11L '41 - Manstein (axis) v BoldFresh (Allies) Bid 6, +NOs, No Tech

[boldfresh]

trj cwol

ind - inf, art, ftr vs. 2 inf
Rolls: 2@2 1@3; Total Hits: 22@2: (3, 1)1@3: (1)
Rolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 12@2: (5, 2)

[boldfresh]

ind cwlo inf

eaf - 2 inf, bom vs. inf
Rolls: 2@1 1@4; Total Hits: 12@1: (2, 5)1@4: (1)
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 11@2: (1)

[boldfresh]

eaf cwlo inf

NC

cau - inf, AA (per)
ukr - ftr (ind), bom (eaf)
kar - 2 ftr (gbr)
z1 - trn (z10)
wca - inf, arm (eca)
z56 - trn, des (z45)

place trn, des, acc (z2)
place bom (gbr)

collect 31, has 31

AA41_Manstein_Boldfresh+6_02dUK.AAM

[Manstein]

well i sure as hell paid for overambition there
i sense the ride has turned

Italy 2
with 15 Italy buys 5 infantry

Combat
Trans-Jordan (2inf, 1arm)
Tran SZ14 loads inf =>SZ16 loads 1 tank (Bul/Rom) => SZ15 unloads

• Arm (Libya) + 2 Cruisers SZ14 => SZ15 bombard

[Manstein]

this may be mussolini’s last hurrah…

Trans-Jordan
2 cruisers, inf, 2 tanks
Rolls: 1@1 4@3; Total Hits: 41@1: (1)4@3: (3, 5, 1, 3)

v 2 inf, tank
Rolls: 2@2 1@3; Total Hits: 22@2: (2, 3)1@3: (1)

[boldfresh]

nice, the GOOD italians showed up…  :|

[Manstein]

and the plucky Brits… bugger … another bloody exchange
Italy takes Trans-Jordan with just one tank

Non Combat Movement
Art (Italy) => Balkans
Inf (Italy) => France
Fgt (Italy) => Bul/Rom

Mobilise
Italy places 5 inf in Italy

Income
Italy collects 11 IPC + 10 NO = 21 cash

AA41_Manstein_Boldfresh+6_02eIta.AAM

[boldfresh]

well you have left me an awefully tantalizing target indeed…  :|

[Manstein]

it’s pretty much a coin flip

[boldfresh]

USA with 55 buys sub, trn, des, acc, 2 ftr

China recruits one inf.

CM

z14 (inf, art, trn, bat) - des (z12), bom (eca) needless to say this one is pretty high stakes…

combat:

bonzai!!

z14 - des, bom vs. bat
Rolls: 1@2 1@4; Total Hits: 11@2: (5)1@4: (1)
Rolls: 1@4; Total Hits: 11@4: (3)

[boldfresh]

here we go!!!

z14 round 2
attack:
Rolls: 1@4; Total Hits: 11@4: (4)
defense:
Rolls: 1@4; Total Hits: 11@4: (4)

[boldfresh]

mutual destruction, transport survives…  :|  dang i was 50% to clear that and survive the bomber…

[Manstein]

and the fairy godmother said to rommel, you shall go to africa after all…

[boldfresh]

NC

aus - 2 ftr (z45), bom (wus)
z56 - des, acc (z45)
z2 - ftr (z10)
z20 - 2 trn, 2 acc (z10)
pan - inf, art (eus)
wca - art (eca)
z1 - inf, AA (eca)

place sub, trn, des, acc, 2 ftr (z56)

collect 48, has 48

China

NC

chi - 2 inf (nin)

place inf (chi)

AA41_Manstein_Boldfresh+6_02fUSA.AAM

[Manstein]

bloody hell
i’m relatively new to this game
didn’t see any of that coming

don’t really understand why the axis are thought to have the advantage when the US can do that
i guess that means i won’t be taking australia any time soon

[boldfresh]

oh yeah, the allies are very powerful when run properly, but they are much more difficult to run.  i’m no expert by any means.

[Manstein]

right, get a grip, manstein
need to focus

just working on ger3
i’m perplexed by your leaving a lone transport in sz1 next to my sub
assume that’s an automatic kill, or am i missing something in the rules?

[boldfresh]

oops that was just a blind spot by me.  originally i was going to kill your z2 sub with my destroyer but then you left z14 for me and i forgot to adjust as i did the move quickly to get on the road.  i would prefer not to load the US inf and AA to z1 trn since you are correct, it would be an autokill…

of course i’d much rather you autokilled the tranny than took a shot at z2 and sunk everything there…

[boldfresh]

just leave it as is, that’s just plain my mistake.  i shouldn’t have taken the shot at your battleship anyway, so this is just more pain for the risk i took…  :|

[boldfresh]

had i taken out your battleship and loaded transport it certainly would have been worth it, even with my transport loaded  :|  alas, i made a mistream adjustment in the combat move and didn’t carry it through to the noncom move…  :|