TheONE (allies) vs. Corriganbp (axis) - Nov 2011 A3

[corriganbp]

you don’t have to save the map file into the ga3.gim folder, it can be anywhere.

i usually don’t open the save game files by double clicking.  i open the battle map program and use file then open and then select the saved game map.

it is important that the ga3.gim folder be under whereever abattlemap folder was installed on your pc. it is also imporant that all contents of the download file are uncompressed into that folder.

[JamesG]

Sorry to butt in, but here are detailed steps I used to open the file.

Download ABattleMap 0.80 installer from http://www.abattlemap.com/ and install it.

You can install it any directory but my examples will assume you pick the default location of C:\Program Files\ABattleMap

Download http://www.axisandallies.us/GA3.zip and extract the contents into a directory called GA3.gim under the ABattleMap install directory, for example C:\Program Files\ABattleMap\GA3.gim\

The directory will have a number of files and directories for example C:\Program Files\ABattleMap\GA3.gim\MapInfo.txt

Download G1.AAM file uploaded by corriganbp on this thread.  Save it somewhere on your computer, for instance in My Documents\gamefiles then launch AbattleMap and do File -> Open and browse to G1.AAM

Hope that helps.

[TheOne]

all right its game time!!! thanks for all the help corrigan and james!!! i posted my R1 but im going to just make sure i didnt miss anything before i do map if you dont mind

[TheOne]

Russia 1

DOW on Japan!!!

Buy: 2 subs, destroyer, 2 art, inf, arm = 37 ipcs

NCMs on map

Placement: 2 subs, destroyer in SZ127/ 2 art, inf in Ukraine/ armor in Moscow

Not sure if I was suppose to do anything on the map!  I just put down my units and did my NCMs.

R1.AAM

[corriganbp]

Japan 1
With 26 icps,
3 trans = 21
Save 5 ipcs
Combat
1 inf 1 tank fr Japan drop in Siberia
1 inf fr Jeh to Cha
1 inf 1 art fr Jeh to Anh
3 inf 1 art fr Sha to Anh
3 inf 1 art fr Ksu to Anh
1 mech fr Man to Anh

Attack hun (2 inf) with
3 inf 1 art fr Ksi
2 ftrs 2 tacs fr Man
1 ftr fr For

AttackRolls: 2@1 2@2 3@3 2@4; Total Hits: 42@1: (4, 2)2@2: (5, 1)3@3: (1, 1, 6)2@4: (4, 6)
DefendRolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 22@2: (1, 2)

Attack yun (4 inf) with
1 ftr 1 tac fr Ksu
2 bmbs fr Japan
3 inf 1 art fr Kwa

AttackRolls: 4@1 1@3 3@4; Total Hits: 24@1: (1, 6, 5, 5)1@3: (6)3@4: (5, 2, 6)
DefendRolls: 4@2; Total Hits: 14@2: (5, 1, 5, 5)

[corriganbp]

Hun taken with loss of 2 inf

Attack yun (4 inf) with
1 ftr 1 tac fr Ksu
2 bmbs fr Japan
3 inf 1 art fr Kwa

AttackRolls: 3@1 1@3 3@4; Total Hits: 13@1: (3, 3, 2)1@3: (5)3@4: (5, 5, 3)
DefendRolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 02@2: (5, 4)

[corriganbp]

Attack yun (4 inf) with
1 ftr 1 tac fr Ksu
2 bmbs fr Japan
3 inf 1 art fr Kwa

AttackRolls: 3@1 1@3 3@4; Total Hits: 43@1: (1, 2, 1)1@3: (5)3@4: (6, 3, 1)
DefendRolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (3)

[corriganbp]

Yun taken with loss of 1 inf

I rolled for 4 at 1 instead of 2 at 2 and 2 at 1, ugh, but in any case it’s still 1 inf lost.

Japan collects 41 ipcs, saves 5 = 46

J1.AAM

[Guest]

This game is with alpha 3 and the latest setup and Russian NO, with no techs.
Good luck to us both!

Germany 1

PURCHASE & REPAIR
1 minor IC
3 subs
30 total

COMBAT MOVES
SBR London
2 Bmb from Germany
2 tac from West Germany

• • Intercept Orders? - -

z109 (1 destroyer, 1 transport)
1 sub from z103
1 sub from z108
1 fig from Holland
2 fig from West Germany

• • Scramble Orders? - -

z111 (2 cruisers, 1 battleship)
1 cruiser, 1 battleship from z113
1 sub from z124
1 fig from Norway
1 tac from West Germany

• • Scramble Orders? - -

z106 (1 cruiser, 1 transport)
1 sub from z117
1 sub from z118
first strikeRolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 22@2: (2, 1)

Yugoslavia (5 inf)
6 inf, 2 art from Southern Germany
2 inf, 1 armor from Hungary
1 inf, 1 armor from Romania
1 armor, 1 tac from Poland
aRolls: 7@1, 4@2, 1@3, 1@4; Total Hits: 27@1,: (2, 4, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5)4@2,: (6, 5, 5, 5)1@3,: (2)1@4: (3)
dRolls: 5@2; Total Hits: 15@2: (4, 4, 2, 3, 5)

Southern France (1 inf, 1 art)
3 mech from West Germany
1 fig from Hungary
1 tac from Germany
aRolls: 3@1, 1@3; Total Hits: 03@1,: (4, 4, 6)1@3: (5)
dRolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 02@2: (4, 4)

France (1 AA, 6 inf, 2 art, 2 armor, 1 fig)
4 inf, 2 art, 3 armor from Holland
3 inf, 1 art, 1 mech from West Germany
3 armor from Southern Germany
aRolls: 5@1, 6@2, 6@3; Total Hits: 25@1,: (4, 2, 3, 6, 2)6@2,: (5, 6, 3, 3, 2, 6)6@3: (6, 1, 5, 6, 5, 4)
dRolls: 8@2, 2@3, 1@4; Total Hits: 58@2,: (4, 1, 6, 2, 5, 2, 4, 3)2@3,: (5, 2)1@4: (2)

[Guest]

Oooops sorry guys. I was in your thread checking which map you are using to make sure TheOne’s ABattlemap would work with the map I am using.  Then I posted the opening move in your thread!!!

[WILD BILL]

@corriganbp:

Germany 1

112 was a nasty break for you that happens in only 1 out of 4 games, lose 1 ftr, dmg the bb

Paris taken with 4 tanks.  Most of the time, you can take Paris without losing your tanks and even keeping some of your artillery.  Very nasty break.

I am not sure if I would always go for sea lion under this opening since:
1.) Loss of tactical bomber – 1 in 4 chance
2.) Loss of all but 4 tanks in Paris when expected outcome was keep 5 tanks and 2 artillery
3.) The loss of the tank and artillery significantly reduces the fire power that I can bring.

Collect 41 + 10 + 19 (French booty) = 70 ipcs in pocket

Sorry to butt in corriganbp, but as a Sea Lion guru (no disrespect, you have helped perfect it IMO), if you took that kind of loss on a normal bases because of UK naval rearrangement (as Krieghund suggested), and a beefed up France/Normandy, would it kill Sea lion, or just make it harder to pull off?  I guess this game will have some insight on that now that it has resumed and those losses were caused by the dice as a simulation.

[corriganbp]

The dice can be cruel.  As someone who routinely loses battles that the odds calculators round to 100%, I would be crazy to stay that anything is 100% - but yeah, it’s harder but still achievable with much better than 50% odds.  At this point, too many variables to tell you exactly what it is.  I think that the naval rearrangement will change my opening naval attacks.  I might send a single sub into 106 now for example, and then that becomes a 50-50 battle against the cruiser (the sneak attack compensates almost exactly for the defense at 3).

Germany requires a certain amount of “fair weather” round 1 (I’m not talking about getting lucky, just talking about getting average or slightly above average rolls) to have it worth risking.  I’m not opposed to going for Barbarossa rather than a foolish sea lion.  Given his opening R1 purchases, and my opening loss of a ftr and a tank and all my artillery, if I go for it, it’s really just because this particular game is supposed to be all about sea lion game.

[TheOne]

America1

Buy: 3 bombers, 2 destroyers = 52 ipcs none saved

Ncms on map

Placement: 3 bombers to E. Us, 2 dest to SZ10

I always feel as if im forgetting something lol.  I thinks its because the units are so small and hard to define.

A1.AAM

[corriganbp]

You are forgetting China and the UK.  Just kidding, I know that you’ll get those turns in when you have a chance.

[corriganbp]

Incidentally, I’ve always had in my back pocket, one move that will help to increase the chances, depending on how he defends, but as is the case with most of those moves, it hurts the axis position post sea lion, and then there is the concern about whether or not that puts you over the tipping point.

[TheOne]

Sorry, in the middle of a bathroom remodel lol… Here we go!

China

4 inf=12ipcs

Combat

2 inf fr sui to cha vs 1 inf

2 inf fr. kwe to Yun, 3 inf, ftr fr. sze to yun

Cha
ARolls: 2@1 ; Total Hits: 02@1: (6, 4)
DRolls: 1@2 ; Total Hits: 11@2: (1)

Yun
ARolls: 5@1 1@3 ; Total Hits: 35@1: (1, 3, 5, 2, 1)1@3: (3)
DRolls: 3@2 ; Total Hits: 13@2: (2, 3, 5)

[TheOne]

cha lost inf….inf retreats

yun won with loss of inf

NCMs and Placement on map

[TheOne]

UK India 1

Buy: 4 mechs =16 save 1ipc

Combat

2inf frm malaya to DGU

NCM on map

UK London 1

Buy: 8 inf, mech = 28 ipcs

Combat

ftr fr. malta, tac fr. SZ98 attacking SZ96 dest and trans

SZ96
aRolls: 1@3 1@4 ; Total Hits: 21@3: (3)1@4: (4)
dRolls: 1@2 ; Total Hits: 01@2: (6)

[TheOne]

SZ96 cleared with no losses

NCM on map

Placement
8 inf, mech to London

UK1.AAM

[corriganbp]

ah . . . .you played for the luck and got it in sz 96.