@axis-dominion 😀 Works! And it continues!

Did you want to discuss any of the feedback? Or no?

@Adam514 Thank you sir, good luck to you as well.

@Pejon_88 do you think to rejoin us? If I don’t get a so-meaning response until spring, I wanna claim this game - tc!

Hi AD,
You deserve the victory here. Thanks for playing.

@dawgoneit ty for game

@Daaras your game. thank you for the game. next year i would like to play again.

@pacifiersboard All good. I hadn’t seen that G1 execute so well. GG.

@ArtofWar1947 I tried to set things up so the NSW attack would have been very costly on the crackback on Japan’s next turn with all the stuff you would have needed to clear the DD with the scramble threat and take NSW with the double scramble, to the point where you might consider risking the slightly >50% battle for India this round.

Those dice in 55 were brutal.

Thanks for the game, fun and thought provoking as always.

@koala

Thank you for the game! You played very well, and kept it competitive throughout. Even at the end, I was concerned about a blunder on the Europe a side, so just played conservatively and turtled up in Berlin.

A few thoughts from my side:

Not taking the Philippines on J1 was more due to my inexperience playing Axis, and wanting more margin on the other battles. Probably I would not do it again that way.

Agree the Persia (and Iraq) factories could have been helpful earlier on. Either to supply Moscow with fighters or to help bolster India.

Surprising how the blundering of 2 transports is really felt later in the game. I made a similar blunder in a recent game, and I also felt it turned out to be a pivotal mistake that led to me losing that game. You had Italy in a lot of financial distress due to the sub convoying.

I was not surprised you went for Tokyo, but I was surprised you went for it after not taking Korea with Russia so you could bring in the extra bomber. I adjusted my Japan fleet movement to go to Philippines assuming you would NOT go for it with odds I believe ever so slightly in my favor. Once you committed, I think it would have been worthwhile for you to go all the way. If you could not take it with US, Anzac would have a follow up attempt as well. The loss of income to Japan would have been felt, and could have been interesting to see what Anzac would do with 60+ extra income!

I do feel this was a mistake made on my part by (a) not taking Guam much earlier, and (b) getting too greedy trying to deny China access to artillery by holding Yunnan with help from Japanese planes. If I had left the planes on FIC with the airbase, just flying back a few fighters to Tokyo would have made the threat there manageable. You picked the exact right time to strike!

Once you took Rome, it became a strong base of operations for UK and US. I’ve usually gone north to break into Europe with the Allies, but taking Rome was very effective, especially with the bomber fleet.

It’s possible you may have been able to defend India if you were less aggressive attacking Germany/Italy. I never ran the scenario, but landing the Russian planes, all the British planes that were in Rome, and the US bombers could have enabled India to survive at least a couple extra turns, though not positive on that.

Overall, very well played, and enjoyed the game, thank you!

@BombsAway Thanks. GG. Maybe see you in the playoffs? Cheers, surfer

the intention wasn’t for them to be bought frequently, as in the real war, the carrier became the dominant capital ship and for good reason. however, the cruiser and battleship have some unique properties that make them worthwhile in certain situations but not at the official cost. they’re pretty cool units and deserve to be bought a few times per game vs a few times per never lol

Well, that’s it - my act of desperation did not work out. Congratulations - I need to find a special weapon for my Axis to beat your patience with the Allies, LOL. And I believe I have lost all of my games with the Axis against you, because I didn’t take re-taking France serious enough, or too late.

To be honest, the restoration of France was a desperate gamble by myself, you were on course for a win at that point. I was lucky with the key battles and held on just enough against Germany to allow the US to pure it’s entire output into the Pacific. Otherwise Japan would have run even more wild. You played well enough for a victory, but lady luck was smiling on me.

This was another awesome game with many ups and downs and LOTS of action :-) I still remember what you said at the beginning: “I can’t believe it is still only round 2, so much has happened already!”

It only took another 17 rounds after that…

My Japan was as strong as never before, but this didn’t help against your well played KJF strategy.

I was secretly hoping to benefit from your longer break, but you seem to be stainless and never rust…

So I am looking forward to playing the re-match with switched sides, most likely in February.

Yes, let us regather our energies during the lull in campaigning season and go again in the new year.

I am now heading to my submarine - good luck with your other games - and in the Playoffs!

Hopefully the Swiss bank is able to transfer your funds to Argentina…

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@Ghostglider said in L24 BM4 Avner (Axis) vs Ghostglider (Allies+22) Rematch:

Thank you for a good game.

The dice favored me in round 1 - both in Europe and Pacific…

Yes, but with Germany’s bad start I shouldn’t have attacked in J1 to give them some breathing room… never mind

@cwglee51

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@Ghostglider said in L24 BM4 Avner (Axis) vs Ghostglider (Allies+22):

Thank you for a good game.
Let me know if you want a rematch.

We could try again, same BID but (unless you want to swap Axis with Allies) trying another strategy with the Axis.

Looks like the transformation of the Wehrmacht to Spaceballs is finally complete

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And yes, early 2021 is totally a COVID lockdown thing

@dawgoneit I hope all is well with you. Are we still playing?