L22 Pejon_88 (X) vs. Gamerman01 (+12) BM4 game1

[Pejon_88]

@gamerman01 Yeah, that’s the pessimist in me thinking if Germany keeps all air and I am left with none, Sealion is near. On the other hand, I think I have only been Sealioned once, by @aagamerz13. But that was not until after Moscow had fallen, so maybe doesn’t count? Haha.

[gamerman01]

@pejon_88 said in L22 Pejon_88 (X) vs. Gamerman01 (+12) BM4 game1:

One can get really into a game of AA since we spend so many hours with it

Isn’t that the truth.

and therefore look at it wrong in a sense, especially when it comes to the dice part. It’s easy to blame the dice, right?! I was really surprised awhile back when @AndrewAAGamer told me how sees it. He told me that he would very rarely rely on anything other than a 100% battle (I’m paraphrasing here). When starting to play here I made the same mistake as any new player, thinking a 90% battle is a sure win. Learnt that lesson again in this game (think I had 92%).

My old childhood A&A rival used to love complaining about the dice a lot. I would say, well, there was a 2% chance that would happen and he famously said “2 percenters sure seem to happen a lot in this game” Of course, it’s really 4% because there is 2 on either end.

but I really wanted to max out on the SZs 110 or 111 without additional UK units to support. Something that is rarely seen.

Please explain what you’re saying, I don’t follow

Yeah the only issue with that move I’ve realized is if the opponent tries to stack Yunnan with USSR and possibly UK. Then you need all air in strike-distance of Yunnan :)

You mean with USSR declaring war on Japan round 1? And also UK unprovoked? I don’t know, my brain is just a little foggy this afternoon

[gamerman01]

Don’t tell Mom, but z gave me a HELL of a time this year. Great game. I don’t recall there being very unusual dice either, he must have just brought his A+ game because I am very surprised after that extremely tough game that he turns in so many losses.

[gamerman01]

Maybe I broke him :grinning:

[gamerman01]

Scramble orders for the brand new shiny Italian fighter to 97? Just as the PTSD was starting to set in… Well, it’s war. French are trying to mop up :O

F1 97.tsvg

[Pejon_88]

Regarding my attack on SZ110 and SZ111 I though they were safe from any scrambling. I maxed both SZs best I could (well except one sub to be honest) and thought they were safe from scrambling. Usually you see an extra fig in Scotland or a sub in either SZ, which would make it impossible to hit both SZs safely with Germany. In this game you hadn’t put anything extra to protect those SZs, which made into a sugar trap and I bit :D

Yes exactly. You want to threaten Yunnan and Szechuan with Japanese air so Allies don’t stack in those. at least to me, my first goal with Japan is to negate Allies that opportunity.

[Pejon_88]

@gamerman01 He plays it aggressive, but maybe less so now than before. The game I lost to him was I think last year when he steamrolled through Europe with Germany and suddenly he had taken Moscow haha!

[gamerman01]

That is a high compliment. I do take pride in G1 scrambles that most players refuse to do. I figured I didn’t need any of them for UK1 attacks, courtesy of the 2 bid subs. Without them, I wouldn’t scramble 4 because would need for 97. I didn’t do 97 one time and quickly lost, with Italy getting to Red Sea and India quickly. I didn’t know what hit me. So saving fleet in 92 with airbase is probably a stronger move, but I am scared of 2 Italian transports instead of 1.

And German air scare the crap out of me. You don’t know how many times I was sweating it out with Russia when my childhood rival, Boldfresh on this site, was fantastic at stacking one front, and swiftly getting back to the other.

I learned that every German plane down greatly increases my chances of holding with Russia.

[Pejon_88]

@gamerman01 Yup expected and calculated for. I need to continue going by luck for a while, so scramble it is!

[gamerman01]

@pejon_88 said in L22 Pejon_88 (X) vs. Gamerman01 (+12) BM4 game1:

@gamerman01 He plays it aggressive, but maybe less so now than before. The game I lost to him was I think last year when he steamrolled through Europe with Germany and suddenly he had taken Moscow haha!

z absolutely had me until round 9, when he gave it away by breaking his mobile German force in Russia into pieces and I started picking them off. India should have been doomed and also the game. He gave it back to me in 1 round after 8 solids

[gamerman01]

You can’t win against an equal player if you’re too cautious, i.e. afraid of the dice beating you.

[Pejon_88]

@gamerman01 I understand and can relate to all the above :)

[Pejon_88]

@gamerman01 Oh wow, that’s tough. I had JDOW in a strangle hold also, but then made one tactical error (I think leaving my Italian built fleet for the taking) and that was it. I rarely build navy with Italy anymore hahah.

[Pejon_88]

@gamerman01 Fair enough! But then it’s also those times you really curse the dice, right?!

[Pejon_88]

@pejon_88 It’s getting late here in Stockholm so I’ll be back tomorrow for G2. With some luck I’ll get rid of those 2 figs in Greece ;)

[gamerman01]

Did you see my need for scramble orders in there?

[gamerman01]

I have been angry at the dice more than I should, absolutely

[gamerman01]

Oh, those 2 fighters in Greece are dead meat. I’m trying to set up some other targets because you can’t hit them all, but I don’t really know what you’re going to do. I did assume a Greece crush :D

[gamerman01]

@gamerman01 said in L22 Pejon_88 (X) vs. Gamerman01 (+12) BM4 game1:

Scramble orders for the brand new shiny Italian fighter to 97? Just as the PTSD was starting to set in… Well, it’s war. French are trying to mop up :O

F1 97.tsvg

[Pejon_88]

@gamerman01 haha yeah I answered yes to scramble. We write too much 😁