1914 - TGC (CP) vs. VF (Entente), oob, no bid

[VictoryFirst]

@victoryfirst
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[The_Good_Captain]

You scored above average as well I believe

No, the Germans rolled right down the middle…or barely a +1.

[The_Good_Captain]

@victoryfirst

I keep a scrap book of “extreme moments in Axis and Allies history” in which I record the most massive dice swings I’ve seen in the last three years of playing and that German attack into Munich is in 2nd place by the statistics. I thought it might have edged into first but it did not. I feel like you should take a screen shot of that or at least save that turn’s game file. That was a rare combination.

[The_Good_Captain]

@victoryfirst

Anyways, enough of my crying. Ottomans hit Trans-Jordan and scored 5 hits. How do you want 'em?

[VictoryFirst]

@the_good_captain
Kill all Italian and French troops, please!

[The_Good_Captain]

@victoryfirst

Game History

Round: 16

    Puchase Units - Ottomans
        Ottomans buy 7 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Ottomans
        2 artilleries, 2 infantry and 1 tank moved from Mesopotamia to Arabia
        2 artilleries and 3 infantry moved from Smyrna to Trans-Jordan
        6 infantry and 2 tanks moved from Syrian Desert to Trans-Jordan
        1 fighter moved from Mesopotamia to Trans-Jordan
        1 infantry moved from Ankara to Mesopotamia
        13 infantry moved from Mesopotamia to Sevastopol
        7 infantry moved from Constantinople to Ankara
        2 cruisers moved from SZ 20 to SZ 17

    Combat - Ottomans
        Battle in Trans-Jordan
            Ottomans attack with 2 artilleries, 1 fighter, 9 infantry and 2 tanks
            British defend with 1 artillery and 4 infantry; Italians defend with 1 infantry; French defend with 1 artillery and 3 infantry
                Ottomans roll dice for 2 artilleries, 1 fighter, 9 infantry and 2 tanks in Trans-Jordan, round 2 : 6/14 hits, 5.67 expected hits
                French roll dice for 2 artilleries and 8 infantry in Trans-Jordan, round 2 : 6/10 hits, 5.00 expected hits
            Units damaged: 2 tanks owned by the Ottomans
                4 infantry owned by the Ottomans, 3 infantry owned by the French, 1 infantry owned by the Italians, 1 infantry owned by the British and 1 artillery owned by the French lost in Trans-Jordan
            French and Ottomans reach a stalemate
            . Battle score for attacker is 7
            Casualties for Ottomans: 4 infantry
            Casualties for British: 1 infantry
            Casualties for French: 1 artillery and 3 infantry
            Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry
        Battle in Arabia
            Ottomans attack with 2 artilleries, 2 infantry and 1 tank
            British defend with 1 infantry
                Ottomans roll dice for 2 artilleries, 2 infantry and 1 tank in Arabia, round 2 : 2/5 hits, 2.33 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 infantry in Arabia, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits
            Units damaged: 1 tank owned by the Ottomans
                1 infantry owned by the British lost in Arabia
            Ottomans win, taking Arabia from British with 2 artilleries, 2 infantry and 1 tank remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for British: 1 infantry

    Combat Move - Ottomans
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Adding units owned by British to Trans-Jordan: 1 infantry
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

    Place Units - Ottomans
        7 infantry placed in Constantinople

    Turn Complete - Ottomans
        Ottomans collect 21 PUs; end with 21 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

French regular : 1.00
Ottomans regular : -0.00
British regular : 0.50

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[VictoryFirst]

@the_good_captain
Game History

Round: 16

    Puchase Units - Americans
        Americans buy 1 artillery and 7 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Americans
        2 infantry moved from Piedmont to Venice
        1 tank moved from Switzerland to Venice
        1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Marseilles to Burgundy
        1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Spanish Morocco to SZ 16
        6 transports moved from SZ 14 to SZ 1
        1 artillery and 7 infantry moved from United States of America to SZ 1
        1 artillery, 7 infantry and 5 transports moved from SZ 1 to SZ 14
        1 artillery and 7 infantry moved from SZ 14 to Spanish Morocco
        2 infantry moved from SZ 16 to Marseilles
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from SZ 16 to Marseilles
        1 artillery moved from Piedmont to Venice
        1 infantry moved from Piedmont to Burgundy
        3 cruisers moved from SZ 9 to SZ 14

    Combat - Americans
        Battle in Venice
            Americans attack with 1 artillery, 2 infantry and 1 tank
            AustroHungarians defend with 1 infantry
                Americans roll dice for 1 artillery, 2 infantry and 1 tank in Venice, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 1,67 expected hits
                AustroHungarians roll dice for 1 infantry in Venice, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,50 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the AustroHungarians lost in Venice
            Americans win, taking Venice from AustroHungarians with 1 artillery, 2 infantry and 1 tank remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for AustroHungarians: 1 infantry

    Combat Move - Americans

    Place Units - Americans
        1 artillery and 7 infantry placed in United States of America

    Turn Complete - Americans
        Americans collect 22 PUs; end with 22 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Americans regular : -0,67
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[VictoryFirst]

@victoryfirst
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[VictoryFirst]

@victoryfirst
The Italians didn’t do anything so I thought I’ll combine them with the American turn :)

[The_Good_Captain]

@victoryfirst

Game History

Round: 17

    Puchase Units - AustroHungarians
        AustroHungarians buy 3 artilleries, 11 infantry and 1 tank; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - AustroHungarians
        2 units repaired.
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by AustroHungarians from Tuscany: 4 fighters
        EDIT: Adding units owned by AustroHungarians to Switzerland: 4 fighters
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        1 fighter moved from Naples to Venice
        1 tank moved from Naples to Tuscany
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Naples to SZ 17
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from SZ 17 to Egypt
              AustroHungarians take Egypt from British
        2 infantry moved from Libya to Egypt
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Trieste to Tyrolia
        1 artillery, 14 infantry and 1 tank moved from Vienna to Tyrolia
        2 infantry moved from Romania to Sevastopol
        1 infantry moved from Sevastopol to Tatarstan
        3 artilleries moved from Sevastopol to Mesopotamia
        1 infantry moved from Sevastopol to Mesopotamia
        4 infantry moved from Budapest to Romania
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Serbia to Trieste
        1 tank moved from Tyrolia to Venice
        3 artilleries, 3 fighters, 37 infantry and 1 tank moved from Tyrolia to Switzerland
        11 artilleries, 6 infantry and 2 tanks moved from Tuscany to Venice

    Combat - AustroHungarians
        Battle in Switzerland
            AustroHungarians attack with 3 artilleries, 7 fighters, 37 infantry and 1 tank
            French defend with 1 infantry
                AustroHungarians roll dice for 3 artilleries, 7 fighters, 37 infantry and 1 tank in Switzerland, round 2 : 21/48 hits, 17.50 expected hits
                French roll dice for 1 infantry in Switzerland, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits
            Units damaged: 1 tank owned by the AustroHungarians
                1 infantry owned by the French lost in Switzerland
            AustroHungarians win, taking Switzerland from French with 3 artilleries, 7 fighters, 37 infantry and 1 tank remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for French: 1 infantry
        Battle in Venice
            AustroHungarians attack with 11 artilleries, 1 fighter, 6 infantry and 3 tanks
            Americans defend with 1 artillery, 2 infantry and 1 tank
                AustroHungarians roll dice for 11 artilleries, 1 fighter, 6 infantry and 3 tanks in Venice, round 2 : 12/21 hits, 12.17 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 1 artillery, 2 infantry and 1 tank in Venice, round 2 : 0/4 hits, 1.67 expected hits
                2 infantry owned by the Americans, 1 artillery owned by the Americans and 1 tank owned by the Americans lost in Venice
            AustroHungarians win, taking Venice from Americans with 11 artilleries, 1 fighter, 6 infantry and 3 tanks remaining. Battle score for attacker is 16
            Casualties for Americans: 1 artillery, 2 infantry and 1 tank

    Combat Move - AustroHungarians
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Changing unit hit damage for these AustroHungarians owned units to: tank = 1, tank = 1, tank = 1
        EDIT: Changing unit hit damage for these AustroHungarians owned units to: tank = 1
        EDIT: Changing unit hit damage for these AustroHungarians owned units to: tank = 1
        EDIT: Changing unit hit damage for these AustroHungarians owned units to: tank = 1
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

    Place Units - AustroHungarians
        3 artilleries, 11 infantry and 1 tank placed in Vienna

    Turn Complete - AustroHungarians
        AustroHungarians collect 53 PUs; end with 53 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Americans regular : -1.67
French regular : 0.50
AustroHungarians regular : 3.33

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[The_Good_Captain]

@victoryfirst

Game History

Round: 17

    Puchase Units - Germans
        Germans buy 1 artillery and 11 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Germans
        2 units repaired.
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from Munich: 1 infantry
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        6 infantry moved from Hanover to Kiel
        2 tanks moved from Hanover to Kiel
        3 artilleries moved from Hanover to Kiel
        1 artillery and 10 infantry moved from Berlin to Kiel
        1 infantry moved from Tatarstan to Sevastopol
        4 artilleries and 1 infantry moved from Sevastopol to Mesopotamia
        2 fighters moved from Munich to Kiel

    Combat - Germans
        Battle in Kiel
            Germans attack with 4 artilleries, 2 fighters, 16 infantry and 2 tanks
            French defend with 1 artillery, 2 infantry and 1 port
                Germans roll dice for 4 artilleries, 2 fighters, 16 infantry and 2 tanks in Kiel, round 2 : 13/24 hits, 10.00 expected hits
                French roll dice for 1 artillery and 2 infantry in Kiel, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 1.50 expected hits
            Units damaged: 2 tanks owned by the Germans
                2 infantry owned by the French and 1 artillery owned by the French lost in Kiel
            Germans win, taking Kiel from French with 4 artilleries, 2 fighters, 16 infantry and 2 tanks remaining. Battle score for attacker is 10
            Casualties for French: 1 artillery and 2 infantry

    Combat Move - Germans
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Germans to Munich: 1 infantry
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

    Place Units - Germans
        1 artillery and 11 infantry placed in Berlin

    Turn Complete - Germans
        Germans collect 35 PUs; end with 36 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

French regular : 0.50
Germans regular : 3.00

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[VictoryFirst]

@the_good_captain
Game History

Round: 17

    Puchase Units - French
        French buy 1 fighter and 14 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - French
        8 units repaired.
        2 artilleries, 4 fighters, 9 infantry and 2 tanks moved from Lorraine to Burgundy
        3 artilleries, 1 fighter, 10 infantry and 1 tank moved from Paris to Burgundy

    Combat - French
        French creates battle in territory Munich
        Battle in Munich
            French attack with 20 artilleries, 31 infantry and 8 tanks
            Germans defend with 1 infantry
                French roll dice for 20 artilleries, 31 infantry and 8 tanks in Munich, round 2 : 32/59 hits, 26,33 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Munich, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,50 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Munich
            French win with 20 artilleries, 31 infantry and 8 tanks remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry

    Combat Move - French
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Changing unit hit damage for these French owned units to: tank = 1, tank = 1, tank = 1, tank = 1, tank = 1, tank = 1, tank = 1, tank = 1
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Changing unit hit damage for these French owned units to: tank = 1, tank = 1, tank = 1, tank = 1
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

    Place Units - French
        1 fighter and 14 infantry placed in Paris

    Turn Complete - French
        French collect 48 PUs; end with 48 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

French regular : 5,67
Germans regular : -0,50

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[VictoryFirst]

@the_good_captain
Game History

Round: 17

    Puchase Units - British
        British buy 12 infantry; Remaining resources: 2 PUs; 

    Combat Move - British
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Neutral_True to Trans-Jordan: 1 artillery and 4 infantry
        EDIT: Removing units owned by British from Trans-Jordan: 1 artillery and 4 infantry
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        1 battleship, 5 cruisers and 2 transports moved from SZ 10 to SZ 9
        4 infantry moved from London to SZ 9
        4 infantry moved from SZ 9 to Belgium
        1 infantry moved from Ruhr to Holland
        1 infantry moved from Ruhr to Alsace
        6 infantry moved from Ruhr to Munich
        2 infantry moved from India to SZ 29
        6 infantry moved from India to Persia
        1 transport moved from SZ 28 to SZ 29
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from SZ 29 to SZ 28
        2 infantry moved from SZ 28 to Anglo Egyptian Sudan

    Combat Move - British
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Adding units owned by British to Trans-Jordan: 1 artillery and 4 infantry
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Neutral_True from Trans-Jordan: 1 artillery and 4 infantry
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Changing unit hit damage for these British owned units to: tank = 1, tank = 1, tank = 1, tank = 1, tank = 1, tank = 1, tank = 1
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

    Place Units - British
        4 infantry placed in London
        8 infantry placed in India

    Turn Complete - British
        British collect 35 PUs; end with 37 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :
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[The_Good_Captain]

@victoryfirst

Game History

Round: 17

    Puchase Units - Ottomans
        Ottomans buy 7 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Ottomans
        3 units repaired.
        2 artilleries, 2 infantry and 1 tank moved from Arabia to Trans-Jordan
        7 infantry moved from Ankara to Mesopotamia
        7 infantry moved from Constantinople to Ankara
        3 infantry moved from Mesopotamia to Sevastopol
        9 infantry moved from Mesopotamia to Sevastopol

    Combat - Ottomans
        Battle in Trans-Jordan
            Ottomans attack with 4 artilleries, 1 fighter, 7 infantry and 3 tanks
            British defend with 1 artillery and 4 infantry
                Ottomans roll dice for 4 artilleries, 1 fighter, 7 infantry and 3 tanks in Trans-Jordan, round 2 : 10/15 hits, 7.00 expected hits
                French roll dice for 1 artillery and 4 infantry in Trans-Jordan, round 2 : 2/5 hits, 2.50 expected hits
            Units damaged: 2 tanks owned by the Ottomans
                1 artillery owned by the British and 4 infantry owned by the British lost in Trans-Jordan
            Ottomans win, taking Trans-Jordan from French with 4 artilleries, 1 fighter, 7 infantry and 3 tanks remaining. Battle score for attacker is 16
            Casualties for British: 1 artillery and 4 infantry

    Combat Move - Ottomans
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Changing unit hit damage for these Ottomans owned units to: tank = 1
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

    Place Units - Ottomans
        7 infantry placed in Constantinople

    Turn Complete - Ottomans
        Ottomans collect 22 PUs; end with 22 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

French regular : -0.50
Ottomans regular : 3.00

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[VictoryFirst]

@the_good_captain
Game History

Round: 17

    Puchase Units - Americans
        Americans buy 1 artillery and 6 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Americans
        1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Spanish Morocco to SZ 16
        1 infantry moved from Spanish Morocco to SZ 16
        4 infantry moved from Spanish Morocco to SZ 14
        4 infantry and 2 transports moved from SZ 14 to SZ 16
        1 artillery and 7 infantry moved from SZ 16 to Marseilles
        1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Marseilles to Burgundy
        1 artillery and 4 infantry moved from Burgundy to Picardy
        3 cruisers moved from SZ 14 to SZ 16
        1 artillery and 7 infantry moved from United States of America to SZ 1
        1 artillery, 5 infantry and 3 transports moved from SZ 1 to SZ 14
        5 infantry moved from SZ 14 to Spanish Morocco
        1 artillery moved from SZ 14 to Spanish Morocco
        3 transports moved from SZ 14 to SZ 1
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from SZ 1 to SZ 14
        2 infantry moved from SZ 14 to Spanish Morocco

    Combat Move - Americans

    Place Units - Americans
        1 artillery and 6 infantry placed in United States of America

    Turn Complete - Americans
        Americans collect 20 PUs; end with 20 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

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[The_Good_Captain]

@victoryfirst friendly observation. Did you mean to leave the US transports in SZ 14 alone? An Austro-Hungarian submarine can slip under the fleet in SZ16 and eliminate them all (as long as he doesn’t get hit by the mines in SZ16 of course).

[VictoryFirst]

@the_good_captain
No, my bad! I didn’t realize the subs could move past my fleet :)

Here is the edited turn:
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[The_Good_Captain]

@victoryfirst

Game History

Round: 18

    Puchase Units - Germans
        Germans buy 12 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Germans
        2 units repaired.

    Combat Move - Germans
        1 artillery and 5 infantry moved from Hanover to Kiel
        1 artillery and 11 infantry moved from Berlin to Kiel

    Place Units - Germans
        12 infantry placed in Berlin

    Turn Complete - Germans
        Germans collect 35 PUs; end with 35 PUs

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[The_Good_Captain]

@victoryfirst I’ll post this for reference (page 16). Submarines are so different between different versions of axis and allies and are just complicated in general. I like to tell other players, “If you think you understand submarines, you don’t understand submarines.” hah!

*also, sorry about not posting the AH turn. I forgot to paste the game turn summary for AH before I copied over it with Germany. No big deal though. You can see the game history to see what moved where, etc.

[VictoryFirst]

@the_good_captain
Alright, I know this game is far from over yet, but I can already tell I will not be on the winning side. The TUV is almost the same, and my production is a bit higher, but you will break into Africa, which is a tricky area for me to defend. The Western Front has been a stalemate for some time, but with a lot of angry Austro-Hungarians coming, I have to retreat a little bit :) I can probably put up a defensive line and hold out a couple of turns, but eventually, the CP will have too much stuff and I will get pushed back further, which leads to you having more income, more units can be brought in, etc…

So yeah, basically I was a bit too slow as the Allies in my opinion. I should have stacked Italy up a bit earlier than the Americans, I realized it too late :)

You played very well as the CP. I thought if Russia survived for a long enough time, I could expect an Allied victory, but this wasn’t the case. You hold out very well as Germany, and after Italy fell, the strong Austria-Hungarians came in and I had no chance whatsoever to break through your lines. You did an excellent job of spending the correct amount of resources in each theater. If you had spent a little more on the Russian front, the Western Front would have maybe collapsed. If you had spent a little more on the Western Front, Russia would probably have survived a bit longer, giving the Allies more time.

So, here is it officially, I’ll raise the white flag and there is after years of fighting finally peace in Europe :)

Things I will do differently in a next game as the Allies (would you like to play another? I do!):

• Making sure Italy doesn’t fall

• Spend more resources for India (I didn’t like how India was boxed in like that lol :)

• Be decisive with the Americans (I was not sure what is best to do with them. First I invaded Greece, after that failed I stacked up the Western Front and when Italy was about to fall, I stacked up Rome but I was too late xD)

I still think the Triple Entente has the advantage, as if Italy survived and I kept Africa secure, I would probably have had an income advantage. It seems like there are too many enemy units for the CP. There is a threat here, I have to take this out, I want to defend against this, I have to take that but I don’t have enough units and so on.

Let me know your thoughts on this game. I really liked playing this game against a human opponent and I would also like to play another. Are you going to make some videos about this game in the future? I would love to watch them!