Gsh34 (axis) vs. Axisplaya (allies) Alpha +3

[Axisplaya]

Anzac 11

Buy:
1AC (16)
1inf (3)

No CM

NCM

ss sz62 + tr loaded » sz42
tr sz42 » sz61

Place 1AC sz62, 1inf Nsw

Collect : 19 IPC

I will also add an US NCM if you don’t mind : 2fgt Haw » Que

gsh34_vs_axisplaya_11gAn.AAM

[gsh34]

Italy, round 11

Purchase:  17 ipc to spend
Air Base (15)
save 2
total = 17

Combat:

to Irq: (mech)
inf, art Npr
2 fig Cau (2 move remain)

to Sam: (inf)
2 mech, sbr (4 move remain) Cau

[gsh34]

Battle for Irq:

attacker: inf, art, 2 fig
Rolls: 2@2 2@3; Total Hits: 22@2: (5, 6)2@3: (3, 3)

defender: mech
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (6)

[gsh34]

Irq twol

Battle for Sam:

attacker: 2 mech, sbr
Rolls: 2@1 1@4; Total Hits: 22@1: (3, 1)1@4: (1)

defender: inf
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (6)

[gsh34]

Sam twol

NCM:

to Den:
8 inf, 4 mech Wgr

to Cau:
2 inf, mech, art Npr
sbr Sam
2 fig Irq

Placement:
Air Base in Bry

Collect Income:
18 territory + 6 NO -12 CRD + 2 saved = 14 ipc

Note:  I placed a marker on Denmark and those units are displayed in z124

gsh34_vs_axisplaya_11hItaly.AAM

[Axisplaya]

Man…there are some troops in Europe…
Very discouraging…even Denmark is heavily defended…

France 11

1inf Alx » Egy
2inf Alg » Tun

gsh34_vs_axisplaya_11iFra.AAM

[gsh34]

Germany, round 12

Purchase: 83 ipc to spend
6 tank (36)
13 inf (39)
2 art ( 8 )
total = 83 ipc

Combat:

to Volo: inf
2 inf Arch
inf Smo
sbr Vol (4 move remain)

to Sib: (walk in)
tank Amu via Sak

[gsh34]

Battle for Volo: inf

attacker: 3 inf, sbr
Rolls: 3@1 1@4; Total Hits: 23@1: (1, 1, 4)1@4: (6)

defender: inf
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 11@2: (2)

[gsh34]

Volo twlo inf

NCM:

to Wgr:
3 fig, 4 tac Bry
3 inf Fra

to z113:
5 TT z115
fig, tac Nov

to Den:
4 inf Wgr

to Bry:
11 mech, 3 art Sukr
4 mech Epl
3 art Ros
3 tank Vol
3 art Bel
tank Arch
3 tank Nov

to Nukr:
3 mech Hun

to Vol:
sbr Volo

to Tam:
1 inf Bry

to Smo:
1 inf Bry

Placement:
3 tank Vol
3 tank Sukr
10 inf Wgr
3 inf, 2 art Ger

Collect Income:
71 territory + 20 NO - 6 CD = 85 ipc

@Axisplaya:

Man…there are some troops in Europe…
Very discouraging…even Denmark is heavily defended…

Yep, and it won’t be getting any easier for you.  As I’m sure you can tell, I’m setting up for the battle for Moscow next round.  I don’t need to produce expensive units to push against Russia anymore so I’ll just be max building inf and artillery with Germany.  It may take me a while to walk somewhere, but I’ll have a supply chain behind any initial movements that I make.

gsh34_vs_axisplaya_12aGermany.AAM

[Axisplaya]

Russia 12

Buy: 2art (8)

CM

Sam (2mec)
1inf, 3fgt, 2tac Rus

Rolls: 1@1 3@3 2@4; Total Hits: 21@1: (6)3@3: (6, 6, 5)2@4: (1, 2)

Rolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 12@2: (2, 5)

[Axisplaya]

Sam cwlo 1inf

NCM

3fgt, 2tac Sam » Gre

Place 2art Rus

Collect : 4IPC

gsh34_vs_axisplaya_12bRus.AAM

[gsh34]

Japan, round 12

Purchase: 61 ipc to spend
2 CV (32)
tac (11)
6 infantry (18)
total = 61

Combat:

to Bur: (inf)
2 inf Shn
10 fig, 3 tac z37
2 sbr Hon
tac FIC

[gsh34]

Battle for Bur:

attacker: 2 inf, 10 fig, 4 tac, 2 sbr
Rolls: 2@1 10@3 6@4; Total Hits: 82@1: (1, 2)10@3: (5, 4, 4, 3, 6, 4, 5, 5, 6, 4)6@4: (1, 1, 2, 4, 3, 3)

defender: inf
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 11@2: (2)

[gsh34]

Bur twlo 1 inf

NCM:

to z37:
all figs and tacs Bur

to Shn:
2 inf FIC

to Yun:
inf Hun

to Kwa:
2 inf, art Hon

to FIC:
2 sbr Bur
4 tank Kwe

Placement:
2 CV, tac z37
3 inf FIC
3 inf Hon

Collect Income:
61 territory

Regarding your comment in our PM about me building fewer defensive units in Europe and taking Moscow sooner…… Yes, I could’ve done that, but I certainly don’t feel bad about my current position.  My fear was that if I allowed you to get a foot hold in Europe where the UK would be placing 8-10 units a turn into Europe and they lived (plus what ever else the US brought), I could be in serious trouble.

gsh34_vs_axisplaya_12cJapan.AAM

[Axisplaya]

Ok, I’m going to officially concede this game.

Well played my friend.

I’m a bit discouraged at the amount of rounds this could take to go to the end, you’ll be very busy from now on, and i feel like i fully deserve to lose this game.

Maybe you could roll Moscou for fun ?

Anyway, again, dices were fair, and you just played this game better than i did.

Also, i want you to know that i always have found your wall map of Global truly amazing ! That’s just fabulous the beauty of it.

:wink:

[gsh34]

For fun……

Germany, round 13

Combat:

to Moscow
45 inf, 25 mech, 42 art, 14 tank Bry
3 mech Nukr
3 tank Sukr
3 tank Vol
inf Tam
inf Smo
2 inf Volo

Battle for Moscow:

attacker: 47 inf, 28 mech, 42 art, 20 tank
Rolls: 33@1 84@2 20@3; Total Hits: 4133@1: (5, 6, 3, 3, 6, 3, 3, 3, 6, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 5, 3, 4, 4, 2, 6, 2, 2, 6, 1, 6, 1, 5, 2, 1, 4, 6, 1)84@2: (1, 2, 1, 3, 5, 3, 3, 6, 4, 3, 1, 5, 6, 6, 2, 4, 3, 3, 3, 5, 5, 2, 6, 5, 3, 5, 6, 3, 2, 6, 4, 2, 2, 4, 5, 6, 1, 1, 5, 4, 4, 6, 2, 3, 5, 4, 6, 2, 6, 2, 1, 5, 4, 6, 4, 1, 4, 4, 3, 5, 3, 1, 6, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 6, 6, 4, 2, 6, 6, 2, 5, 3)20@3: (2, 3, 3, 5, 6, 6, 4, 3, 6, 3, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 5, 5, 2, 1, 1)

defender: 6 aa guns, 87 inf, 3 mech, 9 art, 10 tank
Rolls: 99@2 10@3; Total Hits: 3899@2: (5, 5, 1, 4, 2, 2, 4, 1, 4, 3, 4, 5, 5, 1, 3, 4, 1, 6, 1, 1, 3, 1, 4, 3, 5, 5, 2, 4, 6, 3, 4, 4, 1, 4, 2, 2, 5, 6, 3, 2, 2, 6, 1, 6, 1, 3, 4, 1, 3, 4, 2, 5, 5, 5, 2, 3, 4, 4, 6, 4, 6, 3, 2, 1, 1, 3, 2, 6, 3, 5, 1, 4, 5, 1, 4, 5, 4, 1, 6, 6, 5, 1, 5, 4, 6, 1, 6, 3, 5, 6, 6, 4, 3, 2, 4, 3, 4, 6, 2)10@3: (1, 4, 3, 5, 3, 4, 2, 1, 2, 3)

[gsh34]

Average hits would’ve been 43 for me….41 is dang close.
Average hits would’ve been 38 for you…you hit exactly average.

I lose 38 inf.
You lose 6 aa guns and 35 inf

Battle for Moscow, round 2

attacker: 9 inf, 28 mech, 42 art, 20 tank
Rolls: 79@2 20@3; Total Hits: 4279@2: (1, 2, 5, 5, 4, 1, 5, 3, 5, 1, 1, 3, 2, 4, 2, 6, 1, 2, 3, 6, 4, 6, 2, 3, 6, 1, 6, 6, 3, 2, 6, 4, 4, 4, 2, 1, 5, 6, 3, 3, 1, 3, 6, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 4, 1, 1, 4, 2, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 6, 5, 2, 3, 2, 6, 5, 2, 5, 5, 5, 1, 5, 1, 6, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2)20@3: (4, 6, 3, 5, 4, 5, 2, 6, 1, 4, 3, 6, 2, 4, 3, 3, 4, 2, 5, 2)

defender: 52 inf, 3 mech, 9 art, 10 tank
Rolls: 64@2 10@3; Total Hits: 2464@2: (1, 3, 3, 5, 4, 2, 6, 5, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 3, 5, 5, 2, 6, 5, 2, 3, 1, 2, 5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 1, 6, 4, 1, 2, 6, 5, 6, 2, 5, 4, 5, 6, 5, 5, 1, 2, 3, 5, 3, 3, 3, 5, 6, 4, 6, 4, 2, 5, 5, 4, 5, 5, 1, 5, 6)10@3: (6, 4, 6, 2, 2, 4, 6, 2, 2, 4)

[gsh34]

Average hits for me would’ve been 36….I was 6 over.
Average hits for you was 26…pretty close at 24.

I lose 9 inf, 15 mech.
You lose 42 infantry.

Battle for Moscow, round 3.

attacker: 13 mech, 42 art, 20 tank
Rolls: 55@2 20@3; Total Hits: 1855@2: (5, 6, 4, 3, 6, 5, 3, 4, 4, 1, 3, 5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 3, 3, 5, 5, 5, 3, 1, 5, 2, 4, 4, 6, 3, 3, 5, 2, 6, 1, 2, 4, 3, 6, 2, 3, 3, 6, 6, 6, 5, 6, 5, 1, 3, 3, 6, 2, 6, 1)20@3: (6, 1, 5, 3, 6, 1, 5, 4, 3, 5, 5, 5, 2, 1, 4, 3, 4, 6, 3, 4)

defender: 10 inf, 3 mech, 9 art, 10 tank
Rolls: 22@2 10@3; Total Hits: 1522@2: (5, 1, 3, 3, 2, 6, 6, 2, 1, 5, 2, 1, 6, 6, 3, 5, 1, 2, 3, 3, 6, 2)10@3: (1, 1, 2, 4, 4, 6, 4, 1, 3, 2)

[gsh34]

Average hits for me would’ve been 28…18 is below average by quite a bit, but I was 6 above average last time, so I’m still in the ballpark for being normal.
Average hits for you would’ve been 12…15 is reasonable.

I lose 13 mech, 2 art.
You lose 10 inf, 3 mech, 5 art.

Battle for Moscow, round 4:

attacker: 40 art, 20 tank
Rolls: 40@2 20@3; Total Hits: 2640@2: (4, 2, 3, 2, 5, 3, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 6, 6, 1, 2, 3, 6, 3, 6, 4, 5, 2, 1, 5, 2, 2, 3, 2, 6, 5, 5, 1, 4, 2, 2, 4, 2)20@3: (3, 1, 5, 6, 4, 5, 6, 4, 6, 2, 4, 3, 2, 1, 2, 4, 2, 6, 5, 3)

defender: 4 art, 10 tank
Rolls: 4@2 10@3; Total Hits: 94@2: (3, 1, 3, 1)10@3: (6, 3, 4, 1, 4, 2, 3, 1, 3, 1)

[gsh34]

Average hits for me would’ve been 23….26 is close.
Average hits for you would’ve been 6… 9 is pretty close in grand scheme of this large a dice rolling battle.

I lose 9 art.
You lose 4 art, 10 tanks.

Moscow taken with loss of:  47 inf, 28 mech, 11 artillery.

That would leave me with 31 artillery and 20 tanks.  Most likely, I would just be pushing those units into the Middle East and on towards Egypt.

Thank you for allowing me to roll that.  I’ve never come close to rolling for that battle until now.

The people I usually play have a kind of wrap-up discussion at the end of our games to determine what the take-away points of the game that we just played should be.  So, if you don’t mind, I have a few questions for you.  Did I surprise you with any of my moves?  Anything good that I did that stands out to you?  Anything poor that I did that stands out?

For me, the Italian battle for Saf and the Japanese plane attack on Nte were done for separate reasons.  Sfa:  Pressed for time with the baby coming, I figured it was close to a 50/50 battle which would have put me in a commanding position had it worked out.  As it turned out, I think I needlessly gave you a lifeline with that one.  Nte:  I would actually do that one again.  I fully expected to lose 5 planes (which would been average), but I was willing to lose up to 7.  It deprived the US and Anzac of the ground units needed to advance and take many of the undefended islands.  Had I only lost 7, I could’ve stayed put next to Java and I wouldn’t have given up my remaining planes and two carriers as I did.

If you have any questions for me, I would be glad to answer them.

In the future when I get some type of routine down, would you be willing to play me again?

@Axisplaya:

Also, i want you to know that i always have found your wall map of Global truly amazing ! That’s just fabulous the beauty of it.

:wink:

As a parting gift, here is a picture of me holding one of my daughters in front of my finished board.  Enjoy!