BM3 (Bombers cost 14) Adam514 (Axis) vs farmboy (Allies+10)

[farmboy]

TripleA Turn Summary: UK_Pacific round 37

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3, version: 3.4

Game History

Round: 37

    Purchase Units - Americans
        Americans buy 1 aaGun, 7 armour, 6 fighters, 2 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Americans
        1 infantry moved from Kiangsu to Shantung
              Chinese take Shantung from Japanese
        6 infantry moved from Spain to 104 Sea Zone
        6 infantry and 3 transports moved from 104 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone
        6 infantry moved from 112 Sea Zone to Western Germany
        2 infantry moved from Spain to 104 Sea Zone
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 104 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from 112 Sea Zone to Denmark
        2 bombers, 28 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Norway to Western Germany

    Combat - Americans
        Americans creates battle in territory 80 Sea Zone
        Battle in Denmark
        Battle in Western Germany
            Americans attack with 2 bombers, 28 fighters, 6 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
            Germans defend with 1 airfield, 1 factory_major, 1 harbour and 4 infantry
                Americans roll dice for 2 bombers, 28 fighters, 6 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Western Germany, round 2 : 15/37 hits, 17.00 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 4 infantry in Western Germany, round 2 : 3/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                4 infantry owned by the Germans and 3 infantry owned by the Americans lost in Western Germany
            Americans converts factory_major into different units
            Americans win, taking 80 Sea Zone from Japanese, taking Denmark from Germans, taking Western Germany from Germans with 2 bombers, 28 fighters, 3 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for Americans: 3 infantry
            Casualties for Germans: 4 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Americans
        2 bombers, 28 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to Norway
        2 mech_infantrys moved from Sweden to Finland
        3 mech_infantrys moved from Norway to Finland
        2 artilleries and 7 infantry moved from Finland to Norway
        1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Karelia to Finland
        1 aaGun moved from Finland to Karelia
        1 aaGun moved from Sweden to Finland
        3 aaGuns moved from Finland to Norway
        7 carriers and 6 destroyers moved from 104 Sea Zone to 125 Sea Zone
        6 tactical_bombers moved from 104 Sea Zone to Norway
        1 fighter moved from 104 Sea Zone to 125 Sea Zone
        7 fighters moved from 104 Sea Zone to Norway
        1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from Spain to 104 Sea Zone
        1 aaGun, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 104 Sea Zone to 125 Sea Zone
        1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from 125 Sea Zone to Norway
        1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Spain to 104 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 3 infantry and 2 transports moved from 104 Sea Zone to 125 Sea Zone
        3 infantry moved from Spain to Southern France
        1 fighter moved from Spain to Norway
        4 fighters moved from Central America to 104 Sea Zone
        4 fighters moved from Central America to 91 Sea Zone
        12 carriers and 6 submarines moved from 64 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
        2 fighters moved from 91 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone
        7 armour, 1 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Eastern United States to 101 Sea Zone
        8 infantry moved from Central United States to 101 Sea Zone
        7 armour, 9 infantry, 2 mech_infantrys and 9 transports moved from 101 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone
        7 armour, 9 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys moved from 104 Sea Zone to Spain
        1 destroyer moved from 104 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from 91 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from 91 Sea Zone to Spain
        1 marine moved from Ceylon to 39 Sea Zone
        4 fighters moved from 39 Sea Zone to Kenya
        2 carriers, 1 cruiser, 2 infantry, 1 marine and 1 transport moved from 39 Sea Zone to 77 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 80 Sea Zone to 77 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 41 Sea Zone to 77 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Sumatra to 41 Sea Zone
        4 destroyers, 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 41 Sea Zone to 77 Sea Zone

    Place Units - Americans
        2 transports placed in 101 Sea Zone
        1 armour, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in Central United States
        1 fighter placed in Eastern United States
        3 fighters placed in Norway
        1 aaGun and 2 fighters placed in Sweden
        3 armour placed in Finland
        3 armour placed in Spain

    Turn Complete - Americans
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 2
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 1 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,3
        Americans collect 86 PUs (2 lost to blockades); end with 87 PUs
        Trigger Americans 7 North Africa Beach Head: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 92 PUs
        Trigger Americans 6 Western Europe Beach Head: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 97 PUs
        Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 107 PUs
        Objective Americans 9 Vital Forward Bases: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 112 PUs
        Objective Americans 8 Pacific Airfields: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 117 PUs
        Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 122 PUs
        Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 127 PUs
        Objective Americans 4 Philippines: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 132 PUs

    Purchase Units - Chinese
        Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed
        Chinese buy 4 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Chinese
        Trigger Chinese Guerilla Szechwan: Chinese has 1 infantry placed in Szechwan
        Trigger Chinese Guerilla Shensi: Chinese has 1 infantry placed in Shensi

    Combat - Chinese
        Chinese creates battle in territory Shensi
        Chinese creates battle in territory Szechwan

    Non Combat Move - Chinese
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Changing ownership of Jehol from Japanese to Chinese
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        1 infantry moved from Anhwe to Jehol
        1 infantry moved from Anhwe to Hopei
        1 infantry moved from Hopei to Shensi
        4 infantry moved from Kweichow to Shensi

    Place Units - Chinese
        4 infantry placed in Shensi

    Turn Complete - Chinese
        Chinese collect 16 PUs; end with 17 PUs

    Purchase Units - British
        British buy 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 7 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - British
        1 infantry moved from Southern France to Northern Italy
              British take Northern Italy from Italians

    Combat - British

    Non Combat Move - British
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        2 mech_infantrys moved from Southern France to Western Germany
        3 artilleries and 5 infantry moved from Spain to Southern France
        1 transport moved from 104 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
        1 armour and 1 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone
        1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 110 Sea Zone to 125 Sea Zone
        2 carriers, 1 destroyer and 3 fighters moved from 104 Sea Zone to 125 Sea Zone
        1 destroyer moved from 104 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone
        3 transports moved from 104 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
        1 armour, 3 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone
        1 armour, 2 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 2 transports moved from 110 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone
        1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 transport moved from 110 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone
        1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Southern France to 91 Sea Zone
        2 armour, 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Belgian Congo to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
        1 armour and 4 mech_infantrys moved from Ethiopia to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
        3 mech_infantrys moved from Union of South Africa to Belgian Congo
        1 destroyer and 2 submarines moved from 83 Sea Zone to 82 Sea Zone
        1 armour, 3 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys moved from 104 Sea Zone to Spain
        3 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Southern France to Norway
        1 armour moved from 125 Sea Zone to Norway

    Place Units - British
        1 artillery, 1 fighter and 7 infantry placed in United Kingdom

    Turn Complete - British
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 4
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 1 Sea Zone. Rolls: 3,2
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 72 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,1
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 71 Sea Zone. Rolls: 6,4
        British collect 27 PUs (4 lost to blockades); end with 27 PUs
        Trigger British 3 No Enemy Submarines: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 30 PUs
        Objective British 4 Control Convoy Lanes: British met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 33 PUs

    Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from 104 Sea Zone: 1 fighter
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Americans to 125 Sea Zone: 1 fighter
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from 26 Sea Zone: 1 battleship, 7 carriers, 1 cruiser and 12 fighters
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Americans to 64 Sea Zone: 1 battleship, 7 carriers and 1 cruiser
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Americans to Central America: 12 fighters
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from 22 Sea Zone: 2 destroyers and 1 submarine
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Americans to 26 Sea Zone: 2 destroyers and 1 submarine
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by British from 125 Sea Zone: 2 infantry and 1 transport
        EDIT: Adding units owned by British to 125 Sea Zone: 1 transport
        EDIT: Adding units owned by British to Norway: 1 infantry
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans : 1.67
Americans : -2.00

Savegame

[farmboy]

Sorry for all the edits. Note the comments below.

[JDOW]

What a game. This is definitely the best game this league has ever seen. It shows all facets of A&A.

[regularkid]

You ain’t kidding JDOW. Allies have a nearly 1200 TUV advantage, and its still a nail-biter. Impressive. Most Impressive.

[farmboy]

@regularkid said in BM3 (Bombers cost 14) Adam514 (Axis) vs farmboy (Allies+10):

You ain’t kidding JDOW. Allies have a nearly 1200 TUV advantage, and its still a nail-biter. Impressive. Most Impressive.

I assume you mean that it is most impressive that despite only having a 1200 tuv advantage over Adam’s axis I still have a chance of winning. :)

[regularkid]

@farmboy haha. ur too modest. u played awesome.

[Adam514]

TripleA Turn Summary: Italians round 37

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3, version: 3.4

Game History

Round: 37

    Purchase Units - Italians
        Italians buy 1 armour, 1 fighter and 1 infantry; Remaining resources: 3 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Italians
        1 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus
              Italians take Belarus from Russians

    Combat - Italians

    Non Combat Move - Italians
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Changing ownership of Bessarabia from Americans to Italians
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        1 infantry moved from Poland to Germany
        1 armour moved from Western Ukraine to Bessarabia
        1 armour moved from Bessarabia to Eastern Poland
        1 mech_infantry moved from Western Ukraine to Slovakia Hungary

    Place Units - Italians
        1 armour, 1 fighter and 1 infantry placed in Southern Italy

    Turn Complete - Italians
        Italians collect 13 PUs; end with 16 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Savegame

[farmboy]

TripleA Turn Summary: ANZAC round 37

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3, version: 3.4

Game History

Round: 37

    Purchase Units - ANZAC
        ANZAC buy 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 2 infantry and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 armour and 3 infantry moved from Sumatra to 41 Sea Zone
        1 armour, 3 infantry and 2 transports moved from 41 Sea Zone to 80 Sea Zone
        1 armour and 3 infantry moved from 80 Sea Zone to Saudi Arabia
        1 armour, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Northern Territory to 55 Sea Zone
        1 armour, 2 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 2 transports moved from 55 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
        1 mech_infantry moved from Burma to India
        1 armour, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 39 Sea Zone to India

    Combat - ANZAC
        Battle in Saudi Arabia
        Battle in India
            ANZAC attack with 1 armour, 2 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys
            Japanese defend with 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 2 infantry
                ANZAC roll dice for 1 armour, 2 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys in India, round 2 : 1/5 hits, 1.17 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 aaGun and 2 infantry in India, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                1 aaGun owned by the Japanese lost in India
                ANZAC roll dice for 1 armour, 2 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys in India, round 3 : 0/5 hits, 1.17 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 2 infantry in India, round 3 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                ANZAC roll dice for 1 armour, 2 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys in India, round 4 : 3/5 hits, 1.17 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 2 infantry in India, round 4 : 2/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                2 infantry owned by the Japanese and 2 infantry owned by the ANZAC lost in India
            ANZAC win, taking Saudi Arabia from Japanese, taking India from Japanese, taking Ceylon from Americans, taking Shan State from ANZAC, taking Burma from ANZAC, taking Malaya from Americans, taking Borneo from Americans, taking Kwangtung from Americans with 1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 5
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 aaGun and 2 infantry
            Casualties for ANZAC: 2 infantry

    Non Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 carrier, 1 cruiser and 1 marine moved from 41 Sea Zone to 77 Sea Zone
        2 fighters moved from 41 Sea Zone to Kenya
        4 fighters moved from Sumatra to 77 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Queensland to Sumatra

    Place Units - ANZAC
        1 artillery, 1 bomber and 1 infantry placed in Queensland
        1 transport placed in 62 Sea Zone
        1 infantry placed in New South Wales
        ANZAC undo move 1.
        1 bomber and 1 infantry placed in Queensland
        1 artillery placed in New South Wales
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by ANZAC from 19 Sea Zone: 3 submarines
        EDIT: Adding units owned by ANZAC to 35 Sea Zone: 2 submarines
        EDIT: Adding units owned by ANZAC to 41 Sea Zone: 1 submarine
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by ANZAC from 35 Sea Zone: 2 submarines
        EDIT: Adding units owned by ANZAC to 36 Sea Zone: 2 submarines
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

    Turn Complete - ANZAC
        ANZAC collect 20 PUs; end with 20 PUs
        Trigger ANZAC 1 Control Original And Malaya: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 23 PUs
        Objective ANZAC 3 Pacific Supply Lines: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 26 PUs
        Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 29 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

ANZAC : 0.50
Japanese : 0.00

Savegame

[farmboy]

TripleA Turn Summary: French round 37

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3, version: 3.4

Game History

Round: 37

    Purchase Units - ANZAC
        ANZAC buy 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 2 infantry and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 armour and 3 infantry moved from Sumatra to 41 Sea Zone
        1 armour, 3 infantry and 2 transports moved from 41 Sea Zone to 80 Sea Zone
        1 armour and 3 infantry moved from 80 Sea Zone to Saudi Arabia
        1 armour, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Northern Territory to 55 Sea Zone
        1 armour, 2 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 2 transports moved from 55 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
        1 mech_infantry moved from Burma to India
        1 armour, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 39 Sea Zone to India

    Combat - ANZAC
        Battle in Saudi Arabia
        Battle in India
            ANZAC attack with 1 armour, 2 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys
            Japanese defend with 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 2 infantry
                ANZAC roll dice for 1 armour, 2 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys in India, round 2 : 1/5 hits, 1.17 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 aaGun and 2 infantry in India, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                1 aaGun owned by the Japanese lost in India
                ANZAC roll dice for 1 armour, 2 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys in India, round 3 : 0/5 hits, 1.17 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 2 infantry in India, round 3 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                ANZAC roll dice for 1 armour, 2 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys in India, round 4 : 3/5 hits, 1.17 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 2 infantry in India, round 4 : 2/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                2 infantry owned by the Japanese and 2 infantry owned by the ANZAC lost in India
            ANZAC win, taking Saudi Arabia from Japanese, taking India from Japanese, taking Ceylon from Americans, taking Shan State from ANZAC, taking Burma from ANZAC, taking Malaya from Americans, taking Borneo from Americans, taking Kwangtung from Americans with 1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 5
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 aaGun and 2 infantry
            Casualties for ANZAC: 2 infantry

    Non Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 carrier, 1 cruiser and 1 marine moved from 41 Sea Zone to 77 Sea Zone
        2 fighters moved from 41 Sea Zone to Kenya
        4 fighters moved from Sumatra to 77 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Queensland to Sumatra

    Place Units - ANZAC
        1 artillery, 1 bomber and 1 infantry placed in Queensland
        1 transport placed in 62 Sea Zone
        1 infantry placed in New South Wales
        ANZAC undo move 1.
        1 bomber and 1 infantry placed in Queensland
        1 artillery placed in New South Wales
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by ANZAC from 19 Sea Zone: 3 submarines
        EDIT: Adding units owned by ANZAC to 35 Sea Zone: 2 submarines
        EDIT: Adding units owned by ANZAC to 41 Sea Zone: 1 submarine
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by ANZAC from 35 Sea Zone: 2 submarines
        EDIT: Adding units owned by ANZAC to 36 Sea Zone: 2 submarines
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

    Turn Complete - ANZAC
        ANZAC collect 20 PUs; end with 20 PUs
        Trigger ANZAC 1 Control Original And Malaya: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 23 PUs
        Objective ANZAC 3 Pacific Supply Lines: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 26 PUs
        Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 29 PUs

    Combat Move - French

    Turn Complete - French

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

ANZAC : 0.50
Japanese : 0.00

Savegame

[farmboy]

edited the ANZAC Ncms. Not sure if it was clear but it should have been 2 subs to 36 and 1 to 20 from 19. The one in 20 to 41.

[farmboy]

also you can go straight to Japan from Germany. Soviet sub will just move back to 91.

[Adam514]

@farmboy I concede, good game and well played! This game was PTSD inducing haha.

There were a few moments that I felt you had moves that could close out the match much sooner, but I’ve long forgotten them by now. I’m pretty sure this was my longest match ever.

I’d be up for a rematch.

[JDOW]

Wow, David has defeated Goliath. Well played farmboy and congratz.
This game was back and forth. First I thought Allies had it in the bag, then I though Axis escaped the jaw of defeat and was winning again.
Then the situation was unclear. Then I thought Allies had it in the bag again, then I was unclear again and then it was over. What a rollercoaster.

I haven’t followed the early turns but it became apparent that dice were helping the Allies a lot to get in the dominant position they were after turn 10 or so.

I didn’t understand a few moves from the Allies. I e.g. found Allies quite spewy with their Egypt army when attacking NWP and Turkey so heavy, making it unnecessarily easy for Japan to take Egypt. In hindsight, I believe the Moscow “stunt” was ineffective and I did not understand the stunt at Northern territory when I believed the fleet would have been equally well placed in Queensland, too. At this time of the game, I believed that 30 IPCs “wasted” in bases could have made a difference if invested in boats and amphibious units.

Then, at the end I first thought Allies botched it because I would have started earlier to switch to fighters (or even tacs as an exception because I rarely buy them) because at this point, I believe all Allies had to do was buying 6 mech and 10 fighters each turn and not invest further into amphibious units. In this parallel universe, Allies may have always had enough to either seal Novo or deadzone it.

Also, I found it risky to allow the Germans to go to Belarus.
@Adam514: Wasn’t it possible at this stage to try to take Bela with the Italians and protect the Army with air against the Russians, making the odds shaky on that battle?

However, it turned out, that Allied strategy was mostly on point and that the flexibility you kept, in the end, was a key to make it impossible for the Axis to hold all VCs (although I believe that less transports and more air would have done the job, too)

I was also wondering if there weren’t more effective ways to bring the Anzac fighters over to Europe very fast. They have like 7 movement when hopping on US Carriers. I thought there was potential to bring these over earlier.

@Adam514: As you decided to not play G/J anymore I definitely believed you missed the small chance to attack WGR with the Italians. You had 5% chance to win that battle and if the Germans could have closed the Danish straight, there was imo a shot to hold all VCs the next turn (Maybe not, because US could have airstriked but I believe it may have changed the dynamics.
This was a nothing to lose shot and I am surprised you did not go for it after 37 turns of play.

[JDOW]

Re Belarus: Italians hat 38% on Belarus. In hindsight I guess it was worth a shot. But I realized that the Russians only had 73%. So this was most likely a battle you wanted the Allies to invite to hoping for a game-changing disaster.

[Adam514]

@JDOW said in BM3 (Bombers cost 14) Adam514 (Axis) vs farmboy (Allies+10):

Re Belarus: Italians hat 38% on Belarus. In hindsight I guess it was worth a shot. But I realized that the Russians only had 73%. So this was most likely a battle you wanted the Allies to invite to hoping for a game-changing disaster.

Yup that’s what Belarus was.

Even with Denmark closed the Allies could have traded a VC however long they wanted unfortunately.

[axis-dominion]

great game guys, one for the books for sure. farm boy’s allies are now a force to be reckoned with… no pressure hehe

[JDOW]

IC.

And what was the reasoning behind Norhern Italy? You could have protected these troops with Japanese planes. Wouldn’t the Axis have had a better chance without this army being slaughtered?

[Adam514]

@JDOW Yeah I was spread a bit thin, hoped for decent dice there.

[farmboy]

@Adam514 said in BM3 (Bombers cost 14) Adam514 (Axis) vs farmboy (Allies+10):

@farmboy I concede, good game and well played! This game was PTSD inducing haha.

There were a few moments that I felt you had moves that could close out the match much sooner, but I’ve long forgotten them by now. I’m pretty sure this was my longest match ever.

I’d be up for a rematch.

Thanks for the game! I’m glad I managed to pull that off, but dice definitely made a decisive difference as well. I don’t think I’ve ever had such consistently good dice (essentially over 37 rounds!) and I certainly have never had such good dice and still not be sure of the outcome.

And so far I think I do better in this game at denying my opponent’s victory than at setting up to win. Everything is now foggy for me as well, but if you do think of things that I could have done differently, I’d be interested.

One thing I recall thinking was that for a period of the mid/late game I was playing the pacific too conservatively. I was fairly convinced I was going to win in Europe and just thought I should avoid giving you any close to 50/50 attacks on my pacific fleet. I think I had some opportunities to take and hold Java. And I could have set up at Marianas earlier which I think was helpful to me when I did it. But I was too afraid that you would be nervous about Europe and you would gamble. In hindsight, I think I should have risked it.

We’ve actually had one longer game. The playoff game last year went to around 60 rounds although the sides were reversed, and I think you had effectively won it by the early 40s.

I’ll certainly be up for a rematch down the road but it will need to wait a bit. My wife is due to give birth in about a month so I need to avoid starting new games here until things settle down. These games tend to be all consuming and I don’t think i have the discipline or time management skills to do both. I also doubt my dice luck will continue although hopefully I can avoid some of the mistakes I did make.

[farmboy]

@JDOW Thanks for the feedback!

I can’t quite recall, but I think the attacks on NWP and Turkey were meant as blockers to keep the German movements to 1 space. I overdid them as well but I was thinking that Adam might treat the gamble with the Italian units as relatively low cost at this point. But I can’t now remember why I thought that was necessary. And yes, if I could have blocked the Japanese out of Egypt (or at least traded for a bunch more of their air), that might have been better.

The airfield/Harbor build was to protect the US fleet and to give it range. I felt I needed to go there because of where the Japanese fleet was and to retake the islands. I expected Adam’s route to victory to come in the pacific at this point and that he would be able to drive the wedge between the Sydney and Honolulu. And I didn’t think he was too far away from being able to do so. I thought getting the guineas back and setting up next to Java delayed him from doing so. It also drew his fleet back to Java and gave me a chance to strafe his marines there. I thought this was setting him back a turn or two to give me more time to secure the win in Europe. Queensland wouldn’t have given me the same opportunity and I think he might have gone to Caroline Islands next had I done so.

I probably had more options around Novgorod. But I was afraid that in trying to hold it I would lose every other VC and then the combined German/Japan attack would be enough. It seemed better to me to set up so that he had to hold and defend them all.

There was probably room to bring the ANZAC air to Europe sooner. I was a little slow to realize how quick I needed to move to save the game in Europe. And I also worried too much that he might still turn that Japan fleet around after I had over committed the Pacific fleet to Europe.

On Belarus, I thought it was a good move to stay because Adam still had to worry about me moving to Poland. I thought that gave him less of a free hand in the rest of Europe. And the 73% seemed less of a risk since I set up so that I could retreat to Novgorod if the first round of dice was rough and had lots of US units that could have joined the stack there.

If he had taken W Germany back with the Italians I could have still attacked with the French. I overdid that blocker because I didn’t want to risk 2 French armor and a mech against 2 Italian inf, but likely he would have had no more than 1 inf there.