Why AnA Players should ALWAYS use a battle calculator (when allowed)

@taamvan this seems to be more of a comment than a rebuttal but thanks for the post.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnA3xAM_CjM

Punchline: TripleA is the most efficient online platform on which to play Axis and Allies. This allows players to play more games with the added benefit of playing a variety of opponents. More games against different opponents means a far more diverse range of experience which makes the AnA player more lethal in all his future games…including those played face to face.

Just me and a bud. Played 1 turn. Don’t have video. Sorry

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVjxDrx4TbM&t=1380s

@Young-Grasshopper this game is fun throughout and I highly recommend it to anyone a fan of world war 2 like me been playing it my whole life and I like playing both sides with victories for both but I find it more achievable to win as the axis I like using subs and fighters a lot to scare the English most of the time

Great article and yeah sounds like your past games were about the same as mine. ONly a few good old friends we olny the occasional “beep” while throw a dice in disguse. As long as it’s just that….quick. Sometimes you just have to blow off a little steam and then realize “It’s just a game”. Plus later it’s great comical material against you. “Hey man don’t blow up if you lose this battle” and so forth. HAHA

I’m not sure I agree with your numbers under section 1 but the other sections are spot on.  Section 2 is particularily good advice.  If you need to win 3 ‘deadzones’ to block blitz avenues to lighly defended air assests behind ‘the lines’ you better think carefully about HAVING to win ALL 3.

Perhaps we are looking at things from a different angle for section 1 but I get these odds:

10 infantry vs 6 infantry; probable outcome is 4 attacking infantry (12 IPCs) surviving.

50/50 mark of casualties is 6 Inf, like you state, although a 26% chance the attacker loses.  The 50/50 mark means you are equally likely to get better or worse.

5 infantry and 3 tanks vs 6 infantry, probable outcome is 1 attacking infantry and 3 tanks (18 IPCs) surviving.

50/50 mark of casualties is 2 Inf not the 4 Inf you state, in fact, there is a 90% chance the the loses are lower than you state and there is not statistical likelihood of attacker losing or even losing more than a single tank.

5 tanks vs 6 infantry, probable outcome 2-3 tanks (10-15 IPCs) surviving.

The 50/50 mark is 1 tank surviving.  In fact, you are nearly going to lose that attack 50% of the time and about 60% you have 1 or less surviving tanks.