L23 - PtV - Mr_Stucifer (X+5) vs Gorshak (L)

[Gorshak]

Fall Blau failed.
The advance of the German Army Group South to Stalingrad the Caucasus oil fields came to a crushing end.

The Red Army freed Stalingrad from the German occupation force in operation Uranus while the main German force in the Caucasus was annihilated by the RAF. Apparently the Germans did not expect such an attack as their air defense was not very effective.

[Stucifer]

TripleA Turn Summary: Italians round 7

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 7

    Purchase Units - Italians
        Italians buy 4 infantry; Remaining resources: 2 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Italians

    Combat - Italians

    Non Combat Move - Italians
        4 infantry moved from Yugoslavia to Albania
        4 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia
        1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Northern Italy to Albania
        2 artilleries and 7 infantry moved from Southern France to Northern Italy
        1 aaGun moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia
        1 aaGun moved from Southern France to Northern Italy
        2 fighters moved from Western Germany to Ukraine

    Place Units - Italians
        2 infantry placed in Southern Italy
        2 infantry placed in Northern Italy

    Turn Complete - Italians
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 4
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 99 Sea Zone. Rolls: 1,6,6,2,5,1
        Italians collect 8 PUs (4 lost to blockades); end with 10 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Savegame

[Stucifer]

@Gorshak Yeah, did not anticipate the air attack in Northern Caucasus. Or see that the Queensland fighter could land on the CV from SZ 66. A worthwhile sacrifice by the Americans to keep their ANZAC comrades from certain destruction.

[Gorshak]

TripleA Turn Summary: French round 7

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 7

    Purchase Units - ANZAC
        ANZAC buy 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 2 PUs; 

    Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 transport moved from 11 Sea Zone to 27 Sea Zone
        1 artillery moved from Hawaiian Islands to 27 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 1 transport moved from 27 Sea Zone to 32 Sea Zone
        1 artillery moved from 32 Sea Zone to Wake Island

    Combat - ANZAC
        Battle in Wake Island

    Non Combat Move - ANZAC
        1 submarine moved from 66 Sea Zone to 28 Sea Zone
        2 aaGuns, 1 armour, 1 artillery, 2 fighters, 6 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Queensland to New South Wales
        2 infantry moved from Trans-Jordan to Syria

    Place Units - ANZAC
        3 infantry placed in New South Wales

    Turn Complete - ANZAC
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 4
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 64 Sea Zone. Rolls: 6,2
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 55 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,4,5,2,5,1,1
        ANZAC collect 4 PUs (4 lost to blockades); end with 6 PUs
        Objective ANZAC 3 Pacific Supply Lines: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 9 PUs

    Combat Move - French

    Non Combat Move - French
        1 infantry moved from French Equatorial Africa to Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
        1 infantry moved from Trans-Jordan to Syria

    Turn Complete - French

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Savegame

[Stucifer]

@Gorshak No sense dragging this out, more I look at the board the more I see how hopeless it is 😅 Good game sir

[MrRoboto]

Congratulations, @Gorshak

This is your 3rd win and you are now officially ranked and will qualify for the playoffs.

However, unfortunately your PPG dropped despite winning…

[Gorshak]

@mr_stucifer said in L23 - PtV - Mr_Stucifer (X+5) vs Gorshak (L):

@Gorshak No sense dragging this out, more I look at the board the more I see how hopeless it is 😅 Good game sir

Good Game!

Italy is pretty beaten, but Germany is still strong and Japan is owning the Pacific. Economically the Allies were leading, but I was still worried about Japan conquering Australia, Hawaii and/or India. That is why I shifted focus on the Pacific in the last 2 turns.

[Gorshak]

@Gorshak said in L23 - PtV - Mr_Stucifer (X+5) vs Gorshak (L):

@mr_stucifer said in L23 - PtV - Mr_Stucifer (X+5) vs Gorshak (L):

@Gorshak No sense dragging this out, more I look at the board the more I see how hopeless it is 😅 Good game sir

Good Game!

Italy is pretty beaten, but Germany is still strong and Japan is owning the Pacific. Economically the Allies were leading, but I was still worried about Japan conquering Australia, Hawaii and/or India. That is why I shifted focus on the Pacific in the last 2 turns.

😅😅😅😅

Thank you.

I also agree with many of your points regarding the league system (i will answer there too). By chance I was recently looking at the league system as this is my first season playing here.

I also wondered that you could lower your score by winning a game or that high ranked players sometimes dont want to play beginners as that would lower their points regardless of the outcome of the game.

[Stucifer]

@Gorshak True, but looking ahead, I do not see a route to anything other than prolonging my defeat.

For Japan- Sniping those 3 transports makes it so I cannot land in Queensland and hope to it this round. Reinforcements are 2 turns away if I try.

UK’s air force makes holding Burma this round also highly unlikely, I would need to build an airbase to scramble defenders. Even if I hold it, India will be unassailable for 2 more rounds, depending on buys.

The opening moves against USSR were a gambit I thought might serve to make it easier on Germany to take Stalingrad and Caucasus, but my follow-through with Germany was poor.

[Gorshak]

@MrRoboto said in L23 - PtV - Mr_Stucifer (X+5) vs Gorshak (L):

Congratulations, @Gorshak

This is your 3rd win and you are now officially ranked and will qualify for the playoffs.

However, unfortunately your PPG dropped despite winning…

😅😅😅😅

Thank you.

I also agree with many of your points regarding the league system (i will answer there too). By chance I was recently looking at the league system as this is my first season playing here.

I also wondered that you could lower your score by winning a game or that high ranked players sometimes dont want to play beginners as that would lower their points regardless of the outcome of the game.

[Gorshak]

@mr_stucifer said in L23 - PtV - Mr_Stucifer (X+5) vs Gorshak (L):

@Gorshak True, but looking ahead, I do not see a route to anything other than prolonging my defeat.

For Japan- Sniping those 3 transports makes it so I cannot land in Queensland and hope to it this round. Reinforcements are 2 turns away if I try.

UK’s air force makes holding Burma this round also highly unlikely, I would need to build an airbase to scramble defenders. Even if I hold it, India will be unassailable for 2 more rounds, depending on buys.

The opening moves against USSR were a gambit I thought might serve to make it easier on Germany to take Stalingrad and Caucasus, but my follow-through with Germany was poor.

Maybe Japan should have finished off the Russian factory earlier, so that it could get income from the siberian territorries.

Anyway it was a good game. I enjoyed it :)

[Stucifer]

@Gorshak Yeah, I wondered about that too, in the end I think it draws too much energy from breaking China at Yunnan and holding the Money Islands. The IPCs are pretty meager in comparison to the investment needed. I love the addition of the factory there, but I think it’s in Japan’s interest to leave the USSR be and make them attack you first.

I would welcome a rematch, don’t want to hurt your rating too much by winning against me again though 😛😛