Revised Tournament of Champions (ToC 15) "Arctic Convoy"
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Baxter (Axis) defeats Hammond (Allies) in R19 with an Axis bid of 10 (2 Ger inf, 1 Jap art). The game turned on a battle in R11 where Japan moved its shipping into the Med on a part suicide mission in order help give the German's some breathing room. The sea battle started unfavourably for the Allies, but got worse as it went on, with the final Jap hit on a 1 killing an extra US BB. From there it was difficult for the US to recover. I'd like to thank Hammond for the game, especially as we played out an alternate direction to the game from one point and it was an cool demonstration of the speed in which Japan can embed itself on the US west coast if conditions are favourable! It was a great learning point
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bayder (Allies) defeats panpal (Axis) in round 21 when Axis was facing a certain fall of Berlin, while Moscow would hold at least another round or two. This was a very tight, challenging game that hinged on a few key battles in which the dice held up for Allies. Panpal's creative and calculated play forced my Allies to seek some unconventional moves and some gambles. The USA16 naval/air attack on the Axis fleet off the Italian coast was a pivotal one...with a 77% chance, it could have easily gone south and put Allies in a dire situation. As always, panpal is top notch in terms of sportsmanship. Thanks for the game, pan! --bayder
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Hey players,
today epinikion (axis) surrendered to baxter (allies) and baxter to epinikion :). In fact we are both impressed by opponents gameplay and our game isnt over at all. It`s an endgame when japan with complete asia, moscow and east of europe while allies are in pacific, africa and last not least in berlin.
The game should be fun to watch.
TOC15_epi_vs_bax R24 Jap.tsvg -
Panpal (axis +9) Defeats epinikion (allies) in round 6. UK attacked the baltic fleet but lost of it air units in round one considerably slowing down. Germany took Africa while Japan after a slow start managed to grab all the islands and start reinforcing Germany in Egypt. US attacked the combined axis force but poor dice resulted in a defeat. Epinikion decided to surrender at this point, even though the Allies were still capable of fighting. I would like to thank epinikion. for a fast game played online and over pbem. Unfortunately for him, the dice were one sided so I am looking forward to playing again soon.
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Pannpall (axis +8) defeats Bayder (allies). Axis place the bid in Africa and got Egypt with 5 units surviving. Japan chose to skip attacking the US fleet in favour of attacking Bury. The US redeployed all the ship in the Atlantic and start building a couple of trannies every turn. The US troops laned n Africa and the allied ships and planes quickly sun the German fleets. Japan built also a lot of transports to get the pacific islands and quickly transfer troops to defend Egypt. In round 10 the US had amassed enough troops to force the axis to evacuate Egypt, by this time though Germany has become too strong and moved to West Russia, while Japan moved to Persia. Russian's killed the Japanese army there but that weakened Russia defences and a few rounds later, after a miscalculation by the allies Russia defences were too thin and the allies decided to abandon Moscow, Bayder could prolong the fight for many turns as the allies were still strong, but instead, he chose an honourable surrender. I would like to thank Bayder for a very interesting game which some times felt like chess. We are currently playing the second game of the finals.
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Panpal (allies)) defeats Bayder(axis +8) by honourable surrender in round 4. Unfortunately, it was just one-sided dice for the allies. For what happened in detail look at the file attached
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Congrats to panpal on a well-deserved win! Welcome panpal to the club of ToC Champions, you have been a top player for many years, and you earned this. Looking forward to more good games in the future! -bayder
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Thank you so much Bayder for your kind words. I learnt a lot from our previous games and with much-needed favourable dice, I manage to enter the club of ToC Champions.
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Congrats!
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Congratulations pannpal! Also to byder as a finalist, Well done!
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Congrats. I lost to the Champion. That sounds great to me
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