L24 bm4 axis-dom (axis) vs farmboy (allies+17)

[farmboy]

@axis-dominion In round 1 (when you add the bombardment) the trade, on average, would have slightly favoured me. I figured I have little to lose at this point with the gamble and the most likely outcome was either attrition that favoured me or was at least close to even. The dice decided otherwise. as I hit 5 below and you hit 2 above.

[axis-dominion]

it’s much worse than that tho, you’re about to lose your entire navy, something which you can’t afford… that was your only euro navy basically. at this point euro axis will completely dominate the waters and air. japan can easily afford to lose that particular fleet and still be totally fine in the pac

[axis-dominion]

i did give you slight odds on india shud you have attacked afghan with the US but i figured the price of giving me a ton of free units and territories would outweigh a loss in india. that was my gambit for the game

[axis-dominion]

well, i’m about to make this game even more interesting lol

[farmboy]

@axis-dominion yeah, I was setting up for that as an option, but it wasn’t going to be worth it unless I had near 100% odds. I had contemplated stacking W India with the rest of the UK units and forcing my way back there, but didn’t like giving Germany such a free hand in the middle east.

And yes, I hate to lose the navy

[axis-dominion]

sorry, i paused this to complete my turn in adam’s game. back to this

[axis-dominion]

TripleA Turn Summary: Italians round 20

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3

Game History

Round: 20

    Purchase Units - Italians
        Italians buy 1 airfield; Remaining resources: 5 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Italians
        1 infantry moved from Yugoslavia to Albania
              Italians take Albania from Americans
        1 mech_infantry moved from Northwest Persia to Trans-Jordan
              Italians take Trans-Jordan from British
        2 infantry moved from Belarus to Archangel
        1 bomber moved from Southern Italy to Archangel

    Combat - Italians
        Battle in Archangel
            Italians attack with 1 bomber and 2 infantry
            Russians defend with 1 infantry
                Italians roll dice for 1 bomber and 2 infantry in Archangel, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Archangel, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Archangel
            Italians win, taking Archangel from Russians with 1 bomber and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Italians
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from 94 Sea Zone: 1 transport
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        1 bomber moved from Archangel to Novgorod
        3 armour and 5 mech_infantrys moved from Northwest Persia to Trans-Jordan
        2 aaGuns and 4 infantry moved from Yugoslavia to Romania
        3 fighters moved from Western Germany to Novgorod
        2 artilleries and 9 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Southern France
        1 aaGun, 3 artilleries and 13 infantry moved from Southern Italy to Northern Italy
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to Northern Italy
        2 tactical_bombers moved from Western Germany to Northern Italy
        3 infantry moved from Bulgaria to Romania
        3 artilleries moved from Bulgaria to Romania

    Place Units - Italians
        1 airfield placed in Northern Italy
        Italians undo move 1.
        1 airfield placed in Northern Italy

    Turn Complete - Italians
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 3
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 93 Sea Zone. Rolls: 6,4
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 97 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,1
        Italians collect 13 PUs (3 lost to blockades); end with 18 PUs
        Objective Italians 1 Control The Mediterranean: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 23 PUs
        Objective Italians 4 Control Iraq Or Persia Or Northwest Persia: Italians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 25 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italians regular : 1.00
Russians regular : -0.33

Savegame

[farmboy]

@axis-dominion Part of me wants to see the outcome of any number of battles next turn Persia, Greece, Sz80, potentially Gibraltar, and SZ33, but better I concede here. I’ve been losing for a while and getting more desperate. Thanks for the fun game!

[axis-dominion]

@farmboy said in L24 bm4 axis-dom (axis) vs farmboy (allies+17):

@axis-dominion Part of me wants to see the outcome of any number of battles next turn Persia, Greece, Sz80, potentially Gibraltar, and SZ33, but better I concede here. I’ve been losing for a while and getting more desperate. Thanks for the fun game!

yah good call, this game was downhill for you but that failed attack on iraq sealed it. you’d only prolong the inevitable. i wouldn’t even need to take any significant risks, just conquer egypt, mop up all navy west of the pacific/india, and just control the game from there.

i think you made one too many sacrifices that ultimately didn’t pay out.

allies are very tough! i too am struggling vs adam’s axis.

anyway, good game! i’m up for a rematch any time.

[farmboy]

@axis-dominion I’ll be up for another in a bit. I need to recover and I owe a couple of games too. I’ve generally gotten a lot better at playing more patient and avoiding trying to force things with sacrifices. But you and Adam always force me to play desperate and these bad habits reemerge.