Elche +10 v Gamerman01 BM4


  • Casualty choice for Rostov - lose AA or not?

    G10 casualty.tsvg


  • I’ll put that you lose all infantry and save the AA. There’s no way I’m going a 2nd round.

    If you want to lose the AA, just swap it out for an infantry on R10.



  • It is really very very hard to play against you :cold_sweat:
    I have to think about more pressure against Germany, this is not enough but there are the pesky Italians in Egypt :angry:


  • Game History

    Round: 10
    
        Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 2 artilleries and 8 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 
    
        Combat Move - Russians
            2 infantry moved from Archangel to Belarus
            2 infantry moved from Bryansk to Western Ukraine
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Bryansk to Western Ukraine
            1 fighter moved from Bryansk to Belarus
            1 infantry moved from Central Mongolia to Buyant-Uhaa
                  Russians take Buyant-Uhaa from Japanese
    
        Combat - Russians
            Battle in Western Ukraine
                Russians attack with 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Germans defend with 1 infantry
                    Russians roll dice for 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Western Ukraine, round 2 : 2/4 hits, 1,50 expected hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Western Ukraine, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Western Ukraine
                Russians win, taking Western Ukraine from Germans with 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
            Battle in Belarus
                Russians attack with 1 fighter and 2 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 infantry
                    Russians roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Belarus, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 0,83 expected hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Belarus, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Belarus
                Russians win, taking Belarus from Germans with 1 fighter and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
    
        Non Combat Move - Russians
            1 aaGun and 2 artilleries moved from Archangel to Smolensk
            1 infantry moved from Vologda to Archangel
            1 infantry moved from Vologda to Smolensk
            2 infantry moved from Volgograd to Rostov
            1 infantry moved from Bryansk to Rostov
            6 infantry moved from Russia to Bryansk
            1 fighter moved from Western Ukraine to Bryansk
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Ukraine to Bryansk
            1 fighter moved from Belarus to Bryansk
            1 infantry moved from Bryansk to Rostov
            1 infantry moved from Bryansk to Rostov
            1 infantry moved from Russia to Bryansk
            2 infantry moved from Bryansk to Rostov
            1 infantry moved from Central Mongolia to Ulaanbaatar
    
        Place Units - Russians
            2 artilleries and 8 infantry placed in Russia
    
        Turn Complete - Russians
            Russians collect 29 PUs; end with 29 PUs
            Trigger Russians 2 Persia Lend Lease Lane: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 31 PUs
            Trigger Russians 5 Persia Lend Lease Lane War With Japan: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 33 PUs
    

    Combat Hit Differential Summary :

    Germans regular : -0,67
    Russians regular : 0,67
    

    r10.tsvg


  • You’ve gone 10 rounds and it’s still hard. You keep narrowing the gap


  • I immediately changed my casualty choice in Z37 after the defense dice were rolled -
    According to the rulebook the subs and the destroyer would all be rolled before the attacker would have to make a casualty choice (I had a destroyer present).

    Pretty sure - it is late and I don’t want to think about it 3 different ways.


  • This was a pretty evil move. I hope you have a hard time with it. :flushed:

    J10.tsvg

    You are good enough that I have to be more careful.


  • For me its much harder to win with the Axis in BM. Therefore I wanted that you play Axis. But I need 10 more rounds to make real danger.

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    I am happy for the immediate post - yes I am up late.

    I do like some of the strategies I’ve figured out with the Axis, but facing @MrRoboto and @Farmboy - they are much stronger with the Axis than I am.

    As an experienced Allied player I know it is very stressful with Axis is doing well on both sides and has India and Egypt or Russia. Very stressful.


  • I used Guam as a strategic landing place instead of just a “have to land somewhere” place - I am so excited!


  • And I know you’re gonna HATE the New Britain landing.


  • I take a look in your game against MrRoboto.
    And we talk about the game but I say nothing to your tactic. My comment was : ich kenne niemanden der die Russen besser spielt als gamerman - I knew nobody who plays russians better than gamerman- you can follow our chat but its in german.


  • Oh wow am I happy to hear that.
    When I learned the game in high school and had to play against myself most of the time, back with old classic version I loved playing Russia the best.

    My family member (Boldresh on this site) thought he was unbeatable with Germany. He would always buy 6 tanks G1 and steamroll his little brother. From playing against myself, I discovered the great defensive power of infantry, and later discovered that the Allies could really get a lot to defend Moscow, quickly. You had to be quick because Germany takes and holds Karelia, builds units right there next to Moscow, and that’s game. One thing I did was buy a carrier on UK1 and then fly 2 US planes onto it US1. So 2 US planes were on Moscow US2.

    I loved the tank miniatures, and I thought the Russian pieces were the best. I have always thought that my Russian play was unusually good, and playing online over the years I found this was true. So it means a lot if someone I’ve played several games with, says so.

    You have learned to buy infantry and artillery exclusively, and you buy correct ratios of them. I am stalled out and just happy to not be retreating yet. I have some significant tips for you, but definitely not until I win this game :joy:

    I know what it’s like to teach someone and they are then hard to beat and I even lose to them. JDOW played me, talked to me a lot, and shadowed me until he won back to back championships. So I humbly say I think I am an effective teacher.


  • @gamerman01 said in Elche +10 v Gamerman01 BM4:

    My family member (Boldresh on this site) thought he was unbeatable with Germany. He would always buy 6 tanks G1 and steamroll his little brother. From playing against myself, I discovered the great defensive power of infantry, and later discovered that the Allies could really get a lot to defend Moscow, quickly. You had to be quick because Germany takes and holds Karelia, builds units right there next to Moscow, and that’s game. One thing I did was buy a carrier on UK1 and then fly 2 US planes onto it US1. So 2 US planes were on Moscow US2.

    We were in our teenage years when we discovered the game. When he came to my house for the first big showdown, he bought 6 tanks with Germany. I bought 8 infantry with Russia. He knew this was bad news for him so he immediately said “you can’t buy 8 infantry with Russia”. I asked why. He said because it’s unrealistic - the Russians in real life couldn’t have raised an infantry army like that so fast.

    I guess he didn’t know history very well. After some argument, I held my ground and said it was according to the rules and probably pointed out that he bought 6 tanks. Pretty sure I went on to win. He challenged me dozens of games on this site years ago, and he didn’t win very many of them.


  • But Boldresh made me a much stronger player. Mainly because he was hyper-aggressive and always looking for gimmick plays. I learned to anticipate everything - the most aggressive and unconventional strategies you could think of.

    I looked at PacifiersBoard game against Me1945 in the first round of the playoffs this year while I was waiting for a move from you, and checking out Me1945. PacifiersBoard played a lot like Boldresh. He’s the only one I’ve seen play like that since Boldresh. They like gimmicks especially attacking true neutrals, and building air and naval bases in odd places, by one ally to launch another ally.

    So playing against this type of guerilla, desperate warfare did strengthen my play. When I prepare for a radical, surprise assault on Moscow, I am prepared for every single aircraft to come at me suddenly, and for my opponent to buy 3 tanks on Ukraine, 3 tacs on Leningrad, and as many strategic bombers as possible on West Germany. I have NEVER had anyone but Boldresh do this kind of thing, but I’m always ready for it.


  • I should make an edit before I go to bed. I made a mistake, because I see you can blitz Amur with no risk. I was OK with you driving into Korea, but I am not OK with allowing a blitz and back of Amur! I’m going to leave an infantry there so you can’t take it without a fight.

    I trust that even if you started your USA move this is of no consequence, but you can disallow without giving any reason.

    J10 edit.tsvg


  • That is a big difference to me. I learned the classic version with 28. You have 20 years advantage.
    But I conquer you- just for fun and in the end of the year maybe- for a classic game.
    I play it 1-2 times a year - for fun and remember old times


  • Normally is it a fast game.


  • If you still awake, here is something to think about during the night.
    Scramble sz112, I will attack Denmark with USA.

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