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

[Botider]

three straight hits with your tank… your strategy to go after the russians is working so far, with quite a bit of help from the dice. i’m hoping the italians keep up their lame efforts…

bessarbia cleared by held by germans

and the map crashes as usual… gotta replot the entire turn. i’ll finish up this turn later…

[Botider]

noncombat
ftr baltic states > novgorod
ftr, tbmb bessarabia > novgorod
mech, arm north ukraine > bryansk
mech, arm south ukraine > bryansk
2 inf rostov > bryansk
2 inf, rtl russia > vologda
inf russia > smolensk
aa smolensk > bryansk
18 inf, aa buryatia > yakut
ss sz125 > sz127

deployment
2 inf, tbmb > novgorod (17)
2 inf, arm > south ukraine (12)
4 inf, 2 arm > russia (24)

collect
$39

appears this is going to be one of those games where the dice drive us both crazy…

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[jsp4563]

@Botider:

appears this is going to be one of those games where the dice drive us both crazy…

It’s frustrating when the dice go all wonky, it makes it difficult to judge how effective a specific strategy is working.

[jsp4563]

J2
Purchase $42
1nb
1CV
1inf, 1art, 1mech

CM:
1inf Sib>SFE (mt)
1inf Sib>Sak (mt)
1inf Amu>Bury (mt)

Sui (1inf)
2inf, 1art Cha
1fgt, 1tac Man

Hop (1inf)
2inf, 1art Anh
1fgt, 1tac Man

Kwe (1inf)
2inf Anh
2fgt, 2tac Kwa

Yun (4inf)
1inf, 1art Hun
1inf, 3fgt, 3tac, 2bmb Kwa
1fgt, 1tac sz36

Dice…
Sui rd1
A: 2inf, 1art, 1fgt, 1tac
Rolls: 1@1 2@2 1@3 1@4; Total Hits: 21@1: (2)2@2: (5, 3)1@3: (2)1@4: (2)
D: 1inf
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 11@2: (2)

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Hop rd1
A: 2inf, 1art, 1fgt, 1tac
Rolls: 1@1 2@2 1@3 1@4; Total Hits: 11@1: (4)2@2: (5, 2)1@3: (6)1@4: (5)
D: 1inf
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 11@2: (2)

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Kwe rd1
A: 2inf, 2fgt, 2tac
Rolls: 2@1 2@3 2@4; Total Hits: 02@1: (4, 4)2@3: (6, 5)2@4: (5, 5)
D: 1inf
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (5)

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<sigh>Does the madness never end? :x :x

Kwe rd2
A: 2inf, 2fgt, 2tac
Rolls: 2@1 2@3 2@4; Total Hits: 32@1: (5, 1)2@3: (6, 5)2@4: (3, 4)
D: 1inf
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (5)</sigh>

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Yun rd1
A: 2inf, 1art, 4fgt, 4tac, 2bmb
Rolls: 1@1 2@2 4@3 6@4; Total Hits: 61@1: (3)2@2: (6, 3)4@3: (6, 2, 1, 4)6@4: (6, 3, 3, 6, 3, 4)
D: 4inf
Rolls: 4@2; Total Hits: 04@2: (3, 4, 5, 5)

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Results:
SFE, Sak, Bury taken (mt)
Sui taken, 1inf lost.
Hop taken, 1inf lost.
Kwe taken, no losses.
Yun taken, no losses.

NCM: Per Map

Place Units:
1nb-Hai
1CV-SZ6
1inf, 1art, 1mech-Man

Collect 38+10=48

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[Botider]

the dice gods toy with us…  :lol:
cheer up… at least you didn’t LOSE a battle

[jsp4563]

I just noticed something, you landed your US fighter from Philippines in Que, you can’t do that, the US is still neutral.

[Botider]

really? neutrals can’t land on neutrals? hmmm… interesting. i’ve been doing that exact move for months with the u.s. ftr,… you’re the first one to point that out. i am still a long ways from understanding all the nuances of this new game. but it is a lot of fun… especially f2f with that ridiculous board.

i’ll put him on gilbert island… i think he can get there. and i know it’s my move. perhaps tonight. it’s zany around here right now…

[Botider]

us 2

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purchase
4 inf, arm, ftr, 4 sub… spend $52

movement
sub, dd sz54 > sz26
ftr gilbert is > hawaii
2 inf, rtl, arm w us > hawaii via 2 trn sz10 > sz26
bb, 3 ac, 2 ca, 2 dd, 2 sub, 5 ftr, tbmb sz10 > sz26
bmb w us > hawaii
mech w us > e us

deployment
4 inf, arm, ftr > e us
4 sub > sz101

collect
$52

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china 2

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purchase
5 inf… spend $15

combat
yunnan (2 inf, rtl)
4 inf szechwan
ftr burma

dice…
yunnan
4 inf @ 1, ftr @ 3
Rolls: 4@1 1@3; Total Hits: 14@1: (6, 4, 4, 2)1@3: (3)
vs
2 inf/rtl @ 2
Rolls: 3@2; Total Hits: 23@2: (3, 1, 1)

[Botider]

the dice strike again…  :x
china pretty much doomed…

yunnan
2 inf @ 1, ftr @ 3
Rolls: 2@1 1@3; Total Hits: 22@1: (3, 1)1@3: (3)
vs
inf/rtl @ 2
Rolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 12@2: (2, 3)

[Botider]

yunnan taken w/ loss of 3 inf

noncombat
ftr > sikang

deployment
4 inf > sikang
inf > kansu

collect
$12

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@Botider:

really? neutrals can’t land on neutrals? hmmm… interesting. i’ve been doing that exact move for months with the u.s. ftr,… you’re the first one to point that out. i am still a long ways from understanding all the nuances of this new game. but it is a lot of fun… especially f2f with that ridiculous board.

i’ll put him on gilbert island… i think he can get there. and i know it’s my move. perhaps tonight. it’s zany around here right now…

Gilbert is a British Possesion, well at least it’s not US, you need to find a dark green Island, I believe your only option is Guam.

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Still waiting for UK & ANZ to move.

[Botider]

yeah, i know. had some minor surgery yesterday… still getting my feet under me. i’ll post sometime today…

[Botider]

okay… so the only question is if i fly the ftr to guam, would the japanese have attacked on J2? if not, then the ftr flies on to hawaii/sz26 on us 2 (already posted). if you will attack u.s. to kill that ftr, then we need to back up to the R2 map and you need to post J2 again (all dice can stand). but it will mean the u.s. / england / australia are at war with japan in the pacific at the start of US2.

i will proceed with british move in a while if you do not change your J2 move. sorry for the confusing. appreciate you pointing that out. another question, somewhat related…

1. can a country that is at war sail into a sz containing a potential allie’s ships, i.e., can the british boats off nova scotia go to sz101?
2. can a country that is at war fly plans into a the territory of a potential allie’s, i.e., can the britsh ftrs in nova scotia fly to e us?

i’m pretty sure about the answer to #1, but not so sure about #2. i have been playing this all wrong (and so have a lot of my opponents), but the whole neutrality questions and where you can/can’t go is a bit fuzzy when it is clearly spelled out (like with the u.s. boats not being able to approach european coastlines). thanks for the inputs and clarifications. let me know if you want to change your J2 move. i will wait to proceed with britain and australia.

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@Botider:

okay… so the only question is if i fly the ftr to guam, would the japanese have attacked on J2? if not, then the ftr flies on to hawaii/sz26 on us 2 (already posted). if you will attack u.s. to kill that ftr, then we need to back up to the R2 map and you need to post J2 again (all dice can stand). but it will mean the u.s. / england / australia are at war with japan in the pacific at the start of US2.

i will proceed with british move in a while if you do not change your J2 move. sorry for the confusing. appreciate you pointing that out. another question, somewhat related…

It won’t change Japan’s move, I’m not ready to declare War.

@Botider:

1. can a country that is at war sail into a sz containing a potential allie’s ships, i.e., can the british boats off nova scotia go to sz101?

Yes, Sea Zones are friendly unless hostile forces are present.  Countries at war are free to go into any sea zone, if that sea zone contains ships from a country you are at war with Battle Time!

@Botider:

2. can a country that is at war fly plans into a the territory of a potential allie’s, i.e., can the britsh ftrs in nova scotia fly to e us?

No, the US is Neutral, UK and US aren’t yet allied.

@Botider:

i’m pretty sure about the answer to #1, but not so sure about #2. i have been playing this all wrong (and so have a lot of my opponents), but the whole neutrality questions and where you can/can’t go is a bit fuzzy when it is clearly spelled out (like with the u.s. boats not being able to approach european coastlines). thanks for the inputs and clarifications. let me know if you want to change your J2 move. i will wait to proceed with britain and australia.

In addition to the General Rules, the US has additonal restrictions on where their ships can go.  In the Atlantic they have to stay in SZ101 and 99, and 102, but 102 has some special restrictions, no transports and maybe subs, don’t remember.  Really no point in moving to sz102 since you lose the 1 space bonus from the Naval Base.

No Change to Japan’s move, you are free to continue.