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

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

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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!

I would also like to mention that I had a great time playing the game with you.  Like our first contest, the manner in which you handle yourself is to be commended.  I wish more people at this board and Larry’s handle themselves like you do.

@Axisplaya:

The only clear strategic mistake i think you made was not using all your land units in Manchuria right from the start into china. That would have saved you lots of time and ressources with chinese.

Ok, fair enough.  My question to you then is that you had no intention of going to sea zone 6 and taking Korea?  My fear was that you would move to sea zone 6 and take Korea with the US.  Then, you would build a minor complex in it and I may never dislodge your fleet.  You could take Manchuria for China and then I would never eliminate them from the game either.  Japan would be convoy raided for 8 ipc also.  I was keeping those units up there so as to protect my back door.  To be truthful, I really did not think it would take me so long to kill China.  I thought it would be much easier than that.  I guess having that expectation of a quick, easy kill helps to show my inexperience.

Ahh, it is late and I need to go to bed.  There is more I wish to comment on but I guess I will have to do so at a later time.  Good night for now partner.

Talking about a German bomber as a can opener……have you had a chance to use that to any effect in your other games?  If so, I would love a link to the game so I check it out and see how it worked.

As to your other questions, I’ll get to them at a later time.  Time does not permit me to type an adequate response at the moment.