@pacifiersboard Scramble sz 111 & 110?
L23 BM4 Gamerman (Allies+10) vs Roboto (Axis)
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Funny how some of these rules that seem so fringe can really have big impacts!
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I will also admit that I had to take an awful risk in 96. There is a 5% chance your transport survives, and a 2.5% chance both your destroyer and transport survives. If the destroyer isn’t sunk, UK can’t stop Vichy. My risky UK1 gives chance for the nightmare scenario that all 3 Italian transports survive. But against a good player you have to take risks like this
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Game History
Round: 4 Purchase Units - Japanese Japanese buy 1 carrier, 2 factory_minors, 6 infantry and 2 submarines; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 6 SuicideAttackTokens; Combat Move - Japanese 1 tactical_bomber moved from 35 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 42 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Suiyuyan to Shensi 1 infantry moved from Hopei to Shensi 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Kiangsu to Shensi 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Hunan to Szechwan 1 infantry moved from Kweichow to Szechwan 2 bombers moved from Hunan to Szechwan 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Kiangsi to Yunnan 2 infantry moved from Hunan to Yunnan 1 infantry moved from Shan State to Yunnan Combat - Japanese Battle in 33 Sea Zone Japanese attack with 1 tactical_bomber ANZAC defend with 1 transport 1 transport owned by the ANZAC lost in 33 Sea Zone Japanese win with 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7 Casualties for ANZAC: 1 transport Battle in 44 Sea Zone Japanese attack with 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber Americans defend with 1 submarine Japanese roll dice for 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber in 44 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 1,50 expected hits Americans roll dice for 1 submarine in 44 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,17 expected hits 1 submarine owned by the Americans lost in 44 Sea Zone Japanese win, taking 44 Sea Zone from Americans with 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6 Casualties for Americans: 1 submarine Battle in Szechwan Japanese attack with 2 bombers, 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber Chinese defend with 2 infantry Japanese roll dice for 2 bombers, 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Szechwan, round 2 : 3/5 hits, 2,67 expected hits Chinese roll dice for 2 infantry in Szechwan, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0,67 expected hits 2 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Szechwan Japanese win, taking Szechwan from Chinese with 2 bombers, 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6 Casualties for Chinese: 2 infantry Battle in Yunnan Japanese attack with 1 fighter, 3 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber British defend with 2 infantry Japanese roll dice for 1 fighter, 3 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Yunnan, round 2 : 2/5 hits, 1,67 expected hits Chinese roll dice for 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0,67 expected hits 2 infantry owned by the British lost in Yunnan Japanese win, taking Yunnan from Chinese with 1 fighter, 3 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6 Casualties for British: 2 infantry Battle in Shensi Japanese attack with 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber Chinese defend with 2 infantry Japanese roll dice for 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Shensi, round 2 : 2/4 hits, 1,50 expected hits Chinese roll dice for 2 infantry in Shensi, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0,67 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Shensi 2 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Shensi Japanese win, taking Shensi from Chinese with 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Casualties for Chinese: 2 infantry Non Combat Move - Japanese Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Changing ownership of Guam from Americans to Japanese EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode 1 infantry moved from Chahar to Suiyuyan 1 infantry moved from Anhwe to Chahar 1 infantry moved from Anhwe to Hopei 1 infantry moved from Anhwe to Kweichow 2 infantry moved from Anhwe to Hunan 1 artillery moved from Hunan to Kwangsi 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Kwangtung to Kwangsi 1 infantry moved from Malaya to Shan State 1 aaGun, 1 armour, 1 artillery and 7 infantry moved from Manchuria to Jehol 1 armour moved from Jehol to Anhwe 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Shantung to Anhwe 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Kiangsu to 6 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from 6 Sea Zone to Japan 1 fighter moved from Hunan to 6 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from Java to 42 Sea Zone 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 42 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from 36 Sea Zone to French Indo China 1 infantry moved from Borneo to 43 Sea Zone 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 43 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Philippines to 35 Sea Zone 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 35 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from 36 Sea Zone to Kwangsi 1 infantry moved from Philippines to 35 Sea Zone 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 35 Sea Zone to 21 Sea Zone 1 destroyer moved from 6 Sea Zone to 21 Sea Zone 1 battleship moved from 35 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone 1 submarine moved from 35 Sea Zone to 21 Sea Zone 1 carrier and 1 fighter moved from 35 Sea Zone to 21 Sea Zone 1 tactical_bomber moved from 33 Sea Zone to 21 Sea Zone 1 cruiser moved from 35 Sea Zone to 21 Sea Zone 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 3 destroyers and 2 submarines moved from 42 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 44 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone 1 transport moved from 37 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Sumatra to 41 Sea Zone 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 41 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from 36 Sea Zone to Kwangsi 1 carrier, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 37 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from 21 Sea Zone to Guam 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Szechwan to Anhwe 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Shensi to Hopei 2 bombers moved from Szechwan to Kwangtung 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Yunnan to Kwangtung Place Units - Japanese 1 carrier and 2 submarines placed in 6 Sea Zone 1 factory_minor placed in French Indo China 1 factory_minor placed in Kwangtung 3 infantry placed in Shantung 3 infantry placed in Manchuria Turn Complete - Japanese Japanese collect 62 PUs; end with 62 PUs Objective Japanese 6 Home Islands: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 65 PUs Objective Japanese 4 Control Dutch East Indies: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 70 PUsCombat Hit Differential Summary :
Chinese regular : -1,00 Americans regular : -0,17 Japanese regular : 1,67 -
So again, I think you’re possibly right that 92 is the move to make (but I couldn’t because of no G1 buy), but I’m not sure because it might seal Egypt’s doom. Well, I guess if you have all these planes on 92 and Gibraltar, they could go to Egypt.
What is your experience?
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I can play US/UK now, actually.
I hadn’t realized Japan can build minors in 6 different territories not counting Korea.
I think G40 has always had the no island complexes rules, but in AA50 you could. We started house-ruling that you couldn’t (AA50)
I do remember the original rules for G40 had absolutely not limit on scrambles, so people would put AB on Java and stack it up with fighters
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I hit the 2.5% in my last game against Simon, where the Italian destroyer lived.
That was really bad, because my whole UK1 turn was based on merging in 92 which was not possible anymore. I lost Egypt as a result later on. I liberated Cairo later and I think I’m gonna win this game, but that’s partly because A) I had some luck in Pacific, which gave USA the possibility to invest more in Europe and B) I think I am a better player than simon. Against an equally strong player, that would have been game over.
Merging in UK92 with the airbase seems the way to go. Even a destroyer blocking the fleet will not help Italy much, because the fighter stack at Gibraltar can sink the Italian fleet anyway. Happened to me in another game just recently. I went all-in on TRJ and Alexandria in Ita1, blocking the UK fleet. German planes secured Alexandria.
UK2 sunk the Italian navy with air only, landing the surviving planes in cairo. Had barely enough to defend - but barely enough is still enough, since Italy can’t reinforce without a navy.
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I only tried the no-buy in G1 twice now (mainly because I am Allies in the majority of my games).
Against you and against Ghostglider.My whole idea is to deny an Egypt factory or Gib Airbase in UK1 without comitting to a big navy. Since I plan a G4 DOW anyway, I don’t need the land units earlier.
I have to admit though (And I think I already did), the German campaign against Russia is my weakest part of the game. So a G4 DOW is maybe not the best choice,I don’t know.
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You’re good. That J4 was crisp, and the Chinese are overwhelmed with a tiny bit of dice help. But you lost 4 footsoldiers on J1 so you deserve it.
Thanks for sharing the experience, I can visualize what you’re talking about. If you’re going to 92, you should hit 96 with 3 units minimum, I suppose you know that now.
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I don’t like UK Egypt complex for various reasons, but your no-buy keeps fighters at home in London which forced me to do risky 96 and 97
Maybe you already realized that, but just in case, thought I’d point it out for you
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Yep - a lesson learned the hard way.
If the gameplan relies on merging in 92, you better shrink those SZ96 chances to <1% -
@gamerman01 said in L23 BM4 Gamerman (Allies+10) vs Roboto (Axis):
That J4 was crisp,
Thanks mate!
I’m usually quite proud of the way I play Japan. Of course one can always improve, but Pacific almost always looks quite well for my axis.
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Unfortunately, as I like to call it, the USSR/German front is “the only front that matters”. Of course, doing well in other places allows you to get more units there
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Eh, well, with sneaky Japan 6 city victories, I suppose I’m in big trouble in the Pacific
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@gamerman01 said in L23 BM4 Gamerman (Allies+10) vs Roboto (Axis):
Of course, doing well in other places allows you to get more units there
Exactly.
Everything is connected basically. WHEN I win with Axis, I usually get Moscow last after I won other areas - Japan often sucks so many resources from US, sometimes even getting the middle east and therefore even sucking resources from UK too. Russia can’t stand against Germany forever without help… -
Looking at the game state, I still think you are slightly favoured.
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I don’t even want to know how fast you ripped off that J4. A big part of my success is having unlimited time :hushed:
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I think I see an unconventional move coming on… :grinning:
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@gamerman01 said in L23 BM4 Gamerman (Allies+10) vs Roboto (Axis):
A big part of my success is having unlimited time :hushed:
I also owe a lot to dozens of games against a highly intelligent, highly unconventional, highly aggressive family member I used to play. He was Boldfresh on this site, you may see (if you click on the people icon at the ribbon at the top of the page) he is still one of the top posters on the site.
I learned to watch for every possibility, especially powers working together and launching new airbases/naval bases. I almost never miss those. But when you see something and your opponent doesn’t, and you guard against something you don’t need to, turns out to be a detriment!
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Yeah I have played against Boldfresh in 2014 and lost.
I feel your argument! I feel like I guard against so many things that my opponent wouldn’t even consider - although you actually never know!
I have lost countless times against all sorts of can openers though, I am really alert to those right now. I overprotect Denmark for example, in my game against Ghostglider right now.
Can openers are also why I value the Russian sub or a German bomber in China so much.What’s more frustrating than unnecessary guarding: When an opponent MISSES something that gives me a great opportunity but the dice saves him. Against Aquitas et Veritas right now, he missed some bombers I had, which gave me a 87% chance to sink the complete Allied navy - would have been game over right then and there. But the dice saved him and my attack backfired - allowing him to the secure the money islands and now Japan is in big trouble actually.
Or when my opponent misses a can opener I have, which would allow me to get a HUGE opportunity like conquering Rome or even Berlin … and then the can opener fails. It’s still super weak play from my opponent when he gives me a 40% or higher chance to outright win the game and I just hate it when that doesn’t get punished haha
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Oh yeah. Russian sub, and German bomber(s) - I like German bombers vs. US destroyers.
Don’t worry, I punished AeV for you a year ago. He built all US bombers one turn, and flew them to Korea with a Russian stack there. The odds weren’t great for me to go all the way through the battle, but I couldn’t let all of those US bombers stay unmolested. I had enough ground that I could absorb a round and retreat the air if it didn’t go well.
Well I mowed the whole stack down only losing about 1 Jap fighter to AA. His calculator was taking all bombers first, before infantry and of course that isn’t what he actually took. He also didn’t consider a hit and run. He was mad, which is saying something for AeV.
It seems like a very long time since I’ve pounced on a mistake and got burned. I don’t think opponents are making many blunders against me, or I’m not seeing them
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