Axis & Allies 2023 World Championships - Round 1
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Gen Con Tournament History:
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Chapter Guide
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:37 Tournament Rules Overview
00:07:29 Strategy Overview
00:10:25 Russia Opening
00:13:17 Germany Opening
00:18:20 UK Opening
00:26:05 Japan Opening
00:31:44 US Opening
00:37:17 Acquire by Renegade Games
00:38:41 Russia - 2
00:41:06 Germany - 2
00:46:33 UK - 2
00:53:17 Japan - 2
00:55:05 US - 2
00:58:12 Russia - 3
01:01:34 Game Wrap Up
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Great detail summary of your game at Gencon. I enjoyed the strategy discussion. 👍👍👍
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If you don't show up, you lose
@@johnweaver2688 - Fair enough. Thanks for watching!
I remember in the 90's before kids me and my buddies would stay up all night to finish a game and then head out for breakfast around 5-6.. Good times glad this game is still thriving.
When is the last time you played?
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The Clinton administration.
@@henrygoodbar9477you get a like for casually using the term “before kids” which I immediately understood.
Havent played this since the 90's. Fun, but yes took forever. Often we didnt finish because of time. I remember once, I took my turn, had to leave for 2 hours for an errand (instructed another player to step in for me), and when I came back was surprised that I hadnt even missed my next turn 😂
Yeah I remember it took about 1 hour to set up the game (and argue about the rules) and then about 4-5 more hours to play.
As a casual player it is awesome to be able to see higher level gameplay in such a clear and concise presentation! Excellent work!
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I don't mean to bash the Axis player needlessly, they're better than average, but his play wasn't particularly high level: too many straight up mistakes and very questionable moves.
There's at least a thousand players on 1 of the online versions of the game that are clearly better than them.
@@simon-pierrelussier2775 It is true that our opponent in Round 1 has a pretty rough game. Still, I wouldn't directly compare the best online players vs the best face-to-face players. It is a different set of skills. Of course, a rookie vs an expert in either direction would lead to the obvious outcome, but veteran player vs. veteran player is likely to have a significant advantage on their home turf (so to speak).
The format was great! The overarching board shots, coupled with the focused battle and battle board shots as well as the purchase stills, were excellent and beat shaky video that is often from a distance. The running commentary on what was occurring, as well as what you were trying to accomplish, was terrific and made for an easily understood watching experience. Well done. Oh, and I learned a few tactical tips as well!
So glad you enjoyed it! See you for Round 2! We play the Axis!
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Loved A&A back in the day, but this exemplifies why I stopped playing. That poor guy was so unlucky in all of the major battles.
I suggest watching Round 2. Our luck definitely turned. I hope you'll check it out.
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My excitement for A&A has been renewed even more thanks to your vids. Really hope we can meet in person at Gen Con this year! Keep em' coming!
Working on new videos now! Hope to see you at GenCon!
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This is incredible!! High level commentary on tabletop board game tournaments is a niche that I would love to see more of, especially with this amazing production value. What a fantastic idea! You've definitely gained a new subscriber here. :)
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I agree!
This is amazing! The quality of this production is first rate. I've been an A&A fan since the early 90's, and love 42 Second Ed. Can't wait for the round 2 vid.
Wow, thank you! See you in Round 2! I hope you'll join us in the live stream this Friday night at 7p CT!
Thank you! This is exactly how it has to be done with your reasoning for the turns, all the additional numbers, nice visuals, your face cams, etc!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching! More next week!
I've been playing A&A since i was a kid and never knew there was this much of a community around it. This video randomly popped up for me. Very cool watch. I play an older version of the board game. I need to check this one out.
The classic is a great one! Though, I suggest trying some of the newer versions. I think they keep the spirit of the original and add to it.
Thanks for watching! Make sure the come by next week for Round 2! We play the Axis!
The modern 1942 edition is a great game, much better balanced that the old Milton Bradley version I grew up on. It's even better with the Gencon 3.0 initial setup. Also, check out the online edition, it's fantastic with a great community as well.
I agree on all counts! Thanks for watching! More coming soon!
I Played A&A in the 90's, haven't seen these new editions before, but they look good! Great production, well articulated, and clearly demonstrated. Good job, I'll continue watching, and I'm looking forward to your next release 🙂
No need to wait. Round 2 is available now! Round 3 next week!
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Just finished watching, want to say this was an excellent presentation, one of if not the most watchable playthrough of a boardgame I've ever seen. Looking forward to watching the next games, and would love to see this strategy really put through its paces when the dice go another way. Also just wanted to ask if it's typical for the allies to wind up with a whole extra sub? That, along with taking out the German bomber in Ukraine to save the British fighter in Egypt seems absolutely devastating to Japan. I'm used to playing allies with weighing my prospects of going into SZ37 with 1 sub, 1 fighter, and 2 cruisers, not 2 subs, 2 fighters, and 2 cruisers. Completely different math there!
So glad you enjoyed it! This was the only time in this tournament we saw a bid of Allies +6.
If you want to see the math go the other way, you are definitely going to want to watch the next games. We had some unbelievably bad rolls!
Thanks for watching and the wonderful feedback!
@@BoardGameNation truly, I don't see why one would bid to get Axis?!? Is it just due to the 5 hours rule? Cause a good Allied player should be able to consistently win over Axis (lose some games due to early bad rounds, else it is a win), and giving Allies 6 IPC over their start is crazy (as they're stronger even on a zero).
Especially as that sub in India gives a possibility of a very strong hit on Japan prior to Japan being able to do anything (basically a Pearl Harbor reverse), and yes you had some luck but also lost both Borneo and New Guinea early that gave Japan some 15 IPC extra that he might likely not have at all.
@@z000ey I suspect it's for the same reason it's easier to get games as Allies online than as Axis, because most players favour Axis. That's not because Axis is more likely to win per se, I think it's because Axis is easier to play. At high level play the game is well balanced, but for less experienced players Allies play is more complex strategically than Axis, so it takes longer term planning and it's easier to miss something or make a mistake as Allies.
@@simonhibbs887 absolutely agree, playing UK is a whole level over other nations, and US is also easy to make a crucial mistake in transports going around.
Still, as this was a World Championship I expected the more experienced players actually bidding to GET Allies, not Axis :D
Love the discussion! I hope you'll be able to join us for one of our upcoming live streams!
Outstanding battle report! It clearly took a lot of time. Don’t change a thing with the format.
It was good to see the shoutout to Greg Smorey as well. He has done so much for all A&A games, and it’s great to see Renegade recognizing that by entrusting the inaugural world championship to him.
I’m looking forward to the rest of the battle reports. 😁
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Greg Smorey is a fantastic! He is a huge asset to the A&A community. It is hard to overestimate how much he has done for the game. I'm very thankful for him.
Agreed!
This was fantastic! Loved the play-by-play format, and hearing your guys' thoughts throughout. The unit close-ups were nice and clear and the game-play breakdown was easy to follow. Looking forward to round 2!
Awesome! Thanks for watching! See you for Round 2!
When I was a kid, I always wanted to play these games. I never had any people that were of like mind. Thanks for the efforts!
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I used to play long A&A games but haven't for many years. After watching Round 1 I downloaded A&A Online and am back into it. Good job!
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This is a great recap! I really like all the little extras that you guys added. Obviously the commentary was very informative as well. Thanks for your efforts and definitely will watch any more you create.
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Great work! As a Swiss fan, thank you very much for putting up this very high quality production of one of my all-time favorites.
Danke! Thank you for watching! More to come!
It's interesting how well this game was designed from the start. Pretty well balanced.
Battle report couldn't be better - extremely clear about everything. That said, this sort of outcome is why despite A&A being my entry to wargaming in middle school, it almost never comes out. By the end of British turn 1 the IPC situation is so tilted Axis can just concede (unless they think they will have like three rounds of scorching dice). If the game were really easy to reset, fine (I guess...), but it's obviously not.
I also cannot imagine why anyone thinks the Allies need any MORE stuff, let alone 6 IPCs plus adjustments on initial set-up - but then again I'm not playing at this level. Maybe they are disadvantaged that much.
Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts! I hope you'll tune in for Round 2. We play the Axis! :)
Just wanted to give a huge thank you for making videos like this. I’ve been playing the game for a few years with my gaming group. We learn from our mistakes but don’t get the chance to watch someone else’s game move-by-move, purchase-by-purchase with progressive strategic commentary. This is such a help in allowing us to be better players. Huge thank you! Please make more just like this. Maybe you versus one another instead of just GenCon.
Interesting idea. Thanks for watching!
155 thousand views (as of January 2024), you can certainly devote your channel to Axis & Allies exclusively from now onwards! Just kiddin'. Congratulations, Gary, on this excellent video production! You certainly raised the bar for tournament reviews!
Hahaha! Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Really really loved the way the video was made
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Wow, just wow! I stumbled upon this video and loved it. You guys did an incredible job and the time you put into it certainly shows. I’ve played over the board before but it’s been years, so loved watching this. Can’t wait to watch the rest of the series!
Wow, thank you! Round 2 comes out tomorrow morning!
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Wonderful breakdown of all the phases, very easy to follow what’s going on in the game and I absolutely love that you guys put up the percentages too. I loved the early aggression from the allies, will definitely be trying this in my own games in the future.
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Loved the video, can't imagine how much time must have gone into putting it together. Easy like and subscribe for me. So happy I found this the day before you put out round 2 so I didn't have to wait long for the next one.
Thanks for the sub! Round 3 next week. :)
So happy to realize this page is based in Memphis.
Thanks for watching! Are you in the Memphis area?
Great stuff....editing and commentary are excellent....thanks guys...scribed up with you and Renegade Studios....cheers!
Awesome, thank you!
Great description and detail. I can't wait to watch the rest of the series.
Awesome, thank you!
Great video - well told, good analysis of the strategy. Looking forward to the next few videos.
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Thank you for this kind of videos. Great job!
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Great video. I love the whole presentation. Can't wait for the next video.
Thanks so much! Tune in next week for Round 2 and the live chat!
Excellent video with a very clear and concise narrative! Looking forward to the remaining recaps
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The board game that makes me play vs myself...very nice video and very easy to follow the game states!
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Crazy production value. Ty for all the hardwork
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
@@BoardGameNation Btw, I have never known Axis & Allies before and I still thoroughly enjoyed your World Championship videos. Ty again!
I’ve played a ton of A&A in my life. Love this game and it brings back tons of memories of me and my friends playing into the early morning with the game still up for grabs. I miss the board game and hope it comes back soon.
You can pick it up today at your local game store or direct from the Renegade website! Here is a link to their page: bit.ly/RenegadeGameStudios
Thanks for watching! Make sure the come by next week for Round 2! We play the Axis!
Amazing recap, great job guys!
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Thank you for your efforts in this video.
Thank you for watching!
Excellent video! Also, the presentation was very understandable and I look forward to future videos.
Awesome, thank you!
Extremely well made video.
Great job!
Thank you very much!
nice video...some thoughts from me...not sure why the axis would give up a 6ipc bid on an already pretty well balanced board. I thought that was the first tactical error made by axis...also, i think it may have been better for germany to do a tank rush, as west russia was below average (normally have 6 or 7 inf surviving), which means a ukraine stack(8inf+6tanks...abandoning africa)+karelia mini stack (4inf+aagun), and baltic inf to belorussia...r2 ukraine counter attack would be a 50-50 battle that is profitable for axis (note: a 4 inf 2 tank buy would tip the odds in favour of soviets to around 75%... thats why you do this purchase...it deters a g1 ukraine stack). it also would force allies to choose caucus or west russia to defend, and possibly allowing germany to stack west russia on g2...
going all 6 into sz7 is a good play if Germany does not build any planes on r1...don't want to risk losing them...
i think attacking the uk destroyer in g2 was a mistake, those 2 fighters should have instead been used to attack ukraine (with battleship bombard+guys from italy and bulgaria), to make the west russia battle more dicey..i think he should have also ignored archangel, and made the west russia stack bigger...
13 ground is good r1 purchase for germany, as the 11 germans can reach moscow in a r5 attack (which could possibly be the last round of the game?).. save tanks for r2 and r3 and planes for r4...
All interesting points! I appreciate your thinking! Make sure to check out Round 2! We play the Axis!
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I disagree about tank rushing in tournament play. A tank rush gets Caucuses incom/IV and rolls Moscow, but not fast enough for it to matter in a tournament . Germany’s only focus is to hold France/Italy/Karelia/Berlin. To that end it needs to push away the Allies navy with air and stack infantry.
Great job! Best playthrought I've ever seen. Thanks for the time you took.
Haven't playef Axis and allies for decades but now I'm ready to jump back in!😂
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The quality of the video superb! Very easy to follow along and the commentary is useful.
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Thank you for this report. Very well done.
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I’m a very casual player but great job guys! I’m sure attendees had a great time. FTF play is so much better than online
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Liking the content here very much. The production value is very high and the commentary is first rate. I've subscribed and will watch the rest of the series with a great deal of interest.
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I didn't know I needed this
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Luv u Gary and luv u Doug. This was awesome. As a new player the destroy Japan first strategy was an eye opener
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Great stuff, can't wait for round 2!
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Great video coverage and congratulations!
Thank you and thanks for watching!
excellent analysis , subscribed
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This was awesome!
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The “entire weekend” A&A games we used to play in college is one of my favorite memories. Ya’ll just inspired me to go find a great version of this game and see if I can’t round up a couple of friends. I’d love to participate in this! Will be looking around for details on the next tournament. Thanks guys! New subscriber!
Awesome! Thanks for subscribing! You can find details about tournament play at Gen Con by using the link in the description, but I don't think they have any info up for the 2024 event yet.
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I used to live in a good sized house with four other guys, we'd setup A&A and play when we could then leave it as it was to come back to later. I loved that.
Very well done review!
Fantastic presentation, I liked your dissection of the online meta vs. these tournament rules. Might have to plan on attending GenCon soon!
Re: I love playing Global asynchronously, and a few months ago I found Young Grasshopper's tournament rules. Found it really changed the meta you get when playing without any deadlines
Awesome! Hope to see you at GenCon!
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Very well presented. I always wanted to know more about this game but usually you don't see such videos. It's exactly the right mix of depth an tempo.
If you're into computer games, I can highly recommend Strategic Command World at War. It does the same but with more depth (since computer can do all the processing)
I'll give that a look.
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I loved how well produced this video was! I know nothing about Axis and Allies but super enjoyed the play by play.
Glad you enjoyed it! Were you able to follow the action?
Well done and congrats on the win! Loved the format and appreciate your hard work putting it together. I'm looking forward to round two to maybe get a sense of what happens should Lady Luck avert her gaze at critical moments. :)
Much appreciated! Ah, yes. We definitely used up a fair amount of our luck in this game and we pay for in future games.
Thanks for watching and for all your comments during the live stream!
Great content, I took away many new moves to try in my next match!
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Thanks!
Thank you for the support!
Best thing on the channel. winning formula for video right here looking forward to the next one
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I absolutely loved this!
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Love this. Played in high school with nation powers. Would love to watch more game breakdowns
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Showing the IPC value of unit losses as well as the territory net gain/loss IPCs in each player phase was very helpful in understanding the final outcome. Is this review about you & Doug playing as a team together or a critique of another teams play? Sorry if I missed that important tidbit of info.
Glad you enjoyed it! The idea was to give as accurate an accounting as possible of what happened in these game, as well as provide some thoughts and commentary about them.
In future videos, you'll see us talking about multiple mistakes we made. :)
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Remember to step outside boys. A little fresh air, a little sun
Good call... just one more turn. 😀
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I think the summary is spot on. Allies' strategy was sound but also some pretty meaningful swings in the balance of power from the dice. It happens but from a viewership POV I think it would've been cool to see one of those big battles go the Axis' way. Great video.
Stay tuned for future videos. The dice go the other way at some key points!
Much appreciated! Ah, yes. We definitely used up a fair amount of our luck in this game and we pay for in future games.
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The British Pacific Fleet won the game.
Yeah, that never happens! 🤣🤣🤣
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Great Series!
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Very cool! Axis and Allies has been one of my favorites (for 20+ years!)
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As ex military I played during desert storm/ watch in 1989, my fellow soldier showed it toe 3 games later ived never lost
Skills.
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Great video!
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Well done, Gents. Thank you.
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Your videos are very enjoyable. Keep up the good work.
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Glad you enjoyed them! More on the way!
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I consider gary and doug friends, and have had the pleasure of winning an earlier iteration of this tournament in 2019 with doug as my teammate.
We've spoken for years about moving b-gaming to a level more like e-gaming, where there are personalities, characters, stats, live broadcast games with commentary, tournaments, etc. Catan and Twilight Imperium have some of this content, and now so does Axis and Allies. Thanks to gary for making it happen; it remains on my bucket list to win a tournament with Gary as my teammate--axis and allies competitive play has introduced me to some of my best friends, and I often travel to see them.
Name the tournament and I am down. :)
think doug's double dutch was having both transports attack east indies together with the fleet and go 4 infantry vs 2 infantry to try and take that one over
We have been arguing about that for months! Hahaha! He is going to love your comment. Thanks a lot! ;)
Thanks for watching! Make sure the come by next week for Round 2! We play the Axis!
Yes, I prefer hitting the East Indies. This is 100% a team game but we split focus with Gary focusing on the European theater and me on the Pacific. But the Double Dutch prevailed this time! Stay tuned to see it's impact in a future game.
This is glorious
You are very kind! I hope you are able to stick around for the live chat to follow. czcams.com/video/7toReLyhjeA/video.html
Epic stuff. Subscribed 🎉🎉🎉 lmao that 1st round for Britain funny stuff. Gunna have to fire up axis vs allies 1942 online.
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I used to love playing this game back in the day!
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Giant blue box that we all remember? I still have my original copy from xmas '85 - thanks dad
I have mine in the background of all my videos. Thanks for watching!
I played this game once by myself & kept playing it after it was over all the way up to present time. Interesting how things never change over decades. The research of year by year history in yesterdays newspapers are still the same today. Everything just seems to stack up naturally no matter how the game is played The hardest part is not picking a favorite.
The more things change...
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Great commentary!
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I had no idea this existed! I played the wheels off this game back when I was in middle school.
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Congratulations! Nice battle report. 👍
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Never played this game before but very interesting stuff, well explained. New sub and I'm looking forward to watching round two. Could I get a recommendation for where to get my feet wet online?
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good stuff, please post more
Brother, after the response to the first two, I promise that I am going as fast as I can! 🤣🤣
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I played this game with a group of colleagues during lunchbreaks. A single game took almost a month. Eventually our office area was the place to be because half of the company started spectating. Good times!
That sounds amazing! I would love to cover that game! "Did you see the move that Dan in IT pulled on Germany?" That would be a ton of fun!
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@@BoardGameNation It was about 18 years ago and I never played the game since I left that company. Somehow this video suddenly popped up on CZcams.
Thanks again for the great content, I have really been enjoying this series. While A&A was a favorite during my teenage years in the mid 80's, another outstanding game was Fortress America. Do you play FA or have you done any FA content? Thanks again!
Glad you are enjoying the series! Actually Fortress America is the one game from the Game Master Series I have never had the chance to play. I need to fix that.
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Hot damn I'm early on this video, I saw a 'next week' announcement and thought well this video is probably years old, i'll go open that video too in the mean time, well well.
Very nice video and looking forward to next week, seeing the axis played!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching! More later this week! :)
I was so stoked as a kid for this game and also the other one fortress America
Both great games! You should take a look at the newer versions. I think they maintain the spirit of the original while adding some fun new features.
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Great video ty. Overall the best A&A video, much better than Hilltop Pillbox, he’s a right sausage and a bender. You trounced him!
You're very kind. The more A&A content out there, the better! I'm a fan of Hilltop. I've learned a lot from that channel.
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Thanks for replying.
I used to be a massive fan of HP as well. Until he banned me, from his comments section on his channel. For saying Low Luck is better than dice, bc dice make bad strategies look better than they are. Or make great strategies look worse than they really are.
I also said that the young generations don’t know how to make things like our forefathers did. I would include myself in with the younger generations. And Hilltop got upset with me about that, I told him he’s gone PC mad and we had a little argument. Nothing that bad was said, nothing personal and no swearing.
I did say that he should take criticism on board like a real man and learn from it, no matter how disagreeable and distasteful it is for the recipient. Those were my actual words and then he started threatening me with banning, which is like waving a red flag to bull. I told him I’m not one of his pupils that he can manipulate and bully and I said, “What are you going to do? Cane me over the game board, I expect you’d like that?”
And that was it, he banned me and made a snotty little video called Please be nice, the Crybaby. 😭🏞
Anyway if you know him please tell that I promise to be nice from now on. Ty.
@@flashgordon6670 - Well, Flash, I make point of staying out of the business of other channels. Everyone is welcome here as long as they are kind and any critiques are offered in the spirit of friendship. We are here to talk about games that we love. There are plenty of places on the interwebs to share political, religious, or cultural views. This isn't one of them. Everyone that keeps that in mind is welcome here.
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Great stuff!
I used to play this game, many times, back when it was a very simple risk like game. Obviously, many changes/updates have been implemented.
I suppose though, it's like fighting as the Confederacy/Union in the Civil War, barring some unforeseen catastrophic upset....history loses/wins respectively!
The Axis can not win the war in 1942, without a tremendous stroke of luck. I imagine it is considered the "high water mark"...
Anyways, great series, looking forward to the next episode.
All the best.
Cheers.
I suggest you check out our Round 2 video. We played the Axis. :)
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Very cool. Glad to see it. Surprised to see an introductory edition being used but w/ time being a huge obstacle it's a fair compromise. Knowing most A&A die hard enthusiasts tend to play more complex versions that require more time I was curious how they would handle time @ a convention & the introductory edition is a shorter edition. Kudos!
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I think the mistake of landing the bomber in Manchuria naked was the result of always taking out that US fighter and just going through the motions.
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As the germans we always build a factory turn 1 as far east as possible. Followed by 10 infantry each round for the rest of the game and using spare change to buy fighters.
We also build a Japan factory or mainland round 1 and pump tanks into russia
While using the navy to slow and stall.
Made it near impossible for us to beat the axis.
Strong strategy for a long game, but I'm not sure how it would do in a tournament. It would be fun to find out. :)
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"While you're down there, ring the bell"
THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!!!
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This video is well done. I played some A&A back in the 80s-90s and enjoyed it for what it was. Sadly this video shows the real downside of very light strategic war games like this in that it just takes one terrible bout of dice rolls and you can essentially end a game that took a while to break out and set up. You just don’t have the ability to absorb an awful turn and be able to bounce back from it many times as you could in an even slightly heavier game system. This can lead to frustration from new players and I remember just having friends quit games because they saw no point in continuing and then they just never really wanted to play it again.
Thank you for watching for the feedback! I would agree with you... however... you might want to tune in next week for Round 2. :)
Exactly, I think it would make sense to move the entire game to 20 sided dice? At least the odds of 3 terrible battles in a row would be less likely ?
Interesting idea. Thanks for watching!
ther are already no-luck and low-luck versions. but those lead drastically to stacking, in my opinion.
Loved seeing tourney play for a game I adore. Ever delved into the free online version TripleA? You can make your own maps, units, and everything. Tons of epic free content, much of which is based upon actual war scenarios outside of WWII.
I haven't, but thanks for watching!
Just watched the final match part 1 very entertaining! From the experience you have gained what seems to be about the average number of turns that get played in a 5 hour tournament game?
6 turns in the norm for me, sometimes even 7. Only 5 turns was a rarity until this WC tournament.
In this tournament, all of our games went no more than 5 turns.
So glad you enjoyed it! Working on more of them now.
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First time here. Just subscribed now. I played Stalingrad when I was younger. Question-Is there an online version of Stalingrad?
Sorry. I'm not sure.
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I loved playing Axis & Allies! Haven't played in ages. I still have the original game. 😊
It is a great one! I suggest trying some of the newer versions. I think they keep the spirit of the original and add to it.
Thanks for watching! Make sure the come by next week for Round 2! We play the Axis!
Shogun was the best game of that batch of games made by MB back in the day.
It’s still cool that people play this game.
That is the only game of the Game Master series I've never gotten a chance to play! I need to remedy that.
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@@BoardGameNation I was not aware of the improved rule set for A&A! I’ll have to remedy that!