Tournament of Champions (Season 5) for AA 50 Anniversary '41 version
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@Raville Thank you! This was a tough game and you played extremely well, I'm still surprised I managed a victory even with the good dice!
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QuarterMaster (Axis) defeats Tulkas (Allies +15) by Tulkas throwing in the towel in round 5. Germany had a very lucky opening losing none of it's subs or ships. Britain build an IC in India and USA went for Japan. The Axis held to the Med and North Africa while Karelia was going back and forth between the two side. The USA became a serious threat to Japan but Japan was able to narrowly capture India and even if the US took the Philippines and build an AC, most of their fleet was destroyed by Japan which put Japan back in control and pointed towards Russia. After a failed British bid to land in Germany, British fleet was left exposed and the Allies surrendered.
Thank you Tulkas for a very exciting and challenging game, you got tough dice and the outcome could have been very different if it wasn't for some very tough rolls.
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Stroid (axis) defeats Islandia (allies, 16bid)
This was just a dice fest. Pure and simple. Germany set up for quick caucus hit and diced the daylights out of russia. This set the tone for the entire game. So much for low luck. Sorry man, you played great! Russia saved brit trannys with a clutch fleet buy. I didn't expect that and it almost cost me berlin. But the price of that buy was losing moscow. GG WP!
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Prastle(Axis)defeats Deltium (Allies) 13 bid.
Allies suffered from a bit of rough luck round one with Russia's counter attack. Deltium also chose an interesting all British bid placement. The Americans went full KJF! After the German/Japanese double tap of the British home fleet in round 4 Deltium graciously conceded. Thanks for the GG Bro. I am certain you will quick my butt next time
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Blasherke (Axis) defeats Banfus.
The Allies went for a mixed KGF/KJF and were able to fix the majority of the Jap air- and seafleet in the Pacific, while trading territory with the Germans. However, Germany was able to maintain its IPC income, whereas Japan slowly but steady conquered the Asian mainland. The Allies were not able to turn the tide and when in round 9 Moscow was about to fall, the Allies honorably surrendered.
Thanks, Banfus for the fun and challenging game!
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Icelander (Allies +14) defeats Stroid (Axis) triplea_Rus6.tsvg
German armors lingered a turn too much in the Eastern front, allowing UK4 US4 to set foot in France and stay. Moscow thirsty Axis players have been warned
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Islandia (Axis) defeats SneakingCoward(Allies+15)
No really decisive battles, but Axis was able to gain an IPC advantage and slowly use it to push on Moscow.
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Banfus (Allies +15) defeats Handsome (Axis) in round 18, and gives Handsome a good lession in balanced Allied play.
Allies defended Africa heavily, and Germany/Italy used to much resources trying to secure a high income for a long game. This lead to a very strong Russia. Even though both Germany (round 5) and Italy (round 9) was able to conquer Karelia, Axis could not hold it, and Moscow was never realy threatened.
Japan was able to capture both Australia/India round 2, but due to bad leadership, decides to focus to much on an Allied threat in the Pacific. An golden opportunity to put early stress on Russia with a factory in India is missed. Banfus manages to keep the pressure on Japan in the Pacific, and the Japanese pressure on Moscow comes to late.
Germany, manages to scramble enough forces to destroy the main Russian Army in East Poland in round 15, so Japan can conquer Moscow in round 16. However, the Japanese rush to support Berlin comes to late, as the cost of the attack in East Poland has weakened the European defences in the west and south to much.
The best player won, and great thanks to Banfus for a good game.ToC5_Banfus_vs_Handsome_UK#18.tsvg
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Blasherke (Allies) defeats Wasp in round 22.
I've been around for a while now, and sometimes you play a game which you will remember for a long time. My game against Wasp is such a game. It's story can be told as a game of shifting balances of power, daring sacrifices, painfull mistakes (mostly by me), heroic comebacks and most of all, a lot of fun. Only in round 20 axis attrition made the game turn in favor of the allied forces, making the axis commander to honourably surrender.
Apart from this, I'd like to add that Wasp is one of the finest opponents I've ever met. He's a real gentleman with a highly developed sense of sportsmanship. It was a real pleasure to play against him and if you are looking for a skilled, creative and fast player with a great love for the game, Wasp should be the first one to contact.
Blasherke
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This is where I check the all of the above box. Great game Blash. You played very well. Wasp doesn't like to lose. So you get bragging rights until I can be avenged.
Thanks for the kind words. Table top style is the only way to play imo
Now I just need to get somebody to wisper in my ear everyday "remember Blasherke my lord" Revenge!
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Islandia (Axis) defeats QuarterMaster (Allies + 16)
This was quite a bit of back and forth with an early all out attack on Japan that pretty much pushed them off the mainland. That allowed Germany to consolidate some gains in Europe and then take Caucusus and Russia. Well played QuarterMaster -
Pras (Axis) defeats Banfus( Allies =13)
I would like to say there were many times I was really worried... I am sorry the dice goddess was a bit mean at times bro. I enjoyed our game greatly and look forward to our next! The only comments I can make onPrastle UK#10.tsvg the game was the sudden switch to USA pac in the middle of the game. I think that cost ya. Without doing a turn by turn examine.Prastle UK#10.tsvg -
Blasherke (Axis) defeats Icelander (Allies +14)
When dice don't help against a good player, there is not much point going on.
The German opening in Karelia did something, but what single handedly won the war was the Italian AA.
Congratulations to Blash and hope to play again with you in the Final
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Stroid (axis) defeats prastle (allies, 15 bid)
Allies went for a heavy UK bid with a dd with the UK battleship. Russians only got one artillery out of the bid. When the germans hit the UK fleet on G1, the germans got very lucky and killed the UK fleet with minimal losses. So the allies effectively lost most of their bid off the start. Russia was weakened with this lack of starting units and the axis pushed hard into russia. An italian can opener allowed the germans to blitz moscow on round 3, leaving russia much weaker and the germans heavily fortified against the allies. With Japan streaming through africa surrounding moscow on the east sides, italians stacked in caucus holding it strong and no allied advance in the west, the allies surrendered. GG WP! -
Wasp(axis) defeats Blasherke(allies +14)
huzzah! Vengeance is gained and the score evened at 1-1! The allies launched a bold move into the med early for a push to destroy the axis fleet operating in the red sea. The Italian fighter was able to get a hit and in doing so decrease the odds of an allied success by just enough to hold the position. And while this didn't determine the game...it surely led to a few successive battles in which the allies ended up with the short end of the stick. The axis were able to consolidate gains and lean on the allies for the remainder of the game. Now we battle one more time for the title! May Wasp be victorious! -
I've received notification that Wasp has won the last and final game of the AA50 Season 5 tournament. Congratulations Wasp, and a further congratulations to the runner-up Blasherke and the third place winner, Icelander. I would like to personally thank all participants who played in ToC 5, and for extra emphasis, we do not run these tournaments solely to determine who is the winner. We believe this is a good forum to connect with other A&A players around the world, some of which that you might enjoy playing with for years to come.
OK, I believe Wasp plans to submit a final note on the game itself shortly, and it would be great if we could see the game file for everyone to learn from!
Cheers, Deltium
P.S. I hope to launch ToC 6 in about a month or so, so please be patient ! Cheers.
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@Wasp I will annoy you in lobby if you don't upload file
Congrats on your win 
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@Deltium email me the payments after they have talked to u
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Wasp(allies +15) defeats Blasherke in the final showdown. The germans began the game with a heavy push to capture karelia. Stalin enacts the gandalf defense(thou shall not pass!) to keep the germans out of lenningrad. Which was aided by some pretty good luck. The germans ended up losing most of their air early stalling their push until the allies could push back. Japan was harassed most of the game while a KGF strategy ran its course. Again, the allies had some pretty good luck in a couple small battles that proved key imo. The first being the UK attack on german air in norway round 1 and the sinking of japan's bb/3trn off australia in the early rounds. This delayed any japanese push to persia. In the end, american bombers coupled with a double landing in europe hastened the german collapse. Great game Blash
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@Wasp Congratulations! Well done and a deserved win! :victory_hand_light_skin_tone:
@Blasherke Good job!
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