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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dragon Snack" data-source="post: 3401982" data-attributes="member: 9810">Yeah, makes me worry about having to find a new group.  Mine may have "issues", but nothing like some of these stories.Ooh, I didn't think that qualified.  I've got a good one...I once "won" a game of Axis and Allies in the first turn (for those who have never played, it usually takes quite some time to play).  I was the Allies and attacked and conquered Eastern Europe with Russia (it's right next to Germany on the A&A map), it was a pretty standard move for our group.  I did well, having about 4 units left to take the area.He buys his units, standard gear up to attack the UK (mostly naval units).  Then he makes his combat moves, obviously trying to take back Eastern Europe, but also making quite a few other moves.  We do the other combats first and he does quite well, but ends up losing most of his aircraft (good defensive rolls from the UK navy).Then we move to the battle for Eastern Europe.  He rolled HORRIBLE on his attacks and I rolled AMAZING on my defense.  Suddenly we were even.  The second round of combat was just as bad for him and just as good for me.  Now I had the advantage.  Since he had bought nothing for ground units, he couldn't stop now.  His luck didn't improve though and I managed to keep Eastern Europe.This left him with the option of leaving Western Europe wide open, with the UK and USA with naval units within striking distance (and still having yet to go), or leaving Germany defended by only an Army unit, a Fighter, and a Bomber (the USSR had Tanks and Fighters within striking distance).  He chose the other option of flipping the game board over and throwing a fit about how I was cheating on my rolls.Oddly, after a 30 minute tirade, he wanted a rematch...</blockquote>

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