Vance (Allies) vs. AlexGreat (Axis), G40 Alpha +3

[Guest]

Ooops forgot the blocker in Novgorod.  1 inf mobilized in Nov instead of Rus.  map.

Vance_AlexGreat_7b_USSR.AAM

[Guest]

By the way, if I submerge my sub as my first strike you can’t hit it.  Kind of a crummy rule I know.

[lexgreat]

oh ok, another thing I read differently in the rules. There it says “can submerge anytime it would otherwise roll the die to fire”. As the attacking sub would roll first, you could not submerge until shot at first. And it kind of makes the surprise strike capability useless. Even against a sub another sub should be able to sneak in…as it clearly can because if you dont submerge, you would be an eligible target for surprise attack. Not logical, but if it thats the rule, ok.

JAPAN 7

1. R&D

Buy one more ($5) for total of 6.

Rolling 6d6:
(3, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6)

[lexgreat]

2 breakthroughs, discarding all tokens, rolling on table 2.

Input ErrorThere was an error in your dice throw: “1d6” is not correct syntax.

Input ErrorThere was an error in your dice throw: “1d6” is not correct syntax.

[lexgreat]

Rolling 1d6:
(3)  
Rolling 1d6:
(2)

[lexgreat]

reroll for the “3”.

Rolls: 5@1; Total Hits: 05@1: (2, 5, 6, 5, 6)

[Guest]

Both attacking and defending subs have first strike so each one either fires or submerges before the normal combat.  So basically subs can’t kill subs without a destroyer.  Very rarely would you ever fight back @1 when being attacked @2.

[Guest]

Yikes you got jets!

[lexgreat]

well, that is long range aircraft and jet fighter.

2. PURCHASE

• 5 Mech (20)
• 4 Inf (12)
• MIC (12)
• 2 Fighter (20)

3. COMBAT MOVES

SZ 3 <– 1 TAC Manchuria, 1 Fig, 2 Tac Korea, 2 Fig, 1 Tac Japan, 1 Bomber, 3 Fig, 3 Tac SZ6
Fleet SZ 6 + 2 Inf Japan --> SZ 8 and taking Aleutian Islands
Arm Central Mon blitzes Sui + Kan
Yenisey <-- 2 Inf, Art, 2 Arm, blitzing Dzahan
Szechwan <-- Tac (India), Arm, Mech (yunan)

[lexgreat]

what you say makes sense.

SZ 3
A
Rolls: 13@4 1@3; Total Hits: 1113@4: (4, 5, 4, 4, 1, 1, 3, 2, 1, 5, 4, 1, 1)1@3: (5)
D
Rolls: 5@4 3@3 3@2; Total Hits: 45@4: (2, 4, 6, 6, 3)3@3: (2, 4, 6)3@2: (3, 4, 5)

SZ 8
A
Rolls: 2@4 1@3 10@2; Total Hits: 42@4: (2, 3)1@3: (2)10@2: (6, 6, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 5, 6, 3)
D
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (6)

Yenisey
A
Rolls: 2@3 2@2 1@1; Total Hits: 22@3: (6, 1)2@2: (3, 1)1@1: (2)
D
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 11@2: (1)

Szechwan
A
Rolls: 1@4 1@3 1@1; Total Hits: 11@4: (3)1@3: (5)1@1: (6)
D
Rolls: 1@1; Total Hits: 01@1: (2)

[lexgreat]

The dice do not favor you in those sea battles.

Pls allocate 11 hits, Vance.

[Guest]

So what you have is like 1950s aircraft in 1942

[lexgreat]

its the fish diet, good for the brain. Cant seem to stop them from inventing (happy to play the next game with the new setup without research).

[Guest]

Yeah tech skews things.  Wow did I ever just get diced!  Oh well…

OK I lose all but 3 fighters and damaged battleship

[Guest]

No wait you can’t hit my sub with just planes.  Lose all except sub, transports, 2 fighters and damaged battleship

[lexgreat]

SZ 3
A
Input ErrorThere was an error in your dice throw: "/>Daaa 3@4:

[lexgreat]

damn
A
Rolls: 10@4; Total Hits: 610@4: (6, 5, 2, 4, 4, 5, 6, 1, 1, 2)
D
Rolls: 3@4; Total Hits: 13@4: (6, 3, 5)

[Guest]

OK so just for the record, without the long range aircraft that you just got on this very turn, that fleet would have been out of range.  If you had that technology already, I would have landed the inf from Aleutians on Siberia.

[lexgreat]

I know. And you placed the fleet well.

Had I not made the breakthrough, I would have attacked SZ 8 with my ships and 6 fighters, taken Aleutian Islands, fortified Siberia with more infantry via transports, built an airbase in Siberia and landed air there, blocked SZ 4 with one ship and built one or two carriers for 2-4 more air to land in an adjacent sea zone wherever the sea battle would have been (in case you would not have attacked me), SZ 2, 1, 3, 8 or 4. Sure you would have built an airbase and scrambler in case of staying defensive.

Point is, all my air would have been able to land on Aleutians in an attack. In case you attacked you had lesser combat values, in case I would have attacked I had the subs and more air in range by then.

All in all I think I would have won this particular battle. But it would have been bloodier I guess. And above all this, I consider you the winner of this game from the moment you allowed my TTs to live in G3.

Pls forgive me for not typing the Non combats, I attach the map, I dont think I made a mistake. Pls feel free to check!! Its past 2 am again…

Re tech I am ambivalent. I too think it can distort the game, but usually in favour of allies as I as axis seem not be able to invest as much (mainly this exp comes from earlier versions of AA). But on the other hand it adds flavour and everyone is free to use it, if both agree. may playgroup likes national advantages as well, talk about skewing…

MOBILIZATION:

2 Fig Japan
MIC … oh dear, I just realize I cant do that as Philippines is an island, right? --> Need to think about this tomorrow, but would be fair to build somewhere now that I bought it and know the combat results of this turn).

3 Mech FIC
2 Mech India
3 Inf Manchuria
1 Inf Japan

INCOME

60 (terr) + 10 (NO) = 70

[lexgreat]

map

Vance_AlexGreat_7c_Jap.AAM