R01 - DM (Axis) vs. Soul (Allies + 10)

@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.

Axis AH & Ottoman Empires, versus, British & Italian Empires and U.S.A.

Round One: AH Empire builds transport, BB, &, fighter(building up Home Fleet). Using a naval solution to link up with Turkey, but, invading Italy to force Allied resources to help save Rome.

Sends fleet of BB, C, &, transport into Central Med. Sea, no mine lost(try to link up with Ottoman fleet, with reinforcements of land forces in transport). Shift land forces into Tyrolia to build up for an invasion of Venice.

British Empire builds 2 fighters for India, &, 2 transports and submarine. Move British C & transport off Egypt, to join Italian Fleet off Italy(transport drops a trooper into Piedmont & Tuscany). From India to Red Sea BB & C & transport arrive(drops off into Egypt 2 troopers).

From Canada C arrives off Italy, followed by transport with 2 troopers, along with Home Fleet off London, of 2 C & BB & transport with 2 troopers.

Colonial land forces in Africa, head for Egypt, while 4 troopers & 2 guns move from Canada to U.S. East Coast.

Ottoman Empire builds sub., fighter, &, gun. Moves land forces down to Jordan, &, reinforce Mesopotamia.

Italy builds fighter & 2 troopers. Italy builds fighter & 2 troopers. Pulls out of Venice, leaves a trooper in Piedmont, begins to concentrate forces in Tuscany. Uses transport, to pick up Libya’s trooper & cannon to Tuscany. Trooper in East Africa, heads to Egypt.

U.S.A. builds 3 transports, moves BB & C to central Med. Sea.

Round Two: AHE builds BB, C, &, submarine. Moves forces into Venice of 30 troopers, 8 guns, &, fighter flown in from capital, versus, symbolic Italian trooper defender, losses a trooper each side, Venice falls.

Fleet enters Italian Home Waters(no mine lost), 2 BB, C, & transport, versus, It. BB, C, transport, fighter, and, British 2 C & transport.

Losses all Axis, &, only It. damaged BB & C and British are transport left.

British Empire builds 3 transports & 2 fighters for India. Sudan trooper moves to Egypt & transport returns to India. Also 2 fighters fly from India to Egypt, &, transport goes from Egypt to Red Sea. Another transport from outside Med. Sea lands 2 troopers onto Tuscany. Finally 2 transports(3 troopers & gun), &, BB leaves Wales for central Med. Sea.

BB & C enter Ottoman Home Waters, mine damage to BB, versus, Ottoman 2C, sub., &, fighter. Losses Allies C & Axis all.

Four troopers & 2 guns from Canadian, board U.S. transports on East Coast. Two C off Spain, link up with It. Fleet off Italy.

Ottoman Empire builds fighter & 3 troopers. Moves 3 troopers & gun into Jordan, as reinforcements. Also from capital to Smyrna 2 troopers & gun.

Italy builds fighter & 3 troopers, moves Roman garrison to Tuscany.

U.S.A. builds 3 transports. Moves 3 transports with 4 troopers & 2 guns, for Italy & Egypt. Meanwhile BB & C link up with Italian fleet.

Round Three: AHE builds 3 troopers, 1 sub., &, Battleship. Moves more reinforcements to Venice, and, Galacia garrison guarding the coastline. From Trieste 3 troopers & gun to Venice, while fighter flies from Vienna to Trieste.

Forces invade Burgundy, 42 troopers, fighter, &, 10 guns, versus, Italian 24 troopers, 3 Brits, &, 10 Allied guns. Losses Axis 24 troopers & Allies 26(23 Italian & all 3 Brits.). Burgundy is contested!

British builds fighter, 4 troopers, &, 3 guns for India. BB leaves Home Islands to join Italian Fleet, &, transport leaves Italy and goes to Red Sea. While another transport leaves Red Sea for India.

Lands in Mesopotamia 2 troopers & 2 guns & 2 fighters flown in from India, versus, Ottoman 2 troopers & gun. Losses Allies trooper & Axis trooper & gun, and, Mesopotamia is contested.

Transport arrives off Italy, &, one trooper goes to Tuscany & another to Egypt. Another 2 transports arrive off Italy, debark a trooper to Piedmont, &, 2 troopers & gun to Tuscany.

Also 2 transports leave Wales for central Med. Sea with 3 troopers & gun. Finally 2 troopers & 2 guns, on U.S. East Coast board U.S. transports for same destination.

Ottoman Empire builds 5 troopers, moves a trooper from Smyrna to Jordan. Also capital garrison to Ankara of 3 troopers & gun.

Now or never Egypt is invaded, 11 troopers, 3 guns, &, fighter from capital, versus, British 2 fighters, 2 guns, &, 9 troopers. Losses Axis 10 troopers & Allies 6 troopers. Each side losses a fighter in air duel.

Italy builds 4 troopers, from Capital to Burgundy moves 2 troopers & fighter, &, trooper from East Africa arrives in Egypt.

U.S.A. builds 3 transports & 2 troopers. Moves 2 transports to Central Med. Sea with 2 troopers & 2 guns. Three transport lands 4 troopers & 2 guns, in Tuscany.

Round Four: AHE builds sub., BB, &, fighter. Moves forces for assault in Tuscany, 18 troopers, 10 guns, fighter(lost in air duel), versus, Brits. 3 troopers & gun, and, U.S. 4 troopers & 2 guns, and, Italy fighter(lost in duel), 3 troopers, &, 7 guns. Losses Axis 9 troopers & Allies 9 troopers & 3 guns.

British Empire builds 2 transports, BB, &, for India 2 troopers. Moves transport back to India from Red Sea, into Mesopotamia lands another trooper & gun. From Mesopotamia flies fighter to Egypt, &, from Egypt another fighter flies to Tuscany. Another two transports go from Egypt to Red Sea, while another transport leaves 2 troopers in Tuscany.

Meanwhile two transports from off Spain, arrive off Italy, &, land in Tuscany 2 troopers & gun, and, trooper in Piedmont. Also 2 troopers, in US East Coast boards US transport.

In Mesopotamia 4 troopers, gun, &, fighter, versus, Ottoman trooper. Each side losses a trooper, the land between two rivers falls! Along with in Egypt 2 trooper, 2 guns, &, fighter, versus, Ottoman trooper & 3 guns. Losses Allies trooper & gun, and, Axis all. Egypt is freed!

Ottoman Empire builds trooper & gun & fighter. Moves Ankara garrison to Mesopotamia 4 troopers & gun, versus, British 3 troopers, gun, &, fighter. Losses all Axis & Allies 2 troopers & gun.

From Smyrna to Jordan trooper & gun, &, from capital to Smyrna 3 troopers. Middle portions of the empire are undefended.

Italy builds 3 troopers, moves Roman garrison to Tuscany. Five troopers & 7 guns, versus, Austro-Hungarian Empire 8 troopers & 10 guns. Losses Italy losses are 4 troopers & four guns, &, AHE losses are 7 troopers & 1 gun. AHE will not be able to take out all the Allies in Tuscany, much less take out Rome, with only a trooper & nine guns.

U.S.A. builds fighter, tank, &, submarine, two transports leaves East Coast with 4 troopers for Italy. Meanwhile 3 transports leaves Italy for East Coast.

Round Five: AHE knows it is quite hard to win this war, perhaps try to take & contest as much territories, in order to have bargaining chips with the Allies at the peace talks. Also a final Jutland type sea battle, with a previous purchase of a ship, to show the Allies it can still project naval might.

Builds C, fighter, tank, trooper & gun. Moves Trieste garrison of 3 troopers & gun to Venice, while the capital sends 3 troopers to cover Trieste coastline. Meanwhile Venice garrison moves to Tuscany, for a total of now 4 troopers & 10 guns, versus, Italy trooper & 3 guns, and, British 4 troopers, gun, &, fighter. Losses Axis 3 troopers & 3 guns, &, Italy a gun, and, British 4 troopers & gun.

Meanwhile AHE fleet leaves its Home Waters, &, enters Italy’s Home Waters. Two BB(one damaged to mines), 2C, 4 subs, &, transport, versus, Italian BB & C, U.S.N. BB & C, British 2 BB(one already damaged) & 2 C, sub., 3 transports, &, 2 fighters. Losses all Axis, &, Allies Italian BB damaged & C lost, U.S.N. BB damaged, 2 C, submarine, &, 2 transports lost.

Peace breaks out, AHE can hunker down, and, hold out a long time, just occupying Venice, but, eventually Ottoman empire will fall. With the extra income, the Allies will just outspend AHE in naval, land, air forces. At sea right now AHE has a C, in Italy 9 guns, &, 4 troopers. Inside the empire 4 troopers, gun, tank, &, fighter.

Ottoman Empire will have Brits. roll into an undefended middle part of their empire, already lost Mesopotamia, and, with British forces from India(3 troopers & gun & a fighter flying in) & from Egypt, take over Jordan. Also British reinforcements for Mesopotamia from India.

British have another 5 troopers due to land in Tuscany, &, another 3 troopers & gun leaving Wales for Italy. Control of most of the Med. Sea, with 4 more transports heading for India.

Italy still has troopers to send from Rome to Tuscany, but, needs Allied help to take it back. Also U.S.A. will be landing in Tuscany 4 more troopers.

AHE offers to pull out of contested Tuscany(save those precious guns), leave occupied Venice, if the Allies leave Mesopotamia. As a show of good faith, the Axis will leave their fleets in their home waters, and leave Trieste & Mesopotamia with a symbolic trooper in it. Also oil leases for everybody, Allies accept.

IPCs lost, Troopers Axis 45 units, &, Allies 38 troopers, Guns 8 & 11, Fighters 3 each, Transports 1 & 3, Submarines 5 & 1, Cruisers 5 & 6, BBs 4 Axis only(1.5 Allies if you count 3 damaged BBs).

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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