I decided to play my sixth straight games of Axis And Allies on Thursday night at 7:00 PM. A&A is held as a swiss style tournament with the plaque going to the player with the most wins and points after six games. A&A was my team game and my record at that point was three wins and two loses. If I won the last I would have a slight chance of garnering a few points for our Team, GCOM Express. My final game was again the 2001 A&A champion, Patrick Mirk. I played the Allies Patrick played the Axis. Unfortunately I am unable to recall specific moves in the game.

Strategically both Patrick and myself played a close game with no mistaken moves being made by either player. Patrick was having a great night for die rolling. He was consistently rolling ones and twos, which are hits in A&A, on mostly every die roll. Patrick would easily get four hits out of six dice or six hits out of nine dice on a consistent basis. Even with Patrick?s defensive dice rolls, he would get three out of four hits or go seven for ten. I was rolling extremely consistent dice as well. They would have been wonderful dice rolls?if only I had been plying Risk or Titan. I was rolling fives and sixes on a regular basis, which are misses in A&A. If I needed to roll a two or less I would roll three, if I needed to roll three or less I would roll fours. It was simply incredible. I could not roll well to save myself.

As Patrick said during the game, ? Its like a gamers wet dream?.
I said, ?I would be dangerous if I could roll well.?
And here?s the best part. It didn?t matter!! It was the most fun game I played at WBC this year.
Patrick and I were laughing up a storm. We both had a great time.
Did I lose the game? I conceded the game to Patrick.
But I came away with something much more important than any plaque or points could every give.
FUN, FRIENDSHIP and satisfaction

What other activity could give so much? Where else could losing mean winning?

Only one hobby and one place my friends. GAMES

Oh, I almost forgot the secret....Attitude is everything.