Axisplaya (Axis) vsAlsch91 (Allies) latest Alpha 3 (10/16)

[Axisplaya]

Before i go with Germany, just a little NCM change : 5 italian ss sz95 » sz92 (doesn’t affect France or Anzac)

Germany 7

Buy:
15inf (45)
1tnk (6)
2fgt (20)

CM

Cau
tnk Sukr » Ros blitz Cau

Nov (2inf)
3inf Kar
inf, art Vyb
2inf Ger » 2tr sz115
bmb Ger

Bal (1inf)
6inf Ger (3tr sz112+115)

sz115 (1ss)
dd sz115
bmb Wger

Nov

Rolls: 5@1 2@2 1@4; Total Hits: 25@1: (3, 1, 5, 1, 4)2@2: (4, 6)1@4: (5)

Rolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 02@2: (6, 6)

[Axisplaya]

Nov twol

Bal

Rolls: 6@1; Total Hits: 16@1: (2, 6, 6, 3, 1, 4)

Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 11@2: (2)

[Axisplaya]

Bal twlo 1inf

sz115

Rolls: 1@2 1@4; Total Hits: 01@2: (4)1@4: (6)

Rolls: 1@1; Total Hits: 01@1: (6)

[Axisplaya]

sz115 rd 2

Rolls: 1@2 1@4; Total Hits: 21@2: (1)1@4: (2)

Rolls: 1@1; Total Hits: 01@1: (3)

[Axisplaya]

sz115 cwol

NCM per map

Place units:
2inf, tnk Sukr
10inf Ger
3inf, 2fgt Wger

Collect : 59 + 20 NO = 79 IPC

Axisplaya_vs_Alsch91_8aGer.AAM

[Axisplaya]

To attack the stack in Sukr or not to attack it…that is the question !

:-D

[Alsch91]

Yup, I’ll be doing quite a bit of thinking there.

I’ll be unavailable for the next day or so, so I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.

[Alsch91]

R 8

24 IPCs

8 Inf (24)

save 0

[Alsch91]

Well I guess it would certainly be exciting -

Combat

1 Inf Bry to Nukr

44 Inf, 11 Art, 1 Mech, 8 Arm Bry to Sukr
2 Fig, 1 Tac Smo to Sukr
1 Arm Rus to Sukr
1 Arm Vol to Sukr (blitz Ros)

[Alsch91]

Nukr lwol

Sukr AA gun
Rolls: 3@1; Total Hits: 33@1: (1, 1, 1)

[Alsch91]

……

[Alsch91]

Well that’s probably game right there.

But I should continue.

Attack (44 Inf, 11 Art, 1 Mech, 10 Arm)
Rolls: 34@1 22@2 10@3; Total Hits: 1734@1: (1, 2, 2, 6, 1, 1, 6, 1, 2, 4, 4, 6, 2, 1, 4, 3, 1, 6, 3, 4, 3, 3, 5, 6, 1, 5, 5, 2, 6, 2, 3, 6, 3, 4)22@2: (6, 4, 5, 5, 5, 1, 3, 3, 6, 5, 4, 4, 1, 4, 4, 4, 1, 6, 1, 6, 6, 1)10@3: (4, 4, 3, 4, 5, 5, 3, 2, 3, 2)

Defense (31 Inf, 7 Art, 13 Mech, 12 Arm)
Rolls: 51@2 12@3; Total Hits: 3451@2: (6, 1, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 1, 2, 4, 4, 2, 2, 2, 6, 2, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 5, 4, 3, 2, 2, 1, 5, 4, 4, 1, 3, 4, 2, 1, 5, 5, 1, 5, 6, 5, 3, 2, 6, 4, 1, 1, 5, 1, 2, 5)12@3: (1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 1, 1, 1, 2, 4)

[Alsch91]

:-o

Well can’t really argue with that.

Retreat.
Also, I lose.

[Alsch91]

Non-coms on map

Place 
8 Inf Rus

Collect
20 IPCs

Axisplaya_vs_Alsch91_8bRus.AAM

[Alsch91]

Yeah after having cooled down a bit, I’m going to have to admit defeat here.
Those dice were atrocious but I had to make Germany pay for advancing quickly.

I don’t know if I responded to the Japanese invasion very well - what do you think?
I’ve only had to deal with it once or twice, and those games ended quickly.

I also know I bumbled up the allies in the Atlantic a couple rounds back, but eh.  Their invasion was coming.

[Axisplaya]

For russian attack by japan, i have recently found out that flying at least 1fgt, 1tac to the east on R1 can make it more difficult for Japan.

Personally, i was ready to exchange stacks (Sukr and Bry), but i have shot well above odds…specially AAguns lol…

Just lost a game yesterday where i attempted a G2 Sealion…on rd 2, defense shot 8 hit out of 9 possible…that was game over.

In Europe, the more i play, the more i feel that in this Alpha3, Uk just has more and more incentives to do Taranto.

[Alsch91]

8/9?  Oof.
I thought about sending 2-3 armor to the Tim stack, and pushing Japan back across Siberia, but I wasn’t sure if I wanted to pull that much stuff away from the German front where it could not get back to Moscow in time.

I’m not completely sure how I feel about this iteration of alpha3.
It seems to me that one cannot take the very close balance of Alpha 2, and then simply remove so much of UK’s equipment while at the same time giving Germany more, and expect things to remain balanced.  Germany took all 3 French territories with ease and had more than enough for 110.  Seems silly to me.  And the removal of Gibraltar/Malta airbases seems like a very arbitrary way to make things more difficult for UK.

I was hesitant to do Taranto with UK, especially since I’m still nearly playing UK with an Alpha 2 mindset - pull back to 92 and react to G2, or risk an easy Sealion.  I didn’t know how much I should have been afraid of a Sealion.  I know Sealion’s been downgraded significantly, but in light of a stronger Germany I just wasn’t sure.

[Axisplaya]

Sealion has been downgraded A LOT !
Even with a 2tr, AC purchase + 10 planes in range, UK can do taranto and buy 6inf, 1fgt on UK1….
That’s what my oponent did, and i couldn’t punish it…

[Alsch91]

Huh.  That’s interesting.

But then doesn’t a G3 Sealion - even with AA gun changes - become a walk in the park?
Hm, have to think about this.
I guess you’re right, without the London NO and with Russia’s DoW it becomes much less worthwhile.