Revised Tournament of Champions (ToC 15) "Arctic Convoy"
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Panpal (allies) won vs Brxxx( axis+ 8).
Axis placed the bid on Africa, but allies managed to get back Egypt and land in Algeria In round one. THe there was a fierce battle for Egypt changing hands 3 more times, however, in round 4 the US sunk the med fleet and Africa was seeded to the allies. In Asia, Japan was advancing fast building an IC in India in round 2 which put pressure in Russia early in the game. Then in round 6 in a coordinated axis move, Germans advanced to Ukraine and Japanese to Persia forcing Rusia to abandon the Caucasus and retreat to Moscow. The UK took advantage of the situation and stalked E.E. So a double siege started. Moscow seemed initially less defended than Berlin but the allied fighters reinforced its defences. Allies manage to control both ends of the Suez channel and US attack half of the Japanese fleet on the other side and in the next turn win a decisive battle in Persia and allowing the UK planes to reinforce Moscow. At the same time, the UK Had already built an IC in EE and was tightening the grip around Berlin. At this point, Brxxx decided to surrender honourably and not prolong the fight. Overall it was a fascinating fast placed game against a very competent opponent. This was his first game after 7 years and I am glad the tournament encouraged him to rediscover revised. I am looking forward to playing with him again. [link text](toc15-brxx-jap10.tsvg -
We are only 1 week into the tournament, and already 11 of 16 first round games have finished, and the remaining 5 are making good progress so far. Additionally, two first round losers bracket games have also finished. As a reminder, you can follow the bracket at this link:
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TangoRomeo (axis +7) won vs Handsome
Russia took a little chance in round 1 and didn't attack Ukraine with enough force after one extra infantry from the bid was placed there. That, along with some Axis dice luck (LowLuck of course ;), gave Germany a good start to the game. UK did stall Japan from getting a rapid start as, but eventually the yellow tsunami was too much and overwhelmed Russia in Round 14.
The game was filled with humor and history. Handsome is a good player and I hope to meet him again in the finals
@Handsome will add some more details because, in our story line, Stalin escaped the fall of Russia and survived on the lone remaining Russian sub.
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Barca (axis+9) won vs Emil,
The game started with Russia being slightly unlucky when they were unable to take Ukraine. This set the tone for the whole game, with axis deciding to go all out against Russia. Germany invaded West Russia with all available units. Emil's turn 1 remark summed it up perfectly, "More aggressive start from GER than anticipated..." . Japan continued the laser focus attack on Russia, by 1) not attacking Pearl Harbor on Round 1 and 2) supporting Germany's push to West Russia by landing fighters there in Round 2. With Russia just able to defend its homeland Caucasus fell turn 3 to Germany. Japaneses fighters took advantage of targets of opportunity by attacking small portions of both the British and American fleet which further slowed allied support. The untouched American Pacific navy ended up not playing a major role, to the great relief of Japan. By turn 6, Russia was doomed, and with no counter play Emil resigned.
Emil was a great opponent. His emails usually included color commentary which I enjoyed. I wish him all the best in ToC15 and look forward to playing him again. -
Ingcameroni(Axis+8) defeats Sol(Allies ). In round 6 Allies surrendered, after Mosca was taken by Japan. It was a fun game. Allies and axis was very aggressive so the game was fast... Axis was lucky and dice was good during important battle. GG
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bayder (Axis) defeated Greg_Anderson (Allies). Greg is a fun and fair opponent, who is admittedly a bit new, and this was his first pbem experience. He caught on quickly though to the aspects of playing. Unfortunately his strategy of splitting forces between Atlantic and Pacific wasn't helped by some poor dice, and Germany was going to take Moscow in round 6. Seeing this, Greg surrendered. Thanks for the game, and best of luck in your next one!
-bayder
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Baxter (Axis +8 with African placement) defeats Brennan (Allies) in R14. Brennan was kind enough to write a good summary of our game: "A big German/Russian battle in West Russia (Russia’s stacking territory), together with losing Caucasus, was crippling to Russia, which forced Brits to lend reinforcements directly to Archangel/Moscow, which went on for a while, and allies were unable to recover Caucasus. U.S.A. tried to come in through the Mediterranean and chase axis out of there in order to eventually help alleviate the situation surrounding Caucasus, but the Japanese navy curtailed their efforts and U.S. had to withdraw. The Americans spent most of their time battling the Japanese in Africa. The Japanese and Germans putting the squeeze on Russia, the combined British and Russia production just wasn’t enough to save Moscow in the end. Also, the Japanese dominated the Pacific." Thanks to Brennan for a fun game. It was my first in many many years and a great way to get back into the swing of things. GL Brennan for the rest of the tournament! TOC15 Baxter v Brennan R14-3UK.tsvg
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Eboy82 (Axis +9) wins over Blasherke (Allies) by surrender in round 8. Allies were really early to stack West Europe, but Germany retreated with all it forces and with African income was able to hold on until Japan came to the table and captured Russia. Thanks for the match Blasherke, and good luck in next round. Blash Vs. Eboy_Ger8.tsvg
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brxxx (Allies) won against jeffschultz (Axis +10) in round 8. After a horrible, nearly deciding, start for the Allies, where the russians were not able to take ukraine in round one and even lost a critical fight in caucasus in round 2, the allies were able to get back. With a combined attack at western europe from uk and usa, the allies destroyed the whole german air force. This was the moment where allies get the chance to take germany before japan take russia. And uk did in round 8 while 20 tanks of japan rushing towards russia. GG to jeffschultz. triplea_Bri8.tsvg
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bayder (Allies) defeats jbwood53 (Axis) in round 7 by surrender. Allies got off to a good start, and Axis struggled to come back from it. JB decided to surrender despite the Axis still having a good amount of fight in them, but with Allies stacking EEur and Per, it was going to be difficult for the comeback. Thanks JB for the fast and fun game! -bayder
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Baxter (Allies) wins over TangoRomeo (Axis +7) after surrender in R5. By the end of R1 Germany had stacked Karelia, and Japan had made a fast start with a factory and 2 additional trans. The UK did what they could to bleed some units from the German forces, waiting for the US to get into the game. Russia was able to just hold it's stack in W Rus until R4 when the UK hit a small stack in EEur and the US hit W Eur and S EUR. Despite neither battle going to plan, it was just was enough to force Germany to retreat from Karelia, and TangoRomeo called surrender with the Japs not quite fast enough. It was hard work for the Allies and I thank TR for the game! Baxter v TR R5-UK.tsvg
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Nardawgg (Allies) defeats Epinikion (axis+8) in round 19 of a vicious and exciting game. Tough to recall such a long game, but it comes down to one great american southern europe landing in the mid game which cost germany a lot of tanks and germany did not look the same since. After many rounds of gruelling battles the axis surrendered once the allied bombers started raining down on Berlin. Great game epi, really tough opponent. Look out for epi
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Nardawgg (Allies) defeats Eboy82 (Axis+8) in round 8. Game begun hard and fast, with britain hitting western europe round 1, and getting a terrific result. The luck was stacked against germany, as japan was urgently rushing to help germany, it was too late and the Axis surrendered. Gg Eboy! ToC15 Eboy.tsvg
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Calbears72 (Axis +8) defeats Oppositof in round 16 to surrender.
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Wasp(Allies) defeats Barca(Axis+9) in round 9. Allies employ the pacific strategy coupled with an all out push to secure Africa. With Africa secure, the allies were able to keep German ipc's in check and kick Japan out of Asia. Thanx for the game Barca, Revenge is mine! vsbarca.tsvg
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hammond (Allies) wins vs calbears (Axis+10) in round 16. Some Allies luck helped on the opening Ukraine battle and some early navy battles hit some German planes. Then, for a while, both sides built their armies vying for some key ground. In Europe, EE was held steady while Japan was massing for Persia. However, the Allies were able to hold their ground as well. In a nice move, Germany made a break out that almost forced a retreat in the face of a combined threat from Japan. Having just enough forces, the Allies were able to maintain and Germany had to head home for its defense and was never able to go on the offensive again. ham_calb_J16.tsvg Time and tide went against Japan and the Axis made an honorable surrender. Calbears was a gracious player allowing for a delayed start and showed good sportsmanship throughout the game. Good luck in the rest of the tourney!
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Game 36: Calbears72 (Allies) wins vs Dirty Tripitz (Axis+9) at the end of round 15. Interesting turn of events saw a good back and forth but the allies productivity was too much. It was a fun game played with respect. dirty_calG18.tsvg
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Shmod (axis) wins over Barca. Japanese were allowed to get too strong and Barca resigned when they were building up to take Russia.triplea_Bri5.tsvg
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Panpal (axis+9) wins over Frank-the-Tank (allies). Axis had favourable dice in the first round allowing them to obtain an early advantage. The US went pacific building an IC in China and investing in a fleet. Russia was pumping units in Asia to help contain Japan. Therefore, Germany was left unchallenged and conquered Africa and Caucasus by round 4. By round 7 Germany got Moscow, while the US fleet was strong but not in a position to threaten Japan yet. Allies made an honourable surrender at this point. I would like to thank Frank is an excellent player with great sportsmanship and I would like to wish him good luck to the rest of the tournament
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Panpal (allies) wins over Baxter (axis+8). Axis split the bid between Ukraine and Egypt. Turn 1 was excellent for the UK in the pacific slowing Japan considerably. At the same time, Germany stacked Karelia, forcing Russia to defend West Russia. The allies were quick in reclaiming Africa, but Japan was left unchallenged and build 3 ic Asia and start a rapid expansion. On round 5 Germany moved to Moscow and Persia, where it was reinforced by Japan. Russia had to retreat to Moscow. At the same time, the units left defending Germany were few and the allies got Southern Europe and Stacked Western Europe. A lot of small battles occurred in this round. Unfortunately, for axis the allies had much better dice in all of them which further increased their advantage. Germans had to retreat their attacking tanks to defend the motherland, but that was not enough to push allies out of Western Europe. At this point Braxter surrendered honourably, deciding not to prolong the fight. Braxter was a great opponent and displayed great sportsmanship even though he had suboptimal dice since the beginning of the game. I would like to wish him good luck to the rest of the tournament and I hope we can play again sometime.
TOC15 Braxter vs Panpal Jap7.tsvg
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