Game 3: VictoryFirst (CP) vs. Tamer of Beasts (Entente) | WW1 1914, TGC Balance

@Ragnell804

Game History

Round: 1 Purchase Units - Americans Americans buy 2 destroyers, 1 submarine and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Americans Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Removing units owned by British from Syria: 1 infantry EDIT: Removing units owned by British from Iraq: 1 infantry EDIT: Adding units owned by British to Iran: 2 infantry EDIT: Removing units owned by British from Palestine: 1 infantry EDIT: Adding units owned by British to Syria: 1 infantry EDIT: Removing units owned by British from Egypt: 1 armour, 1 artillery and 1 infantry EDIT: Adding units owned by British to Libya: 1 armour, 1 artillery and 1 infantry EDIT: Removing units owned by British from Malta: 1 fighter EDIT: Adding units owned by British to Egypt: 1 fighter EDIT: Removing units owned by British from Eastern Mediterranean Sea Zone: 1 destroyer EDIT: Adding units owned by British to Sicilian Sea Sea Zone: 1 destroyer EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode 1 bomber and 1 fighter moved from United States to Celtic Sea Sea Zone 1 destroyer moved from U.S. Eastern Coast Sea Zone to Celtic Sea Sea Zone 1 transport moved from U.S. Eastern Coast Sea Zone to Celtic Sea Sea Zone Combat - Americans Battle in Celtic Sea Sea Zone Americans attack with 1 bomber, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 transport Germans defend with 1 submarine Americans roll dice for 1 bomber, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 transport in Celtic Sea Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 1.67 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 submarine in Celtic Sea Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 submarine owned by the Germans lost in Celtic Sea Sea Zone Americans win with 1 bomber, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8 Casualties for Germans: 1 submarine Non Combat Move - Americans 1 bomber and 1 fighter moved from Celtic Sea Sea Zone to United Kingdom Place Units - Americans 2 destroyers, 1 submarine and 1 transport placed in U.S. Eastern Coast Sea Zone Turn Complete - Americans Americans collect 40 PUs; end with 40 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Americans regular : 0.33 Germans regular : -0.33

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@dawgoneit i forgot i had to do a local game and germany was kicking but until i restarted the game locally. lol

@VictoryFirst Game History

Round: 3 Purchase Units - Russians Russians buy 8 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Russians 1 submarine moved from Norwegian Sea Sea Zone to Denmark Strait Sea Zone 1 armour moved from Leningrad to Baltic States Russians take Baltic States from Germans 1 armour moved from Baltic States to Leningrad 1 artillery moved from Karelia to Leningrad 1 infantry moved from Leningrad to Karelia Combat - Russians Non Combat Move - Russians 1 aaGun moved from Ukraine S.S.R. to Belorussia 4 armour, 4 artilleries and 25 infantry moved from Ukraine S.S.R. to Stalingrad Place Units - Russians 8 infantry placed in Leningrad Turn Complete - Russians Russians collect 23 PUs; end with 23 PUs

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Round: 3 Purchase Units - British British buy 1 fighter and 4 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - British 1 armour, 1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Tunisia to Algeria British take Algeria from Germans 1 destroyer and 1 transport moved from Western Mediterranean Sea Zone to Azores Sea Sea Zone 1 carrier, 1 fighter and 2 transports moved from Celtic Sea Sea Zone to English Channel Sea Zone 1 armour moved from United Kingdom to English Channel Sea Zone 1 armour moved from English Channel Sea Zone to France British take France from Germans 2 infantry moved from United Kingdom to English Channel Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from English Channel Sea Zone to Netherlands-Belgium British take Netherlands-Belgium from Germans 1 infantry moved from Caucasus to Ukraine S.S.R. Combat - British Non Combat Move - British 1 armour moved from Celtic Sea Sea Zone to United Kingdom Place Units - British 1 fighter and 4 infantry placed in United Kingdom Turn Complete - British British collect 23 PUs; end with 23 PUs

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Round: 3 Purchase Units - Americans Americans buy 2 fighters, 2 infantry and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 2 PUs; Combat Move - Americans 1 destroyer moved from U.S. Convoy 2 Sea Zone to British Convoy 3 Sea Zone British take British Convoy 3 Sea Zone from Germans 1 destroyer moved from U.S. Convoy 2 Sea Zone to Celtic Sea Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from United Kingdom to Celtic Sea Sea Zone 2 infantry and 2 transports moved from Celtic Sea Sea Zone to English Channel Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from English Channel Sea Zone to Netherlands-Belgium 1 bomber moved from United Kingdom to Northern Italy 2 fighters moved from United States to English Channel Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from English Channel Sea Zone to Karelia 4 infantry moved from United States to U.S. Eastern Coast Sea Zone 4 infantry and 2 transports moved from U.S. Eastern Coast Sea Zone to Celtic Sea Sea Zone Combat - Americans Strategic bombing raid in Northern Italy Bombing raid in Northern Italy rolls: 2 and costs: 2 PUs. Bombing raid costs 2 PUs Non Combat Move - Americans 1 bomber moved from Northern Italy to France Place Units - Americans 2 fighters and 2 infantry placed in United States 1 transport placed in U.S. Eastern Coast Sea Zone Turn Complete - Americans Americans collect 40 PUs; end with 42 PUs

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@The_Good_Captain Can’t edit posts in the “Play Boardgames” board but meant to elaborate on removing Germany’s bid.

If you remove Germany’s bid it allows a greater share of USSR’s starting army to survive the first turn (since that’s generally where the Allied bid will go unless people want to try being creative and keeping some of the UK Navy alive). The lack of a bid for Germany + keeping more of USSR’s starting army alive has a cascading effect on the rest of the game, as it slows down the German advance by ~1-2 turns, which I suspect may be enough for the Western Allies to pursue a more “normal” strategy than what I’d been reduced to in the last few games against you and @VictoryFirst (Fighter spam).

If the Allies are playing normally and a rush on Moscow is consistently putting up even-ish odds, that’s probably about as good as the balance in this edition is going to get. The OOB Victory Conditions + having USA as a static 30-IPC-per-turn territory and the Allies on-average having 2.5X Germany’s income even after USSR starts to die is never going to create a gameplay loop similar to the “mainline” editions. Germany cannot play a slow game here, nor can they ever simplify the game state to a point where they can.

@The_Good_Captain

Game History

Round: 5 Purchase Units - British British buy 2 artilleries, 7 infantry and 1 tank; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - British 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Angola to SZ 24 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from SZ 24 to SZ 23 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from SZ 23 to Togoland 2 infantry moved from Belgian Congo to Anglo Egyptian Sudan 1 transport moved from SZ 23 to SZ 25 1 battleship moved from SZ 25 to SZ 23 4 infantry moved from Canada to SZ 2 2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from SZ 8 to Picardy 4 infantry moved from London to SZ 9 4 infantry moved from SZ 9 to Belgium Combat - British Battle in Togoland British attack with 1 artillery and 2 infantry Germans defend with 1 infantry British roll dice for 1 artillery and 2 infantry in Togoland, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 1.33 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Togoland, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Togoland British win, taking Togoland from Germans with 1 artillery and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry Combat Move - British Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Removing units owned by British from SZ 25: 1 transport EDIT: Adding units owned by British to SZ 24: 1 transport EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode 4 artilleries, 2 infantry and 2 tanks moved from India to Persia Place Units - British 2 artilleries, 7 infantry and 1 tank placed in India Turn Complete - British British collect 36 PUs; end with 36 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans regular : -0.50 British regular : 0.67

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Oje, das war meine 70 % Chance. Ging wie meistens voll nach hinten los. Scheiss auf die Luftwaffe, brauche ich doch gar nicht.
Game History

Round: 5 Purchase Units - Germans Germans buy 2 armour and 6 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Germans 2 armour moved from Germany to Spain 1 fighter moved from West Europe to Spain 7 infantry moved from West Europe to Spain 1 fighter moved from Germany to Spain 3 fighters moved from East Europe to Spain 1 bomber moved from East Europe to Spain 2 infantry moved from East Europe to Ukraine S.S.R. 1 armour moved from East Europe to Ukraine S.S.R. Combat - Germans Battle in Ukraine S.S.R. Germans attack with 1 armour and 2 infantry Russians defend with 2 infantry Germans roll dice for 1 armour and 2 infantry in Ukraine S.S.R., round 2 : 0/3 hits, 0,83 expected hits Russians roll dice for 2 infantry in Ukraine S.S.R., round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0,67 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Ukraine S.S.R. Germans roll dice for 1 armour and 1 infantry in Ukraine S.S.R., round 3 : 1/2 hits, 0,67 expected hits Russians roll dice for 2 infantry in Ukraine S.S.R., round 3 : 1/2 hits, 0,67 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Ukraine S.S.R. 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Ukraine S.S.R. Germans roll dice for 1 armour in Ukraine S.S.R., round 4 : 1/1 hits, 0,50 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Ukraine S.S.R., round 4 : 1/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits 1 armour owned by the Germans lost in Ukraine S.S.R. 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Ukraine S.S.R. Russians win with no units remaining. Battle score for attacker is -5 Casualties for Germans: 1 armour and 2 infantry Casualties for Russians: 2 infantry Battle in Spain Germans attack with 2 armour, 1 bomber, 5 fighters and 7 infantry British defend with 5 infantry; Americans defend with 1 aaGun, 3 fighters and 4 infantry Americans roll AA dice in Spain : 1/6 hits, 1,00 expected hits 1 fighter owned by the Germans lost in Spain Germans roll dice for 2 armour, 1 bomber, 4 fighters and 7 infantry in Spain, round 2 : 2/14 hits, 4,83 expected hits British roll dice for 3 fighters and 9 infantry in Spain, round 2 : 5/12 hits, 5,00 expected hits 5 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Spain 2 infantry owned by the Americans lost in Spain Germans roll dice for 2 armour, 1 bomber, 4 fighters and 2 infantry in Spain, round 3 : 5/9 hits, 4,00 expected hits British roll dice for 3 fighters and 7 infantry in Spain, round 3 : 8/10 hits, 4,33 expected hits 2 infantry owned by the Germans, 4 fighters owned by the Germans and 2 armour owned by the Germans lost in Spain 5 infantry owned by the British lost in Spain 1 bomber owned by the Germans retreated British win with 3 fighters and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -70 Casualties for Germans: 2 armour, 5 fighters and 7 infantry Casualties for Americans: 2 infantry Casualties for British: 5 infantry Non Combat Move - Germans 1 bomber moved from Spain to Germany 3 infantry moved from South Europe to West Europe 1 infantry moved from Germany to East Europe 5 infantry moved from Germany to West Europe Place Units - Germans 2 armour and 6 infantry placed in Germany Turn Complete - Germans Germans collect 25 PUs; end with 25 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Americans AA : 0,00 Russians regular : 1,33 Germans regular : -1,83 British regular : 3,67

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@Ragnell804

Game History

Round: 10 Purchase Units - Russians Russians buy 8 infantry; Remaining resources: 2 PUs; Combat Move - Russians 2 infantry moved from Russia to Novosibirsk 2 fighters moved from Russia to Novosibirsk 18 infantry moved from Russia to Kazakh S.S.R. 3 armour moved from Russia to Kazakh S.S.R. Combat - Russians Battle in Kazakh S.S.R. Russians attack with 3 armour and 18 infantry Japanese defend with 2 infantry Russians roll dice for 3 armour and 18 infantry in Kazakh S.S.R., round 2 : 4/21 hits, 4.50 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 2 infantry in Kazakh S.S.R., round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 2 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Kazakh S.S.R. Russians win, taking Kazakh S.S.R. from Japanese with 3 armour and 18 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6 Casualties for Japanese: 2 infantry Battle in Novosibirsk Russians attack with 2 fighters and 2 infantry Japanese defend with 1 infantry Russians roll dice for 2 fighters and 2 infantry in Novosibirsk, round 2 : 4/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Novosibirsk, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Novosibirsk 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Novosibirsk Russians win, taking Novosibirsk from Japanese with 2 fighters and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0 Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - Russians 2 fighters moved from Novosibirsk to Karelia S.S.R. 2 infantry moved from Russia to Karelia S.S.R. Place Units - Russians 8 infantry placed in Karelia S.S.R. Turn Complete - Russians Russians collect 22 PUs; end with 24 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Japanese regular : 0.00 Russians regular : 2.17

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