Eqqman (CP) V SuperbattleshipYamato (Entente)

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@Eqqman

Game History

Round: 14

    Puchase Units - British
        British buy 4 artilleries, 15 infantry and 1 tank; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - British
        2 units repaired.
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Changing unit hit damage for these Germans owned units to: tank = 1, tank = 1, tank = 1, tank = 1, tank = 1
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        4 artilleries, 21 infantry and 2 tanks moved from Budapest to Galicia
        4 artilleries, 9 infantry and 1 tank moved from Romania to Galicia
        3 artilleries, 7 infantry and 1 tank moved from Serbia to Budapest
        5 artilleries, 12 infantry and 1 tank moved from Sevastopol to Romania
        14 artilleries and 11 infantry moved from Bulgaria to Romania
        4 artilleries, 11 infantry and 1 tank moved from Persia to Sevastopol
        3 artilleries, 1 fighter, 11 infantry and 1 tank moved from India to Persia
        1 fighter moved from Persia to Sevastopol
        5 artilleries, 5 infantry and 3 tanks moved from Greece to Serbia
        3 artilleries and 3 infantry moved from Ruhr to Hanover
        1 infantry moved from Albania to Trieste
              British take Trieste from AustroHungarians

    Combat - British
        Battle in Hanover
            British attack with 3 artilleries and 3 infantry
            Germans defend with 1 infantry and 5 tanks
                British roll dice for 3 artilleries and 3 infantry in Hanover, round 2 : 2/6 hits, 3.00 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 infantry and 5 tanks in Hanover, round 2 : 3/6 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                1 artillery owned by the British and 2 infantry owned by the British lost in Hanover
                2 tanks owned by the Germans lost in Hanover
            Germans and British reach a stalemate
            . Battle score for attacker is 2
            Casualties for British: 1 artillery and 2 infantry
            Casualties for Germans: 2 tanks
        Battle in Galicia
            British attack with 8 artilleries, 30 infantry and 3 tanks
            Germans defend with 1 infantry
                British roll dice for 8 artilleries, 30 infantry and 3 tanks in Galicia, round 2 : 17/41 hits, 16.33 expected hits
                AustroHungarians roll dice for 1 infantry in Galicia, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Galicia
            British win, taking Galicia from AustroHungarians with 8 artilleries, 30 infantry and 3 tanks remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry

    Combat Move - British

    Place Units - British
        4 artilleries, 15 infantry and 1 tank placed in India

    Turn Complete - British
        British collect 74 PUs; end with 74 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans regular : 1.67
AustroHungarians regular : -0.50
British regular : -0.33

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@Eqqman

Game History

Round: 14

    Turn Complete - Ottomans

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@Eqqman

Game History

Round: 14

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

    Combat Move - Italians
        4 artilleries and 61 infantry moved from Venice to Tyrolia
              Italians take Tyrolia from AustroHungarians
        4 infantry moved from Tuscany to Venice
        1 artillery and 4 infantry moved from Rome to Tuscany
        1 transport moved from SZ 17 to SZ 19
        1 transport moved from SZ 19 to SZ 17
        1 infantry moved from Constantinople to Bulgaria

    Combat - Italians

    Combat Move - Italians

    Place Units - Italians
        4 infantry placed in Rome

    Turn Complete - Italians
        Italians collect 18 PUs; end with 20 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@Eqqman

Game History

Round: 14

    Puchase Units - Americans
        Americans buy 8 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Americans
        3 artilleries, 1 fighter and 45 infantry moved from Venice to Tyrolia
        8 infantry moved from Piedmont to Switzerland
        8 infantry moved from Marseilles to Piedmont
        8 infantry moved from Spain to Marseilles
        4 transports moved from SZ 14 to SZ 2
        8 infantry moved from United States of America to SZ 1
        8 infantry and 4 transports moved from SZ 1 to SZ 14
        4 transports moved from SZ 2 to SZ 1
        8 infantry moved from SZ 14 to Spain
        1 battleship and 1 cruiser moved from SZ 14 to SZ 7
        1 battleship and 1 cruiser moved from SZ 7 to SZ 14

    Combat Move - Americans

    Place Units - Americans
        8 infantry placed in United States of America

    Turn Complete - Americans
        Americans collect 24 PUs; end with 24 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@Eqqman

US Turn 14 Complete 1914 Game 11.tsvg

Yeah, the Central Powers are hard.

I looked at your game with The Good Captain. I was very shocked that you beat him, let alone in ten turns in your first game with him.

I’ve played against him as the Allies 4 times and I lost each time. Very impressed.

Your strategy was new in my eyes, as I previously only played with The Good Captain, where we both used the strategies in his videos. First time I’ve seen Russia last past turn 11 or 12.

Yes, I was creeping around on your game with him and I saw this:

@Eqqman said in Eqqman (Entente) v TGC (CP), 1914, OOB + RR:

My only nitpick is that it would be appreciated if I get an “ooo” or “darn” from you once in a while. We already sacrifice a lot of the fun of board gaming by not being able to witness your opponents’ reactions in real-time (even if all they do is frown once in a while) so when I get nothing at all I might as well just play an AI. I get that you likely don’t want to give anything anyway but a total poker face (if that phrasing even applies online) doesn’t feel necessary. I thought when I doubled-teamed Albania with the French and UK so I could bag that and Greece in the same round that might have spawned a reaction, or maybe you didn’t plan on me hitting Mesopotamia from both Persia and all the guys in Africa. A player needs a little fix once in a while… plus I think it does our fellow players a disservice if they want to check out the game but have no idea if the players thought anything that happened was especially good or bad.

I feel the same. He very much doesn’t give anything away. Hopefully you found this game a bit more enjoyable (as much as possible when you’re losing anyways).

[Eqqman]

@SuperbattleshipYamato
Game History

Round: 15

    Puchase Units - AustroHungarians
        AustroHungarians buy 6 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - AustroHungarians
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Changing unit hit damage for these British owned units to: tank = 1, tank = 1, tank = 1
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        10 artilleries, 2 fighters and 80 infantry moved from Vienna to Galicia

    Combat - AustroHungarians
        Battle in Galicia
            AustroHungarians attack with 10 artilleries, 2 fighters and 80 infantry
            British defend with 8 artilleries, 30 infantry and 3 tanks
                AustroHungarians roll dice for 10 artilleries, 2 fighters and 80 infantry in Galicia, round 2 : 38/92 hits, 35.67 expected hits
                British roll dice for 8 artilleries, 30 infantry and 3 tanks in Galicia, round 2 : 19/41 hits, 19.50 expected hits
                19 infantry owned by the AustroHungarians lost in Galicia
                3 tanks owned by the British, 6 artilleries owned by the British and 29 infantry owned by the British lost in Galicia
            British and AustroHungarians reach a stalemate
            . Battle score for attacker is 72
            Casualties for AustroHungarians: 19 infantry
            Casualties for British: 6 artilleries, 29 infantry and 3 tanks

    Combat Move - AustroHungarians

    Place Units - AustroHungarians
        6 infantry placed in Vienna

    Turn Complete - AustroHungarians
        AustroHungarians collect 9 PUs; end with 9 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

AustroHungarians regular : 2.33
British regular : -0.50

Don’t find too many take-aways from that game vs. TGC. Except maybe I’m competent enough to take advantage when the dice hand me an exceptional situation.
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[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@Eqqman

Game History

Round: 15

    Puchase Units - Russians
        Russians buy 1 artillery and 11 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Russians
        5 artilleries and 10 infantry moved from Poland to Silesia
        1 artillery moved from Poland to Silesia
        1 infantry moved from Poland to Prussia
              Russians take Prussia from Germans
        2 artilleries and 8 infantry moved from Ukraine to Poland
        1 artillery, 2 fighters and 9 infantry moved from Moscow to Ukraine
        1 fighter moved from Ukraine to Poland
        1 fighter moved from Ukraine to Poland

    Combat - Russians
        Battle in Silesia
            Russians attack with 9 artilleries and 11 infantry
            Germans defend with 2 artilleries, 1 fighter and 21 infantry
                Russians roll dice for 9 artilleries and 11 infantry in Silesia, round 2 : 9/20 hits, 9.67 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 2 artilleries, 1 fighter and 21 infantry in Silesia, round 2 : 15/24 hits, 12.17 expected hits
                11 infantry owned by the Russians and 4 artilleries owned by the Russians lost in Silesia
                9 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Silesia
            Germans and Russians reach a stalemate
            . Battle score for attacker is -22
            Casualties for Russians: 4 artilleries and 11 infantry
            Casualties for Germans: 9 infantry

    Combat Move - Russians
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Russians to Silesia: 4 artilleries and 11 infantry
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Germans to Silesia: 9 infantry
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

    Place Units - Russians
        1 artillery and 11 infantry placed in Moscow

    Turn Complete - Russians
        Russians collect 34 PUs; end with 34 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans regular : 2.83
Russians regular : -0.67

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@Eqqman

Russia Turn 15 Complete.tsvg

Hmmmm… One thing I’ve been wondering about is what is our actual skill level compared to each other? How many 1914 games have you played with someone else, face to face or online? Thank you!

[Eqqman]

@SuperbattleshipYamato
This is my first game with TripleA vs. a human opponent (TGC was #3). I’m new to the WWI variant but not new to A&A, been playing it since the original Milton Bradley edition.
The game engine wouldn’t let me make the legal move of my Tanks from Hannover to Silesia so I had to edit that in. Combat in Hannover is declined.
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[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@Eqqman

Game History

Round: 15

    Puchase Units - French
        French buy 2 artilleries and 11 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - French
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by AustroHungarians from SZ 18: 1 mines
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        8 infantry moved from Switzerland to Munich
              French take Munich from Germans
        1 infantry moved from Alsace to Ruhr
        1 artillery and 5 infantry moved from Belgium to Ruhr
        1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Lorraine to Alsace
        2 artilleries and 8 infantry moved from Picardy to Belgium
        1 artillery and 9 infantry moved from Paris to Picardy
        6 infantry moved from Piedmont to SZ 17
        2 battleships, 6 infantry and 3 transports moved from SZ 17 to SZ 18
        6 infantry moved from SZ 18 to Trieste
        1 infantry moved from Ruhr to Kiel
              French take Kiel from Germans

    Combat - French

    Combat Move - French

    Place Units - French
        2 artilleries and 11 infantry placed in Paris

    Turn Complete - French
        French collect 47 PUs; end with 47 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@Eqqman

Game History

Round: 15

    Puchase Units - British
        British buy 5 artilleries, 16 infantry and 1 tank; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - British
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by British from Galicia: 1 infantry
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Neutral_Allied to Galicia: 1 infantry
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        3 artilleries, 7 infantry and 1 tank moved from Budapest to Vienna
        1 infantry moved from Trieste to Vienna
        19 artilleries, 23 infantry and 1 tank moved from Romania to Budapest
        2 artilleries moved from Galicia to Budapest
        4 artilleries, 5 infantry and 3 tanks moved from Serbia to Budapest
        1 artillery moved from Serbia to Budapest
        4 artilleries, 1 fighter, 11 infantry and 1 tank moved from Sevastopol to Romania
        1 fighter moved from Romania to Budapest
        3 artilleries, 11 infantry and 1 tank moved from Persia to Sevastopol
        4 artilleries, 15 infantry and 1 tank moved from India to Persia

    Combat - British
        British creates battle in territory Hanover
        Battle in Hanover
            British attack with 2 artilleries and 1 infantry
                British roll dice for 2 artilleries and 1 infantry in Hanover, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1.50 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Hanover, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits
                1 artillery owned by the British lost in Hanover
                1 infantry owned by the Neutral_True lost in Hanover
            British win, taking Hanover from Germans with 1 artillery and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -4
            Casualties for British: 1 artillery
            Casualties for Neutral_True: 1 infantry
        Battle in Vienna
            British attack with 3 artilleries, 8 infantry and 1 tank
            AustroHungarians defend with 1 factory and 6 infantry
                British roll dice for 3 artilleries, 8 infantry and 1 tank in Vienna, round 2 : 3/12 hits, 5.00 expected hits
                AustroHungarians roll dice for 6 infantry in Vienna, round 2 : 0/6 hits, 3.00 expected hits
                3 infantry owned by the AustroHungarians lost in Vienna
            AustroHungarians and British reach a stalemate
            . Battle score for attacker is 9
            Casualties for AustroHungarians: 3 infantry

    Combat Move - British

    Place Units - British
        5 artilleries, 16 infantry and 1 tank placed in India

    Turn Complete - British
        British collect 73 PUs; end with 73 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans regular : 0.50
AustroHungarians regular : -3.00
British regular : -2.50

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@Eqqman

Game History

Round: 15

    Turn Complete - Ottomans

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@Eqqman

Game History

Round: 15

    Puchase Units - Italians
        Italians buy 1 artillery and 5 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Italians
        4 infantry moved from Venice to Tyrolia
        1 infantry moved from Tyrolia to Bohemia
              Italians take Bohemia from AustroHungarians
        4 artilleries and 60 infantry moved from Tyrolia to Vienna
        1 artillery and 4 infantry moved from Tuscany to Venice
        1 infantry moved from Bulgaria to Romania
        2 infantry moved from Rome to SZ 17
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from SZ 17 to SZ 18
        2 infantry moved from SZ 18 to Trieste
        2 infantry moved from Rome to Tuscany

    Combat - Italians
        Battle in Vienna
            British loiter and taunt; Italians attack with 4 artilleries and 60 infantry
            AustroHungarians defend with 1 factory and 3 infantry
                Italians roll dice for 4 artilleries and 60 infantry in Vienna, round 2 : 21/64 hits, 22.67 expected hits
                AustroHungarians roll dice for 3 infantry in Vienna, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 1.50 expected hits
                2 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Vienna
                3 infantry owned by the AustroHungarians lost in Vienna
            Italians captures 9PUs while taking AustroHungarians capital
            Italians win, taking Vienna from AustroHungarians with 4 artilleries and 58 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for Italians: 2 infantry
            Casualties for AustroHungarians: 3 infantry

    Combat Move - Italians

    Place Units - Italians
        1 artillery and 5 infantry placed in Rome

    Turn Complete - Italians
        Italians collect 27 PUs; end with 37 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italians regular : -1.67
AustroHungarians regular : 0.50

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@Eqqman

Game History

Round: 15

    Puchase Units - Americans
        Americans buy 8 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Americans
        3 artilleries, 1 fighter and 45 infantry moved from Tyrolia to Vienna
        8 infantry moved from Piedmont to Switzerland
        8 infantry moved from Switzerland to Tyrolia
        8 infantry moved from Marseilles to Piedmont
        8 infantry moved from Spain to Marseilles
        4 transports moved from SZ 14 to SZ 2
        8 infantry moved from United States of America to SZ 1
        8 infantry and 4 transports moved from SZ 1 to SZ 14
        4 transports moved from SZ 2 to SZ 1
        8 infantry moved from SZ 14 to Spain
        1 battleship and 1 cruiser moved from SZ 14 to SZ 7
        1 battleship and 1 cruiser moved from SZ 7 to SZ 14

    Combat Move - Americans

    Place Units - Americans
        8 infantry placed in United States of America

    Turn Complete - Americans
        Americans collect 24 PUs; end with 24 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@Eqqman

US Turn 15 Complete 1914 Game 11.tsvg

Good to know. By virtue of my age I’ve only been playing for a few years but I feel I’ve racked up quite a lot of experience playing the game. I haven’t played 1914 on a board too much, most of my games are online these days (even against myself, just so much more convenient).

As you can tell, this is my 11th game online overall (6th or 7th on TripleA). I think I finished a 12th while playing this one.

Pretty much my only experience playing with other players, all other games are my own.

Still. You beat The Good Captain in 10 turns. I can’t get over it. I’m planning to start my 5th one with him once I’m done with this.

[Eqqman]

@SuperbattleshipYamato
Game History

Round: 16

    Puchase Units - AustroHungarians

    Combat - AustroHungarians
        AustroHungarians creates battle in territory Galicia
        Battle in Galicia
            AustroHungarians attack with 10 artilleries, 2 fighters and 61 infantry
            Neutral_Allied defend with 1 infantry
                AustroHungarians roll dice for 10 artilleries, 2 fighters and 61 infantry in Galicia, round 2 : 31/73 hits, 29.33 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 infantry in Galicia, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the AustroHungarians lost in Galicia
                1 infantry owned by the Neutral_Allied lost in Galicia
            AustroHungarians win, taking Galicia from British with 10 artilleries, 2 fighters and 60 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
            Casualties for AustroHungarians: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Neutral_Allied: 1 infantry

    Combat Move - AustroHungarians

    Turn Complete - AustroHungarians

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

AustroHungarians regular : 1.67
British regular : 0.50

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[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@Eqqman

Oh shoot, that glitch messed up the air battle.

Russia fighters: [dice 2d6]
German fighter: [dice 1d6]

[dicebot]

2d6: 4, 1
1d6: 2

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@Eqqman

Statistically speaking, it was more likely the Russian fighter destroyed in the air battle missed in the initial battle than hit. Therefore, we’ll pretend like the Russians still killed 1 German infantry.

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@Eqqman

Game History

Round: 15

    Puchase Units - Americans
        Americans buy 8 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Americans
        3 artilleries, 1 fighter and 45 infantry moved from Tyrolia to Vienna
        8 infantry moved from Piedmont to Switzerland
        8 infantry moved from Switzerland to Tyrolia
        8 infantry moved from Marseilles to Piedmont
        8 infantry moved from Spain to Marseilles
        4 transports moved from SZ 14 to SZ 2
        8 infantry moved from United States of America to SZ 1
        8 infantry and 4 transports moved from SZ 1 to SZ 14
        4 transports moved from SZ 2 to SZ 1
        8 infantry moved from SZ 14 to Spain
        1 battleship and 1 cruiser moved from SZ 14 to SZ 7
        1 battleship and 1 cruiser moved from SZ 7 to SZ 14

    Combat Move - Americans

    Place Units - Americans
        8 infantry placed in United States of America

    Turn Complete - Americans
        Americans collect 24 PUs; end with 24 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :