Facilities should become damaged when captured. Currently, the only loss resulting from capture is downgrading major ICs to minor IC (aside from ICs in China being destroyed). This primarily benefits Germany, which can gain 3 Russian minor ICs, plus 3 bases, at no cost, aside from SBR damage by Axis. I propose that captured minor ICs and bases should receive maximum damage (6 points) each time they are captured, due to battle damage or deliberate demolition by retreating enemy.

@Witt @aequitas-et-veritas Happy birthday to the both of you. How coincidental.

Now that I know about it, its okay there.

Austria mourns the lose of Zeppa. After a distinguished career terrorizing the Entente, burning Paris, London and his favorite target Rome, he pushed his luck one time too far and was shot down by AA fire over Rome. His crew wanted him to wait out the season, so he could join in the land attack against Italy. But that wasn’t his style, preferring to fly solo or with his partner Zepbe. RIP Zeppa.

@witt Of course, you were UK last game.
I hope you try a novel strategy instead of the same old Paris fetish.
The final jeopardy category a day or two ago was “famous ships”. The question was what ship wreck was located in 1989, 48 years after it sank and 96 years after the death of the person that it was named for. 2 contestants chose the Andrea Doria, but the current champion and I knew it was the Bismarck.

Wow, Sweden is a tough neighborhood. Both neutral defenders hit. Then the Brits weakened me for the Ruskies to take their shot. Less than half of my 16-man army survived the first turn. Good thing I take HGs along with me. Finland bulked up quickly. May have to stay in Sweden for a massage from a blonde beauty and eat some Swedish meatballs.

@colt45554 8 more hits and I received 6. You were down to 2 damaged BB’s, so I took the second DD instead. I just sank your fleet.

Yesterday was the 127th running of the Boston Marathon… Its the oldest, most famous and prestigious modern marathon. Its been ten years since the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15, 2013. The race is always run on Patriots Day, which is always on a Monday.
I commemorated it by running 3 1/3 miles around the neighborhood in my 2013 running outfit that my wife bought at the running store at the finish line, just hours before the bombing.
Being a New York born Yankee, I didn’t appreciate Boston until I ran the 2009 and 2013 marathons and experienced the hospitality of the city and the comradery of the friendly worldwide competition. That’s what made the bombing so senseless and sad.

In 2013, I crossed the finish line 23 minutes before the bomb blasts. My time was 3 hours, 46 minutes. Pretty decent for being 65 years old at the time. I felt bad for those who were prevented from finishing, after running 25 miles, because the race was halted.

@VictoryFirst No, the best powers for a newbie are Italy/Arabia/USA.
When players want an easy or quick turn, they would choose Italy/Arabia, whose theaters of operation are local. When we lost a player, we combined USA with them. USA is also a good starter position, as the early turns are just spent expanding on manifest destiny against neutrals, and the German opening gambit to Mexico (we’ll explain later). Afterwards, as USA income and units grow, it’s homeland is safe, and USA can choose where to shore up the Entente. Elrood might fill you in on playing USA in this past game.

Turk/Com requires a strong player now that the industry tech opening bid has been removed. Turks face UK from India and must try to take Cairo, while facing naval war with UK.

@dawgoneit Cousin Nicky, don’t listen to cousin George and Poincare’. They each have ulterior motives. George wants to take Norway and Oslo for himself. Good old cousin Willie has your best interest at heart.

@Entek You’re up as Commies

@dawg Hope you had a great Thanksgiving. Take your turn as R before you lose electricity in the coming snow

@dawgoneit Winter’s coming, time for the Russian bear to find a nice place to hibernate, in Russia.

@Private-Panic Your Goose is cooked. Well, almost.

@dawgoneit Wayne, you lucky dawg. We wanted to kill that tank in Latvia. But it dodged 3 gas. Even mustard gas wouldn’t have worked with gas rolling all 6’s. Guess you learned the secret to the early types of gas, that you could pee into a handkerchief, cover your nose with it and it would neutralize the gas.

Despite the crazy dice messing up the best plans, it’s lots more fun than playing with low luck.

@Elrood please wait for us to discuss before Italy turn

@Witt All that gas would have caused severe carnage against an Austrian army in Piedmont.

@Witt Touche, I didn’t think of a gas attack through empty Alsace on Wurt. And I bought expensive units there, too.

@Witt triplea_41183_10 Germ.tsvg
Round: 10

    Research Technology - Germany
        Germany spend 10 on tech rolls
            Germany roll 3,1 and gets 0 hits

    Combat Move - Germany
        1 cavalry moved from Bavaria to Alsace
        2 fighters moved from Rhine to Alsace
        1 cavalry and 2 fighters moved from Rhine to Belgium
        1 heavy_gun and 2 infantry moved from Stockholm to Sweden
        1 transport moved from Sea Zone 12 Baltic Sea to Sea Zone 11 Baltic Sea
        1 infantry moved from East Prussia to Sea Zone 11 Baltic Sea
        1 field_gun moved from West Prussia to Sea Zone 11 Baltic Sea
        1 field_gun, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from Sea Zone 11 Baltic Sea to Sea Zone 10 Baltic Sea
        1 field_gun and 1 infantry moved from Sea Zone 10 Baltic Sea to Sweden
        1 fighter moved from Mecklenburg to Sweden
        1 cruiser moved from Sea Zone 12 Baltic Sea to Sea Zone 11 Baltic Sea
        2 battlecruisers, 2 battleships, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer and 3 submarines moved from Sea Zone 12 Baltic Sea to Sea Zone 10 Baltic Sea
        2 field_guns and 2 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Lithuania
        1 submarine moved from Sea Zone 91 Indian Ocean to Sea Zone 76 Indian Ocean

    Purchase Units - Germany
        Germany buy 8 cavalrys, 8 field_guns, 1 fighter, 4 heavy_guns, 7 infantry and 1 stormtruppen; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 2 techTokens; 

    Combat - Germany
        Battle in Sweden
            Germany attack with 1 field_gun, 1 fighter, 1 heavy_gun and 3 infantry
            Britain defend with 4 field_guns; Russia defend with 1 field_gun
                Germany roll dice for 2 battleships in Sweden, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                Germany roll dice for 1 field_gun, 1 fighter, 1 heavy_gun and 3 infantry in Sweden, round 2 : 4/6 hits, 2.17 expected hits
                Britain roll dice for 5 field_guns in Sweden, round 2 : 1/5 hits, 1.67 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Germany lost in Sweden
                1 field_gun owned by the Russia and 4 field_guns owned by the Britain lost in Sweden
            Germany win, taking Sweden from Britain with 1 field_gun, 1 fighter, 1 heavy_gun and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 17
            Casualties for Germany: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Russia: 1 field_gun
            Casualties for Britain: 4 field_guns
        Battle in Belgium
            Germany attack with 1 cavalry and 2 fighters
            Britain defend with 1 Factory; France defend with 1 infantry
                Germany roll dice for 1 cavalry and 2 fighters in Belgium, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                Britain roll dice for 1 infantry in Belgium, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 cavalry owned by the Germany lost in Belgium
                1 infantry owned by the France lost in Belgium
            Germany win with 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is -1
            Casualties for Germany: 1 cavalry
            Casualties for France: 1 infantry
        Battle in Alsace
            Germany attack with 1 cavalry and 2 fighters
            France defend with 1 infantry
                Germany roll dice for 1 cavalry and 2 fighters in Alsace, round 2 : 0/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                France roll dice for 1 infantry in Alsace, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Germany roll dice for 1 cavalry and 2 fighters in Alsace, round 3 : 1/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                France roll dice for 1 infantry in Alsace, round 3 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 cavalry owned by the Germany lost in Alsace
                1 infantry owned by the France lost in Alsace
            Germany win with 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is -1
            Casualties for Germany: 1 cavalry
            Casualties for France: 1 infantry
        Battle in Lithuania
            Germany attack with 2 field_guns and 2 infantry
            Russia defend with 2 cavalrys, 1 conscript and 1 tank
                Germany roll dice for 2 field_guns and 2 infantry in Lithuania, round 2 : 3/4 hits, 1.67 expected hits
                Russia roll dice for 2 cavalrys, 1 conscript and 1 tank in Lithuania, round 2 : 0/4 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                1 conscript owned by the Russia and 2 cavalrys owned by the Russia lost in Lithuania
                Germany roll dice for 2 field_guns and 2 infantry in Lithuania, round 3 : 1/4 hits, 1.67 expected hits
                Russia roll dice for 1 tank in Lithuania, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
                1 tank owned by the Russia lost in Lithuania
            Germany win, taking Lithuania from Russia with 2 field_guns and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 16
            Casualties for Russia: 2 cavalrys, 1 conscript and 1 tank

    Non Combat Move - Germany
        2 fighters moved from Belgium to Rhine
        2 fighters moved from Alsace to Rhine
        6 infantry moved from Wurttemburg to Rhine
        5 cavalrys moved from Bavaria to Rhine
        1 fighter moved from Sweden to Stockholm
        1 cavalry and 1 heavy_gun moved from Mecklenburg to Holstein
        1 infantry moved from Mecklenburg to Holstein
        2 heavy_guns and 1 infantry moved from Mecklenburg to Hanover
        1 field_gun moved from Eastern Poland to Galicia

    Place Units - Germany
        6 cavalrys placed in Bavaria
        2 field_guns and 4 heavy_guns placed in Wurttemburg
        2 field_guns and 3 infantry placed in Stockholm
        2 field_guns, 1 fighter and 3 infantry placed in Mecklenburg
        1 field_gun and 1 infantry placed in West Prussia
        1 field_gun placed in Warsaw
        2 cavalrys and 1 stormtruppen placed in Berlin

    Turn Complete - Germany
        Germany collect 112 PUs; end with 112 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germany regular : 1.17
France regular : 0.33
Russia regular : -0.83
Britain regular : 0.00

@dawgoneit Walk the plank you scurvy dawg.