L22 elche (x) vs Gamerman01 (+18) BM4

[elche]

OOL please
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[gamerman01]

Sure, lose 4 AAA, 1 ANZAC artillery, 2 French infantry, 1 UK infantry = 8 lost

[elche]

OOL again please
ger9-combat1.tsvg

[gamerman01]

Thank you for checking, I appreciate that.

[gamerman01]

2 US infantry, 2 UK infantry, and how are you going to beat anyone with the miserable dice you’ve been having? They’re hurting you more than I am

[elche]

You are right. Your plan works and I havnt any plan and therefore I didnt have a chance to win. Congratulations for your victory. This was a graat one because I didnt know really you have done this.
I had never a game I was so weak with Germany- well done.
The final battle was my last chance to have a chance at all.
Biggest mistake was to attack brit. battleship and US can go to Europe in R3. I didnt see the b attack to Palau because 1 fig from Philippienes could land there. Its a mistake to stop the attack against Russia and I did. You can tell me more of my mistakes if you want.
It was a pleasure for me to play against you because I learn a lot and very nice talking, I enjoy it.
So I am looking forward for next game. I think I have to improve my gaming and will see how you play the Axis.
Yes, I think too, your ranking works right. This was fastest victory of any player against me. 2nd was against AndrewAAgamer and 3rd against Trulpen (R26). So its a big difference to play against E/M.

Have a nice Sunday
Harry

[elche]

Here the last file G9. Maybe i am wrong and had only bad dice (lol).
Game History

Round: 9

    Research Technology - Germans

    Purchase Units - Germans
        Germans repair damage of 3x factory_major, 4x factory_major; Remaining resources: 53 PUs; 
        Germans buy 2 artilleries, 1 fighter, 3 infantry, 5 mech_infantrys and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Germans
        1 fighter moved from Germany to Normandy Bordeaux
        1 fighter moved from Western Germany to Normandy Bordeaux
        2 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Western Germany to Normandy Bordeaux
        6 artilleries, 1 infantry and 7 mech_infantrys moved from France to Normandy Bordeaux
        2 armour and 4 mech_infantrys moved from Northern Italy to Normandy Bordeaux
        3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 112 Sea Zone to Normandy Bordeaux

    Combat - Germans
        Battle in Normandy Bordeaux
            Germans attack with 4 armour, 6 artilleries, 5 fighters, 1 infantry, 12 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber
            British defend with 3 aaGuns, 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 9 infantry and 1 mech_infantry; French defend with 2 infantry; Americans defend with 1 aaGun, 2 armour, 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 2 infantry; ANZAC defend with 1 artillery
                Americans roll AA dice in Normandy Bordeaux : 1/6 hits, 1,00 expected hits
                1 fighter owned by the Germans lost in Normandy Bordeaux
                Germans roll dice for 4 armour, 6 artilleries, 4 fighters, 1 infantry, 12 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber in Normandy Bordeaux, round 2 : 8/28 hits, 9,83 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 4 aaGuns, 3 armour, 4 artilleries, 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 13 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Normandy Bordeaux, round 2 : 10/23 hits, 8,33 expected hits
                1 artillery owned by the ANZAC, 3 aaGuns owned by the British, 1 artillery owned by the Germans, 1 aaGun owned by the Americans, 1 infantry owned by the Germans, 2 infantry owned by the French, 8 mech_infantrys owned by the Germans and 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Normandy Bordeaux
                Germans roll dice for 4 armour, 5 artilleries, 4 fighters, 4 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber in Normandy Bordeaux, round 3 : 4/18 hits, 7,67 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 3 armour, 3 artilleries, 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 10 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Normandy Bordeaux, round 3 : 7/19 hits, 7,00 expected hits
                5 artilleries owned by the Germans, 2 infantry owned by the Americans, 2 mech_infantrys owned by the Germans and 2 infantry owned by the British lost in Normandy Bordeaux
                Germans roll dice for 4 armour, 4 fighters, 2 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber in Normandy Bordeaux, round 4 : 5/11 hits, 5,00 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 3 armour, 3 artilleries, 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 6 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Normandy Bordeaux, round 4 : 4/15 hits, 5,67 expected hits
                2 armour owned by the Germans, 2 mech_infantrys owned by the Germans and 5 infantry owned by the British lost in Normandy Bordeaux
                Germans roll dice for 2 armour, 4 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber in Normandy Bordeaux, round 5 : 4/7 hits, 3,67 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 3 armour, 3 artilleries, 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Normandy Bordeaux, round 5 : 4/10 hits, 4,00 expected hits
                1 mech_infantry owned by the British, 2 fighters owned by the Germans, 2 armour owned by the Germans, 1 artillery owned by the Americans, 1 artillery owned by the British and 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Normandy Bordeaux
            2 fighters owned by the Germans and 1 tactical_bomber owned by the Germans retreated
            Americans win with 3 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is -54
            Casualties for Germans: 4 armour, 6 artilleries, 3 fighters, 1 infantry and 12 mech_infantrys
            Casualties for ANZAC: 1 artillery
            Casualties for Americans: 1 aaGun, 1 artillery and 2 infantry
            Casualties for British: 3 aaGuns, 1 artillery, 9 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
            Casualties for French: 2 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Germans
        2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Normandy Bordeaux to 112 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Western Germany to France
        1 aaGun, 2 artilleries and 5 infantry moved from Romania to Slovakia Hungary
        1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Slovakia Hungary
        1 infantry moved from Belarus to Smolensk
        1 aaGun moved from Belarus to Baltic States
        1 infantry moved from Belarus to Eastern Poland
        3 artilleries moved from Belarus to Baltic States
        3 infantry moved from Novgorod to Baltic States
        1 artillery moved from Archangel to Novgorod

    Place Units - Germans
        1 submarine placed in 112 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in France
        1 artillery, 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in Western Germany
        1 mech_infantry placed in Novgorod
        3 mech_infantrys placed in Germany

    Turn Complete - Germans
        Germans collect 41 PUs; end with 41 PUs
        Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 46 PUs
        Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 51 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Americans regular : -0,00
Americans AA : 0,00
Germans regular : -5,17

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[gamerman01]

Thanks for the feedback, and I really enjoyed the game!
I also thought that it was a mistake to go after UK wounded BB and destroyer with 2 bombers, but if you had only lost one it wouldn’t be so bad.

I would enjoy listing some observations I had to help you improve, since you said it was welcome. I’m going to church now, so will get to it later today.

I really enjoyed the game and not just because I was winning, so I’d enjoy playing as Axis, which I think is what you were offering. I don’t play the Axis much, and I’m pretty sure I’m much weaker there, so maybe you will not get beat so fast. ;)

[gamerman01]

I assume you will have a bid of 20 that you bid last game -
sub 106, sub 98, art alexandria, art AES

Now if I can figure out how to get TripleA to start the game. I do have some more info from panther

[elche]

Nice to play again. I will change the bid please. Only 18 like you.
des sz106, sub sz98 and art in Alex.

[gamerman01]

OK, got the bid.
Starting to work on comments for you

#1 I think Japan going to Russia on round 1 and breaking neutrality on round 2 was a mistake. Those transports should be pointed South at UK/US. It’s great to take Russian money and get more Japanese for several rounds, but is why India got out of control quickly

[gamerman01]

Bad luck denied you Vichy, so that wasn’t good for you.
Would have destroyed the UK bomber on Syria, too.
Tank on artillery was really risky, though. You needed the bomber in 97 but also in Normandy.

#2 G2 2 bombers on 2 UK ships. Dice made you pay too. Germany can’t really recover from that big loss

#3 German air raids in Med of allied ships, especially French ones. Not worth risking the loss of 1-2 or more German planes that are worth a lot more than those ships. Many players look at TUV change and the purchase cost of the units destroyed, but this is especially deceiving in G40. German planes are worth more than any other nation’s planes and certainly more than 3 French and UK boats scattered in the Med.

#4 G3 carrier and destroyer buy isn’t necessarily bad, but is 24 IPC’s not sent at Russia. I think the carrier buy was necessary to attack 109, but costly

#5 G3 attack on 109, I scrambled and you lost 4 planes. Again, G planes are much more valuable than UK planes because they can be used on 2 fronts.

#6 J3 too much sent at Russia and China. #1 priority should be India. Taking India puts the Allies in a terrible bind.

#7 I3 you must not throw away the Italian tank like that. Desperately needed for can openers and/or taking territories in Russia for German planes to land on.

More after lunch!

[gamerman01]

#8 continuing the battle in Egypt with 2 planes, 1 bomber vs art, mech, fighter is not a good idea. And then 1 bomber vs 1 plane. The Italian bomber is more valuable then the UK plane, for can opener possibilities on Russia.

#9 J4, Japan needs to have more than 1 complex on Asia. Maybe Hong Kong here. Probably should declare war with Japan no later than J3. You might have delayed because of transports going up to Russia Round 1

#10 Not sure, but on I4 you attacked one infantry in WUK with Italian inf/art, the last Italian units on the front. If you would have been able to hold WUK with German air, it would be good, but if not, it’s bad to lose the last Italian ground units on an attack that may only net 2 IPC’s

#11 J6 you shouldn’t attack 2 Chinese with 3 artillery that the Chinese can easily kill on counterattack. The only Japanese transport is up in Russia and the UK and China can move freely because of all the reasons I listed before.

Round 6, game is lost. Germans don’t have enough to push within 1 territory of Moscow and can’t hold Ukraine. Italy has not boats and no presence in Russia. German fleet gambit was interesting, but can’t hurt Allied fleet and guarding West Germany and Denmark is the main accomplishment.
Japan has half of China and several Russian territories, but there is no hope of getting India ever.

In my experience, the Axis must crush either Russia or China to have a chance. Or, capture India or Moscow.
If Axis dominate Russia and China, they’re probably going to win. If they take India and Moscow, the Allies are usually doomed.

Therefore, Axis strategy must be to take Moscow and India, and at least get one. This is why Italian can openers and lots of German spending for units to go East is very important, and it is very important for Japan to try hard to get India while not losing a lot of fleet and/or planes in the Pacific. Every plane lost to America is a plane that can’t threaten India. Every plane Germany loses cannot threaten either front. These are some of my “secrets”.

I’m not sure when I will get game 2 going, but I’ll private message you when it is!

[gamerman01]

Again, good game and thanks!
All your moves and decisions that are not mentioned below were decent, or very good decision in my opinion! Hope this helps.

[elche]

Hello Ted,

thank you for that work.

#1 next games I dont attack russia and will wait with war against USA up to R4
didnt see I can destroy bomber
italian bomber better attack Novgorod with 2 tanks because good chance to kill russian fig.
#2 silly but hoped for good dice
#3 you are right
#4 attack on sz109 was too expensive
#5 you are right
#6 you are right- attack on Russia is not necessary and expensive
#7 hoped to kill russian fig. Maybe this attack I would try again with italian bomber.
#8 you are right- sometimes I click again because I am angry with the dice- its silly
#9 Maybe first game I didnt buy 2nd complex and I think you was very fast to push me back. But you are right.
#10 will do that in next games
#11 I thought game is lost without help from Marti but you are right
#12 you are right with your tactics. Believe me, I tried it in the game against you but there was at least one problem- the enemy or only bad dice :blush:
#13 I didnt believe any word of this sentence from you: I don’t play the Axis much, and I’m pretty sure I’m much weaker there, so maybe you will not get beat so fast.
#14 What did Harry learn in this game.
a) 1+ with * for playing Anzac, I play like Level4 in much games
b) nice play with your transports
c) offer attacks up to 30:70 against you but AAgun can hit
d) use subs for blockades, I realize it in my running game
e) game was lost with declaration of war to UK/ANZAC in R3
f) play like you in SouthEastAsia
g) thats all I think

Have a good week
Greetings from Germany

[gamerman01]

I wouldn’t want to be the guy facing your Axis next time.
Glad I could help!
Not sure when I’ll tackle the whole setup of our next game and doing G1 - I need to get work done!

Soon, though

Have a great week

[gamerman01]

Excuse me, I just realized that yes you did attack J3, I’m just still confused about the America thing :p :p

[elche]

I will wait for Revanche.
Have fun and good luck.
Please tell me how to set up the game.

[elche]

Maybe you need my E-Mail: harry@mwienzek.de
My Bid: des sz106, sub sz98 and art in Alex

[gamerman01]

Let’s see if the PBEM option works. I’ve read that it does.

Here is G1 CM file including your bid

Scramble to 110 or 111?

G1 CM.tsvg