SbY (Ax) vs CdS (Al) Europe 1940 2nd

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@SuperbattleshipYamato

Game History

Round: 8

    Purchase Units - British
        British buy 1 destroyer, 1 factory_minor, 3 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - British
        3 fighters moved from United Kingdom to Holland Belgium
        2 fighters moved from 110 Sea Zone to Holland Belgium
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 110 Sea Zone to Holland Belgium
        1 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from 110 Sea Zone to Normandy Bordeaux
        1 infantry moved from Rostov to Bryansk
        3 mech_infantrys moved from Caucasus to Bryansk
        1 bomber moved from Bryansk to Saudi Arabia
        3 mech_infantrys moved from Persia to Caucasus
        1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Trans-Jordan to Saudi Arabia
        1 armour moved from Egypt to Iraq
        2 transports moved from 99 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Trans-Jordan to 98 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Egypt to 98 Sea Zone
        4 infantry and 2 transports moved from 98 Sea Zone to 99 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Greece to Albania
              British take Albania from Italians
        1 infantry moved from Greece to Bulgaria
              British take Bulgaria from Germans
        1 fighter moved from Greece to Bryansk
        2 fighters moved from 99 Sea Zone to Greece

    Combat - British
        Battle in Normandy Bordeaux
        Battle in Saudi Arabia
            British attack with 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 2 infantry
            Neutral_True defend with 2 infantry
                British roll dice for 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 2 infantry in Saudi Arabia, round 2 : 2/4 hits, 1.50 expected hits
                Neutral_True roll dice for 2 infantry in Saudi Arabia, round 2 : 2/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                2 infantry owned by the British lost in Saudi Arabia
                2 infantry owned by the Neutral_True lost in Saudi Arabia
            British win, taking Normandy Bordeaux from Germans, taking Saudi Arabia from Neutral_True with 1 artillery and 1 bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
            Casualties for British: 2 infantry
            Casualties for Neutral_True: 2 infantry
        Battle in Holland Belgium
            British attack with 1 artillery, 5 fighters and 1 infantry
            Germans defend with 1 infantry
                British roll dice for 1 battleship and 1 cruiser in Holland Belgium, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 1.17 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Holland Belgium, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Holland Belgium
            British win, taking Holland Belgium from Germans with 1 artillery, 5 fighters and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry

    Non Combat Move - British
        5 fighters moved from Holland Belgium to 110 Sea Zone
        3 fighters moved from 110 Sea Zone to United Kingdom
        4 infantry moved from 99 Sea Zone to Greece
        1 bomber moved from Saudi Arabia to Iraq

    Place Units - British
        1 factory_minor placed in Iraq
        3 mech_infantrys placed in Persia
        1 destroyer placed in 110 Sea Zone
        3 infantry placed in United Kingdom

    Turn Complete - British
        British collect 42 PUs; end with 42 PUs
        Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 47 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans regular : -0.33
Neutral_True regular : 1.33
British regular : 0.33

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@SuperbattleshipYamato

Hi, still want to continue or ?!

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@cds

Yes. Sorry for these delays.

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@cds

I concede. The situation does not look good for the Axis. You win.

I’m not one to leave loose ends hanging though, so I had the hard AI on TripleA finish it:

AI completed game.tsvg

The Allies very clearly won, confirming my assessment of the game. What do you think were my main mistakes and what did you do with the Allies that was particularly effective?

Good game. Hopefully we can play a rematch.

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@cds

I also took the liberty to do a Eastern Bloc vs Western Bloc scenario using the map and the AIs.

AI completed game Cold War.tsvg

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@cds

I wanted to mention that I did not just merely concede because things “did not look good” for the Axis, but that I don’t think there was any chance of turning the game around (proven by the AIs).

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@SuperbattleshipYamato said in SbY (Ax) vs CdS (Al) Europe 1940 2nd:

@cds

I concede. The situation does not look good for the Axis. You win.

I’m not one to leave loose ends hanging though, so I had the hard AI on TripleA finish it:

AI completed game.tsvg

The Allies very clearly won, confirming my assessment of the game. What do you think were my main mistakes and what did you do with the Allies that was particularly effective?

Good game. Hopefully we can play a rematch.

Yes, good game, sure rematch is fine.

Yes, at that point it was most likely (unless dice would mess it up) that the Allies were in a winning position.

Your main mistakes were speed and aggressiveness all trough the game. Plus purchases are very important.
The Allies were particularly effective in slowing the Axis down, keeping them in West-Ukraine and having a British landing fleet at Normandy very quickly plus I also kept control over Egypt and the Mediteranean was also quickly under control a couple of rounds after US were in the war.

Lets switch sides and Ill show you what kinds of ways there are for the Axis to use speed agressiveness and surprise to their advantage.

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@cds

Wait, so I was too slow or was I too quick?

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@SuperbattleshipYamato

Well its hard to explain, I believe you were a bit too slow, but looking back at our game its the best you could have probably done, seeing the UK invasion fleet you had to repell aswell.

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@cds

Thank you! Seems like G2 is better than G3.