VictoryFirst (Allies) vs. SuperbattleshipYamato (Germans) | D-Day, TGC Balance Game 1

That was a meager performance from the Brits there. They only managed to kill one sub 😂

@VictoryFirst

Allies Turn 3 Combat Complete.tsvg

@SuperbattleshipYamato

All dice results include strafe rolls. The low luck results are just adding up all the pips and dividing by six.

The ‘actual’ dice are where I add up all the "1"s and divide by 8. Anything that hits at two or three is added up and divided by six separately and then all results are added into a single number. The ‘actual’ dice method of recording appears to be more ‘accurate’ in that the numbers are typically closer to zero at the end of games of D-Day than Low Luck which is usually pretty off the mark comparatively (again: this is more useful in D-Day given the piece count restriction and prevalence of units that hit at 1).

Where I vehemently disagree with Andrew is exactly where you mentioned. I have played only one game with him (before I knew anything about him) and was appalled that he will essentially never takes a chance outside of anything that’s less than 90 something percent or better (if that). If you know he wont attack you even at 75% for example then you can simply putt around the map and give him huge opportunities he will not take. This converts to tempo and reach on the board and you can just take stuff without fear of counterattack. One of the more bizarre Axis and Allies players imo. But if it works for him, all good. He is incredibly adept using a battle calculator.

TripleA Turn Summary: Japanese round 2

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 2 Purchase Units - Japanese Japanese buy 1 destroyer, 7 infantry and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 6 SuicideAttackTokens; Combat Move - Japanese 1 artillery, 2 bombers, 3 fighters, 5 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Kwangsi to Yunnan 2 artilleries and 6 infantry moved from Kiangsi to Hunan Japanese take Hunan from Chinese 1 infantry moved from Jehol to Chahar Japanese take Chahar from Chinese 2 artilleries, 1 fighter and 2 infantry moved from Jehol to Anhwe 1 artillery, 1 fighter, 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Anhwe to Kiangsi 1 fighter moved from Kiangsi to Kwangsi 1 mech_infantry moved from Kiangsi to Hunan 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Shantung to Fukien 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Japan to Fukien Combat - Japanese Battle in Yunnan Japanese attack with 1 artillery, 2 bombers, 3 fighters, 5 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers Chinese defend with 10 infantry Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery, 2 bombers, 3 fighters, 5 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers in Yunnan, round 2 : 5/13 hits, 5.17 expected hits Chinese roll dice for 10 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 4/10 hits, 3.33 expected hits 4 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Yunnan 5 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Yunnan Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery, 2 bombers, 3 fighters, 1 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers in Yunnan, round 3 : 6/9 hits, 4.50 expected hits Chinese roll dice for 5 infantry in Yunnan, round 3 : 1/5 hits, 1.67 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Yunnan 5 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Yunnan Japanese win, taking Yunnan from Chinese with 1 artillery, 2 bombers, 3 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 15 Casualties for Japanese: 5 infantry Casualties for Chinese: 10 infantry Non Combat Move - Japanese 2 bombers, 3 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Yunnan to Kwangsi 2 transports moved from 37 Sea Zone to 20 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Kyushu to 20 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from 20 Sea Zone to Kiangsu 1 armour, 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Japan to Kyushu 2 transports moved from 7 Sea Zone to 20 Sea Zone 4 infantry moved from Southern Manchuria to 20 Sea Zone 4 infantry and 2 transports moved from 20 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone 4 infantry moved from 37 Sea Zone to Kwangsi 2 infantry and 1 marine moved from Caroline Islands to 34 Sea Zone 1 battleship, 3 carriers, 2 cruisers, 3 destroyers, 3 fighters, 2 infantry, 1 marine, 1 submarine, 3 tactical_bombers and 1 transport moved from 34 Sea Zone to 56 Sea Zone Place Units - Japanese 1 destroyer and 2 transports placed in 7 Sea Zone 3 infantry placed in Southern Manchuria 4 infantry placed in Japan Japanese undo move 3. Japanese undo move 2. Japanese undo move 1. 1 destroyer and 2 transports placed in 7 Sea Zone 3 infantry placed in Southern Manchuria 4 infantry placed in Japan Turn Complete - Japanese Japanese collect 33 PUs; end with 33 PUs Objective Japanese 1 Trade With America: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 43 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Chinese regular : -0.00 Japanese regular : 1.33

Savegame

@VictoryFirst R 4.tsvg

Germans regular : 0.00
Russians regular : -7.67

@VictoryFirst

yea good to take a break now and again. Even if only a little one. Especially as many games as you play :) I have a hard time keeping stuff straight just with the two lol

Yea if you can fit a new logo in, go for it. Elk just put that in as a generic type thingy, so it would have something :)

TripleA Turn Summary: Germans round 4

TripleA Turn Summary for game: Europe - Beta - fix

Game History

Round: 4 Purchase Units - Germans Germans buy 7 armour and 4 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Germans 3 infantry moved from Poland to East Poland 11 armour, 8 artilleries and 38 infantry moved from Poland to Baltic States 3 fighters moved from Germany to East Poland 1 fighter moved from Rumania to East Poland 1 bomber moved from Norway to East Poland 1 infantry moved from Southern Italy to Sicilian Sea Sea Zone 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from Sicilian Sea Sea Zone to Eastern Mediterranean Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Crete to Eastern Mediterranean Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from Eastern Mediterranean Sea Zone to Syria Germans take Syria from Middle_East 1 armour moved from Palestine to Iraq Germans take Trans-Jordan from Middle_East Germans take Iraq from Middle_East 1 armour and 2 infantry moved from Palestine to Syria 2 artilleries and 1 infantry moved from Egypt to Palestine Combat - Germans Battle in East Poland Germans attack with 1 bomber, 4 fighters and 3 infantry Russians defend with 3 infantry Germans roll dice for 1 bomber, 4 fighters and 3 infantry in East Poland, round 2 : 1/8 hits, 3.17 expected hits Russians roll dice for 3 infantry in East Poland, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits 2 infantry owned by the Germans lost in East Poland 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in East Poland Germans roll dice for 1 bomber, 4 fighters and 1 infantry in East Poland, round 3 : 3/6 hits, 2.83 expected hits Russians roll dice for 2 infantry in East Poland, round 3 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 2 infantry owned by the Russians lost in East Poland Germans win, taking East Poland from Russians with 1 bomber, 4 fighters and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Germans: 2 infantry Casualties for Russians: 3 infantry Battle in Baltic States Germans attack with 11 armour, 8 artilleries and 38 infantry Russians defend with 2 infantry Germans roll dice for 11 armour, 8 artilleries and 38 infantry in Baltic States, round 2 : 13/57 hits, 15.83 expected hits Russians roll dice for 2 infantry in Baltic States, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Baltic States 2 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Baltic States Germans win, taking Baltic States from Russians with 11 armour, 8 artilleries and 37 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry Casualties for Russians: 2 infantry Non Combat Move - Germans 1 artillery and 4 infantry moved from France to Eastern France 5 infantry moved from Germany to Eastern France 8 infantry moved from Germany to Poland 1 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia 1 fighter moved from East Poland to Poland 1 bomber moved from East Poland to Germany 1 fighter moved from France to Eastern France 3 fighters moved from East Poland to Germany 2 infantry moved from Norway to Finland Place Units - Germans 7 armour and 4 infantry placed in Germany Turn Complete - Germans Germans collect 46 PUs; end with 46 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Russians regular : 0.67 Germans regular : -4.83

Savegame

@DoManMacgee said in TGC (Germany) vs Kwaspek and DoMan (Allies) - Europe Game 2:

@The_Good_Captain To give more context:

You lost an INF attacking Belo, didn’t attack Russia (2 INF) and sent a Tank to attack Archangel. Put that all together + the fact that we had 57% Odds + the fact that your air was out of position to actually punish a failure + the fact that the US/UK guys in Leningrad could have tried cleaning up if it was a near-loss and the original plan was to “try 1 round of combat and see what happens”.

I was just going to back up to Moscow if the first round of dice went badly but after 1 round of combat our odds jumped to 82% so I just rolled on at that point.

My/Our question to you Re: this game is why you pulled everything out of ME early only to about-face and go back into ME later in the game. We were anticipating a ~60% odds attack for Germany Vs. Moscow at one point earlier in the game, which made us bend over backwards to rush everything into position to keep the odds to just 60% your-favor (instead of something decisive like 85+). Yet, to our surprise, the attack never came, and you pivoted into an econ-game despite having pulled pieces out of the ME previously.

Because I already played the 60% game. Been there done that several times now -nothing new to learn there. I’ve also flipped the board economy in Germany’s favor before and forced concession without a fight in Moscow. Since the goal is to cut videos about best practices, the intent was to experiment with a mid-game attempt on the economy (again - given that I’ve already seen the script you just mentioned).