Vahe345 Axis (+8) Defeated SdKfz_164. (Allies) Pretty strange game, a bloodbath really. Russia and Germany were fighting it out all over the place taking heavy casualties. The Axis retained control of Africa until SdKfz_164 accepted defeat with the American fleet destroyed and caucauses secured. Luck was about even.

See

https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/3061/marti-issues/
and
https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/3157/google-mail-with-triplea-issues-was-new-play-by-forum-game

So these are known problems. The developers are aware that PBEM needs a complete overhaul.

But - as always - this is not expected to happen anytime soon. Time is restricted and priorities might be different.

@eyeswideshut-0
I would appreciate to participate in a tournament.

@epinikion Yes finalist gets a portion, I guess I had forgotten to specify how much, but it doesn’t matter since we are both contributing all. Thanks!

@nardwagg Thank you for donating your pledge!

Ok thx for organizing bayder! Please count me in

Congrats to @nardwagg and @hammond on their great finals game, and for donating their winnings to the triplea community! Also thank you to all of the players for making this the fastest ToC ever, only 3.5 weeks for the entire tourney!

If there’s enough interest we can do ToC19 very soon, and continue to do them more frequently to keep the fun and momentum going. Thanks again, everyone!

bayder

I'll give er a try if there's room. Thanks for hosting bayder.

bayder (Allies) beat nardawgg (Axis +9) in round 7 when Berlin fell to the Russian forces. The game was played about half pbem, half online. Allies went very aggressive in this game due to 2 factors: 1) Luftwaffe attacking the UK fleet in round 3, and 2) Japan taking 3 loaded trans out island-hopping in round 1. This combination gave Russia a lot of cushion to push west hard and fast. Combined with good Allies results in Egy and Africa, Germany was bottled up pretty quickly. The German Heer tried to counter with an aggressive move to Ukr, but Allies were able to stack EEur behind them, and then execute a daring triple-tap attack to capture Berlin. Thanks to nardawgg for a fun, fast, and friendly game...and congrats to him for making his first ToC Finals! Based on his track record, he'll surely be back again.

Also, thanks for everyone who played. We started at the beginning of Nov, and finished the entire tournament within 2 months. Definitely better than waiting around for months and months! I will plan to organize ToC18 when the dust settles after the New Year. Cheers! -bayder

ToC17_bay-al_nar-ax_r07_2GER.tsvg

We are currently at 26 players, looking to get to 32 for an even tournament, but we'll start with less if necessary. Still waiting on answers from a few "maybes" and hopefully get another few. I had originally set today (Nov 5) as the deadline for signing up, so if you're interested, please commit ASAP!

For those who have signed up (see list below), please email me at bayder.triplea@gmail.com to a) confirm you are in, and b) make sure I have a current email address. We will be starting in a matter of days. Cheers! -bayder

ToC17 participants:

@bayder
@jeffschultz32
@tulkas
@Blasherke
@CmdData
@Dirty_Tirpitz
@skillibri (gkhan)
@frank-the-tank
@nardwagg
@King-Kelly
@NastyNate52
@Eboy82
@hammond
@calbears72
@ingcameroni
@jbwood53
@Centurio
@chewbaluba
@Shmod
@Brennan
@TangoRomeo
@PaddyMaroon
@Kindwind
@Wasp
@pannpall
@Villars

today epinikions allies won lucky versus bayders axis (+9 full africa bid) in round 1 by decision of dice gods (battles in ukr rus 1 and sz 15 ger1). Thanks to all players in TOC 16 and last not least to bayder, who organized this tournament very well.
epi

@bayder Anyone that donates to the toc prize please state in the comments section on PayPal that it is for the TOC and not a donation to TripleA. Thanks Pras

Thank you @bayder and @prastle for officiating and also @valter for the kind contribution of the prize $$$.