XDAP-5 AllWeNeedIsHank vs Cannibalized by Fluff

[Hank13]

@DeadTom:

There is going to be a battle for Moscow before this game ends. You know my plan; Now try to stop it. You will get no help from the dice  :evil:

If you’re looking for good dice, then you should let Russia attack your German stack with odds of 100%. That seems to be the type of battle where the Germans shine :)

[DeadTom]

Getting a little nervous are we? Hoping that the Germans will be merciful? Who do you think we are? French?

[Hank13]

That was more a comment of the fact that the only time you guys can win a big battle is when we attack you with overwhelming odds :-P

[DeadTom]

Name one time that we lost a big battle in which the Germans were involved.

[DeadTom]

By the way, Smolensk was not overwhelming odds. You were asking for a dicing on that one.

[allweneedislove]

@DeadTom:

Name one time that we lost a big battle in which the Germans were involved.

the next battle

[Hank13]

@DeadTom:

Name one time that we lost a big battle in which the Germans were involved.

I meant you win when we have overwhelming odds :)
(and I made that comment in the spirit of fun; please don’t eat my face)

[DeadTom]

@allweneedislove:

@DeadTom:

Name one time that we lost a big battle in which the Germans were involved.

the next battle

I should warn you that I am pals with the dice gods. I go over to their place and we throw lightning bolts at cute bunnies. They were so impressed by my skill at throwing lightning bolts at cute bunnies, that they made me an honorary dice god and do favors for me all the time.

[Enigmatic_Decay]

I will move tonight around 5:30 EST, prepare for impending death by face cannibalization!

[Enigmatic_Decay]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.6

Game History

Round :10

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy 1 fighter; Remaining resources: 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 7 PUs;

Combat Move - Japanese
            2 armour moved from Timguska to Samara
                  Japanese take Novosibirsk from Russians
            1 mech_infantry moved from Timguska to Vologda
            1 mech_infantry moved from Urals to Smolensk
            1 infantry moved from Timguska to Yenisey
            1 artillery moved from Timguska to Yenisey
            3 tactical_bombers moved from 39 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 39 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from India to Volgograd

Combat - Japanese
            Battle in 41 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 1 fighter, 1 submarine and 3 tactical_bombers
                British defend with 1 cruiser
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in 41 Sea Zone, round 1 :  0/1 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 fighter and 3 tactical_bombers in 41 Sea Zone, round 1 :  3/4 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 cruiser in 41 Sea Zone, round 1 :  0/1 hits
                    1 cruiser owned by the British lost in 41 Sea Zone
                Japanese win with 1 fighter, 1 submarine and 3 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 12
                Casualties for British: 1 cruiser
            Battle in Samara
                Japanese attack with 2 armour
                Russians defend with 1 infantry
                    Japanese roll dice for 2 armour in Samara, round 1 :  2/2 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Samara, round 1 :  0/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Samara
                Japanese win, taking Samara from Russians with 2 armour remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Japanese
            1 fighter and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 41 Sea Zone to India
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 41 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone

Place Units - Japanese
            1 fighter placed in Japan

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 2
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 6 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,6,5,4,4,4,2,6
            Japanese collect 18 PUs (2 lost to blockades); end with 25 PUs total

Territory Summary for Japanese :

Iwo Jima : 1 infantry
    Paulau Island : 1 infantry
    Japan : 3 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 1 factory_major, 1 fighter, 1 harbour and 17 infantry
    India : 1 fighter and 2 tactical_bombers
    Sakha : 1 flag
    Evenkiyskiy : 1 flag
    Yenisey : 1 flag, 1 artillery and 1 infantry
    Soviet Far East : 1 flag, 1 mech_infantry
    Yakut S.S.R. : 1 flag
    Timguska : 1 flag
    Siberia : 1 flag
    Buryatia : 1 flag
    41 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 submarine
    39 Sea Zone : 2 battleships, 4 carriers, 1 cruiser, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport
    Urals : 1 flag
    Novosibirsk : 1 flag
    Vologda : 1 mech_infantry
    Volgograd : 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber
    Smolensk : 1 mech_infantry
    Samara : 1 flag, 2 armour

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 55 / 71
    Russians : 5 / 7
    Japanese : 20 / 25
    Americans : 67 / 92
    Chinese : 23 / 25
    British : 28 / 38
    UK_Pacific : 17 / 0
    Italians : 26 / 37
    ANZAC : 16 / 26
    French : 8 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

Dice Statistics:

Total
            1 was rolled 3 times
            2 was rolled 1 times
            3 was rolled 4 times
            4 was rolled 4 times
            5 was rolled 3 times
            6 was rolled 2 times
        Average roll : 3.529
        Median : 4.000
        Variance : 0.688
        Standard Deviation : 0.829
        Total rolls : 17

Null / Other
            2 was rolled 1 times
            4 was rolled 3 times
            5 was rolled 2 times
            6 was rolled 2 times
        Average roll : 4.500
        Median : 4.500
        Variance : 1.143
        Standard Deviation : 1.069
        Total rolls : 8

Japanese Combat
            1 was rolled 3 times
            3 was rolled 3 times
            4 was rolled 1 times
        Average roll : 2.286
        Median : 3.000
        Variance : 1.833
        Standard Deviation : 1.354
        Total rolls : 7

Russians Combat
            3 was rolled 1 times
        Average roll : 3.000
        Median : 3.000
        Variance : ?
        Standard Deviation : ?
        Total rolls : 1

British Combat
            5 was rolled 1 times
        Average roll : 5.000
        Median : 5.000
        Variance : ?
        Standard Deviation : ?
        Total rolls : 1

[DeadTom]

Garg, I’m counting on you to procrastinate as you always do. Even if Moscow is 10% chance of success or even 5%, we are going to do it before this game ends. Let the dice have their day.

[boldfresh]

I assume tomorrow is the deadline?  3 more games to play before the final right?

[Hank13]

@DeadTom:

Garg, I’m counting on you to procrastinate as you always do. Even if Moscow is 10% chance of success or even 5%, we are going to do it before this game ends. Let the dice have their day.

I’m under the assumption that you guys know that a Moscow victory doesn’t get you anywhere close to winning this game. If you simply want to have one last hurrah then I’m for letting it happen, even if it’s after the game gets called. I really don’t want to prolong this round any more than it needs to as the outcome seems to be set at this point.

This is simply my opinion, if I’m off base I apologize.

[Enigmatic_Decay]

@Hank13:

I’m under the assumption that you guys know that a Moscow victory doesn’t get you anywhere close to winning this game. If you simply want to have one last hurrah then I’m for letting it happen, even if it’s after the game gets called. I really don’t want to prolong this round any more than it needs to as the outcome seems to be set at this point.

This is simply my opinion, if I’m off base I apologize.

On the contrary, I believe that a Moscow capture does win us the game as that would give us 2 of your capitals with no real pending threat to any of ours. Capturing Moscow would also allow the elimination of a two front war and the potential of a victory. A very different opinion than Hank’s.

I understand this deadline thing but I don’t realistically think it’s fair in our game as we’ve been consistent in our turns on both sides. I get that the tourney has to progress but I don’t think the deadline was long enough and I hate to see a rather interesting war get cut short because some other individuals jerked around earlier in the tourney. This match is easily a 16+ rounder and in this day and age of people surrendering so hastily it is a welcome breath of fresh air and an excellent marketing ploy for future tournaments.

[DeadTom]

@Hank13:

@DeadTom:

Garg, I’m counting on you to procrastinate as you always do. Even if Moscow is 10% chance of success or even 5%, we are going to do it before this game ends. Let the dice have their day.

I’m under the assumption that you guys know that a Moscow victory doesn’t get you anywhere close to winning this game. If you simply want to have one last hurrah then I’m for letting it happen, even if it’s after the game gets called. I really don’t want to prolong this round any more than it needs to as the outcome seems to be set at this point.

This is simply my opinion, if I’m off base I apologize.

Remember that you win the game with victory cities, not economically or with world domination. If we get really good rolls in Moscow, it wouldn’t be too hard to get the last victory cities to claim victory in Europe. Italy should be able to get Egypt relatively easily (they don’t have to hold India to accomplish this), so it would come down to control of Novgorod for the win.

That being said, you are probably right. The chances of us coming back and winning this are very slim, and if we fail to take Moscow they are zero.

[DeadTom]

I would suggest that AllweneedisHank could start their next round game on Wednesday assuming that this game will end with them being victorious, but that doesn’t mean that we are conceding the game just yet. Would you guys be willing to continue this game along with starting your next game at the same time? If we do manage to pull a rabbit out of a hat and win this thing, we can start a new game with our next opponents, but in the more likely scenario that you guys hold on to win, you will have the full 2 months to complete your next game. Keep in mind that we will not concede until we are confident that we have no realistic chance of winning.

[DeadTom]

For right now, focus on getting the Allied three done el pronto.

[allweneedislove]

TripleA Move Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.6

Game History

Round :10

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 1 armour, 2 bombers, 1 destroyer, 5 fighters and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Americans
            1 fighter moved from Kansu to Vologda
            1 bomber moved from Chahar to Vologda
            4 bombers moved from Jehol to Vologda
            1 artillery moved from Amur to Buryatia
                  Russians take Buryatia from Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Okinawa to 19 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 19 Sea Zone to 5 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 5 Sea Zone to Siberia
            1 armour moved from Finland to Karelia
                  Russians take Karelia from Germans
            1 mech_infantry moved from Finland to Vyborg
            1 mech_infantry moved from Vyborg to Novgorod
                  Russians take Novgorod from Germans
            2 fighters moved from 112 Sea Zone to Germany
            4 bombers moved from Norway to Germany
            2 bombers moved from Norway to Germany
            1 fighter moved from 112 Sea Zone to Western Germany
            3 bombers moved from Norway to Western Germany
            2 bombers moved from Norway to 112 Sea Zone
            2 carriers and 9 transports moved from 112 Sea Zone to 125 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Norway to 125 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 2 carriers, 3 infantry and 9 transports moved from 125 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from 112 Sea Zone to Denmark
            3 bombers moved from Eastern United States to 112 Sea Zone

[allweneedislove]

would you like to scramble in sz112?
would you like to intercept in west germany?

[allweneedislove]

@Boldfresh:

I assume tomorrow is the deadline?  3 more games to play before the final right?

yes the deadline is the end of april

@DeadTom:

Garg, I’m counting on you to procrastinate as you always do. Even if Moscow is 10% chance of success or even 5%, we are going to do it before this game ends. Let the dice have their day.

this game is so close to a moscow battle that i am sure we can work something out.

@Hank13:

I’m under the assumption that you guys know that a Moscow victory doesn’t get you anywhere close to winning this game. If you simply want to have one last hurrah then I’m for letting it happen, even if it’s after the game gets called. I really don’t want to prolong this round any more than it needs to as the outcome seems to be set at this point.

This is simply my opinion, if I’m off base I apologize.

i also think that we are in a winning position. even if we lose moscow i think we will win. but if i was in fluff’s position, i would sure want to have a crack a moscow

@Enigmatic_Decay:

On the contrary, I believe that a Moscow capture does win us the game as that would give us 2 of your capitals with no real pending threat to any of ours. Capturing Moscow would also allow the elimination of a two front war and the potential of a victory. A very different opinion than Hank’s.

moscow is no pushover, but even if it does fall, i disagree with you notion of who will win the war.

@Enigmatic_Decay:

… and I hate to see a rather interesting war get cut short because some other individuals jerked around earlier in the tourney. This match is easily a 16+ rounder and in this day and age of people surrendering so hastily it is a welcome breath of fresh air and an excellent marketing ploy for future tournaments.

i definitely agree. i would also like to play this game out until both sides are satisfied as this is a very fun game.

@DeadTom:

Remember that you win the game with victory cities, not economically or with world domination. If we get really good rolls in Moscow, it wouldn’t be too hard to get the last victory cities to claim victory in Europe. Italy should be able to get Egypt relatively easily (they don’t have to hold India to accomplish this), so it would come down to control of Novgorod for the win.

i dont see moscow, egypt and novgorod being held by the axis for a round, but i am interested in playing it out to see you try.

@DeadTom:

I would suggest that AllweneedisHank could start their next round game on Wednesday assuming that this game will end with them being victorious, but that doesn’t mean that we are conceding the game just yet. Would you guys be willing to continue this game along with starting your next game at the same time?

yes. i love this idea and have offered other teams this same option in past rounds of the tournament.

@DeadTom:

Keep in mind that we will not concede until we are confident that we have no realistic chance of winning.

i would not want you to concede if you think you have a chance at winning. and this is a fun game so i am happy to keep bludgeoning playing you.

@DeadTom:

For right now, focus on getting the Allied three done el pronto.

will do. we are waiting for your scramble/intercept decisions.