Edit: What-if UK did not go for aggressive Medi fgt buy in UK1, and instead focus on sea mine in sz 12 and 15, and buy inf art atg at ratio of 4:2:1 and occasional tnk bmb for Cairo.
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Wheatbeer (axis) vs vance (allies) G40 A3
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Italy 3
PURCHASE & REPAIR
4 inf
2 art
20 totalCOMBAT MOVES
Iraq (2 inf, 1 art)
1 inf, 1 art from Transjordan
6 inf, 1 art, 2 armor from Turkey
a
Rolls: 5@1, 4@2, 2@3; Total Hits: 35@1,: (6, 6, 1, 4, 4)4@2,: (2, 6, 3, 4)2@3: (2, 6)
dRolls: 3@2; Total Hits: 03@2: (3, 5, 3) -
A clean surgical strike in Iraq by the Italians: effective and no collateral damage.
NONCOMBAT MOVES
z97
2 transportf from z99
1 transport from z98MOBILIZE UNITS
3 inf in Southern Italy
1 inf, 2 art in Northern ItalyCOLLECT INCOME
Italy 3 = 15(territories) +5(mare nostrum) = 20IPCs. -
France 3
CM:
SZ39
1 dest SZ79SZ39
A 1 dest
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 11@2: (1)D 2 sub
Rolls: 2@1; Total Hits: 12@1: (3, 1) -
sz39 not cleared, dest sunk
NCM:
1 inf fea >> sud
1 inf tun >> lib
1 inf tob >> lib -
I find France is often unlucky .
Germany 4
PURCHASE & REPAIR
4 art
13 inf
55 totalCOMBAT mOVES
Bessarabia (walk in)
10 inf, 5 art from RomaniaCaucasus (walk in)
1 mech from Greece thru TurkeyNorthern Persia (walk in)
1 mech from Greece thru turkeyCentral Persia (walk in)
1 armor from Syria thru IraqEgypt (walk in)
6 inf from AlexandriaEast Poland (1 mech)
7 inf from Romania
1 Bmb from Greece
aRolls: 7@1, 1@4; Total Hits: 27@1,: (2, 3, 5, 4, 5, 1, 3)1@4: (1)
dRolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 11@2: (2) -
NONCOMBAT MOVES
Greece
1 Bmb from battle of East PolandEast Poland
1 AA from HungaryBessarabia
1 AA from RomaniaHungary
1 armor from Southern GermanyPoland
5 inf from Germany
2 inf from HungaryNorway
6 inf from FinlandFrance
1 AA, 3 inf from Southern FranceDenmark
1 AA, 3 inf from West GermanyTransjordan
3 inf from Turkey; 3 armor from greece via 3tt z98 to load z99 to z98
3 fig from West GermanyRomania
1 armor from GreeceGermany 3 tac from Greece
MOBILIZE UNITS
3 art in France
1 art, 6 inf in Germany
7 inf in West GermanyCOLLECT INCOME
Germany4 = 50(territories) +5(sweden iron) +4(persia oil) +5(egypt) -3(convoy z125) = 61IPCs -
Here we can see why in Delta Germany doesn’t get the NO for Caucasus oil if they went through Turkey.
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It occurs to me … what would happen if Germany took the Caucasus before it took Turkey? Would it still get the NO money since it controlled Caucasus before Turkey?
Not that it matters for the this game.
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I think the rule says they would get the NO as long as they took Caucasus first, but they can never get it if they take Turkey first. If they take Causacus and they take Turkey later, Russia can’t destroy the oilfields because they are already in axis hands, so I would say they keep the NO.
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Makes sense, but also makes a good workaround for Germany.
USSR 4
Buy (40/41)
8 inf
4 artCM:
AMU
6 inf burySAK
6 inf sakFIN
11 inf, 3 art karCAU
3 inf ros
3 art vol -
AMU
A 6 inf
Rolls: 6@1; Total Hits: 16@1: (5, 4, 5, 1, 2, 2)D 1 inf
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (5) -
amu twol
SAK
A 6 inf
Rolls: 6@1; Total Hits: 16@1: (6, 1, 2, 4, 2, 6)D 1 inf
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (3) -
sak twol
fin twolCAU
A 3 inf, 3 art
Rolls: 6@2; Total Hits: 46@2: (2, 1, 1, 1, 3, 4)D 1 mech
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (6) -
cau twol
NCM:
1 art novo >> volo
6 inf, 1 art tim >> novo
2 aa gun bury >> amu
1 inf rus >> bry
1 aa gun kar >> fin
1 mech, 5 tank nov >> fin
1 inf, 1 art bal >> nov
10 inf, 3 art, 2 aa gun ros >> cau
1 fig rus >> cauMobilize:
2 inf, 1 art nov
2 inf, 1 art vol
4 inf, 2 art rusCollect 36 + 5 (NO) = 41 IPC (42 total)
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JAPAN 4
PURCHASE & REPAIR
repair carrier in z37
repair battleship in z35
10 inf
save 25
55 totalCOMBAT MOVES
Celebes (swim in)
1 inf from Borneo via tt z43 to z44Burma (2AA, 12 inf, 4 art)
2 battleships from z35 for bombard
1 cruiser from z42 for bombard
1 cruiser from z43 for bombard
3 inf, 3 art from philippines via 3tt z35 to z38
1 inf, 1 art from Malaya via tt z37 to z38
1 inf, 3 art, 1 mech, 1 armor from Shan state
5 inf from Yunnan
3 fig, 3 tac from z37
6 fig, 6 tac, 2 Bmb from Kwangsi
AARolls: 6@2; Total Hits: 26@2: (6, 2, 1, 6, 5, 5) -
That AA should have been 1 hit; lose 1 fig
Bombard
Rolls: 2@3, 2@4; Total Hits: 32@3,: (3, 3)2@4: (3, 5)
aRolls: 2@1, 16@2, 8@3, 10@4; Total Hits: 202@1,: (4, 5)16@2,: (5, 5, 3, 1, 6, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 4, 6, 5, 4, 5, 2)8@3,: (2, 3, 6, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3)10@4: (2, 5, 6, 4, 4, 3, 2, 3, 2, 5)
dRolls: 16@2; Total Hits: 216@2: (3, 2, 6, 6, 2, 6, 6, 6, 6, 5, 3, 4, 6, 4, 6, 6) -
NONCOMBAT MOVES
z37
2 carriers from z37
3 fig, 3 tac from Battle of Burma
1 destroyer from z35Yunnan
4 fig, 5 tac from Battle of BurmaSiam
2 Bmb from Battle of Burmaz6
1 destroyer from z16z41
1 sub from z39MOBILIZE UNITS
10 inf in JapanCOLLECT INCOME
JAPAN4 = 47(territories) +25(saved) = 72IPCs -
Accidentally taking Burma was extremely costly here. Not even a fighting chance now.
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Yeah taking Burma was crappy, but Japan taking India on J5 was inevitable either way. Those UK forces would either die in Burma or in India.
I think we are seeing that with Neutral Blocks the game is very slanted toward an axis win. Being able to crush the middle east with impunity, together with a Japanese move on India to either take it outright or even just keep UK busy and out of the middle east is a combo that would be hard to beat for the allies. I don’t know how I would counter that. Maybe US goes 100% Atlantic? In this case, you beat me in two alpha 3 games hands down, but in this game with Neutral Blocks the axis seem to hold all the cards.
What do you think? Want to continue or call it? I would not consider this a loss on your part because the rules were on my side. Really unfair I would say.
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I dunno what will happen. I can prevent Japan from taking Hawaii or NSW for awhile yet. But with all 3 Axis powers bearing down on the Middle East (assuming you take your Japanese forces there after Calcutta falls), you can probably evict me no matter what I do. Joining SZ98-SZ100 lets you threaten quite a lot of territories.
On the other hand, Russia is doing ok despite splitting my forces. I can probably take both Norway and Sweden. However, I don’t know if I can fight both of my southern fronts (incoming to the east into Ukraine and incoming north to the Caucasus).
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