Satinpurpledefender trial by fire (A Marine's attempt, to escape from HELL!)

[Gargantua]

OK Marine,

Do you want the NO BS Sit Rep?  Your position IS recoverable,  but you’re on the edge of more than trouble.

THE GOOD NEWS, 
1.  Economically, you still make more than me every turn.  As long as that stays that way, you are winning the game.  As soon as that changes… you are losing the game.
2. Japan’s ground game is turns away from Mattering in Asia,  You won’t see much heat from them in russia anytime soon
3. Germany doesn’t have much in the way of an offensive into Russia this turn.  This is your chance to regroup, and try to build up a standing russian army, that will buy you enough time to get the allies in the game.
4. The Americans have not lost too much of their starting fleet units, and you’ve got some GREEN threat on both sides of the board.

THE BAD NEWS
1. The economic game is swinging my way
i2. Russia now only has infantry and AA guns left, they are cut off, exhausted, and about to get squeezed.
3. Africa has fallen to Germany, this is VERY bad news.  be smart about what you do there (I’ll give you some help)
4. Japan has 4 transports, and a factory on the mainland, it won’t be long before the pacific is yellow
5. The american fleet is in the pacific mostly…  and would be better suited in Europe.  But it’s too late to change plans now, you’ll have to adapt!

BOTTOM LINE
You’re not defeated yet, and you’ve still got some fight on the board.  As long as you’ve still got some fight in your heart, I say you give me a run for my money.

NEXT TIP
Take a peice of paper, and title it, LESSONS LEARNED, then in point format write down all the things you’ve learned,  like medium stacks being bad, always double checking that your capital isn’t exposed.  Not leaving Russian planes on the front line,  or exposing tanks to my forces, and especially NOT forgetting to move units, like Russian subs and so on.

You will learn your own lessons, and have a record of what you have learned, which will make you a better player for the next game, and we can go from there.

[Gargantua]

One more thing Satin…

One of my tournament teams has more or less folded, and there’s only 1 player remaining on the team.  His name is The Desert Journalist… and well, heh, he’s never even played global, and he needs some SERIOUS help.

So I’ve opted to join him, in my OWN tournament, to vye for the title, until such a time as I can replace myself with someone else (who gets eliminated).

Care to join us?  It’ll be a bit of a trial by fire, and we might lose if you screw up, but you’ll be in the trenches with me, so as long as you can carry out some general orders, you should learn how to survive rather quickly.

[satinpurplefender]

First of all, thanks for the advice. I think I can adapt the American strategy a bit. There is still plenty of fight in my heart, so don’t worry about that. Good Marines don’t doe. They just go to Hell and regroup.

I’d be willing to sit in on your tournament team, and I feel I would actually do better in a situation where I am given some general orders.

I am sorry for slow responses and turns today. I had an interview this morning, and I am hoping to hear something more about it soon.

Just let me know what I need to do for the tournament game. I, like Journo, have never played Global. I’ll have to do some reading this weekend. If I understand the little that I have read so far, Global uses the Europe base rules and the Pacific special rules plus the A+3.9 errata. Is that correct?

[Gargantua]

Take your time, there is no rush here.

If I understand the little that I have read so far, Global uses the Europe base rules and the Pacific special rules plus the A+3.9 errata. Is that correct?

Sort of…  If you went out and bought, Europe, and Pacific, you could play Global (At the back of the Europe rules, is the rules for global).

The Alpha 3.9+ stuff, is changes made by larry, to the rulebook, and the setup cards, to make the game better, more balanced, and fun.

[satinpurplefender]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II v4, version: 2.7

Game History

Round :2

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 1 carrier, 1 fighter and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            1 bomber and 1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to Archangel
            1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to Archangel

Combat - British
            Battle in Archangel
                British attack with 1 bomber and 2 fighters
                Germans defend with 2 armour
                    British roll dice for 1 bomber and 2 fighters in Archangel, round 1 :  2/3 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 2 armour in Archangel, round 1 :  0/2 hits
                    2 armour owned by the Germans lost in Archangel
                British win with 1 bomber and 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 10
                Casualties for Germans: 2 armour
                British win with 1 bomber and 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 10
                Casualties for Germans: 2 armour
            Recording Battle Statistics

Non Combat Move - British
            2 fighters moved from Archangel to Russia
            1 bomber moved from Archangel to Novosibirsk
            1 destroyer and 1 submarine moved from 8 Sea Zone to 13 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 8 Sea Zone to 13 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 45 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            1 infantry moved from Western Canada to Eastern Canada

Place Units - British
            1 carrier and 1 transport placed in 6 Sea Zone
            1 fighter placed in 6 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - British
            British collect 24 PUs; end with 25 PUs total
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: British player Removing units owned by PlayerID named:British from Russia: 2 fighters
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Territory Summary for British :

Eastern Canada : 1 infantry
    Australia : 1 infantry
    Kenya : 1 infantry
    India : 1 aaGun and 3 infantry
    Novosibirsk : 1 bomber
    Trans-Jordan : 2 infantry
    United Kingdom : 1 aaGun, 1 armour and 1 factory
    New Zealand : 1 infantry
    Solomon Islands : 1 flag, 2 infantry
    37 Sea Zone : 1 submarine
    6 Sea Zone : 1 carrier, 1 fighter and 1 transport
    13 Sea Zone : 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine

Production/PUs Summary :

Russians : 19 / 25
    Germans : 50 / 50
    British : 24 / 25
    Japanese : 25 / 32
    Americans : 48 / 50

[satinpurplefender]

You will have noticed two different sets of dice rolls for the same battle in Archangel in your inbox. Shortly (within seconds) of making my non-combat move with the British, I decided against my option, and I wanted to change it. I rebooted the game and replayed the battle. The second time around my fighters stayed alive, but I removed them from the board since they didn’t live through the initial skirmish. Typically this is not something I would do since it can lead to integrity violations and borders on cheating, but this is a learning game. I have no problems conceding victory to the Axis. I just wanted to see if my idea was correct, and how it would play out.

[satinpurplefender]

bump

[Gargantua]

I played the japanese turn, and it errored out, and wouldn’t let me post… I saved the file, and it’s goofed.

I could fix it… but… would you prefer we just start a new game?

[Gargantua]

Also…

http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=27334.0

You’re italy.

Germanies job is to help you get up off of the ground.  He’s a noob too,  I’ll use everybit of my expertise to help you, but at the end of the day its up to you.

Don’t let me down, I’m Japan! :P

[satinpurplefender]

Yeah, starting over is fine with me. Lol

[satinpurplefender]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II v4, version: 2.7

Game History

Round :1

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 8 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Russians
            2 armour, 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 3 infantry moved from Russia to West Russia
            1 fighter moved from Karelia S.S.R. to West Russia
            3 infantry moved from Caucasus to West Russia

Combat - Russians
            Battle in West Russia
                Russians attack with 2 armour, 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 6 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 armour, 1 artillery and 3 infantry
                    Russians roll dice for 2 armour, 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 6 infantry in West Russia, round 1 :  3/11 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery and 3 infantry in West Russia, round 1 :  1/5 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Russians and 3 infantry owned by the Germans lost in West Russia
                    Russians roll dice for 2 armour, 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 5 infantry in West Russia, round 2 :  5/10 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 armour and 1 artillery in West Russia, round 2 :  0/2 hits
                    1 armour owned by the Germans and 1 artillery owned by the Germans lost in West Russia
                Russians win, taking West Russia from Germans with 2 armour, 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 5 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 15
                Casualties for Germans: 1 armour, 1 artillery and 3 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
                Russians win with 2 armour, 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 5 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 15
                Casualties for Germans: 1 armour, 1 artillery and 3 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
            Recording Battle Statistics

Non Combat Move - Russians
            2 fighters moved from West Russia to Russia
            1 armour and 3 infantry moved from Archangel to Karelia S.S.R.
            2 infantry moved from Kazakh S.S.R. to Caucasus
            2 infantry moved from Novosibirsk to Sinkiang
            2 infantry moved from Evenki National Okrug to Novosibirsk
            2 infantry moved from Yakut S.S.R. to Buryatia S.S.R.
            1 infantry moved from Soviet Far East to Buryatia S.S.R.
            1 infantry moved from Soviet Far East to Buryatia S.S.R.

Place Units - Russians
            4 infantry placed in Caucasus
            4 infantry placed in Russia

Turn Complete - Russians
            Russians collect 26 PUs; end with 26 PUs total

Territory Summary for Russians :

Novosibirsk : 2 infantry
    Karelia S.S.R. : 1 armour and 6 infantry
    Caucasus : 1 aaGun, 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 factory and 6 infantry
    Sinkiang : 2 infantry
    West Russia : 1 flag, 2 armour, 1 artillery and 5 infantry
    Buryatia S.S.R. : 6 infantry
    Russia : 1 aaGun, 1 factory, 2 fighters and 4 infantry
    4 Sea Zone : 1 submarine

Production/PUs Summary :

Russians : 26 / 26
    Germans : 38 / 40
    British : 30 / 30
    Japanese : 30 / 30
    Americans : 42 / 42

[satinpurplefender]

I debated taking West Russia, but I figured it best to put some space between the Nazi advance and the Motherland. I still don’t feel completely confident on my stack sizes, but I think that I am doing better than last time.

What do you define as a medium stack? Is it a stack that approaches the size of the stacks bordering it, yet not clearly larger?