Eggman (Allies +3) vs MiamiUMike (Axis) G50.2 - REMATCH!

[miamiumike]

Do I go for it all? Even if I do - what does it mean….

[miamiumike]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.6

Game History

Round :3

Politics - Germans
            Germans takes Political Action: Political Action Germans To War With Americans
                Germans succeeds on action: Political Action Germans To War With Americans: Changing Relationship for Germans and Americans from Neutrality to War
                Germans succeeds on action: Political Action Germans To War With Americans: Changing Relationship for Chinese and Americans from Neutrality to Allied
                Germans succeeds on action: Political Action Germans To War With Americans: Changing Relationship for British and Americans from Neutrality to Allied
                Germans succeeds on action: Political Action Germans To War With Americans: Changing Relationship for UK_Pacific and Americans from Neutrality to Allied
                Germans succeeds on action: Political Action Germans To War With Americans: Changing Relationship for ANZAC and Americans from Neutrality to Allied
                Germans succeeds on action: Political Action Germans To War With Americans: Changing Relationship for Americans and French from Neutrality to Allied
                Germans succeeds on action: Political Action Germans To War With Americans: Changing Relationship for Americans and Dutch from Neutrality to Friendly
                Germans succeeds on action: Political Action Germans To War With Americans: Changing Relationship for Americans and Neutral_Allies from Neutrality to Friendly_Neutral
                Germans succeeds on action: Political Action Germans To War With Americans: Changing Relationship for Americans and Neutral_Axis from Neutrality to Unfriendly_Neutral

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 1 carrier, 2 destroyers, 2 infantry and 4 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            1 unit repaired.
            2 submarines moved from 103 Sea Zone to 101 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Gibraltar to 101 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 91 Sea Zone to 101 Sea Zone
            1 battleship, 1 carrier and 1 cruiser moved from 91 Sea Zone to 101 Sea Zone
            2 bombers moved from Gibraltar to British Guiana
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Gibraltar to 91 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 1 infantry moved from Morocco to 91 Sea Zone
            1 armour, 1 artillery, 2 infantry and 2 transports moved from 91 Sea Zone to 101 Sea Zone
            1 armour, 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from 101 Sea Zone to Eastern United States

Combat - Germans
            Battle in British Guiana
                Germans attack with 2 bombers
                British defend with 1 bomber
                Germans win with 2 bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 12
                Casualties for British: 1 bomber
            Battle in 101 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 fighter, 2 submarines, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports
                British defend with 1 transport; Americans defend with 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters, 2 submarines and 2 transports
                Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Germans
                Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the Americans
                Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the Germans
                Americans win with 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters and 3 transports remaining. Battle score for attacker is -83
                Casualties for Germans: 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 fighter, 2 submarines, 1 tactical_bomber and 2 transports
                Casualties for Americans: 2 submarines
                2 fighters owned by the Americans forced to land in Central United States

Non Combat Move - Germans
            2 bombers could not land in British Guiana and were removed
            1 fighter could not land in 91 Sea Zone and was removed

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 44 PUs; end with 44 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 49 PUs
            Objective Germans 1 Trade with Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 54 PUs

Territory Summary for Germans :

Gibraltar : 2 tactical_bombers
    Morocco : 1 flag
    Normandy Bordeaux : 1 flag, 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
    Southern France : 1 armour and 1 infantry
    France : 1 flag, 1 airfield and 1 factory_minor
    Greater Southern Germany : 2 aaGuns, 5 armour and 1 mech_infantry
    Slovakia Hungary : 1 artillery and 1 infantry
    Western Germany : 3 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 1 factory_major, 2 fighters and 1 harbour
    Romania : 2 armour, 2 artilleries and 12 infantry
    Poland : 1 aaGun and 10 infantry
    Germany : 1 artillery, 1 factory_major and 5 mech_infantrys
    Norway : 6 infantry
    Northern Italy : 2 artilleries and 2 infantry
    106 Sea Zone : 1 flag
    Bulgaria : 1 flag
    Greece : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Yugoslavia : 1 flag, 1 factory_minor
    91 Sea Zone : 1 transport
    Finland : 1 flag
    110 Sea Zone : 3 submarines

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 44 / 54
    Russians : 37 / 37
    Japanese : 31 / 42
    Americans : 52 / 53
    Chinese : 7 / 13
    British : 32 / 30
    UK_Pacific : 21 / 22
    Italians : 17 / 27
    ANZAC : 17 / 17
    French : 7 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

[miamiumike]

GG You win….take care!!

MM

[boldfresh]

I have not looked at the map. Was Germany in a position to have odds on the fleet and East United States?

[Eqqman]

@Boldfresh:

I have not looked at the map. Was Germany in a position to have odds on the fleet and East United States?

61% to sink the fleet, although TripleA won’t take into account the fact that the German BB is damaged, then 80% to take E. USA.  Something I could have easily fixed by moving out units from Central USA that had no compelling reason to be there.  Let me know if you want another game MM.

[boldfresh]

another victim of the “curse of the clever” - make a great move that is potentially crippling and get cripled yourself.  sorry MM, been there many times.  extremely frustrating.

[Eqqman]

Correction, 67% on the fleet attack, I forgot the Gibraltar NB repair for the BB.

Interesting to see how that could have played out, since I certainly would have retaken the E. USA on either the US or British turn.  Maybe I still could have held out… probably not, but not completely unthinkable.

[miamiumike]

Yes - you could have possibly come back - but the advantages were great. Germany with 120 IPC. No US units in a position to do anything for 3 turns….should have won both battles - 70% on naval - but, got 2 hits only and got hit 6 of 7 on defense - cannot account for that.

Whole thing was a bit cheesy to be honest - and in hindsight I should have just continued the game as played (and I am not saying that because the dice went bad - even if I won, I still wish I had just played the game out to see how we would do)

Oh well :)

[Eqqman]

@miamiumike:

Yes - you could have possibly come back - but the advantages were great. Germany with 120 IPC. No US units in a position to do anything for 3 turns….should have won both battles - 70% on naval

Heh heh… 70% is in the range where you might expect victory, but still need to have a backup plan for failure.

[miamiumike]

There are some battles where there is no plan b. That is why I wish I had just continued the game - we would have had more fun that way and been a better gauge of our play….

MM