Game thread and save file here

BM Adam514 v Gamerman01 (+22)
Video commentary of 2023 Semi-final game by Crockett36, Adam514, and Gamerman01
Game thread and save file here

Rounds 1-4
Adam514(x) v Gamerman01 rounds 1-4

Rounds 5-8
Adam514(x) v Gamerman01 rounds 5-8

Rounds 9-14 (end)
Adam514(x) v Gamerman01 rounds 9-14

OOB UHD Tech Oysteilo (+40) v Gamerman01
A “crazy” “fun” game agreed to, radically different Triple A map, quickly becomes serious
2024 regular league game
Video commentary by Crockett36 and Gamerman01

Oysteilo v Gamerman01 rounds 1-2
Oysteilo v Gamerman01 rounds 3-4
Oysteilo v Gamerman01 rounds 5-6
Oysteilo v Gamerman01 rounds 7-9

Game is ongoing, G13
For the game thread and save file,
Oysteilo v Gamerman01 UHD thread

Balanced Mod introduction, explanation, review
and some highlights of @Adam514 /Gamer semi-final discussed, partly to demonstrate Balanced Mod features

BM introduction video

At the risk of turning people off because of my self-promotion,

You may want to know,

@Adam514 !
Does a game review with Crockett36 and myself
On the recently completed BM playoff semi-final game

Go to the stickied thread - “video interviews of league players by Crockett36”

We are amassing quite a collection of fun interviews on the opening post of that thread. Don’t miss out!

HOLY COW

All 2021 playoffs wrapped up - not bad! considering there were four brackets of 8

Also etched in the league history for ever, but a recap:

BALANCED MOD CHAMP

Axis-Dominion

BALANCED MOD 2ND CHAMP - crowned today :crown: :crown:

Oysteilo

PATH TO VICTORY CHAMP

Ghostglider

2ND EDITION RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX

AndrewAAGamer

ALL DEFINITELY worthy champions! Another round of applause
:clap: :clap: :clap:

It’s not hard in Excel, so I graph the TUV from round to round in my games. Then I look back at who won or lost and the graph shows TUV is HIGHLY indicative of who will win.

If 2 people look at this, I will be happy.

Third and final installment of a joint game review starring @Adam514 @crockett36 and me
This was the semi-finals of the BM tournament for the 2023 season.

Link added above

We need to petition @farmboy and @Adam514 to do the same with the recently completed championship game, assuming @crockett36 wants to keep spending his time this way!

It’s pretty special to hear from great players around the world, insights into A&A and their own game as well as their reactions to others. It’s the next level!

Congratulations to @Ghostglider !!

Your 2023 League Season Path To Victory Champion!! 🙌

The only one standing at the end.

Congratulations to @Daaras as runner-up. 🙌

Both are entered in the league history of championship winners and 2nd place finishers, and deserve all due awe, honor and recognition ✨✨✨

If you want to learn, to observe brilliance, or both, then you should review the game in Triple A

Ghostglider is so much on his game, he is about 110 points ahead of the next active Path to Victory player.

Path To Victory popularity has taken hold, believe it or not,
We have 79 finished games in little over 10 months of 2024 to 52 for all of 2023. You read that right.

Now get back to shooting each other with dice!

Mainah, at first that sounds very exciting and fun, but thinking about it a bit, there’s a big problem with that. If there’s money on games, there’s an incentive for people to try and help a player in the tournament to make better decisions, and also an incentive to try and sabotage a player (maybe by giving suggestions to make poor decisions disguised as clever ones).

Would mess with the integrity of the games, so as league moderator I’d have to say no.

You are UK1, @AldoRaine

Another issue is set up

Allies are further handicapped by lack of coordination.
Not that we are trying for a perfectly balanced game, it’s about the process, not the end result so much. You will not even really have a sense of “ownership” of your side, and you may play a power on the opposite side later.

It’s more like picking up the newspaper and seeing their chess situation and try to mate in 3. It’s about the fun of picking up a power in a situation that you did not create.

In a 1v1, players tend to bid between 40 and 60 IPCs to add to the board for the Allies. We’ve done this for so many years, and this is NOT 1v1!

In an attempt to make it fun, even it up, considering it’s a party game hot seat, not wanting to change the starting set up too dramatically, and various other intangible factors, I’d like to propose the following, with a short window for ideas.

Slow down the Japs, make it a little more realistic, maybe
I think we can take off

1. fighter removed from Okinawa,
2. tactical removed from Japan

Add

1. Infantry to Chahar
2. Infantry to Anhwe
3. Infantry to Hopei
4. Infantry to India

And Europe handicap
Remove

1. Cruiser from 114

Add

1. DD to 101
2. Infantry to Egypt
3. DD to 91
4. DD to 110
5. Transport to SAF (71)
6. Infantry to Ukraine
7. Infantry to Russia
8. Fighter to East Poland

That’s 95 if you’re counting, but not where a player would put a 95 bid, that is for sure.

I have a hard time switching between versions 🤔

Withdrawing the sub seemed like a good idea, then realized I was relying on it for defense… Well… I don’t think you’ll be counterattacking Hawaii anyway.

Wanted to say - When I have really good luck like that G1 I’m happy to acknowledge it, but I don’t want to say anything after I make the move because I wouldn’t want to be greeted with “WOW I got super lucky that turn, sorry!”

Alright, time for me to dread what USA and Russia will do

Wall in Siberia - causes major problems
Enjoying the game already

TripleA Turn Summary: Japanese round 1

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Classic

Game History

Round: 1

    Purchase Units - Japanese
        Japanese buy 3 transports; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Japanese
        1 battleship, 1 carrier and 1 fighter moved from Caroline Islands Sea Zone to Hawaii Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from Solomon Islands Sea Zone to Hawaii Sea Zone
        1 battleship and 1 transport moved from Japan Sea Zone to Hawaii Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Philippines to Hawaii Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Kwangtung to China
        1 fighter moved from French Indo China to China
        1 bomber moved from Japan to China
        1 fighter moved from Manchuria to China
        1 fighter moved from Japan to Hawaii Sea Zone
        3 infantry moved from Manchuria to China
        1 infantry moved from French Indo China to China

    Combat - Japanese
        Battle in China
            Japanese attack with 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 6 infantry
            Americans defend with 1 fighter and 2 infantry
                Japanese roll dice for 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 6 infantry in China, round 2 : 4/9 hits, 2.67 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in China, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in China
                2 infantry owned by the Americans and 1 fighter owned by the Americans lost in China
            Japanese win, taking China from Americans with 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 5 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 15
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Americans: 1 fighter and 2 infantry
        Battle in Hawaii Sea Zone
            Japanese attack with 2 battleships, 1 carrier, 3 fighters, 1 submarine and 1 transport
            Americans defend with 1 carrier, 1 fighter and 1 submarine
                Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in Hawaii Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 2 battleships, 1 carrier, 3 fighters and 1 transport in Hawaii Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/6 hits, 3.00 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 1 submarine in Hawaii Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 1 carrier and 1 fighter in Hawaii Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 1.17 expected hits
                1 submarine owned by the Americans and 1 carrier owned by the Americans lost in Hawaii Sea Zone
            1 submarine owned by the Japanese retreated to Wake Island Sea Zone
                Japanese roll dice for 2 battleships, 1 carrier, 3 fighters and 1 transport in Hawaii Sea Zone, round 3 : 3/6 hits, 3.00 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 1 fighter in Hawaii Sea Zone, round 3 : 1/1 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                1 transport owned by the Japanese lost in Hawaii Sea Zone
                1 fighter owned by the Americans lost in Hawaii Sea Zone
            Japanese win with 2 battleships, 1 carrier and 3 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 30
            Casualties for Americans: 1 carrier, 1 fighter and 1 submarine
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 transport

    Non Combat Move - Japanese
        1 fighter moved from Hawaii Sea Zone to Wake Island
        1 infantry moved from Philippines to Philippines Sea Zone
        1 infantry and 1 transport moved from Philippines Sea Zone to Borneo Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Borneo Celebes to Borneo Sea Zone
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from Borneo Sea Zone to French Indo China Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from French Indo China Sea Zone to French Indo China
        2 fighters moved from China to French Indo China
        1 bomber moved from China to French Indo China

    Place Units - Japanese
        3 transports placed in Japan Sea Zone

    Turn Complete - Japanese
        Japanese collect 27 PUs; end with 28 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Americans regular : -1.50
Japanese regular : 0.00

Savegame

Thanks @Ragnell804 , continuing, then

@FlyingBadger @farmboy @Arthur-Bomber-Harris @simon-tressel @crockett36 @AldoRaine

Making sure you guys who at least upvoted a post are alerted to the hotseat community game thread to keep you on board.

I’m taking ideas, but I don’t see why we can’t start scheduling out the first round (see opening post at top)

Anyone in the league can volunteer to play a move at any time, later on. No need to be in on the ground floor.

We’ll see where this evolves. I’m starting to envision big team games (not 2v2, but at least 3v3 or 3v more), who knows

Community game / Hot seat idea moved to its own pinned thread

Keeping separate, all posts regarding community hot-seat game

Schedule:

G1 -
R1 -
J1 -
US1 -
C1 -
UK1 - AldoRaine
I1 -
ANZ/F 1 -

G2 -
R2 -

We will have an issue with scrambling decisions, casualty choices, as to who makes decisions for the defender.

Do you have ideas?
One could be that we have a designated person or a small team of persons (so that play continues smoother/faster) who call these decisions.

It’s not too early to volunteer to play a power in the first round or two. I can keep the list on the first post of the game so it can easily be seen

Argh, I have to stop it again.
Only 2 hits at Hawaii, what do you keep/lose? If you keep your sub, does it withdraw? To where?

Thanks!

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post: Japanese round 1

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Classic

Game History

Round: 1

    Purchase Units - Japanese
        Japanese buy 3 transports; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Japanese
        1 battleship, 1 carrier and 1 fighter moved from Caroline Islands Sea Zone to Hawaii Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from Solomon Islands Sea Zone to Hawaii Sea Zone
        1 battleship and 1 transport moved from Japan Sea Zone to Hawaii Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Philippines to Hawaii Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Kwangtung to China
        1 fighter moved from French Indo China to China
        1 bomber moved from Japan to China
        1 fighter moved from Manchuria to China
        1 fighter moved from Japan to Hawaii Sea Zone
        3 infantry moved from Manchuria to China
        1 infantry moved from French Indo China to China

    Combat - Japanese
        Battle in China
            Japanese attack with 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 6 infantry
            Americans defend with 1 fighter and 2 infantry
                Japanese roll dice for 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 6 infantry in China, round 2 : 4/9 hits, 2.67 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in China, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in China
                2 infantry owned by the Americans and 1 fighter owned by the Americans lost in China
            Japanese win, taking China from Americans with 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 5 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 15
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Americans: 1 fighter and 2 infantry
        Battle in Hawaii Sea Zone
            Japanese attack with 2 battleships, 1 carrier, 3 fighters, 1 submarine and 1 transport
            Americans defend with 1 carrier, 1 fighter and 1 submarine
                Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in Hawaii Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 2 battleships, 1 carrier, 3 fighters and 1 transport in Hawaii Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/6 hits, 3.00 expected hits

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Americans regular : -0.33
Japanese regular : 0.00

Savegame