L24 bm4 axis-dom (axis) vs farmboy (allies+17) #2

[axis-dominion]

that’s very weird that i left and hunan open like that, i def glitched on that lol. i would not have done that if i was thinking clearly. oh well

[farmboy]

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post: Germans round 17

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3

Game History

Round: 17

    Purchase Units - Germans

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Savegame

[farmboy]

@axis-dominion said in L24 bm4 axis-dom (axis) vs farmboy (allies+17) #2:

that’s very weird that i left and hunan open like that, i def glitched on that lol. i would not have done that if i was thinking clearly. oh well

that undoubtedly is the mistake that will turn this game around for me :)

[axis-dominion]

TripleA Turn Summary: Germans round 17

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3

Game History

Round: 17

    Purchase Units - Germans
        Germans buy 2 armour, 4 fighters, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Germans
        1 armour moved from Iraq to Caucasus
              Germans take Northwest Persia from Russians
              Germans take Caucasus from Russians
        1 mech_infantry moved from French Equatorial Africa to French West Africa
              Germans take French West Africa from Americans
        1 mech_infantry moved from Belgian Congo to Nigeria
              Germans take Nigeria from British
        1 mech_infantry moved from Kenya to Italian Somaliland
              Italians take Italian Somaliland from British
        1 mech_infantry moved from Ethiopia to British Somaliland
              Germans take British Somaliland from British
        3 artilleries moved from Novgorod to Belarus
        3 artilleries moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus
        2 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus
        1 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus
        1 mech_infantry moved from Romania to Greece
              Germans take Greece from Russians
        2 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus
        1 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus
        10 mech_infantrys moved from Vyborg to Belarus
        2 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Shensi to Anhwe

    Combat - Germans
        Germans creates battle in territory 125 Sea Zone
        Battle in Belarus
            Germans attack with 6 artilleries, 6 infantry and 10 mech_infantrys
            Russians defend with 2 infantry
                Germans roll dice for 6 artilleries, 6 infantry and 10 mech_infantrys in Belarus, round 2 : 5/22 hits, 5.67 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 2 infantry in Belarus, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                2 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Belarus
            Germans win, taking Belarus from Russians with 6 artilleries, 6 infantry and 10 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
            Casualties for Russians: 2 infantry
        Battle in Anhwe
            Germans attack with 2 armour and 2 mech_infantrys
            Chinese defend with 1 infantry
                Germans roll dice for 2 armour and 2 mech_infantrys in Anhwe, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                Chinese roll dice for 1 infantry in Anhwe, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 mech_infantry owned by the Germans lost in Anhwe
                1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Anhwe
            Germans win, taking Anhwe from Chinese with 2 armour and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -1
            Casualties for Germans: 1 mech_infantry
            Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Germans
        2 infantry moved from Shensi to Kweichow
        1 transport moved from 95 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
        1 armour moved from Tobruk to 96 Sea Zone
        1 armour and 1 transport moved from 96 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone
        1 armour moved from 95 Sea Zone to Northern Italy
        10 artilleries and 11 infantry moved from France to Southern France
        1 aaGun moved from Northern Italy to Southern France
        1 armour and 10 mech_infantrys moved from Western Germany to Southern France
        7 mech_infantrys moved from Germany to Northern Italy
        4 infantry moved from Western Germany to Northern Italy
        7 infantry moved from Germany to Western Germany
        1 armour and 26 mech_infantrys moved from Romania to Northern Italy
        1 aaGun and 3 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Belarus
        3 mech_infantrys moved from Vyborg to Novgorod
        1 mech_infantry moved from Vyborg to Novgorod
        4 mech_infantrys moved from Vyborg to Belarus
        6 fighters moved from Western Germany to Iraq
        1 destroyer moved from 95 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Romania to Bessarabia
        1 infantry moved from Romania to Eastern Poland
        3 artilleries moved from Romania to Yugoslavia
        3 infantry moved from Romania to Yugoslavia
        3 infantry moved from Romania to Bulgaria
        3 fighters moved from Northern Italy to 95 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Germany to Southern Italy
        1 fighter moved from 95 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
        3 tactical_bombers moved from Germany to 95 Sea Zone
        2 tactical_bombers moved from Western Germany to Northern Italy
        1 bomber moved from Western Germany to Iraq
        7 tactical_bombers moved from Western Germany to Southern Italy
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to Southern Italy
        9 infantry moved from Romania to Eastern Poland
        1 submarine moved from 125 Sea Zone to 124 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 113 Sea Zone to 125 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 113 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone
        1 mech_infantry moved from India to West India

    Place Units - Germans
        2 armour and 1 mech_infantry placed in France
        4 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber placed in Western Germany

    Turn Complete - Germans
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 125 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,1
        Germans collect 56 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 56 PUs
        Trigger Germans 4 Presence In Egypt: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 61 PUs
        Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 66 PUs
        Objective Germans 7 Control of Balkans: Germans met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 68 PUs
        Objective Germans 6 Control Iraq Or Persia Or Northwest Persia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 70 PUs
        Objective Germans 3 Control Caucasus: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 75 PUs
        Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 80 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Chinese regular : 0.67
Russians regular : -0.67
Germans regular : -1.00

Savegame

[farmboy]

@axis-dominion Sorry for the delay. Weekends often tend to be busier with parenting and I ended up playing another game (scythe) last night.

I still had some hope when I gambled on the neutrals. And even though I messed up that turn, I wanted to see how this would play out another round. But this is very hopeless and getting more so by the second. Good game and, as always, well played!

[JDOW]

Amazing game, gratz AD!
The key takeaway seems to be that if the Germans cause enough havoc, the Axis can still succeed, even without much support from the Luftwaffe for a while.

There has to be a better way to counter JDOW4 though. I can’t believe J4 is that dominant.

[axis-dominion]

@farmboy said in L24 bm4 axis-dom (axis) vs farmboy (allies+17) #2:

@axis-dominion Sorry for the delay. Weekends often tend to be busier with parenting and I ended up playing another game (scythe) last night.

I still had some hope when I gambled on the neutrals. And even though I messed up that turn, I wanted to see how this would play out another round. But this is very hopeless and getting more so by the second. Good game and, as always, well played!

@farmboy said in L24 bm4 axis-dom (axis) vs farmboy (allies+17) #2:

@axis-dominion Sorry for the delay. Weekends often tend to be busier with parenting and I ended up playing another game (scythe) last night.

I still had some hope when I gambled on the neutrals. And even though I messed up that turn, I wanted to see how this would play out another round. But this is very hopeless and getting more so by the second. Good game and, as always, well played!

thanks for the great game, it was very interesting and fun right to the end! yeah the thought of such a large russian stack controlling turkey and poised to invade europe with seemingly no resistance was a scary thought, but i think with as mobile as germany was and having substantial help from italy as well as now the japs coming into play, that sorta neutralized that threat. and i felt that hard stacking to threaten spain would be enough to convince you it was time to waive the white flag. glad we got our 2nd game in this year. happy to do a rematch any time just lmk.

[axis-dominion]

@JDOW said in L24 bm4 axis-dom (axis) vs farmboy (allies+17) #2:

Amazing game, gratz AD!
The key takeaway seems to be that if the Germans cause enough havoc, the Axis can still succeed, even without much support from the Luftwaffe for a while.

There has to be a better way to counter JDOW4 though. I can’t believe J4 is that dominant.

thanks jDOW! maybe j4 is the new j1 :)

[farmboy]

@axis-dominion I realized too that you were going to be able to knock out, or trap that Soviet stack if I kept trying to stay there or move into Europe. Too much air and too many fast movers and the stack was shrinking. And I just could not be turtling there anymore.

The J4 worked very well. It’s hard to say whether it would have made a difference ultimately, but I had some different choices UK1 which I think in hindsight would be better to respond to this. I had an option to do Taranto, to block the Germans from reaching Gib, or to deny Vichy. I ultimately was too concerned about you taking London and that anxiety may have impacted my choices too much. And the risk to the fleet in 92 was simply too great since the Germans could simply block the exit. My thinking there was that if I lose this, the benefit is you lose air that you would need against the Soviets, and once the Americans are in I will get this back. It did slow you against the Soviets but I needed to get Gibraltar long before US10 for it have been justifiable.

I’ll do another. I’m tempted to redo the same terms but if you prefer to switch sides or bid, I can do that too.

[axis-dominion]

@farmboy said in L24 bm4 axis-dom (axis) vs farmboy (allies+17) #2:

@axis-dominion I realized too that you were going to be able to knock out, or trap that Soviet stack if I kept trying to stay there or move into Europe. Too much air and too many fast movers and the stack was shrinking. And I just could not be turtling there anymore.

The J4 worked very well. It’s hard to say whether it would have made a difference ultimately, but I had some different choices UK1 which I think in hindsight would be better to respond to this. I had an option to do Taranto, to block the Germans from reaching Gib, or to deny Vichy. I ultimately was too concerned about you taking London and that anxiety may have impacted my choices too much. And the risk to the fleet in 92 was simply too great since the Germans could simply block the exit. My thinking there was that if I lose this, the benefit is you lose air that you would need against the Soviets, and once the Americans are in I will get this back. It did slow you against the Soviets but I needed to get Gibraltar long before US10 for it have been justifiable.

I’ll do another. I’m tempted to redo the same terms but if you prefer to switch sides or bid, I can do that too.

i’m good with same terms if you are

[farmboy]

@axis-dominion sounds good. Lets go for it. Bid is likely the same

[farmboy]

@axis-dominion Bid will be the same.

[axis-dominion]

@farmboy said in L24 bm4 axis-dom (axis) vs farmboy (allies+17) #2:

@axis-dominion Bid will be the same.

sounds good, i’ll set it up later today