This is a thread for posting your hard luck stories in A&A.
It is multipurpose. Misery loves company. This can be a place to go after enduring a disappointing dicing, so that you can remember that you are not alone. We all love competing, and this includes having the worst bad luck story, so this is a bit of a competition as well.I’ll kick off.
The most memorable bad dice battle I’ve had was in AA50. I attacked 3 USA tanks in CUS from WUS with Japan with 13 tanks.
All 13 of my tanks missed. All 3 of his hit. (Order was restored after that)
That’s 16 coin flips going against me all at once, 1 chance in 65,536.
That’s a 0.0015% chance.I also got hit by 4/5 AA fire in AA50 with UK attacking 2 German territories. That was all the air I had, so my attack power for future turns was decimated. Fortunately my opponent continued to make bad decisions and I won anyway, but I remember this dicing.
Those aren’t very good stories because they didn’t even cost me a game. I’m sure you have endured worse (as have I, but I don’t remember EVERYTHING).
So…… tell us how you were horribly diced. And let this be a rest haven for war-weary A&A aficionados who’ve just been handed their butts by the hardest opponent ever. The dice.
Seems appropriate to quote myself now… :-)
However failing in all 5 battles … … has a chance of 0,03% (~1:2900) to me.
If it helps at all, as I pointed out in the opening post for this thread, I did see a 1:65,636 event 8-)
Worst dice in a game I’ve seen was one I played about six months ago but thankfully I was on the side of luck with this. This battle destroyed the German lines and made Russia unstoppable and gave the allies the win. While nowhere near as epic for what you guys had in terms of numbers, this was a huge game changer because Japan and Germany were doing so well. I was just fortunate to get that Middle East money which was the only reason I was able to compete. When Russia can roll about 45-50% everytime, you know German blood is going to fill the streets!
Battle in Russia
Germans attack with 33 armour, 8 artilleries, 4 bombers, 6 fighters, 30 infantry and 10 tactical_bombers
Russians defend with 4 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 15 armour, 13 artilleries, 1 factory_major, 3 fighters, 59 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
AA guns fire in Russia : 1/12 hits
1 fighter owned by the Germans lost in Russia
Germans roll dice for 33 armour, 8 artilleries, 4 bombers, 5 fighters, 30 infantry and 10 tactical_bombers in Russia, round 1 : 39/90 hits
Russians roll dice for 4 aaGuns, 15 armour, 13 artilleries, 3 fighters, 59 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Russia, round 1 : 40/91 hits
35 infantry owned by the Russians , 30 infantry owned by the Germans , 2 armour owned by the Germans , 8 artilleries owned by the Germans and 4 aaGuns owned by the Russians lost in Russia
Germans roll dice for 31 armour, 4 bombers, 5 fighters and 10 tactical_bombers in Russia, round 2 : 32/50 hits
Russians roll dice for 15 armour, 13 artilleries, 3 fighters, 24 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Russia, round 2 : 24/56 hits
24 infantry owned by the Russians , 24 armour owned by the Germans and 8 artilleries owned by the Russians lost in Russia
Germans roll dice for 7 armour, 4 bombers, 5 fighters and 10 tactical_bombers in Russia, round 3 : 9/26 hits
Russians roll dice for 15 armour, 5 artilleries, 3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber in Russia, round 3 : 12/24 hits
4 armour owned by the Russians , 6 tactical_bombers owned by the Germans , 1 armour owned by the Germans , 5 artilleries owned by the Russians and 5 fighters owned by the Germans lost in Russia
Germans roll dice for 6 armour, 4 bombers and 4 tactical_bombers in Russia, round 4 : 7/14 hits
Russians roll dice for 11 armour, 3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber in Russia, round 4 : 10/15 hits
7 armour owned by the Russians , 4 tactical_bombers owned by the Germans and 6 armour owned by the Germans lost in Russia
retreated to Russia
Russians win with 4 armour, 3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is -175
Casualties for Germans: 33 armour, 8 artilleries, 6 fighters, 30 infantry and 10 tactical_bombers
Casualties for Russians: 4 aaGuns, 11 armour, 13 artilleries and 59 infantry
Ok…Karma’s a bitch…98-99% chance of winning…
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=32617.60
Battle in 46 Sea Zone
Japanese attack with 2 battleships, 4 bombers, 3 carriers, 2 cruisers, 5 destroyers, 5 fighters, 3 submarines and 3 tactical_bombers
ANZAC defend with 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 2 fighters and 2 transports; Americans defend with 1 battleship, 3 carriers, 3 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 5 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber
Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Americans , 3 carriers owned by the Americans and 1 carrier owned by the ANZAC
Units damaged: 2 carriers owned by the Japanese and 2 battleships owned by the Japanese
Americans win with 1 battleship and 2 transports remaining. Battle score for attacker is -84
Casualties for Japanese: 2 battleships, 4 bombers, 3 carriers, 2 cruisers, 5 destroyers, 5 fighters, 3 submarines and 3 tactical_bombers
Casualties for ANZAC: 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers and 2 fighters
Casualties for Americans: 3 carriers, 3 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 5 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber
Flawless 2-round strafe on Transjordan. My British whiff 12@2 and 2@3.
Only a 0.01% chance of Italians escaping with no casualties.
Combat Move - Italians
Battle in Trans-Jordan
Italians attack with 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 4 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
British defend with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 4 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys
Italians roll dice for 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 4 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Trans-Jordan, round 2 : 2/8 hits
British roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery, 4 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys in Trans-Jordan, round 2 : 0/8 hits
2 infantry owned by the British lost in Trans-Jordan
Italians roll dice for 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 4 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Trans-Jordan, round 3 : 4/8 hits
British roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery, 2 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys in Trans-Jordan, round 3 : 0/6 hits
2 infantry owned by the British and 2 mech_infantrys owned by the British lost in Trans-Jordan
1 artillery owned by the Italians and 4 infantry owned by the Italians retreated to Iraq
British win with 1 armour and 1 artillery remaining. Battle score for attacker is 20
Casualties for British: 4 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys
98/9% to win
Battle in Holland Belgium
Germans attack with 1 armour, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
Americans defend with 2 infantry
Germans roll dice for 1 armour, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Holland Belgium, round 2 : 0/5 hits
Americans roll dice for 2 infantry in Holland Belgium, round 2 : 1/2 hits
1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Holland Belgium
Germans roll dice for 1 armour, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Holland Belgium, round 3 : 0/4 hits
Americans roll dice for 2 infantry in Holland Belgium, round 3 : 1/2 hits
1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Holland Belgium
Germans roll dice for 1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Holland Belgium, round 4 : 1/3 hits
Americans roll dice for 2 infantry in Holland Belgium, round 4 : 2/2 hits
1 infantry owned by the Germans , 1 infantry owned by the Americans and 1 mech_infantry owned by the Germans lost in Holland Belgium
Germans roll dice for 1 armour in Holland Belgium, round 5 : 0/1 hits
Americans roll dice for 1 infantry in Holland Belgium, round 5 : 1/1 hits
1 armour owned by the Germans lost in Holland Belgium
Americans win with 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -16
Casualties for Germans: 1 armour, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
Casualties for Americans: 1 infantry
My 3’s are amazing. This seems to happen a bit, though usually in China.
“Misery loves company” Few quotes are truer than that one.
15+ years ago I was playing the 2nd ed. game with some college friends. We only played each other….meaning we were not very good which explains the unit mix coming up.
I was Germany and attacking Karelia several hours into the game. I was attacking with 12 fighters (such a noob purchase :roll:) and some number of other units (I don’t remember). What came next I will never forget and has always set the bar for a dice whipping…my opponent shot down 11 out of 12 fighters. :-o
Curse or blessing when a game gets screwed in G1 already?
99,916% seems not to be 100%, obv. And the irony is: I always tell people not to dilute the attack on France and always take the full amount of ground units. And despite that I am the one who gets screwed while I would say 90%+ of the A&A players never failed on France G1.
Battle in France
Germans attack with 6 armour, 3 artilleries, 7 infantry and 4 mech_infantrys
French defend with 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 factory_major, 1 fighter and 6 infantry; British defend with 1 armour and 1 artillery
Germans roll dice for 6 armour, 3 artilleries, 7 infantry and 4 mech_infantrys in France, round 2 : 3/20 hits
French roll dice for 1 aaGun, 2 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 fighter and 6 infantry in France, round 2 : 4/11 hits
2 infantry owned by the French , 4 infantry owned by the Germans and 1 aaGun owned by the French lost in France
Germans roll dice for 6 armour, 3 artilleries, 3 infantry and 4 mech_infantrys in France, round 3 : 2/16 hits
French roll dice for 2 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 fighter and 4 infantry in France, round 3 : 5/9 hits
2 infantry owned by the French , 3 infantry owned by the Germans and 2 mech_infantrys owned by the Germans lost in France
Germans roll dice for 6 armour, 3 artilleries and 2 mech_infantrys in France, round 4 : 1/11 hits
French roll dice for 2 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 fighter and 2 infantry in France, round 4 : 3/7 hits
1 infantry owned by the French , 1 artillery owned by the Germans and 2 mech_infantrys owned by the Germans lost in France
Germans roll dice for 6 armour and 2 artilleries in France, round 5 : 1/8 hits
French roll dice for 2 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 fighter and 1 infantry in France, round 5 : 3/6 hits
1 infantry owned by the French , 1 armour owned by the Germans and 2 artilleries owned by the Germans lost in France
Germans roll dice for 5 armour in France, round 6 : 4/5 hits
French roll dice for 2 armour, 2 artilleries and 1 fighter in France, round 6 : 4/5 hits
1 armour owned by the French , 1 armour owned by the British , 4 armour owned by the Germans , 1 artillery owned by the British and 1 artillery owned by the French lost in France
Germans roll dice for 1 armour in France, round 7 : 0/1 hits
French roll dice for 1 fighter in France, round 7 : 1/1 hits
1 armour owned by the Germans lost in France
French win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is -42
Casualties for Germans: 6 armour, 3 artilleries, 7 infantry and 4 mech_infantrys
Casualties for French: 1 aaGun, 1 armour, 1 artillery and 6 infantry
Casualties for British: 1 armour and 1 artillery
Phew, that right there would lead to me resigning immediately :-)
He only showed the France battle.
JDOW, show the whole turn.
The other battles went poorly also, except for Z106
And yes, 99.916% of players would quit and start over :-)
But JDOW is a rare breed
And I agree you dilute the Paris attack at your own peril, for even if you take in all ground there is a small chance it will fail….
And by fail, I don’t just mean failing to capture Paris with Germany. Losing any tanks is a failure
Well, the rest of the turn was below average but no disaster.
Yugo made 3/5, the DD in 109 hit and BB, CC and DD scored 2 hits in 111. Both my subs survived in 106. As I won 106 I’d say the rest of the battles was just slightly below average.
But that is relevant information, because coupled with France it’s even worse. A horrible France could be offset partially by great results everywhere else
I have to say I would disagree here.
In case you lose your entire 7346 in France, this can’t be compensated even with flawless battles on any other place in G1:)
Germany is doomed unless extraordinarily lucky in later phases or playing a very weak opponent or be lucky that the opponent makes a major blunder in later rounds (e.g. losing Moscow by overlooking blitz move or losing entire US fleet by oversight or so)
Playing a live game with a friend, he attacked me with a few inf and 15 tanks. I remember 15 because i remember taking the calculator afterwards.
I forget the # of hits with his infs, but he hit me 0 times with tanks. Zero. Nil. None. Kaput. Rien. Nada.
That’s one chance out of 32768 or 0.00305%. Yeah.
Also starting the game with snake eyes on two german bombers doing SBR stinks. Happened before once if not twice - not huge statistics, 2.77% chance, but it’s pretty brutal.
Got one for you today. I’ll post it since he probably won’t.
Boldfresh v Ghostglider, 2 of the top players in the league
G4 attack on London
15 infantry, 13 artillery, 5 tanks, 2 fighters, 3 tactical, 1 bomber, 1 cruiser shot
v
5 AA, 23 infantry, 1 mech, 2 artillery
Average result, Germany wins losing 1 fighter and 15 infantry, taking with 13 artillery, 5 tanks, 5 air
.02% chance - 1 tank, 4 air
<.01% chance - 1 tank, 3 air
<.01% chance - 1 tank, 2 air
Germany wins the battle, but with only 1 tank, 1 fighter, 1 bomber
Chance is incalculable, but significantly less than 1/10,000, in the biggest battle of the game
Ghostglider says he thinks he will still win. I highly doubt it. :-)
Wow this is crazy. Really crazy dice.
You know what drives me nuts? When you position your army in such a way, that an attack from the opponent would be insane. And when that opponent still attacks… and wins!
The latest example I experienced (but not the craziest) is in my game against Shin Ji, where his Japanese fleet attacked with a ~45% success chance and average -36 TUV. It resulted in +86 for him…
Combat - Germans
Battle in France
Germans attack with 4 armour, 3 artilleries, 1 fighter, 7 infantry, 2 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber
British defend with 1 armour and 1 artillery; French defend with 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 factory_major, 1 fighter and 6 infantry
French win with 2 armour, 2 artilleries and 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is -63
Casualties for Germans: 4 armour, 3 artilleries, 1 fighter, 7 infantry, 2 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber
Casualties for French: 1 aaGun and 6 infantry
Battle in Southern France
Germans attack with 2 armour and 2 mech_infantrys
French defend with 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
French win with 1 artillery remaining. Battle score for attacker is -17
Casualties for Germans: 2 armour and 2 mech_infantrys
Casualties for French: 1 infantry
We are looking at loosing two ~99% battles in G1… :|
AAAGHH!!! That is horrible, El!!
This one got the whole table singing the soviet national anthem- worst and best dice rolls.
Germany is hounding Russia hard and gets to the gates of moscow with 17 tanks, 5 inf and 2 mech inf (Germanys big stack of planes are one space behind landed in friendly territory). Russia has 15 inf, a fighter and 2 art. Russia is looking like it will fall next German turn. Rather than deal with the planes Russia decides to go on the offensive and attacks the stack of tanks. Russia rolls 14 hits first round (ironically, the plane missed) :-o while Germany only gets 5. The odds for either one are bad. Together it was unbelievable. Odds evened out after the first round, but it didn’t matter by that point. Germany was screwed.
Nice one, magoo, thanks
