ADavidB -> Can an Allied Player win PBEM on Points? (11/18/2005 7:03:50 PM)
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A year or so ago I asked the question, "Can an Allied player win this game?" and I got a fair number of response that fundamentally could be grouped into two ways: 1 - "Yes" 2 - "Why would you ask such a dumb questions?" [;)] Well, it's a year later and we all know a lot more about the Game from having spent (wasted? [;)] ) so much time on it. But I am still wondering if an Allied player in a scenario 15 PBEM can win the game on points. We still have various views being promoted here in the Forum, which I'll paraphrase as: "The Japanese player cannot win the game, but an Allied player can lose it." "If you are an Allied player and the Japanese player doesn't have an AV, you are winning." But what about the fundamental victory conditions? Can an Allied player get a victory from points in this game in PBEM? (I firmly believe that it is possible against the AI.) For example, in order for an Allied player to get an points (auto victory) on January 1, 1944, he must have a 3:1 lead in points. (I'm deliberately ignoring the possibility that the Allied player can get a 4:1 victory in 1943.) So, for example, right now in my game against Tophat, I've got just over 5000 points and Tophat has just over 13,000 points. Most of Tophat's points are Allied Army losses, so I'm not going to be able to "turn" those around and his high value bases are far back from the Front Lines. Is there any where I could "find" 35,000 point in the next, say, 18 game months so that I could get a 3:1 victory? Or is it only realistic to assume that the Allied player can get to a 2:1 win in 1945? Has anyone achieved a 2:1 Allied win in PBEM yet? Thanks in advance - Dave Baranyi
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