Revised Tournament of Champions, Season 12 (ToC 12)
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smalldog48 wins vs straha It was a very even game where my axis felt like they were winningearly then maybe losing towards middle rounds when i couldnt finish off moscow. Then in later rounds moscow got hemmed in while germany was fairly secure(rd 13 i think).. Straha called it either mid rd 12 or beginning rd13. Fun game straha gl and maybe we play again later on.
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Hi,
won with allies against AdamF (axis +10). We started off live and finished off by PBEM, axis surrendering at Russia7. Allies with clear advantage at that point, uk holding east Europe pretty much on its own and Germany heavily down on TUV.0_1520538912598_Ajm_vs_Adam_rus7.tsvg -
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LeeMorrison beat hippytrip
I surrendered. Could not see an out. Well played by Lee.
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eboy82 (Allies) defeats Centurio (Axis+9) by surrender in G5 in a PBEM game. Germany went for a Mediterranean carrier in the G1 purchase, but didn't manage to join up with the Japanese fleet before the Americans sunk it in round 4. Japan was coming along nicely, but the lack of German pressure on Russia in early rounds decided the outcome to allied favor. Thanks to Centurio for an interesting and fun game. A pleasure to play against.(0_1520793092649_triplea_centurio_eboy.tsvg)
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ingcameroni (axis +7) defeats hippytrip (allies) by surrender in USA8 in an online game. Dice was for axis... all the game... well played and gg. 0_1520921631129_lastgame.tsvg
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Im conceding my game with Cradge in the losers bracket due to a sudden rise in the lack of time (hmm!).
A sudden rise in lack. Anyway. Good luck to you Cradge!
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Deltium (Allies) defeats SmallDog48 (Axis, bid 9). SD is an experienced Axis player, with quick moves to secure Africa by Round 2 with both German and Japanese units, and Japanese navy entering the Med securely by J3. The Allies, meanwhile, were trying to hold on long enough to build up enough unit count and clear supply lines to focus on the KGF. By Round 4, the Allies were fortunate to stack Ukraine with a multinational force, and through rounds 5-7, employed traditional attrition tactics to thin German count low enough to secure Western Europe and EE stacks. This, of course, leaves Moscow vulnerable, and Japanese tanks were speeding to Moscow, but Berlin fell by Round 8, and the Allies had enough figs to secure Moscow long enough for UK & US units to reinforce it long term. Axis graciously surrendered after Round 9. Thanks SD48 for a good and professional game.
Game file attached for the curious.
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Hammond (allies) wins vs. ingcameroni (axis-9)
Germany started the game buying a nice German fleet in the Baltic which made UK nervous. After a couple of rounds, UK hit his fleet expecting to take some heavy losses but got so lucky that UK's fleet was barely bruised. Game quickly went down as USA kept pressure on SE and Russia had just enough to make a stand against Japan as Germany fell. It should be noted that ingcameroni was a very gracious player who was very cooperative in a game filled with glitches. GG and good luck in the rest of the tourney! -
Hammond (allies) wins against Lee (axis-9)
Game started off pretty standard, but all ideas of going after Germany went away as Japan was relentless after Russia. Soon, Russia was consumed with trying to push Japan away even for just one turn to catch a breath. This never happened. Japan’s build and advance from Siberia was matched with his control and stacking of Persia. UK did what it could to get troops to Russia, but was cut off by Germany’s Karelia stack. For its survival, Russia decided to attack Japan’s Siberia force and then later, used its leftover worn out tanks to hit the Persia stack. USA arrived in time to make sure Germany couldn’t take advantage. When the smoke cleared, Japan was still holding ground on Novo never letting up or backing down. However, USA was now a player and Russia’s fall avoided. The game could have went on IMO, but Lee made an honorable surrender. Whew! Tough player. GG Lee and good luck in the rest of the Tourney.0_1521221827089_l&&hG16.tsvg -
Epinikion (allies) wins against Deltium (Axis). With a bid of axis +10 (9 Germ/1 Jap), no russian ukr attack (only w.russia and belo) and a german navy purchase (AC) the game went early to unknown water. After some rounds allies managed to clear finally the North Sea when USA captured the Med and most of Africa. But there were two axis stacks walking from west and east straight to west russia and novo, so Russia felt a lot of pressure and retreated to Moscow but destroyed most of the germ stack while retreating. Meanwhile UK and USA surrounded somehow Berlin. When USA was able to hold South Europe and the pressure on Berlin raised, Deltium conceded. Moscow looked save thankful for some UK and USA fighters helping out there.
Thanks a lot, Deltium, for skilled and friendly gameplay. Its always a pleasure to play with you triplea. Good luck for the rest of your tournament and thx for well organizing.
Epi
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Hi Epi,
congrats for your victory against Deltium.
Can you please add a savegame!This would be great, so that we all can follow the tournament even when we are out of the race but we can still learn from the best players.
I know that your opponent "bayder" dont post a savefile from his game against tulkas, so i understand when you dont want to share your strategy with us.
But maybe you can post the savefiles when you finish your game with bayder.
I appreciate it very much if especially a "Mod" would lead by example here. Good Luck and have fun!
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Hi I would like to enter this tournament
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Panpal (axis+9) wins against Ramonet after a long well-balanced game. After 14 long rounds played online axis had an advantage as Japan managed to control the majority of Africa and at the same time amassed a formidable stuck in Novo threatening Moscow. Allies had still enough resources to defend Moscow for many turns while threatening Germany, but Ramonet decided to surrender due to lack of time. Thank you Ramonet for a very challenging game. I hope you will find some time to continue playing in the tournament. I attach the savegame 0_1522011473885_ramnet_vs_panpal_toc.tsvg
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Ingcameroni (axis+9) wins against Eboy82 after a long well-balanced game. UK very unlucky the first round.. and for all the game the allies didn't recover this downside! at the end... Mosca was taken by Japan.. and Berlin is again strong!! I attach the savegame..... tnks for the game Eboy82.. very good player!!! 0_1522176763264_eboy_last.tsvg
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Hi - just a gentle reminder to post your results and the last game file here. It is OK to write to me as well, but I would prefer to keep everything here in the main forum page.
Thanks, Deltium
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Panpal (axis+9) wins against Ajmdemen after a long well-balanced game. Axis placed the bid on Africa and with the help of Japan managed to hold Egypt until round 10, thus ensuring a high income which allowed them to build a strong air force to put pressure on the allied fleet. Japan was preoccupied mainly with helping the Germans in Egypt and trading Alaska with US and thus lost Kwantung factory to a Russia offensive in round 10. Russia had a high income throughout the game from taking Norway while keeping the majority of its asia possessions. However, the US army was stuck in Libya and Uk could only play a supportive role.Thus Germany took advantage of the Russia raid to Kwantung to stuck West Russia and then Japan withdraw from Egypt to stack Persia and apply more pressure on Russia. At this point, Ajmdemen decided to surrender. The game good have continued for many turns but he decided not to prolong it. So I would like to congratulate Ajmdemen for a challenging game, for an honourable surrender and for helping me with Pbem as it was my first time to play this way. I hope we will play again soon. 0_1523710009056_triplea_Jap11.tsvg
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bayder (Allies) defeats epinikion (Axis +10) in G14 of a pbem game. Allies had the benefit of early luck, enabling them to establish strong positions. Axis built up big stacks and constantly posed a threat on Cauc, but were unable to break through while the Allies TUV lead kept climbing. Thanks, as always, to epi for being one of the very best opponents, both in skill and sportsmanship. Game file attached:
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Thank you Bayder for posting the game file, and I am sure that there is a reasonable possibility that you will play each other again in such an epic match.
All - I highly encourage everyone to review the game file between these two expert players. There are some great illustrations here on the importance of economics and strategic positioning for each side.
Cheers, Deltium
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hammond (Allies) def. Stroid (Axis-11)
Stroid and I go way back to "dice" games and so we agreed to settle this game in the old fashioned way and went with "dice" instead of LL. For those who don’t play dice, please read the rest at your own risk.
Axis won the bid at 11 and acquired an inf and an extra transport in the Med. Unbeknownst to either of us, he would only have one chance to use it. Russia Rd1 was pretty normal, little less on WR, but an extra tank left on Ukr. Germany’s turn quickly yielded the first dicing of the game when 3 planes and a sub attacked the unsuspecting HMS Hood in SZ 13 and failed to score one hit while losing its sub and a plane. With the Hood still alive, it attacked Germany’s Med fleet with some air and sunk the bewildered Bismarck causing no damage to UK.
Allies quickly decided that it was a good time to put lots of pressure on Germany afterward and found the Allies in a good position surrounding Berlin and threatening to cut off Germany’s large stack in Karelia. This is where Stroid’s master plan came into effect. Instead of retreating to EE, he went on the offensive and threatened Moscow making the Russian tanks dizzy as they spun around trying desperately to get home for a defense. With the bulk of the Allies busy surrounding Berlin, Germany forced a battle on WR drawing every Russian man, woman, and child from Moscow itself into the battle which was barely won. This maneuver now known to History as the Stroid gambit, made for a very weak Russian defense with a light mixing of Allied units facing a Japan 60+ipc turn. Knowing how Stroid treats his conquered victims, the Allies after some debate, decided to fight on. The Allies fought with its hope of taking Germany with a double tap from UK and USA, while leaving Russia to fight a spirited defense to buy time (and save the women). The final battles went very well for the good guys in that the UK nearly took Germany by itself and Japan’s dice failed the Axis at the end in its attempt to take Russia in Round 10.
All accolades to my friend and adversary thanks for the game and good luck in the rest of the tourney.
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