Botider (Axis) vs Jen (Allies) G40A2 +NO -Tech Gm3

[Jennifer]

Attacker:
Rolls: 4@1 1@3; Total Hits: 24@1: (5, 1, 3, 6)1@3: (2)
Defender:
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (5)

[Jennifer]

Collect 15

England 1:

Buy(29)

• 3 Infantry
• 2 Artillery
• 2 Armor
  Buy(16)
• 2 Infantry
• 1 MI
• 1 Armor

England declares war on Japan

Combat Moves:

Artillery from Egypt, by transport to Tobruk
Infantry from Malta to Tobruk
Figther from Gibraltar to SZ 97
2 Infantry, Artillery, Armor from Alexandria to Tobruk
MI from Egypt to Tobruk
Fighter from Scotland to Holland
Infantry from W. France to Holland
Carrier, Cruiser, Destroyer, Tactical Bomber from SZ 98 to SZ 97
Fighter from Malta to SZ 97
Battleship from SZ 110 to SZ 91
Destroyer from SZ 106 to SZ 91
2 Fighters from England to SZ 91
Fighter from W. France to SZ 97
Infantry, Artillery from W. India to KWA
Fighter, Tactical Bomber from W. India to KWA
Fighter from Burma to KWA
2 Infantry from Hong Kong to KWA
Battleship, Cruiser bombardment of KwA

Combat:

KWA:
Attacker:
Rolls: 2@1 2@2 3@3 2@4; Total Hits: 32@1: (4, 2)2@2: (1, 3)3@3: (2, 4, 5)2@4: (4, 6)
Defender:
Rolls: 2@1 2@3 3@4; Total Hits: 32@1: (4, 6)2@3: (4, 3)3@4: (2, 4, 6)

Need your OOL here, also, I need your scramble orders for the S. Italy fleet.

[Botider]

gutsy move on kwangsi…
lose 2 sbmb, tbmb… tbmb, 3 ftrs remain
if you continue, remaining ool:
… ftr / tbmb / ftr / ftr

in southern italy… scramble all 3 ftrs…
ool:
… bb hit / ger ftr / ca / ger ftr / ital ftr / dbb

[Botider]

btw… where did you place the american ic?

[Jennifer]

Kwangsi, Round 2:
Attacker:
Rolls: 1@2 2@3 1@4; Total Hits: 31@2: (3)2@3: (3, 3)1@4: (1)
Defender:
Rolls: 1@3 3@4; Total Hits: 21@3: (5)3@4: (2, 4, 5)

[Jennifer]

@Botider:

btw… where did you place the american ic?

Mexico

[Jennifer]

England retreats 2 fighters from Kwangsi.  Japan has 1 fighter remaining

Tobruk:
Attacker:
Rolls: 2@1 4@2 1@3; Total Hits: 22@1: (3, 3)4@2: (1, 3, 5, 4)1@3: (1)
Defender:
Rolls: 5@2 1@3; Total Hits: 25@2: (4, 2, 2, 4, 3)1@3: (4)

[Jennifer]

Tobruk Round 2:
Attacker:
Rolls: 4@2 1@3; Total Hits: 34@2: (1, 6, 1, 2)1@3: (6)
Defender:
Rolls: 3@2 1@3; Total Hits: 13@2: (4, 6, 4)1@3: (3)

[Jennifer]

Tobruk Round 3:
Attacker:
Rolls: 3@2 1@3; Total Hits: 13@2: (6, 4, 3)1@3: (2)
Defender:
Rolls: 1@3; Total Hits: 01@3: (6)

[Jennifer]

SZ 97:
Attacker:
Rolls: 1@2 4@3 1@4; Total Hits: 11@2: (6)4@3: (5, 4, 4, 6)1@4: (1)
Defender:
Rolls: 1@3 4@4; Total Hits: 41@3: (6)4@4: (2, 4, 4, 3)

[Jennifer]

Don’t think that battles ever gone that bad before!

Attacker:
Rolls: 3@3 1@4; Total Hits: 13@3: (6, 2, 4)1@4: (6)
Defender:
Rolls: 1@3 4@4; Total Hits: 31@3: (4)4@4: (1, 2, 6, 4)

[Jennifer]

Well, I think the African campaign is over…sheesh!

SZ 91:
Attacker:
Rolls: 1@2 2@3 1@4; Total Hits: 21@2: (6)2@3: (2, 1)1@4: (6)
Defender:
Rolls: 1@1; Total Hits: 01@1: (6)

[Jennifer]

Holland:
Attacker:
Rolls: 1@1 1@3; Total Hits: 01@1: (3)1@3: (5)
Defender:
Rolls: 1@3; Total Hits: 11@3: (3)

[Jennifer]

NCM:

Fighter from SZ 97 to Malta
Infantry from Egypt to Sudan
Infantry from Sudan to Kenya
2 Infantry frmo S. Africa to Rhodesia
Destroyer from SZ 71 to SZ 83
2 Fighters from SZ 91 to Morocco
2 Infantry from England to Morocco
Transport from SZ 109 to SZ 91
2 Fighters from Kwangsi to Yunnan
2 Infantry from Burma to Yunnan
3 Infantry from Malaya to Sham State
5 Infantry, AA Gun from India to Burma
Infantry, Artillery from Ontario to Quebec

Build: 2 Infantry, MI, Arm in India
Build: 3 Infantry, 2 Artillery, 2 Armor in England

Collect: 29 IPC -3 IPC + 5 IPC England = 31 IPC
Collect: 16 IPC + 5 IP = 21 IPC India

Australia:

Buy(10)

• 2 Infantry
• 1 Artillery

Combat Moves:

Infantry to DGU

NCM:

2 Fighters from NZE to QUE
CA, DD to SZ 61
Inf to Jordan

Collect: 10 IPC + 10 NO = 20 IPC

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Thinking Germany’s luck in France is well made up for with Italy’s luck in SZ 97!

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[Botider]

@Cmdr:

Thinking Germany’s luck in France is well made up for with Italy’s luck in SZ 97!

Really? Hehe … you were 3 under, I was 1 over … differential of 4. That’s a long ways from the 19 differential in three land battles that took place on G1 - but then they were larger battles. In smaller battles, fracked dice are not terribly surprising and they always seem to be more dramatically tragic, but the larger the forces in a battle, usually the dice tend to even out. In Germany, the land battles never did… you just kept getting great results and I couldn’t hit the broadside of a barn.

But it’s all in the perspective. You always think your own side took the worst of it. Truthfully, the German navy was spectacular on G1, while the land forces couldn’t shoot straight and their opponents couldn’t miss. For Britain it was the exact opposite … the land battles (largely equal forces) went your way pretty clearly, while relatively equal forces in the naval battles did not go your way. When I saw your combat moves, I thought I had a decent chance to win a couple of the land battles, and almost zero chance to win the naval battle in sz97. It went the opposite way. And the move against Kwangsi was a great move… if you’d gotten your sz97 dice in Kwangsi,… well,… let’s just say the Ambassador in Calcutta would be packing up right about now.

Ah, well… dice. It’s why we love/hate this game, right? Mulling over Italy’s choices… didn’t expect to have a navy in sz97. :)

[Botider]

italy 1

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purchase
2 inf, rtl… spend $10

combat
sz93 (dd, ca)
sub sz95
ftr, tbmb northern italy
ftr southern italy

malta (ftr)
2 inf southern italy via trn sz95 > sz96
bb sz97 > sz96 for bombardment

tobruk (2 rtl, mech, arm)
inf, arm greece via trn sz97 > sz96
2 inf southern italy via trn sz97 > sz96
ca sz97 > sz96 for bombardment
ca sz95 > sz96 for bombardment
inf, rtl libya

southern france (inf, rtl)
2 inf, 2 rtl, arm northern italy

kenya (inf)
2 inf, rtl ethiopia
inf somliland

[Botider]

sz93
sub @ 2, 2 ftr @ 3, tbmb @ 4
Rolls: 1@2 2@3 1@4; Total Hits: 21@2: (4)2@3: (3, 5)1@4: (2)
vs
dd @ 2, ca @ 3
Rolls: 1@2 1@3; Total Hits: 01@2: (5)1@3: (5)

[Botider]

sz93 cleared w/out loss

malta
2 inf @ 1, bb @ 4
Rolls: 2@1 1@4; Total Hits: 12@1: (4, 2)1@4: (4)
vs
ftr @ 4
Rolls: 1@4; Total Hits: 11@4: (4)

[Botider]

malta taken w/ loss of inf… aa destroyed

tobruk
3 inf @ 1, inf/rtl @ 2, arm/2 ca @ 3
Rolls: 3@1 2@2 3@3; Total Hits: 33@1: (4, 3, 3)2@2: (6, 6)3@3: (2, 2, 2)
vs
2 rtl/mech @ 2, arm @ 3
Rolls: 3@2 1@3; Total Hits: 03@2: (4, 5, 3)1@3: (6)

[Botider]

(gulp) … wow. gleefully unexpected…

tobruk
3 inf @ 1, inf/rtl @ 2, arm @ 3
Rolls: 3@1 2@2 1@3; Total Hits: 13@1: (5, 5, 6)2@2: (2, 3)1@3: (4)
vs
arm @ 3
Rolls: 1@3; Total Hits: 01@3: (6)