L22 Pejon_88 (X) vs. Gamerman01 (A+15), BM4, game #2

[gamerman01]

Well, the dice made me look stupid - disaster! Everything just got a lot harder for me :confounded:

[gamerman01]

As a courtesy to save you the trouble of looking, you won with 2 fighters and the battleship remaining

[gamerman01]

Again, good setup, and good call on the scrambling!

Oh. I just looked back because I couldn’t remember if I had good luck before. I destroyed everything in zone 95 on UK1 without losing anything, so this maybe evens it out - those 2 evil subs are now at the bottom of the Adriatic

[gamerman01]

Aaaannnnd, you probably remember I almost lost 96 but didn’t, so this makes me feel better about Italian fighters terrorizing the middle east, Africa, and Russia in the near future :expressionless:

[gamerman01]

Not to mention your disasters on G1 in the first game - OK, I had this coming, and maybe deserve more punishment in the future! :grimacing:

[gamerman01]

And 5 German planes lost in 93… OK, I definitely can’t complain. Hope you don’t mind all the posts - I know I’M having fun…

[gamerman01]

UK3.tsvg

[gamerman01]

Slight edit, swapping mech and armor between India, Burma

UK3 edit.tsvg

[Pejon_88]

@gamerman01 I thought I didn’t want to lose my German air force or having 3 planes left. Also, even if I’d lost you probably would’ve been left with 2-3 ships -> 1-2 German planes lost and Italian navy had a chance to make a difference while alive.

[Pejon_88]

@gamerman01 Ouch, yes! That was a major swing in the Axis favor!! +5TUV for the Allies turned into -50 :O

[Pejon_88]

@gamerman01 Yes, If I don’t recall wrong, you wanted to lose one fig in SZ95 to avoid going to SZ93 with the AC?

[Pejon_88]

@gamerman01 No I understand completely! It’s important to put your thoughts “on paper” after such a big/important battle! Like when I almost lost Japan versus Pacifiersboard the other week!

[Pejon_88]

@gamerman01 Ok, am I good to go?

[gamerman01]

@pejon_88 said in L22 Pejon_88 (X) vs. Gamerman01 (A+15), BM4, game #2:

@gamerman01 Yes, If I don’t recall wrong, you wanted to lose one fig in SZ95 to avoid going to SZ93 with the AC?

Great memory, that sounds right. Dice went in my favor when the German air attacked then. But at a glance, it looks like that’s why I lost Egypt. Carrier to 92, Germans don’t destroy carrier, fighters go to Egypt? Just at a glance.

[gamerman01]

@pejon_88 Oh yeah, only that tiny edit so that I can threaten Malaya

[Pejon_88]

@gamerman01 Oh right I lost 5 planes in SZ93 in this game. Now I get it. Yeah that was hard!

[gamerman01]

I hated to spend a destroyer on 41, but could comfortably hold India and Burma that way. Might not be able to slip a blocker in, in the future, so probably a good idea to use it now.
I definitely considered just holing up in India, but thought this is better. Hate to use a precious Indian Ocean destroyer when it’s not directly protecting India from an overwhelming attack, but I suppose a great player can usually stop the block or make it insignificant anyway.
Like most, I usually go USA to Queensland, but I might be falling in love with the North route. Until you show it’s weak.

[Pejon_88]

@gamerman01 Understand.

Btw can’t see the combat hit differentials on UK3, but Axis hit your BB, killed one inf and then I think above average in SZ97 too!

[gamerman01]

@pejon_88 Right! Maybe we’ll both be more dialed in now that I’m down to 2 games.

[gamerman01]

@pejon_88 said in L22 Pejon_88 (X) vs. Gamerman01 (A+15), BM4, game #2:

@gamerman01 Understand.

Btw can’t see the combat hit differentials on UK3, but Axis hit your BB, killed one inf and then I think above average in SZ97 too!

I went with a bit risky BB on DD in 39, and it became interesting so I was just glad to win.
97 was bad.
I had great luck in Yunnan, which could be tricky or even really bad for you, so we’ll see.