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

[Karl7]

Heavy Bombers!  I’ll take that.  Jet fighters would have been better, but ok.

oh – units in 32 repair, obviously

buys
5dd

cm

novo
army from novo moves in after arm blitzes volo

sz42
dd, ss from 20
tacbs from mal and bor

sz26
2bb, cc from 32, 4cvs, 3dd
2cv, dd from 31
tacb, ftr from japan
(I will assume you do not scramble – won’t make any difference to my attack unless you were to win the sea battle, which is highly unlikely given I have 8 hits points to waste)

haw – amphib
6inf, 2art from msh
2inf from wak
2ftrs from 32
2ftrs, 2tacb, 2bomb from msh
3ftr, tacb from 31

[Karl7]

combat

sz26
A
Rolls: 4@2 1@3 2@4; Total Hits: 54@2: (5, 1, 2, 1)1@3: (4)2@4: (4, 2)
D
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (6)

[Karl7]

amphib of Haw

I will assume given this is do or die that you want ool to be right up combat value.

A
Rolls: 6@1 4@2 7@3 3@4 2@4 2@4; Total Hits: 116@1: (1, 3, 2, 6, 2, 6)4@2: (6, 3, 4, 3)7@3: (3, 2, 6, 1, 2, 3, 2)3@4: (4, 1, 5)2@4: (5, 6)2@4: (2, 4)

the last 2 are the bombers rolling 2

D
Rolls: 3@1 7@2 10@4; Total Hits: 103@1: (1, 1, 2)7@2: (6, 4, 5, 3, 4, 2, 4)10@4: (3, 3, 4, 3, 5, 2, 5, 1, 3, 5)

[Karl7]

ok so 10 each – stupid bombers

I lose all ground except art, and lose ftr

you lose bombers, and all ground

round 2

A
Rolls: 1@2 6@3 3@4 2@4 2@4; Total Hits: 71@2: (3)6@3: (6, 6, 5, 2, 3, 3)3@4: (5, 1, 6)2@4: (2, 3)2@4: (2, 5)
d
Rolls: 10@4; Total Hits: 610@4: (4, 6, 6, 4, 5, 5, 1, 4, 2, 3)

[Karl7]

6 each

I lose 5ftrs, 1tacb

you lose 6 ftrs

A
Rolls: 1@2 2@3 1@4 2@4 2@4; Total Hits: 31@2: (6)2@3: (5, 3)1@4: (4)2@4: (5, 5)2@4: (5, 3)
D
Rolls: 4@4; Total Hits: 24@4: (2, 5, 6, 2)

[Karl7]

I lose 2tacb, you have ftr left.

Boy so much for “heavy bombers” – must still be working the bugs out

round 4
A
Rolls: 1@2 1@3 2@4 2@4; Total Hits: 41@2: (4)1@3: (3)2@4: (3, 6)2@4: (4, 2)
D
Rolls: 1@4; Total Hits: 11@4: (3)

[Karl7]

ok, lose ftr

NEWS FLASH……!

Japanese land in Hawaii!  Pearl Harbor overrun!  President Roosevelt drops dead from shock!  Allies ask for armistice!  War is OVER….

:evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

[Karl7]

I’ll finish out the turn so we have a complete game.

That haw battle was by the numbers… luck was not with either of us in any special way.

sz42
a
Rolls: 2@2 2@3; Total Hits: 12@2: (4, 6)2@3: (6, 1)
D
Rolls: 1@1 1@2; Total Hits: 01@1: (3)1@2: (3)

[Karl7]

assume sub hit

round 2
A
Rolls: 2@2 2@3; Total Hits: 22@2: (3, 1)2@3: (3, 5)
D
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (3)

[Karl7]

sz42 cleared

sam
A
Rolls: 9@1 6@2 1@3; Total Hits: 49@1: (3, 2, 4, 5, 1, 4, 3, 3, 6)6@2: (4, 2, 1, 3, 5, 4)1@3: (3)
D
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (6)

[gamerman01]

We don’t have a complete game until R12, I’m afraid.

[gamerman01]

@Karl7:

I’ll finish out the turn so we have a complete game.

That haw battle was by the numbers… luck was not with either of us in any special way.

Z46 was totally against the numbers, and made it nearly impossible for me to defend.  Not to mention the very weird roll that caused me to lose an extra carrier in Z20  :x

[gamerman01]

@Karl7:

Boy so much for “heavy bombers” – must still be working the bugs out

You wrote this immediately after getting an extra hit from <neutered>heavy bombers.</neutered>

[gamerman01]

Well that game was maddeningly close.  Not bad for being my first real global game, though…

[Karl7]

sam cleared

ncm
units in vol to sam
army in wind to ind
tacbs from jeh to phi
empty trn did not use for haw in 32 to 35
fleet in 6 to 35, excpet 1 trn that lands inf,art on gua, rest to phi
tacbs in 42 to mal
mech from hon to fic
bombers in haw wak

place
3dd n 20
2dd in 6

collect

cvd

37
Rolls: 2@3; Total Hits: 12@3: (2, 5)

43
Rolls: 2@3; Total Hits: 22@3: (3, 1)

44
Rolls: 2@3; Total Hits: 12@3: (3, 4)

41
Rolls: 2@3; Total Hits: 22@3: (1, 3)

39
Rolls: 1@3; Total Hits: 11@3: (3)

[Karl7]

collect 90-13=77

[Karl7]

map

L12G40Karl7(Axis)v.Gamerman(Allies)11cJapan.AAM

[gamerman01]

@Karl7:

army in wind to ind

And there goes my last hope
Other transports are one space too far away to take back Phillipines and there is no long range transport tech.

Congratulations and thanks for a great game (that took a thousand hours), good sportsmanship, reasonableness, humility, and wit!

But unfortunately, that is the most frustrating A&A loss I can remember in a very long time.  It just sucks.  Never before in global A&A games do you lose, having this much potency left, and knowing that given more rounds I could possibly take over the entire world.  I might still have economic superiority, too.  Hmm.  I’m not so sure about this 1940 global game.  The bases and the new units and some new techs and the much more complex board, along with new powers sure makes it tantalizing, but it has some serious drawbacks too.

[gamerman01]

Here’s what else SUCKS

You never took a single major capital.  Not even temporarily.  It’s just wrong.

[Karl7]

Yeah, this was an interesting game. �I actually thought I was losing early on because of how I handled Italy. �Failing to get Egypt is usually a big boon to the Allies and you used it. �I don’t recall what I did, but whatever it was I failed there. �You gave the axis an opening when you attacked 36, I think. �Even though it was a win for the US, it screwed up its fleet composition. �Sz 46 was luck, but by that time, I was going to get India. �I was actually seriously contemplating going for Nsw. �I would have built an miIC in Mal and then just start shucking units back and forth from Asia to Australia. �My fleet would then play interference. �Might have worked. �After 46, I really had no choice but to go after Haw and fast.

Germany was ok. �Never really got strong enough to kill the USSR though. �Germany was I think only a few turns away from being overrun anyway.