2011 Tournament discussion (AA50-41)

Pellulo
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Ge. Empire is eight provinces & Fr. seven provinces, with Lorraine for France & Alsace for Germany being the main invasion routes for those nations. Also France has five(four actually connected to each other) & Germany four colonies in Africa, for a total of 24 IPCs for France & 35 for Germany.

This is going to be mostly a land war, with sea action & Africa a secondary sideshow. Can France hope to make it too expensive for Germany to get to the Med. Sea through Marseilles, or, give up a few African colonies to keep France intact(the numbers of land units are just too high to expect Germany to being over run by France).

Round One: Germany goes & buys a fighter, trooper, gun, transport, sub., and, cruiser. Moves all naval units to sea space 8, but, for 2 subs. to sea space 15 to engage French BB & transport(damaged BB but both subs.lost). Fighter flown from Berlin to Munich. Troops & guns move down to France, from Ge. Alsace 7 troopers & 3 guns contest Fr. Lorraine defended by 6 troopers & two guns(Ge. lose 5 troopers & French lose 5 troopers & 1 gun, the province is still contested).

France goes and buys 2 subs. & 4 troopers. Med. Sea transport picks up troops from Algeria & Tunisia, to attack German East Africa. Damaged BB stays in Brest, while Med. BB goes to join it, Brest transport goes to Africa to pick up colonial troops for attacks on German colonies.

Forces from Picardy & Burgundy go into Lorraine to help uncontest that province(11 troopers & 5 guns & 1 fighter versus German 2 troopers & 3 guns, the Fr. lose 4 troopers & the GE. are wiped out). Paris sends out a trooper to help garrison Picardy & Burgundy sectors & three for Lorraine via Burgundy.

Losses Axis 43 IPCs & Allies 19.

Round Two: GE. goes, builds 2 fighters, 1 transport, 1 sub., &, 1 BB. Second wave from Alsale contest & battle in Lorraine. Air battle occurs & both sides lose their fighter craft. The attacking Germans lose 10 of their 18 troopers, none of the 6 guns, &, the defending French lose 10 of their 11 troopers and 2 of their 5 guns.

Ge. fleet attacks Fr. fleet off Brest, mines destroy 2 GE. submarines, Fr. fleet of 2 subs. & BB is destroyed, all GE. has left is a damaged BB & 1 C(lost 2 C). Fighter from Berlin lands in Munich. From Berlin sub. & transport(with gun & trooper), goes and land in Picardy defended by 1 trooper(GE. lose a gun & Fr. lose a trooper). Picardy falls!

In Africa just for the point, German colonial trooper from Kameron takes undefended French Africa.

France goes and builds 1 sub. & 1 plane & 4 troopers, if she abandon Lorraine, Ge, will still be able to attack Paris via Picardy(not having to go through Burgundy with the retreated units from Lorraine). Fr. decides to reinforce Lorraine from units from Burgundy instead, the former has a total of 5 troopers & 3 guns(they will defend as it is too little to uncontest the Gr. force of 8 troopers & 6 guns, much less a third wave in turn three of an additional 16 troopers & 7 guns). Sends from Paris a trooper to Burgundy, &, also attacks Picardy, loses a trooper from each side, leaving a trooper in Picardy to garrison it.

French BB & transport attacks GE. BB & C off Brest, only damaged Fr. BB survives.

At sea troops from Morocco & French W. Africa land & take Ge. Kameron.

German political victory, to get them out of Lorraine, and, let them have back Kameron & keep French Africa.

Next France versus an empire that annoys them more than the Germans, the Austrian-Hungarian empire.

Lost IPCs Ge. 88 & Allies 74.

Pellulo
AH & France do not connect on the board, also AH has a slightly higher IPCs than France(just two), but, in terms of land forces, it is not lopsided(like with Germany, AH have 18 more troopers & half more in cannons). AH does not have any colonies, but, France does, and, if AH gets naval dominance, those four colonies become a weak spot for France(especially sea zone 16 has Algeria, Tunisia, &, Marseilles France across from them).

Still any sea landings in France(four provinces), much less AH(only six provinces, one which actually touches the sea), would take a many rounds to become a permanent conquest. So a political victory with naval dominance would be more pragmatical, than a full scale permanent naval landing(s) in either empire’s home provinces(Fr. starts out with a BB & 2 transports & 1 fighter more than AH, also French Africa colony is not invasion-able by sea ).

@elche

Game History

Round: 20 Purchase Units - British British buy 2 armour and 7 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - British 1 bomber moved from Yakut S.S.R. to India 3 infantry moved from Persia to India 1 armour moved from Persia to India 3 infantry moved from Karelia S.S.R. to Ukraine S.S.R. 2 fighters moved from Karelia S.S.R. to Ukraine S.S.R. Combat - British Battle in India British attack with 1 armour, 1 bomber and 3 infantry Japanese defend with 3 infantry British roll dice for 1 armour, 1 bomber and 3 infantry in India, round 2 : 0/5 hits, 1.67 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 3 infantry in India, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the British lost in India British roll dice for 1 armour, 1 bomber and 2 infantry in India, round 3 : 1/4 hits, 1.50 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 3 infantry in India, round 3 : 0/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in India British roll dice for 1 armour, 1 bomber and 2 infantry in India, round 4 : 2/4 hits, 1.50 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 2 infantry in India, round 4 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 2 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in India British win, taking India from Japanese with 1 armour, 1 bomber and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6 Casualties for British: 1 infantry Casualties for Japanese: 3 infantry Battle in Ukraine S.S.R. British attack with 2 fighters and 3 infantry Germans defend with 2 infantry British roll dice for 2 fighters and 3 infantry in Ukraine S.S.R., round 2 : 2/5 hits, 1.50 expected hits Germans roll dice for 2 infantry in Ukraine S.S.R., round 2 : 2/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 2 infantry owned by the British lost in Ukraine S.S.R. 2 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Ukraine S.S.R. British win, taking Ukraine S.S.R. from Germans with 2 fighters and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0 Casualties for British: 2 infantry Casualties for Germans: 2 infantry Non Combat Move - British 1 bomber moved from India to Russia 4 infantry moved from Anglo Sudan Egypt to Syria Jordan 1 infantry moved from Kenya-Rhodesia to Anglo Sudan Egypt 4 armour moved from Anglo Sudan Egypt to Persia 1 infantry moved from South Africa to Kenya-Rhodesia 1 armour moved from South Africa to Anglo Sudan Egypt 5 infantry moved from Finland Norway to Karelia S.S.R. 5 infantry moved from United Kingdom to North Sea Zone 5 infantry moved from North Sea Zone to Finland Norway 2 fighters moved from Ukraine S.S.R. to Karelia S.S.R. Place Units - British 1 armour and 1 infantry placed in Anglo Sudan Egypt 1 armour placed in South Africa 6 infantry placed in United Kingdom Turn Complete - British British collect 31 PUs; end with 31 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Japanese regular : -1.67 Germans regular : 1.33 British regular : -1.17

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@VictoryFirst said in 2025 Classic tournament round 1 Gamerman01 v VictoryFirst (Axis):

in the end it worked out beautifully.

I had lucky results in China J1, and again against the Japanese battleships and loaded carrier off French Indo China

The Japanese fleet was more important than normal because only one factory was built

Very gracious, thank you!

@kwaspek104

Game History

Round: 5 Purchase Units - Russians Russians buy 1 armour and 7 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Russians 1 infantry moved from Syria Jordan to Persia 1 infantry moved from Kazakh S.S.R. to Persia 2 infantry moved from Kazakh S.S.R. to Novosibirsk 1 fighter moved from Karelia S.S.R. to Novosibirsk 1 fighter moved from Kazakh S.S.R. to Persia 2 armour and 1 infantry moved from Russia to Evenki National Okrug 1 armour moved from Karelia S.S.R. to Evenki National Okrug Combat - Russians Battle in Persia Russians attack with 1 fighter and 2 infantry Japanese defend with 1 infantry Russians roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Persia, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Persia, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Persia Russians win, taking Persia from Japanese with 1 fighter and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Battle in Novosibirsk Russians attack with 1 fighter and 2 infantry Japanese defend with 1 infantry Russians roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Novosibirsk, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Novosibirsk, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Novosibirsk Russians win, taking Novosibirsk from Japanese with 1 fighter and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Battle in Evenki National Okrug Russians attack with 3 armour and 1 infantry Japanese defend with 2 infantry Russians roll dice for 3 armour and 1 infantry in Evenki National Okrug, round 2 : 2/4 hits, 1.67 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 2 infantry in Evenki National Okrug, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Evenki National Okrug 2 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Evenki National Okrug Russians win, taking Evenki National Okrug from Japanese with 3 armour remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry Casualties for Japanese: 2 infantry Non Combat Move - Russians 1 aaGun moved from Russia to Evenki National Okrug 1 aaGun moved from Kazakh S.S.R. to Russia 7 infantry moved from Kazakh S.S.R. to Russia 1 armour moved from Syria Jordan to Persia 1 armour moved from Persia to Caucasus 1 fighter moved from Persia to Karelia S.S.R. 1 fighter moved from Novosibirsk to Karelia S.S.R. Place Units - Russians 1 armour and 7 infantry placed in Karelia S.S.R. Turn Complete - Russians Russians collect 22 PUs; end with 22 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Japanese regular : -0.33 Russians regular : 1.67

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@VictoryFirst Thank you, done!

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