2012 World Series of Axis & Allies Rules of play

[BigBoa]

Greetings all,

I just wanted to chime in and say I think it is great to have "newbies" and elites playing together in a tournament like this. I consider myself to be a pretty good player that was a newbie not that long ago. I've been good enought (at times) to compete with some of the best but I also have made and continue to make my fair share of mistakes. I really think mistakes are fun. Russia placing a sub and fighter in turn 1 can be devastating but may not have to be if the UK is aggressive in coming to the aid of Moscow. Newbies bring variety and the unexpected to a game that at its worst can become formulaic and scripted.

I'm not volunteering, but perhaps the A&A playing community should work on a better ranking system? The experience level is certainly a factor in predicting the outcome of a game, but if a newbie walks in and beats a couple of great players immediately, I think he's still a newbie by that standard. I see myself ranked in the top 100 of '42 players simply because I won a couple of games in the tournament preceding the ladder league. I evenutally dropped out because I found the ongoing time commitment overwhelming for me.
A better ranking system would allow tourneys like this to better identify folks to let in etc. Obviously, a player with no games under their belt wouldn't have a track record to stand on, but one that joined a month ago and already has a couple of great wins against highly ranked players could be considered.

Best of luck.

[Sarten]

I signed up for the tourney on the revised side as well. I don't think the experience points are reflective of skill level but at the same time it gives a pretty good indicator of experience with the various openings and familiarity with A&A in general. I know for me, I will never get to expert just because I am a dabbler in A&A and don't commit to the time it takes to get in the games needed to reach expert. I am just returning from a 2 year A&A hiatus so I'm looking forward to seeing the new strategies that the great players have come up with by playing in this tourney.

[Modious]

Hey guys, this looks like fun, but I have a question about forced surrender. It says in the rules there will be a forced surrender after 2 days. This is a problem for me, because I'll be out of the country for 11 days, and have other times I'm gone for 3 or 4 days. With 8 weeks to play, I'm wondering if this will be enforced.

[commander_chaos]

Hey guys, this looks like fun, but I have a question about forced surrender. It says in the rules there will be a forced surrender after 2 days. This is a problem for me, because I'll be out of the country for 11 days, and have other times I'm gone for 3 or 4 days. With 8 weeks to play, I'm wondering if this will be enforced.

Yes, it will be enforced, sorry Modious. Becides if your overseas working you shouldn't be worried about this

Im sure we will have another brackes turrney soon, and in time another like this as well

Good Luck and Have Fun!

[El_Ravager]

This tourney looks great, I'll be playing too!

One thing I noticed, do we play Axis 6 bid in AA42? That would be quite different from league play. Anyhow, I'm looking forward to this!

[lukalion]

This tourney looks great, I'll be playing too!

One thing I noticed, do we play Axis 6 bid in AA42? That would be quite different from league play. Anyhow, I'm looking forward to this!

I think is R2 , CC

[commander_chaos]

I was going to up it to an allied 4 bid for 42. The allies 6 is for revised- Ill make sure that gets fixed. Any comments

[dgss1]

should any of you "newbies" want to rumble before this starts, feel free to send a challenge to me as well.

dg

[lukalion]

I was going to up it to an allied 4 bid for 42. The allies 6 is for revised- Ill make sure that gets fixed. Any comments

Allied 4 with that sz closed? That might be too much but no huge biggie either way. There will always be issues with set bids. Better to just always bid between the players themselves.

UK 4 and sz closed boooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmm

[crashvictim]

So will we have the option of choosing the allied country that receives the 4 bid or will that be set? I personally like R5 with 16 open. Happy to play either side like that. (Unless it's against Luka, cause I'm typically hanging on by fingertips and hoping for dice!!)

[BigBoa]

Isn't there a reference guide to show how the 4 bid will be resolved? What unit and where for each Allied country? I suppose I'm showing how "green" I am, but I've rarely paid much attention on an individual game basis unless a bid has been north of 5.

[CaptainColeslaw]

Isn't there a reference guide to show how the 4 bid will be resolved? What unit and where for each Allied country? I suppose I'm showing how "green" I am, but I've rarely paid much attention on an individual game basis unless a bid has been north of 5.

http://www.gametableonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=1119

[BigBoa]

Thanks! Out of the options for 4 bid Allies I assume most will go with UK 4? It's always good to have more Russian units, but makes a much bigger difference for UK and US to have the extra piece.

[dgss1]

Looks like 12 more Spots....Hurry.....Sign up today!

dg

[cptrev]

Cyclonus, hope you'll consider joining the 42 Ladder League - I had 5 active PBEM games last month. Very enjoyable and a good pace. Either way, hope you enjoy the site.