T01 - DD (Axis) vs Bas (Allies + 12)

[dutchmand]

Game History

Round :8

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy 2 armour, 1 battleship, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 3 infantry and 1 transport; 0 PUs remaining

Combat Move - Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Trans-Jordan to 34 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Trans-Jordan to 34 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 34 Sea Zone to 14 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 14 Sea Zone to Balkans
            1 infantry moved from 14 Sea Zone to Balkans
            1 fighter moved from Germany to Balkans
            1 fighter moved from Germany to Balkans
            1 artillery moved from Wake Island to 52 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 transport moved from 52 Sea Zone to 48 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from 48 Sea Zone to New Guinea
                  Japanese take New Guinea from British
            1 transport moved from 16 Sea Zone to 14 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Libya to 14 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 14 Sea Zone to 13 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 13 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
                  Japanese take Gibraltar from British
            1 armour moved from Libya to Morocco Algeria
            1 armour moved from Libya to Morocco Algeria

Combat - Japanese
            Battle in Morocco Algeria
                Japanese attack with 2 armour
                Americans defend with 1 aaGun and 1 infantry
                    Japanese roll dice for 2 armour in Morocco Algeria, round 1 :  1/2 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 1 infantry in Morocco Algeria, round 1 :  1/1 hits
                    1 armour owned by the Japanese and 1 infantry owned by the Americans lost in Morocco Algeria
                Japanese win, taking Morocco Algeria from Americans with 1 armour remaining. Battle score for attacker is -2
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 armour
                Casualties for Americans: 1 infantry
            Battle in Balkans
                Japanese attack with 2 fighters and 2 infantry
                Russians defend with 1 armour
                    Japanese roll dice for 2 fighters and 2 infantry in Balkans, round 1 :  2/4 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 armour in Balkans, round 1 :  1/1 hits
                    1 armour owned by the Russians and 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Balkans
                Japanese win, taking Balkans from Russians with 2 fighters and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 2
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 armour

Non Combat Move - Japanese
            1 destroyer moved from 14 Sea Zone to 12 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 14 Sea Zone to 12 Sea Zone
            1 carrier moved from 14 Sea Zone to 12 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from France to 12 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from France to 12 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun, 1 armour, 1 artillery and 4 infantry moved from India to Burma
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from East Indies to 38 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries, 3 infantry and 3 transports moved from 38 Sea Zone to 34 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries and 3 infantry moved from 34 Sea Zone to Egypt
            13 infantry moved from Trans-Jordan to Egypt
            1 transport moved from 34 Sea Zone to 38 Sea Zone
            1 carrier moved from 34 Sea Zone to 14 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 34 Sea Zone to 14 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 14 Sea Zone to France
            1 cruiser moved from 16 Sea Zone to 13 Sea Zone
            1 battleship moved from 16 Sea Zone to 13 Sea Zone
            1 carrier moved from 16 Sea Zone to 13 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 16 Sea Zone to France
            1 fighter moved from Balkans to France
            1 fighter moved from Balkans to France
            1 bomber moved from Egypt to France
            1 bomber moved from Egypt to France
            1 infantry moved from Yunnan to Burma
            1 infantry moved from Hupeh to Yunnan
            1 infantry moved from Hupeh to Yunnan
            2 infantry moved from Stanovoj Chrebet to Yakut S.S.R.
            1 armour moved from Buryatia S.S.R. to Stanovoj Chrebet
            1 carrier moved from 52 Sea Zone to 48 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 52 Sea Zone to 48 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Japan to French Indo-China Thailand

Place Units - Japanese
            1 battleship placed in 34 Sea Zone
            1 fighter placed in Egypt
            2 armour and 2 infantry placed in East Indies
            1 infantry placed in India
            1 destroyer and 1 transport placed in 62 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Japanese collect 49 PUs; end with 49 PUs total
            Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 54 PUs
            Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 59 PUs
            Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 64 PUs

Territory Summary for Japanese :

Anglo-Egypt Sudan : 1 flag,    Balkans : 1 infantry
    Borneo : 1 flag,    Burma : 1 flag, 1 aaGun, 1 armour, 1 artillery and 5 infantry
    Buryatia S.S.R. : 1 flag,    East Indies : 1 flag, 2 armour, 1 factory and 2 infantry
    Egypt : 1 flag, 1 aaGun, 2 artilleries, 1 factory, 1 fighter and 16 infantry
    France : 2 bombers and 4 fighters
    French Indo-China Thailand : 1 fighter
    French Madagascar : 1 flag,    Fukien : 1 flag,    Gibraltar : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Hupeh : 1 flag,    India : 1 flag, 1 factory and 1 infantry
    Italian Africa : 1 flag,    Japan : 1 aaGun, 1 armour, 1 factory and 1 infantry
    Kwangtung : 1 flag,    Morocco Algeria : 1 armour
    New Guinea : 1 flag, 1 artillery
    Ningxia : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Philippine Islands : 1 flag,    Sikang : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Soviet Far East : 1 flag,    Stanovoj Chrebet : 1 flag, 1 armour
    Suiyuan : 1 flag,    Trans-Jordan : 1 infantry
    Wake Island : 1 flag,    Yakut S.S.R. : 1 flag, 3 infantry
    Yunnan : 1 flag, 2 infantry
    12 Sea Zone : 1 carrier, 2 destroyers and 2 fighters
    13 Sea Zone : 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser and 1 transport
    14 Sea Zone : 1 carrier and 1 transport
    34 Sea Zone : 1 battleship and 3 transports
    38 Sea Zone : 1 transport
    48 Sea Zone : 1 carrier, 1 fighter and 1 transport
    62 Sea Zone : 1 destroyer and 1 transport

A&A Forum : http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=26644.81#msg939789

[bas]

and back

[dutchmand]

Game History

Round :8

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 1 fighter and 2 infantry; 0 PUs remaining

Combat Move - Italians

Non Combat Move - Italians
            1 artillery and 4 infantry moved from Italy to France
            1 fighter moved from Germany to France
            1 cruiser moved from 14 Sea Zone to 12 Sea Zone
            1 carrier moved from 14 Sea Zone to 12 Sea Zone
            1 transport moved from 14 Sea Zone to 13 Sea Zone
            1 transport moved from 13 Sea Zone to 12 Sea Zone

Place Units - Italians
            1 fighter placed in 14 Sea Zone
            2 infantry placed in Italy

Turn Complete - Italians
            Italians collect 8 PUs; end with 8 PUs total
            Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 13 PUs

Territory Summary for Italians :

France : 2 armour, 3 artilleries, 1 fighter and 7 infantry
    Italy : 1 aaGun, 1 factory and 2 infantry
    Trans-Jordan : 1 flag,    12 Sea Zone : 1 carrier, 1 cruiser and 1 transport
    14 Sea Zone : 1 battleship and 1 fighter

A&A Forum : http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=26644.83#msg939813

[bigbadgoo]

Scramble.

[bas]

decided to go for it - not of to a great start though: 7 hits, what is your OOL?

[dutchmand]

5 Italian inf. 2 Jap bombers.

[bas]

9 hits second round - should I simply kill infs/arts first, then tanks, then planes (if i get that far)?

if yes, which planes do you want to keep last?

[dutchmand]

I count 8 hits. Are you sure it’s 9?

I’ll lose Italian ground, then German ground, then German fighters, then Italian, then Japanese

[bas]

it was really 9 hits

another very good result for me, dice in europe have mostly been falling against you pretty badly the last round and a half - better than expected result, should’ve kept a tank to occupy, but hadn’t expected to win this after a bad round one and was just hoping to kill as much as possible

[dutchmand]

After round 1, the US only had a 5% chance of winning that battle. Then they end up surviving with 3 aircraft left over.

That’s too many batterings in Europe for the Axis to pull it out.  NWE was a killer.  Round 5 was a turning point round with the Italians getting smoked there, that was followed up by additional epic fails there by the Germans.  And, I think my aa fired 12 times and shot down one. The bombing raids were heavy. That being said, I made a number of dumb mistakes, like not seeing the bomber in Alaska, not arming the Italians with an additional armor, and letting the Russians blitz to Balk. You capitalized beautifully.

Good game.

[bas]

thanks DD

yes, i had slightly below 50% at the start at the battle, but I believe even less than 5 after round 1, didn’t have any choice then to continue after R1 and I was lucky indeed… I think we both made mistakes and both made some good moves, and the luck was clearly mine in the final battles - you had some interesting moves like the egypt IC for example

gg

[dutchmand]

Your KGF was nearly flawless, that was the true key to the win.

KGFs are easy enough to stop in AA50 if you use the right strategy as the Axis: 1) Get the Japs to Egypt and the Med as fast as possible. 2) When their time comes (usually in the 5th round or so), the Italians HAVE to be able to push the UK out of NWE.  Getting skunked in z35 on J1 and losing both fighters and leaving the dd and tnp alive did a lot to de-rail Item 1; Item 2 fell apart on dice, UK capitalization on week German airforce, and a screw up on my purchase.

I love a Jap IC in Egypt on a KGF.  They can throw units right into the European theatre instantly, and helps them defend z34.

[bas]

not sure about that but thanks

yes, i think you played that very well, but i don’t think that the axis game is that easy against a good russia player, i like your tactic though and you played it very well, with different dice here and there it could’ve been a very different game - am curious how it would’ve developed if the dice would’ve been different the last round and a half, it would definitively have relieved most of the pressure on germany, but russia was so strong, so don’t know

yes, it works very well i think, don’t think i’ve seen it before