World in Flames Redux

[Scud]

World in Flames Redux Tournament 2024-25

This is the tournament page for the upcoming World in Flames Redux tournament. Starting October 14, 2024. We will be playing two teams, allies versus Axis. Signups are still being accepted for the first kick-off round. Members can come and go as they please, so if you miss the first round, but would like to join in, let us know.

Edited from the original World in Flames tournament and subject to change:

Tournament philosophy
This tournament is about fun, it should hopefully not become too competitive as that is not the point.
Anyone should be able to participate.
The two sides should mix new and experienced players, to create balanced teams

Rules
The Blitz Rules of Engagement (and only them) apply to this tournament
Optional rules are agreed before each Round is played. The first Phase, "The Prelude" is played with all optional rules ON except AF and VV OFF
However, if a scenario being played is balanced for certain optional rules, they must be followed

Points
An overall score is kept for the whole war. These are added up after each Round of each Phase is being played.

Scoring
Major Win 3 points, Minor Win 1 point, Draw 0 points x SM of the given scenario
Game results should be reported on the ladder, as usual.

Teams
The tournament is open for all Blitz members who are out from Bootcamp. Bootcamp exceptions are up to the discretion of the team commanders.
The tournament is played by two teams; The Axis and The Allied.
New members may join in for each new Phase of the war.
Team members may retire from a new Phase if they choose to do so. They may return to a later Phase.
Teams with less participants need to appoint a player to all battles, but the additional game must be rotated among team members and will be a separate scenario than the one(s) chosen for the majority

Phases of War
The tournament is divided into various Phases, ie, The Prelude (1935-1939), 1939, 1940, etc
Each Phase may consist of one or more Rounds of battle (Round)
Each Round must have enough battles to accommodate for side with more members.
Each team member will play an individual battle (scenario) for each Round, with the exception of the smaller team where some members might need to play another round as described earlier

Rounds per Phase
A Round is simply a series of scenarios that are fought between the two Teams.
One Phase may have only one Round, as The Prelude currently does, or it might have several rounds on Phases (ie. years) where there are a lot of scenarios available.
The CIC will chose player opponents on a rotational basis, the object being to vary each player's opponent from round to round.
Players should be rotated between team games and individual battles, preferrably in a manner that when first individual battles are finished, these members are named to play on a team game of next Round.
A team game from next Round may be thus started before all the various scenarios from the previous Round are finished, to keep the Tournament moving.

Before each Phase (or Round, if necessary), the participants agree which scenarios are to be played. Emphasis, naturally, on balanced and enjoyable H2H scenarios where possible

Commander in Chief
Each side will have a Commander in Chief (CiC), who is responsible for deciding which team member is to play which battle in the coming Round
Each team game will additionally be given a team member who has the overall responsibility for directing the team actions in that particular team game
Commander in Chief, as any team member, may take a break from a new Round, but should name his replacement before doing so.
Each side should have a CiC throughout the tournament

Facilitator
Tournament should always have a Facilitator, that has the responsibility for updating the tournament pages on Blitz, and keeping the tournament going forward in co-operation with the CiCs
A Facilitator may retire on a similar manner as CiC, by naming his successor who will become the next tournament Facilitator
Facilitator is just that, a facilitator, who ensures everyone is having fun and enjoying this.

Battles
Team members report the outcome of their individual battles to their CiC
CiC in turn report them to tournament Facilitator.

Disputes
Any disputes that might rise should be agreed upon between the two CiCs
Facilitator will have the ultimate decision, should the CiCs not agree
Rule of thumb for disputes: there shouldn't be any, as this tournament is about fun, not scores and results!

End of Tournament
Ideally, the Tournament will end when the WW II has been completed on all fronts.
Any player going missing or retiring should not have an outcome that ends the tournament prematurely.
This tournament does not belong to any individual, it should be a living thing that keeps going and going.
Other similar tournaments may be started in parallel to this tournament, and other forums are free to copy this set up for their purposes.

[Ashcloud]

Good to see the old World in Flames given a rerun. The first one was epic.

[Scud]

Opening Teams:

Allies
Zap
KiloMikePapa
nim8or
Dan Caviness
Dawags
Ashcloud
General Lee Ensayne
Nort
VoteQuimby
Scud - Allied CIC
Herr Straße Laufer


Axis pigs (no offense)
Outlaw Josey Wales
Von Luck
The Hemp
Sir Killalot
Big Ivan - Axis CIC
Panzerjaeger
Colonel Slack-Goodspeed
Deturk
Hawk Kriegsman
Schwerpunkt75
Kernel t


Reserves (open to signups):
Tankertony
Von Dondo

[Outlaw Josey Wales]

Scoring - 1,2,3,4,5 or 1,3,5,7,9 Addition only, easiest math.

Same scenario each round. Balance doesn't matter. Allied player points are compared to Allied players only. Axis compared to Axis only. Two winners.

Say, I play Big Ivan first, second round keep Allied players in place and rotate Axis players one place up or down. Next round, do it again same direction. Eventually, I rotate back around to Big Ivan. End of Tournament. Only one team rotates.
Same number of players on each side, everybody plays, no byes. Tankertony and Von Dondo goes to one Allied and one Axis player. If somebody cannot play this round, his opp gets the victory. No teams, that could be another Team Tourney

Name - Axis vs Allies or all scenarios for a Campaign like France or EF 1941, 42, 43 etc Something like that.

[Scud]

Scoring - 1,2,3,4,5 or 1,3,5,7,9 Addition only, easiest math.

Same scenario each round. Balance doesn't matter. Allied player points are compared to Allied players only. Axis compared to Axis only. Two winners.

Say, I play Big Ivan first, second round keep Allied players in place and rotate Axis players one place up or down. Next round, do it again same direction. Eventually, I rotate back around to Big Ivan. End of Tournament.  Only one team rotates.
Same number of players on each side, everybody plays, no byes.  Tankertony and Von Dondo goes to one Allied and one Axis player.  If somebody cannot play this round, his opp gets the victory.  No teams, that could be another Team Tourney

Name - Axis vs Allies or all scenarios for a Campaign like France or EF 1941, 42, 43 etc Something like that.

Scoring will be kept as it was in the original tournament, except no phase scoring.

I'd rather find an allied player who will volunteer to stand-in for Tanker Tony and play Von Dondo. As Tony was recruited by Dan to play for the allies. So if any allied player wants an extra first round game, speak up. I will assign another scenario for you two to play, though.

Dave

[Scud]

First Round Matchups

Allies                                         Axis

Zap                                          Outlaw Josey Wales
KiloMikePapa                             Von Luck
nim8or                                     The Hemp
Dan Caviness                            Sir Killalot
Dawags                                    Big Ivan
Ashcloud                                  Panzerjaeger
General Lee Ensayne                 Colonel Slack-Goodspeed
Nort                                         Deturk
VoteQuimby                              Hawk Kriegsman
Scud                                        Schwerpunkt75
Herr Straße                               Laufer Kernel t
Dan Caviness*                           Von Dondo

First round scenario is "In The Virgin's Name": https://www.theblitz.club/scenarios/the-...io&id=4956

Deadline for results: On or before December 6, 2024.

All rules on except VV or EA.

*Note: Dan Caviness will play the odd axis player in a separate scenario, ** First Battle of Tembien.

Good luck everyone. Have fun.

Dave

[Nort]

First Round Matchups

Allies                                         Axis

Zap                                          Outlaw Josey Wales
KiloMikePapa                             Von Luck
nim8or                                     The Hemp
Dan Caviness                            Sir Killalot
Dawags                                    Big Ivan
Ashcloud                                  Panzerjaeger
General Lee Ensayne                 Colonel Slack-Goodspeed
Nort                                         Deturk
VoteQuimby                              Hawk Kriegsman
Scud                                        Schwerpunkt75
Herr Straße                               Laufer Kernel t
Dan Caviness*                           Von Dondo

First round scenario is "In The Virgin's Name": https://www.theblitz.club/scenarios/the-...io&id=4956

Deadline for results: On or before December 6, 2024.

All rules on except VV or EA.

*Note: Dan Caviness will play the odd axis player in a separate scenario, ** First Battle of Tembien.

Good luck everyone. Have fun.

Dave

My first turn sent to Deturk.  We are off like a herd of turtles.  

[Big Ivan]

First Round Matchups

Allies                                         Axis

Zap                                          Outlaw Josey Wales
KiloMikePapa                             Von Luck
nim8or                                     The Hemp
Dan Caviness                            Sir Killalot
Dawags                                    Big Ivan
Ashcloud                                  Panzerjaeger
General Lee Ensayne                 Colonel Slack-Goodspeed
Nort                                         Deturk
VoteQuimby                              Hawk Kriegsman
Scud                                        Schwerpunkt75
Herr Straße                               Laufer Kernel t
Dan Caviness*                           Von Dondo

First round scenario is "In The Virgin's Name": https://www.theblitz.club/scenarios/the-...io&id=4956

Deadline for results: On or before December 6, 2024.

All rules on except VV or EA.

*Note: Dan Caviness will play the odd axis player in a separate scenario, ** First Battle of Tembien.

Good luck everyone. Have fun.

Dave

My first turn sent to Deturk.  We are off like a herd of turtles.  

First turn exchanged with Dawags, we are off and running too!

[Scud]

First Round Matchups

Allies                                         Axis

Zap                                          Outlaw Josey Wales
KiloMikePapa                             Von Luck
nim8or                                     The Hemp
Dan Caviness                            Sir Killalot
Dawags                                    Big Ivan
Ashcloud                                  Panzerjaeger
General Lee Ensayne                 Colonel Slack-Goodspeed
Nort                                         Deturk
VoteQuimby                              Hawk Kriegsman
Scud                                        Schwerpunkt75
Herr Straße                               Laufer Kernel t
Dan Caviness*                           Von Dondo

First round scenario is "In The Virgin's Name": https://www.theblitz.club/scenarios/the-...io&id=4956

Deadline for results: On or before December 6, 2024.

All rules on except VV or EA.

*Note: Dan Caviness will play the odd axis player in a separate scenario, ** First Battle of Tembien.

Good luck everyone. Have fun.

Dave

My first turn sent to Deturk.  We are off like a herd of turtles.  

First turn exchanged with Dawags, we are off and running too!

My first turn sent to Schwerpunkt75. We're just off.