G40-02 anchovy (Axis +9) vs thatonekid (Allies)

@leemorrison You’re being polite. Yes I got my bomber and some air shot down during the first two turns but I overextended very badly with Japan, mostly because I underestimated the value the tanks would give you in terms of exploiting openings in my positions.

Tanks as reserves (all 18)…but Axis abandoning St. Lo, and, defending only the two other cities. Again the US forces got creamed on the beaches, and, the Brits. do no take Caen till turn 6 (normally a cakewalk). In turn 4 all Ge. reinforcements are used up, and, all Allies by turn 7.

By turn 7 & 8 Ge. forces are finally reduced to allow moveouts for St. Lo & Cherbough, Allied air has suffered losses, all the Ge. can hope for is to lock up US forces in battle till round 10.

Again by letting the Ge. ignore St. Lo, their forces become two armies, neither one cannot/will not usually come to the aid of the other.

Well Ge. wins this one, end of turn 10, the last Ge. defender in Cherbough, a bunker, is taken out. Game ends with about 122 points of Allies units left and 4 Ge. bunkers (here a extra unit attacking Cherbough, another bomber scoring a hit, would have made a difference). Thanks, Pellulo

Tanks as reserves, but, with Ge. abadoning Cherbough…& holding onto St. Lo & Caen only. Even with massive Ge. tanks reinforcements, you sometimees must take the risk of attacking with a pure armor force (if you wants to drive those pestsky Imperial forces off the beaches of Caen). By turn three 7 Ge. tanks attack (on three for dice roll) a combine Brit. force of 3 troopers, 4 guns, and a tank (all defend on two).

Here it would normally be a slaughter (five Allied units lost), usually the defense comes out poor, compared to the attacking Axis tanks (but the Brits. rose to the occasion with the destruction of 6 axis tanks). Not only were valuable armor lost for lower price guns & infantry, they could not be replaced. By the beginning of of turn 4 axis armor is down from orginal 23 to 6.

In turn 1 & 2 Naval shelling & bombers fail to take out allot of bunkers, it came up to turn 2 & 3 for Allies land units to take out the bulk of the bunkers.

Still Ge. reinforcements are strong, turn 4 will probably decide the game. Here the Ge. get payback by taking out 2:1 in armor (six Allies tanks for 3 Ge. tanks). By turn’s end the Brits. hold Caen, US forces just entered Cherbough (2 troopers & 2 guns vrs. 2 bunkers), and, US forces on the outskirts of St. Lo.

Can Ge. forces lock combat to contest St. Lo up to turn 10, almost all reinforcements are use up (with 12 Ge. guns & 3 tanks & 9 troopers to 16 Allied guns & 5 tanks & 20 troopers), it seems like a difficult time for the Allies & more difficulties for the Axis power.

Germany last till turn 9, even thought they still have a force outside of Caen, Allied Air power, is just to much for an attack. The Brits. for turn 9 uses up most of their remaining forces to lock in combat the Germans (to prevent any last minute do or die attacks).

The game ends with about 6 Ge. guns left, 4 bunkers left,and, the Allies with juat over hafe their Air units intact,and, about in point value 60 in land units. Thanks Pellulo
Wed Dec 24, 2008 5:22 pm

Game History

Round: 22 Purchase Units - Germans Germans buy 9 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; Combat Move - Germans 17 armour and 97 infantry moved from East Europe to Karelia S.S.R. 2 armour moved from Germany to Karelia S.S.R. 3 fighters moved from Germany to Karelia S.S.R. 1 fighter moved from West Europe to Karelia S.S.R. Combat - Germans Battle in Karelia S.S.R. Germans attack with 19 armour, 4 fighters and 97 infantry British defend with 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 33 infantry; Americans defend with 1 aaGun, 10 armour, 9 fighters and 48 infantry; Russians defend with 1 factory and 6 infantry 4 fighters owned by the Germans retreated 18 armour owned by the Germans retreated to East Europe Russians win with 10 armour, 1 bomber, 11 fighters and 23 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -104 Casualties for Germans: 1 armour and 97 infantry Casualties for Americans: 48 infantry Casualties for Russians: 6 infantry Casualties for British: 10 infantry Non Combat Move - Germans 4 fighters moved from Karelia S.S.R. to Germany 9 infantry moved from Germany to East Europe Place Units - Germans 9 infantry placed in Germany Turn Complete - Germans Germans collect 25 PUs; end with 26 PUs

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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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@Martin Yes the “miss” on my part was using Japan’s bomber offensively when it could have at least NCM’d from Manchuria -> Germany to give one more HP to the units there. That might have made some level of difference in the final fight but in hindsight, once the UK air got as many kills as it did it was unlikely that Germany was going to survive.

Good luck to you as well!

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