kwaspek(x) v gamerman01 Classic 3rd ed

[dicebot]

2d6<=3: 1, 1; Hits: 2

[gamerman01]

Man, this really increases the attacker’s advantage.

US1 combat.tsvg

I get lucky again,
Do you lose the carrier and a plane, or both planes?

[kwaspek104]

@gamerman01

I’ll go with the carrier.

[gamerman01]

Thanks for the quick comeback -

[dice 2d6<=4]

Japanese
[dice 1d6<=3]
[dice 3d6<=4]

[dicebot]

2d6<=4: 4, 1; Hits: 2
1d6<=3: 1; Hits: 1
3d6<=4: 3, 2, 3; Hits: 3

[gamerman01]

Wow! All 8 units hit!!

And I got sloppy - I should have established 2 more retreat routes.

[gamerman01]

Man, battleships are bad, especially when the bombardment casualties can fire back.

Keeping the bomber, all other units are destroyed in a single round.
Don’t have time to finish now, time for church.

[gamerman01]

R2 to come

US1.tsvg

[gamerman01]

R2.tsvg

[kwaspek104]

@gamerman01

g2.tsvg

[gamerman01]

My bomber couldn’t find your sub in the Atlantic so it withdrew

I guessed North Sea, but edit it to whever you want!

UK2.tsvg

[gamerman01]

Hmmm you probably want West Med or something

I just picked something, and you edit when doing Japan

[kwaspek104]

I’ll submerge in the same spot.

[kwaspek104]

@gamerman01

Game History

Round: 2

    Purchase Units - Japanese
        Japanese buy 8 infantry and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Japanese
        1 infantry moved from Soviet Far East to Yakut S.S.R.
              Japanese take Yakut S.S.R. from Russians
        1 infantry moved from China to Sinkiang
              Japanese take Sinkiang from Americans
        3 infantry moved from China to French Indo China
        3 fighters moved from Manchuria to French Indo China
        2 infantry moved from Manchuria to Yakut S.S.R.

    Combat - Japanese
        Battle in French Indo China
            Japanese attack with 3 fighters and 3 infantry
            Americans defend with 1 infantry
                Japanese roll dice for 3 fighters and 3 infantry in French Indo China, round 2 : 2/6 hits, 2.00 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 1 infantry in French Indo China, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Americans lost in French Indo China
            Japanese win, taking French Indo China from Americans with 3 fighters and 3 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for Americans: 1 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Japanese
        3 fighters moved from French Indo China to Kwangtung
        1 transport moved from Japan Sea Zone to Okinawa Sea Zone
        1 transport moved from Japan Sea Zone to Wake Island Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Wake Island to Wake Island Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Okinawa to Okinawa Sea Zone
        1 transport moved from Soviet Far East Sea Zone to Japan Sea Zone
        1 armour moved from Japan to Japan Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Japan to Japan Sea Zone
        1 infantry and 1 transport moved from Okinawa Sea Zone to Japan Sea Zone
        1 infantry and 1 transport moved from Wake Island Sea Zone to Japan Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Japan to Japan Sea Zone
        6 infantry moved from Japan Sea Zone to Manchuria
        1 armour moved from Japan Sea Zone to Manchuria

    Place Units - Japanese
        8 infantry placed in Japan
        1 submarine placed in Japan Sea Zone

    Turn Complete - Japanese
        Japanese collect 33 PUs; end with 33 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Americans regular : -0.33
Japanese regular : 0.00

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[gamerman01]

Will you go ahead and edit it to there, then? I’m just leaving to go to an appointment right now

[kwaspek104]

yeah I already did it!

[gamerman01]

You just moved - I’ll edit it, no problem

[gamerman01]

R3.tsvg

Wow this feels weird. I don’t think I ever played the sub rules right.
I’m going to be a lot harder to beat the 2nd time I play 🍳

[kwaspek104]

@gamerman01

g3.tsvg

I moved an extra guy to Western Europe instead of Eastern Europe in edit mode btw.

[gamerman01]

Thanks for pointing out the edit

This is fascinating. I don’t think I’ve ever played Classic against a good, experienced player, and pretty sure never online. I thought it strange when people talked about the “infantry push”, but after a ton of experience with AA50 and Global, especially, and going back to Classic I get it. When I played against myself on the living room floor 33 years ago, I could mess around with buying various units and techs to make it fun.

I don’t know where elche’s been, but I’m glad you grabbed me for these (at least) 2 games.
I do think the Allies are much easier to win with, from what I heard when I came around online maybe 2003 or so. So I’m glad I got the Allies for the warm-up game. I think I’m understanding the sub capabilities now, but will probably still be caught off guard.