ABH and Crockett36, (A+100) tutor game

[crockett36]

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[crockett36]

@crockett36 nothing too exciting. R figs in Calcutta? I want to take advantage of weakness, g figs being so far away, but…

[Arthur Bomber Harris]

@crockett36 Kazakhstan would be a more flexible location for your fighters, able to support attacks to the West and East. You still have the option to put the fighters in China, India, or Russia on the critical R3 from that location. I see only upside and no downside.

[crockett36]

24 hours from now I will make it official.

[surfer]

@crockett36 I would agree that Kazakhstan is better place for ftrs.

Why put anyone in Novogorod? He has no fast movers that can take it. He can’t amphib assault because of the cruiser, unless the Italians want to attack with just air.
If anything, put the ftr, tank, and mech in Novogorod. Should be safe from any attack. No air can reach and only possible 1 inf + 1 tank from amphib is possible.
Put the sub back SZ115 as well, prevents bombard.
That way everyone escapes next round when the ground forces arrive.

I’m not convinced the move to Ukraine is useful. You don’t prevent anything because you don’t have enough forces. If anything, push all down south. The 11 in Belarus move to Bryansk and the 8 in Novogorod are still safe in Belarus for one round. Then you might have enough to hold Ukraine for 1 extra round. Especially if the ftrs are in position to defend (i.e. Kazakhstan)

If you don’t like the Novogorod move, push the mech to Caucasus to run for Africa and get NO bonuses.

[surfer]

We could by 11 inf + 1 mech. Put the mech in Volgograd and let it run to Africa.

[crockett36]

@surfer will make some changes.

[crockett36]

3.11.22r2.tsvg

[crockett36]

Japan s up

[Arthur Bomber Harris]

3.11.22USA2.tsvg

I was planning a J3 DoW but with the American fleet in SZ30 instead of Pearl Harbor, I decided it was a good opportunity to grab some territories while the Pacific fleet is out of position. USA is up now.

btw, I will be out of town from March 14th-30th and won’t be able to do my turns. Sorry about the long gap of action.

[surfer]

@crockett36 Leave the CA in SZ114 or it doesn’t block. Sure the Italians could strike, but that is a 50-50 affair, which potentially kills the more useful aircraft vs a nearly worthless CA.

[Arthur Bomber Harris]

No problem with the Russian cruiser edit. I agree with surfer that it is best to use that ship to potentially slow down the German advance. It will die soon anyway.

[surfer]

US buy: 3 CV + 1tran. 2CV for Pacific and 1 CV + transport for Atlantic
Reinforce SZ54 with fleet.
San Fran fleet to Hawaii. Keep ftrs for defense

The only combat is the DD kills German sub (with ftr). Would consider bringing CA to defend against sb attack.

Bring sb to EUS for attacks against gibraltar? Could put in UK, but early in the game

The sb in Gibraltar is quite a tempting target, but if we attack with inf + tank + CA the battle is 50-50 (assuming the bomber is last to die…if not, then battle worth doing just to reduce the luftwaffe)
Typically, 50-50 battles are not the way to play the game, but like the German attack on SZ 106 T1 with 1 sub vs 1 DD, the payoff is worth the try–because there is no downside. The british fleet can reinforce SZ91 and so there will be no counter.

The real downside is that we lose the US initiative in the Atlantic as we have no forces to bring in. Still need to activate Brazil, which we would with our 1 transport that we bought, but nothing else will happen. But if UK buy a transport (or 2) also this round to put in Canada, then we will have forces for next round to force our way back into the Med and W. Europe.

[crockett36]

3.12.22u2.tsvg

without looking at your comments, I did these moves. now i’ll read your stuff.

[crockett36]

My t1 and t2 sacrifices in the Pac are:
for forcing an naval arms race with Japan
for defending Aus
for projecting power over the money islands, thus helping Calcutta. It pins a certain amount of navy to Malaya.

But we need Gibraltar back. I want that bomber dead. I’ve got a bomber and a french fig as backup if it comes down to 1 v 1.
I’m open to your suggestions, but I think we need a bigger footprint in the Atlantic.

[crockett36]

I think my conception of the 54 fleet is that it is a check on Japanese aggression, but not a kill shot. I have been experimenting with throwing some of the ships into harms way with a small force of Anzac figs and subs to mop up.

[Arthur Bomber Harris]

Definitely an arms race in the Pacific which is not ideal as China is very strong this game. SZ 54 is plenty strong for the foreseeable future as I don’t want to have a fleet-for-fleet exchange in these early rounds.

about a 32% chance of winning Gibraltar if I take the bomber first. The British fleet cannot adequately reinforce SZ91 if the United States fails that battle as the German fighters can attack there from Rome. It would be a big setback for the Atlantic if the amphibious attack fails, but a big victory if the dice are in your favor. Worth the risk if you think you are not doing well this game, but not worth the gamble if you think you are still ahead from the big initial bid.

OOL for Gibraltar if you do order the attack: bomber first unless I have 3 units vs 1 allied unit, in which case take one infantry first followed by the bomber.

[crockett36]

point taken

[crockett36]

3.11.22u2.tsvg

radical swing. put a blocker in 55. Is 54 strong enough to still deter?

[Arthur Bomber Harris]

@crockett36 unless you are completely abandoning support with the UK and ANZAC forces, there is no way I could attack that fleet in SZ54