L12G4Karl7(Axis)v.Gamerman(Allies)+Tech

[gamerman01]

2 infantry lost, NIt holds
Z46Rolls: 8@2 7@3 3@4; Total Hits: 68@2: (5, 2, 6, 5, 4, 6, 3, 3)7@3: (5, 2, 6, 2, 6, 5, 1)3@4: (3, 3, 6)

[gamerman01]

2.2 hits under.  ouch
Waiting for you to confirm choice

[Karl7]

all hits points, except 1 cv, lose ss

[gamerman01]

Yeah, that’s what I thought - good thing I didn’t use your OOL without you…

[gamerman01]

Probably have a hard decision ahead of me….
Z46 defenseRolls: 1@1 7@2 2@3 9@4; Total Hits: 141@1: (1)7@2: (2, 2, 4, 2, 6, 2, 2)2@3: (5, 1)9@4: (5, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 4, 3, 6)

[gamerman01]

Would you just look at that.  Wow.  Looks like I’m gonna get a lot of my time back

[gamerman01]

So much for your vibes.  I didn’t think my decision was going to be whether to resign or not…  Jeez.

[gamerman01]

Not so fast…  I still managed to disable all but one carrier and ground all the air except 2 on New Guinea.  I only lose the 2 aircraft that were committed, and have a built in block in Z54.

No, I’m not resigning.

[gamerman01]

Do you want the tactical bomber on the island or on the carrier?

[Karl7]

holy smokes!!   :? :-o :? :-o

no question that is a luck full roll for me. Â

my vibes were more on the line that the axis are evil thus luck should abandon them… but obviously this is just a game and not historical, moral commentary

none the less, I feel for you.  We’ve all been on the recieving end.  Althought I will say, after 20 years of A&A naval battles can be very squirly, especailly when the defender had a lot of ftrs.  Shipyards now looks like a salvation more then an advantage.  Japan survives to fight on, I guess.

[boldfresh]

Holy smokes!  I thought only Yoshi got defensive rolls like that!!  :?

[Karl7]

2ftrs on cv

[gamerman01]

USA loses 4 subs, 4 destroyers, 2 fighters, cruiser, carrier, takes hit to battleship
3 fighters, 2 bombers, cruiser and damaged battleship remain

CA and BB retreat to Z54

[Karl7]

never played yoshi… sounds like he is a master of luck

[gamerman01]

@Boldfresh:

Holy smokes!  I thought only Yoshi got defensive rolls like that!!  :?

I’m glad you saw that - now I don’t have to tell you about it
Felt like a game ender, but when I survey it looks like USA/ANZ might still be able to survive.
Disabling 3 carriers for 2 turns is huge.  I need to see if I can take a stand in the Carolines now, too

[gamerman01]

And yes, the shipyards MIGHT save my bacon…
Hmmmm… noncoms

[gamerman01]

@Karl7:

never played yoshi… sounds like he is a master of luck

Sounds like Yoshi has been lucky for awhile now from what I hear

Lucky AND good.  But he doesn’t play 1940 yet so you don’t have to worry  :-)

[gamerman01]

Oh, that’s right, a sub came from 33 so I can retreat to the Carolines.  Definitely going to do that instead of to 54…  Stops bombardment without costing a plane scrambling…  I actually have a good chance to defend Carolines this turn…  :-)

[Karl7]

I’ll meet this “master” yoshi any time on the G40 forum… I’ll meet anyone ready for a G40 game.  G40 is the apotheosis of A&A games in my opinion.  Just the right amount of complexity with playability.  I looked at the that massive global game from Historical gaming and it had a lot of problems.  Territory size, spacing etc.

G40 is it.

enough talk

war!

[Karl7]

no neutral crush eh?      probably for the best, unless the UK is doing it.  Ouch.  I hate  to think that uk med fleet could land troops in sukr!  ag… might break the siege!    :|