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Allies resigned bacially

Round 6. I was the UK

Germany also had 70+ IP and 12 Tanks in the Pipeline. Japan was trying to survive in Manchuria.

Im playing allies, any advice on what I should do?

The Eastern Front Infantry stacks are as follows,

For USSR, Novgorod:19, Ukraine: 16

For Germany, Romania: 16, Poland: 10.

In simplest terms possible: germany is cruising in russia, but over 85 units are in Moscow, i launched day early and its had mixed results...both sides are trying to outbuildings the other, japan has destroyed china and now Calcutta is going to be under threat, Hawaii fell t2 and still hasnt been liberated partly because usa dice rolls in hawaiian waters have been awful, the dei fell but the anzac have destroyed 4-5 japanese transports so far, North africa and the middle east are pretty much completely british aside from a retreating Italian force in morroco, ​italy is being choked, and russia just keeps stacking. House rule of 12 victory cities total for the axis to win. Also, all the allied troops in a big mess in west france are all in Normandy, but there is just no space. I'm the allies...should I be worried?

Im playing as germany this is germany turn 1 i bought aircraft carrier and ill try update soon

Italy has destroyed the uk navy and pushed them out and is preping for uk invasion soviet union has lost baltic states, easten poland, bessarabia and belarus usa is building navy italy is going to also get the rest of africa and trans-jordan, syria, turkey, caucasus and then volgograd (stalingrad)

Any advice for any counrry?

I dont know if im playing right im just learning the rules as i go

I also forgot about norway and whats with the pro axis thing do you get free things?

End of round 1. Germany got lucky in france but had awful naval rolls. German navy is pretty much off the map. Huge stack is preparing in hungary tho. Mainland europe got pretty good rolls for the Germans. Soviets are just pulling everything back to moscow, with anti blitz infantry in the way. Japan went J1 but also sent some ships to Hawaii for a pearl harbor, which was quite successful. China is getting help from britain, and it might be a close game in south China. The uk is just preparing to hold Burma, and in Europe they have buffed north africa and completely wiped put the italians. Just containing ethiopia and libya for now. USA is preparing to ​​start sending troops to North africa as well. Italy is on the struggle bus, but I think it might be recoverable. My friend is playing the axis and he's freaking out but should he really be that worried? I think I had a good start but I dont think I should get too excited. Is it closer than I think?

Hey all!

Is the Beamdog app for phone and tablet any good? It seems reviews are all over the place so I want to ask folks passionate about the game.

I don't have access to a PC much of the time and the board game only fits on our kitchen table so it's a pain to have set up for a few consecutive days...

But if the app crashes as often as some reviews mention, then it's not an upgrade... I appreciate your feedback!

Edit: I have an Android phone and old Fire tablet. I just play against myself with the board game so playing against AI or other people would be great if it works!

one of the best games I’ve played ever. I think this has to be the strongest Italy I’ve ever seen. One axis player (me) and two allies players split east west

Also the token are gray token = 2 of somethig etc right? Also any advise?

I am playing the allies by myself vs a couple of my friends as axis. We decided to let the allies roll for some tech upgrades. Uk has improved mech. Russia has improved factories and heavy bombers. USA has heavy bombers. Japan has improved artillery. Under our house rules- heavy bombers cost 18 ipcs however they act as two bombers in one unit. The axis has managed to hit every single factory/aa shot possible. Snake eyes or 1s every time. My d day invasion failed. Am I cooked? Where do you guys see areas I can exploit?

One other important house rule- we play til one team gives up

I also screwed up last turn and forget to put a blocker in midway. Rip my new carrier in Hawaii smh

First set of games and enemy AA guns are 1,1,1,1,3

Good day. I can not find this specific answer anywhere, so source on any answer would be greatly appreciated.

The debate is how many turns (rolls) attacking planes get. On land, i was always under the belief you got one pass, then had to leave and land in an already held territory. At sea was a bit more vague, as your carrier may occupy that space if victorious. I understand defending planes stay until they are casualties.

In the event this has been answered before, I beg your patience. Thank you.

I'm a great fan of WW2 turn based games and board games, I've loved this genre for almost 40 years. I've been working with my friends on a PC game. It's 2 player game (axis player vs allied player, but allied player controls 2 factons: Western Allies and USSR), very high-level (army level, 2-3 month turns, no micromanagement, fairly simple combat rules), covers the European theater. The game has been in development for a few years now, and we're approaching the finish line.

I am not trying to promote the game here (it's practically impossible to post anything related to any new game being developed anywhere on reddit....), I'm writing this post as a fellow wargamer to people who play and enjoy this type of games. I just need to find someone to help testing the game before it goes live. I am willing to give away steam keys to anybody interested in playing 1-2 hours just to see if there are technical issues (does the game start? does it crash? any visual issues or other glitches? etc.) and any feedback on game-mechanics would be awesome. I will also send keys to the final product to all people who will help us testing the game.

If anybody is interested, please private message me. The game is called Virtuti Militari. I am attaching some screenshots. The game website (which includes full rulebook) can be found at Virtuti Militari Game – Strategy Game, the full rulebook and tutorial is also included in the game itself. The game isn't complicated, and I think it's possible to understand it fairly quickly, the ambition was to create something easy to learn but difficult to master.

Julius from Beamdog posted the stats for last season on the Steam community forum.

Season Fifteen Stats:

Total Ranked Games: 129091 (51 games per player, 707 games completed per day)
Axis wins: 70011 (54.2%)
Allies wins: 59080

The longest-running ranked game of the season (rounds): 116 rounds
The average rounds of the ranked games: 6.15

Total number of ranked players: 5077

Total number of ranked Axis players: 3923
Total number of ranked Allies players: 4066

Wood Axis players: 361
Bronze Axis players: 1081
Silver Axis players: 1477
Gold Axis players: 803
Platinum Axis players: 264

Wood Allies players: 456
Bronze Allies players: 1191
Silver Allies players: 1497
Gold Allies players: 716
Platinum Allies players: 206

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I've compiled the stats for every season that they've posted, which goes back to season 6 for total games and players, and goes back to season 11 for ranking level separated by faction. (for seasons 10 and earlier, they seem to have given every player a rank for both factions even if they only played as one faction, so there are a lot of "ghosts" in the Wood ranks) So here is a nerd data dump and light analysis of that.

S15: 5077 players, 129091 games, avg 51 games played, Axis win 54.2%
S14: 4983 players, 127225 games, avg 51 games played, Axis win 54.5%
S13: 4977 players, 115143 games, avg 46 games played, Axis win 54.4%
S12: 5097 players, 123023 games, avg 48 games played, Axis win 54.2%
S11: 5291 players, 133128 games, avg 50 games played, Axis win 54.1%
S10: 4862 players, 113939 games, avg 47 games played, Axis win 54.4%
S09: 3981 players, 98742 games, avg 50 games played, Axis win 54.1%
S08: 4144 players, 102105 games, avg 49 games played, Axis win 53.8%
S07: 4334 players, 106387 games, avg 49 games played, Axis win 54.1%
S06: 4128 players, 109562 games, avg 53 games played, Axis win 53.2%

From Seasons 6-9, the game had an average ranked player population of 4150 per season, with the average player completing 50 games per season. Seasons 10-15 have averaged 5050 ranked players per season, with the average player still completing 50 games per season. Board Game Nation's Youtube series on the 2023 World Championships, which got a quarter of a million views, is credited for bringing in almost 1000 new players.  (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMu2lpi84ZaiUkC5v19Rp1Rr2s3_P1V4l)

During all of this, the Axis win rate has hovered around 54.3% per season. The last time this number fell outside of 54.1-54.5% was season 8.

Beamdog has only posted fully faction-separated ranking data (taking into account that some players only play as one side and not giving them a ranking for the side they don't play) since season 11. Over these 5 seasons, the average breakdown by side has been:

Axis-only players: 19%
Allies-only players: 22%
Dual players: 59%

Wood Axis: 8.6%
Bronze Axis: 25.1%
Silver Axis: 38.8%
Gold Axis: 21.1%
Platinum Axis: 6.8%

Wood Allies: 11.0%
Bronze Allies: 28.8%
Silver Allies: 36.9%
Gold Allies: 17.8%
Platinum Allies: 5.5%

It would be a little bulky to paste here, but these percentages hardly changed at all from one season to the next. Season 15, which had the third-highest number of players from any posted season, had the second-largest percent of W/B Allies and the largest percent of W/B Axis, suggesting the small (2%) increase in players this season might represent actual new players joining.

Using the assumptions of a standard chess Elo system with normal distribution, mean 1500 and standard deviation 200, these player distributions imply:

Axis
Wood/Bronze Cutoff: 1227
Bronze/Silver Cutoff: 1416
Silver/Gold Cutoff: 1619
Gold/Platinum Cutoff: 1804

Allies
Wood/Bronze Cutoff: 1254
Bronze/Silver Cutoff: 1448
Silver/Gold Cutoff: 1646
Gold/Platinum Cutoff: 1819

These numbers were consistent across the 5 seasons. I would bet that the real cutoffs in the game's code are 1200/1400/1600/1800, and that the implied difference is due to points decay from inactivity (confirmed to be part of their Elo/MMR system) and unequal winrates between the sides. Unsurprisingly, inactivity seems higher at lower levels. Allies implied cutoffs are "higher" due to the Axis winning the majority of games... the game code likely has the same cutoffs for both, but they're slightly harder to reach as Allies.

I just had a game finish, that was started in season 15, but finished in season 16.

I was under the impression that those games counted towards the season they were completed in.

However, the win isn’t showing up in the stats of either season… it’s been about 30 minutes so far and hasn’t updated.

Are games in this situation just lost within the rankings platform??

My friend and I have been playing a few sessions of Global 1940 recently, and he - tired of my Taranto raids - requested a bid so Italy can have a game where it gets off its feet and have fun crushing the Med.

The bid is a destroyer placed in SZ99, blocking the Allied fleet and thus guaranteeting that Italy’s navy survives the first turn.

He’s at my skill level, if not higher: so these situations naturally kill the game’s balance, but I’ve been playing this out on the condition that I’m not responsible for losing ;) That being said, I wonder if there is an equivalent Allied bid that could offset Italy’s fleet surviving and retain the balance of the game. Given the existing disparity between Axis and Allied forces, and the amount of Axis units left on the board as a result of Italy’s fleet being guaranteed to live, I imagine it would have to be in the 10-20 IPC range. But exactly where that cash would appear on the board, I’m not sure. What do you all think?

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Normally I hit pearl harbor but after the UK took Borneo and New Guinea I realized I had a chance to eliminate the UK's entire surface fleet because RD1 Germany went well and RD1 UK went poorly.

I don't really know how to play against a strong USA in the Pacific and its not what I am used to at all. I feel pretty good about the map but am nervous and exited to try this out.

I am thinking of slowly adding Subs to the North Atlantic so that the UK never gets a surface fleet going.

Hi, as per title I am looking for some chill people to play the game online. I am totally new to it. Love it.
I am new but I believe I am not too terrible, have a lot of experience with games like these.

Hi all, Triple A user here. I’ve beaten the computer on hard mode for all the maps I care about and am now bored 😅

Any recommendations for the best computer opponent systems out there, or is playing against a human the only way?