Nice report Dave. 2 things strike me as particularly interesting (and Steve Balk can comment more on point #1, below). #1: Andrew Rader seems to be failing...
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Dave LeLacheur
davelelacheur
Nov 1, 2005 2:59 pm
Hi Ken, Thanks. I wish others would take the time to forward their game reports a bit more. A few years ago we regularly saw a couple of these every week. ...
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RG1066@...
rgause1066
Nov 1, 2005 5:28 pm
Our previous AIF game ended due to Axis demoralization after we sank most of their carriers and nuked them so we switched sides and are trying again. We are...
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churchill_tr
Nov 1, 2005 6:13 pm
I know there have been a couple of posts about the MWiF project managers request for strategy suggestions for him to incorporate into the AI of the new WiF...
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grossadmiralrader
grossadmiral...
Nov 1, 2005 6:14 pm
Hey Ken, We took the rail through Vichy option instead to conunter the allies go through Spain. That way we can have a strong Vichy at our backs and still...
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grossadmiralrader
grossadmiral...
Nov 1, 2005 6:20 pm
Hello all, I seem to remember hearing from somewhere that the Chicoms had to use Russian o-chits. Am I going crazy, or is there some reason for this? After...
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tfancher@...
tfancher27
Nov 1, 2005 6:29 pm
I agree. Non matching dice can be a real problem. It makes it very hard to train them. See Knights of the Dinner Table for a full reference on this. ...
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RG1066@...
rgause1066
Nov 1, 2005 6:36 pm
Andrew, I could almost feel sorry for your bad attack dice but, nope I guess I don't. :) Rich Gause ... From: grossadmiralrader <raderandrew@...> To:...
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RG1066@...
rgause1066
Nov 1, 2005 6:39 pm
Actually I prefer different colored dice based on what country I am playing. If Japan red and white, US red white and blue, USSR red and gold etc... or I...
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RG1066@...
rgause1066
Nov 1, 2005 7:07 pm
The America in flames rules say "If you drop an atom bomb on a minor country it immediately becomes a full ally of a major power on the other side as if you...
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Dave LeLacheur
davelelacheur
Nov 1, 2005 7:09 pm
Thanks for the game report. I still think it is a mistake to play AiF with SiF, but the Axis situation you describe will give them a fighting chance. If they...
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Dave LeLacheur
davelelacheur
Nov 1, 2005 7:14 pm
I'd say no. You can't declare war on a conquered country, and since dropping an a-bomb on a minor is stated as having the same effect as an enemy DOW .... no...
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RG1066@...
rgause1066
Nov 1, 2005 7:16 pm
I can't find it anywhere either. Rich Gause ... From: grossadmiralrader <raderandrew@...> To: wifdiscussion@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, 01 Nov 2005...
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swang30
Nov 1, 2005 8:12 pm
After lots of discussion, I believe the end result was that CC uses Chinese O-chits, but the o-chit impulse is the one called by Russia, and the Russians do...
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swang30
Nov 1, 2005 8:14 pm
I have sworn off the notion of luck, I no longer pontificate at the altar of Lady Luck. Maybe that's the reason why I've got a 4 year 7(8?) loss-in-a-row...
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Dave LeLacheur
davelelacheur
Nov 1, 2005 8:17 pm
4 years? Does that mean the streak began in Milton Jeff ?? Andrew, beware! :-) (And just ask Dave Knudson how well dice roll in my basement, heh heh heh.) ...
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grossadmiralrader
grossadmiral...
Nov 1, 2005 9:37 pm
Actually, they still aren't as bad as yours! ... nope I guess I don't. :) ... allies ... backs ... last ... All ... for ... interesting ... US ... few ... auto...
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William Popovich
bill_popovich
Nov 1, 2005 9:47 pm
One rule which would support this is that the Commies use Russian move limits. It would not make sense for any chit but a Russian one to give the ChiComs, say,...
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RG1066@...
rgause1066
Nov 1, 2005 9:53 pm
The scary thing is my attack dice were better at Wifcon 2005 than they were in 2004. Rich Gause ... From: grossadmiralrader <raderandrew@...> To:...
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sajbalk@...
sajbalk
Nov 1, 2005 10:11 pm
i really enjoy reading the GR also, and I wish I was not too lazy to write much of one myself. It is truly incredible that AR is rolling poorly on land...
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swang30
Nov 1, 2005 11:08 pm
No, I guess I'm exaggerating, 3 years. I did win twice in a row when the SF group was playing in El Cerrito (near Berkeley), but that seemed so long ago. The...
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swang30
Nov 2, 2005 12:09 am
Ah, I remember now, this is a "you" problem. IIRC (and I don't have the rules in front of me) There was a section that says you can use your ochits, and that...
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kurskcombat
Nov 2, 2005 6:25 am
As the russian plyer I hope for the Germans turn west after Poland 39. I will claim the Rumanian border zones, and the 3 Baltic states as soon as posible. I...
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Herbert Gratz
herbertgratz
Nov 2, 2005 12:08 pm
With a Level 2 Vichy you don't want to collapse it anyway but use it to fight the Allies, don't you? ... Nice report Dave. 2 things strike me as particularly...
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sajbalk@...
sajbalk
Nov 2, 2005 1:06 pm
In a message dated 11/2/2005 12:25:22 AM Central Standard Time, ... YOu have asked generally thte toughest question -- Russian strategy. As to the above...
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Dave LeLacheur
davelelacheur
Nov 2, 2005 1:13 pm
We certainly don't. We spent most of our chits building up a strong Vichy army. The hedge against an Allied invasion of Spain is railing through Vichy. Not...
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kenzclark
Nov 2, 2005 2:45 pm
Yes, but the problem you face is that you can't enter Vichy territory until they're hostile, and by the time the Allies make them hostile, they've conquered...
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craftybstd@...
craftybstd
Nov 2, 2005 3:01 pm
No Bill. If the Chinese play a supercombined, they have unlimited actions. However, any Chi-Com movement still goes against Soviet action limits, so if the...
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Herbert Gratz
herbertgratz
Nov 2, 2005 3:04 pm
Spain isn't that easy to take. By the time this happens the VF will line the Pyrenees. A presence in the Western Med is almost inevitable as if you've bought ...
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Dave LeLacheur
davelelacheur
Nov 2, 2005 3:14 pm
This raises the larger question of Allied strategy: if the Axis plan was to pummel Russia and not to bother closing the Med., is it a good idea to add to your...
