G40L Boldfresh (axis) vs. Stalingradski (allies +8) game 1

[boldfresh]

i’ll be rolling it very soon if you can stay on - or do you just want me to give you max defense period?

[Stalingradski]

If you bring everything that can make it, I’ll assume you want to end up killing the transports, which is the real prize. I would.

So max defense, yes.

[boldfresh]

maybe this is where the dice will make up for my miserable failure in sydney

[Stalingradski]

If they do, I won’t complain… but I won’t like it.  :-D

[boldfresh]

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

Game History

Round :8

Politics - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 1 fighter, 10 mech_infantrys and 2 tactical_bombers; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            2 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Novgorod to Western Ukraine
            2 fighters moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Eastern Poland to Bessarabia
            1 infantry moved from Romania to Bessarabia
            1 fighter moved from Greece to Bessarabia
            1 infantry moved from Western Germany to 112 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 112 Sea Zone to 119 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 119 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone
            1 carrier, 3 destroyers, 1 infantry, 2 submarines, 2 tactical_bombers and 1 transport moved from 112 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            1 carrier, 3 destroyers, 1 infantry, 2 submarines, 2 tactical_bombers and 1 transport moved from 110 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to 109 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Gibraltar to 104 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Spain to 104 Sea Zone
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 104 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone
            3 bombers moved from Germany to 109 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Novgorod to Vyborg
                  Germans take Vyborg from Russians
            1 infantry moved from 109 Sea Zone to Eire

[boldfresh]

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

Game History

Round :8

Politics - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 1 fighter, 10 mech_infantrys and 2 tactical_bombers; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            2 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Novgorod to Western Ukraine
            2 fighters moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Eastern Poland to Bessarabia
            1 infantry moved from Romania to Bessarabia
            1 fighter moved from Greece to Bessarabia
            1 infantry moved from Western Germany to 112 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 112 Sea Zone to 119 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 119 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone
            1 carrier, 3 destroyers, 1 infantry, 2 submarines, 2 tactical_bombers and 1 transport moved from 112 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            1 carrier, 3 destroyers, 1 infantry, 2 submarines, 2 tactical_bombers and 1 transport moved from 110 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to 109 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Gibraltar to 104 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Spain to 104 Sea Zone
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 104 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone
            3 bombers moved from Germany to 109 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Novgorod to Vyborg
                  Germans take Vyborg from Russians
            1 infantry moved from 109 Sea Zone to Eire

Combat - Germans
            Americans scrambles 1 units out of Scotland to defend against the attack in 109 Sea Zone
            Battle in Bessarabia
                Germans attack with 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Russians defend with 1 infantry
                    Germans roll dice for 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Bessarabia, round 1 :  1/3 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Bessarabia, round 1 :  1/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Russians and 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Bessarabia
                Germans win with 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
            Battle in Western Ukraine
                Germans attack with 4 fighters, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Russians defend with 3 infantry
                    Germans roll dice for 4 fighters, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Western Ukraine, round 1 :  3/7 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 3 infantry in Western Ukraine, round 1 :  1/3 hits
                    3 infantry owned by the Russians and 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Western Ukraine
                Germans win, taking Western Ukraine from Russians with 4 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 3 infantry
            Battle in 109 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 3 bombers, 1 carrier, 3 destroyers, 4 fighters, 3 submarines, 4 tactical_bombers and 1 transport
                British defend with 1 battleship, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 1 submarine and 2 transports; Americans defend with 2 carriers, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 1 fighter, 1 tactical_bomber and 4 transports
                    Germans roll dice for 3 submarines in 109 Sea Zone, round 1 :  0/3 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 1 submarine in 109 Sea Zone, round 1 :  0/1 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 3 bombers, 1 carrier, 3 destroyers, 4 fighters, 4 tactical_bombers and 1 transport in 109 Sea Zone, round 1 :  8/14 hits
                Units damaged: 1 carrier owned by the Americans and 1 battleship owned by the British
                    Americans roll dice for 1 battleship, 2 carriers, 3 cruisers, 3 destroyers, 2 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 6 transports in 109 Sea Zone, round 1 :  1/12 hits
                    2 destroyers owned by the Americans , 1 carrier owned by the Americans , 1 submarine owned by the British , 1 destroyer owned by the Germans and 1 destroyer owned by the British lost in 109 Sea Zone
                    Germans roll dice for 3 submarines in 109 Sea Zone, round 2 :  1/3 hits
                    1 carrier owned by the Americans lost in 109 Sea Zone
                    Germans roll dice for 3 bombers, 1 carrier, 2 destroyers, 4 fighters, 4 tactical_bombers and 1 transport in 109 Sea Zone, round 2 :  6/13 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber in 109 Sea Zone, round 2 :  1/3 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 1 battleship, 3 cruisers and 6 transports in 109 Sea Zone, round 2 :  1/4 hits
                    1 fighter owned by the Americans , 2 cruisers owned by the British , 1 cruiser owned by the Americans , 1 fighter owned by the British , 1 tactical_bomber owned by the Americans , 1 destroyer owned by the Germans and 1 submarine owned by the Germans lost in 109 Sea Zone
                    Germans roll dice for 2 submarines in 109 Sea Zone, round 3 :  1/2 hits
                    1 battleship owned by the British lost in 109 Sea Zone
                    Germans roll dice for 3 bombers, 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 4 fighters, 4 tactical_bombers and 1 transport in 109 Sea Zone, round 3 :  4/12 hits
                    4 transports owned by the Americans lost in 109 Sea Zone
                    2 transports owned by the British lost in 109 Sea Zone
                    Germans roll dice for 2 submarines in 109 Sea Zone, round 4 :  0/2 hits
                Germans win, taking 109 Sea Zone from Neutral with 3 bombers, 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 4 fighters, 2 submarines, 4 tactical_bombers and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is 169
                Casualties for Germans: 2 destroyers and 1 submarine
                Casualties for British: 1 battleship, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 1 submarine and 2 transports
                Casualties for Americans: 2 carriers, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 1 fighter, 1 tactical_bomber and 4 transports
            Battle in Eire

Non Combat Move - Germans
            5 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Baltic States to Poland
            3 mech_infantrys moved from Novgorod to Poland
            1 infantry moved from Novgorod to Baltic States
            1 aaGun moved from Novgorod to Vyborg
            3 aaGuns and 1 mech_infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Poland
            3 artilleries and 6 infantry moved from Germany to Slovakia Hungary
            1 armour and 5 mech_infantrys moved from Romania to Bulgaria
            3 infantry moved from Romania to Slovakia Hungary
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Bessarabia to Greece
            2 infantry moved from Western Germany to Greater Southern Germany
            1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Gibraltar to Southern France
            5 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Spain to Northern Italy
            1 aaGun moved from Spain to Gibraltar
            1 infantry moved from Spain to Gibraltar
            2 fighters moved from 109 Sea Zone to Spain
            3 bombers moved from 109 Sea Zone to Holland Belgium
            1 mech_infantry moved from Greece to Bulgaria
            4 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Ukraine to Slovakia Hungary
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 109 Sea Zone to Western Germany
            3 tactical_bombers moved from 109 Sea Zone to Spain
            1 infantry moved from France to Holland Belgium

Place Units - Germans
            10 mech_infantrys placed in Germany
            1 fighter and 2 tactical_bombers placed in Western Germany
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from Greece: 1 armour
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Germans to Bulgaria: 1 armour
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 49 PUs; end with 49 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 54 PUs
            Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 59 PUs

Territory Summary for Germans :

Gibraltar : 2 aaGuns and 1 infantry
    Southern France : 1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys
    France : 1 flag, 1 airfield and 1 factory_minor
    Greater Southern Germany : 2 infantry
    Slovakia Hungary : 10 artilleries, 4 fighters, 12 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
    Western Germany : 1 airfield, 1 factory_major, 1 fighter, 1 harbour and 3 tactical_bombers
    Poland : 3 aaGuns, 5 infantry and 7 mech_infantrys
    Germany : 1 factory_major and 10 mech_infantrys
    Holland Belgium : 3 bombers and 1 infantry
    Northern Italy : 5 armour and 1 mech_infantry
    Karelia : 1 flag
    Baltic States : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Vyborg : 1 flag, 1 aaGun and 1 infantry
    Eastern Poland : 1 flag
    Western Ukraine : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Novgorod : 1 flag, 1 airfield, 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
    125 Sea Zone : 1 submarine
    106 Sea Zone : 1 flag
    Eire : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Bulgaria : 1 flag, 2 armour and 6 mech_infantrys
    109 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 2 fighters, 2 submarines and 1 transport
    Greece : 2 artilleries, 1 fighter, 4 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
    99 Sea Zone : 1 submarine
    Sweden : 1 flag
    Yugoslavia : 1 flag
    Spain : 2 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers
    Finland : 1 flag
    105 Sea Zone : 1 flag

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 49 / 59
    Russians : 32 / 34
    Japanese : 34 / 59
    Americans : 61 / 86
    Chinese : 20 / 21
    British : 37 / 37
    UK_Pacific : 10 / 6
    Italians : 19 / 29
    ANZAC : 16 / 21
    French : 5 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 0 / 0

Dice Statistics:

Total
            1 was rolled 8 times
            2 was rolled 11 times
            3 was rolled 13 times
            4 was rolled 17 times
            5 was rolled 11 times
            6 was rolled 23 times
        Average roll : 3.976
        Median : 4.000
        Variance : 1.817
        Standard Deviation : 1.348
        Total rolls : 83

Germans Combat
            1 was rolled 6 times
            2 was rolled 9 times
            3 was rolled 10 times
            4 was rolled 12 times
            5 was rolled 7 times
            6 was rolled 15 times
        Average roll : 3.847
        Median : 4.000
        Variance : 1.017
        Standard Deviation : 1.009
        Total rolls : 59

Russians Combat
            1 was rolled 2 times
            3 was rolled 1 times
            6 was rolled 1 times
        Average roll : 2.750
        Median : 2.000
        Variance : 2.000
        Standard Deviation : 1.414
        Total rolls : 4

Americans Combat
            2 was rolled 2 times
            3 was rolled 2 times
            4 was rolled 5 times
            5 was rolled 4 times
            6 was rolled 7 times
        Average roll : 4.600
        Median : 5.000
        Variance : 1.684
        Standard Deviation : 1.298
        Total rolls : 20

[boldfresh]

holy smokes - the dice just royally plastered you.  i guess these dice are equal-opportunity ridiculous.

looks like you will not hear another whimper out of me all game in regards to the dice.  i can’t tell you how certain i was that it was going to go badly too… in local i survived with a fighter and the acc!

:-o :-o

[boldfresh]

oops need to leave a dude in epl.

[boldfresh]

here ya go

[boldfresh]

and 2 more ftrs to greece

[boldfresh]

oops need to land some dudes on the italian acc as well.

[boldfresh]

gosh i’m so beside myself with shock i don’t even know how to handle it.  almost always when i go through the painstaking effort to set up something like that i get CRUSHED by the dice.  :-P

[boldfresh]

@Stalingradski:

If they do, I won’t complain… but I won’t like it.  :-D

that was pretty bad man.  sorry.  :?

[boldfresh]

you know, i was gonna suggest that we just take it straight to odds and not roll the dice, but i figured i have a lot of ground to make up and the only chance after the sydney failure was to catch some good luck - well, that was quite a catch!  and just in time too, because you have solved the pacific it looks like.

[boldfresh]

i think you appreciate the planning that went into that attack - it’s nice to be playing someone where that kind of effort doesn’t go unnoticed.

cheers

[boldfresh]

everything kindof came together perfectly for
that attack.  i even had a significant buffer, i figured if the battle started very badly i could scuttle the carrier but if started well i’d keep it and park in 109.  never in a million years would i have imagined it going that way.  the reverse, yes, but not in MY favor.  :-o

[boldfresh]

guess i should get down to business now - i think i have a chance, but it’s still a long ways to go.

[boldfresh]

21 german aircraft…  :?  holy scheemolekens.

[boldfresh]

@Boldfresh:

21 german aircraft…  :?  holy scheemolekens.

i tell ya, that luftwaffe can be deadly when it goes right.

[Stalingradski]

I haven’t looked at the map, but from your comments I can imagine what happened…  :-)

My heart didn’t skip a beat. I started my morning with an awful luck round against France in a Napoleonic game, so I could tell dice were heading in the other direction. Random walk.

Yes, I liked your setup, and one of the great things about playing in the league is that I’m getting exposed to a ton of new ideas. You play the perimeter game incredibly well… I’m a little more land-based and methodical (as you’ll see when I’m Axis  :-P).

I’m a very large proponent of Luftwaffe, and I understand the advantages it brings. Land and sea. Offense and defense. When I’m Germany, I buy an aircraft every turn no matter what. It looks like you subscribe to that, and then some.