13L G40 Stalingradski (Axis) vs Hank13 (Allies+10)

[Hank13]

ANZAC vs Japan round 2:

2 bombers vs 2 fighters… interested in attempting an intercept?

[Stalingradski]

Yes!!

[Hank13]

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

Game History

Round :13

Combat Move - French

Non Combat Move - French

Turn Complete - French

Territory Summary for French :

United Kingdom : 2 infantry

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 48 / 70
    Russians : 8 / 7
    Japanese : 18 / 17
    Americans : 68 / 94
    Chinese : 23 / 29
    British : 33 / 31
    UK_Pacific : 22 / 27
    Italians : 31 / 48
    ANZAC : 10 / 25
    French : 4 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

[Hank13]

Well, that couldn’t have gone much worse for you…

Those two fighters were holding Japan back…

[Hank13]

@Stalingradski:

I’m afraid I have no right being on the same playing field with you for this game. Fumble, fumble, interception, fumble, penalty, pass in the dirt, fumble, penalty.

A 57% battle to pull this game out of the fire in Moscow became 21% because I didn’t take the time to see the potential of Russian aircraft.

8 extra units in Egypt would have kept you out for another round, making the potential to win this game real for me.

For whatever reason, you’ve played mistake free in this one. I salute you.

Now, it’s down to a battle I have no right to win in Moscow. I don’t deserve to win it. When I don’t, I’ll happily concede this game to you.

I apologize for not being able to give you the same level of fight I’ve been able to bring to most of my matches.

I think you are greatly under-stating your abilities in this game. I can honestly say that I have not spent this much time planning, mocking and thinking about an aa game ever! Regardless of the outcome in Moscow, I think we are pretty evenly matched and I will chalk it up to a fair bit of luck that I have lasted to this point.

[Stalingradski]

:-)

Thank you for that. You set yourself up terrifically with bombers in the Pacific, and I had never seen it. A huge part of the game is setting yourself up to take advantage of opportunities, and pouncing on them, which you did when I made the mistake of allowing a place in China for your bombers to land. After that, you ripped Japan apart faster then I’ve ever seen. It was really well done.

My hope was that I could still win on the Europe map… so close! I had a couple small mistakes at the end… once again, you set yourself up with your range and versatility (bombers) to take advantage of my mistakes.

On to a hopeless battle for Moscow… even if the dice go wacky and I manage a win, it will be a slim chance for me to get a VC because of the Egypt situation.

[Hank13]

Yeah bombers are pretty unstoppable in large numbers. Something I learned from being dissected in the Pacific from allweneedislove over the years.

[Stalingradski]

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

Game History

Round :14

Politics - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans repair 3 damage on 3 factory_majors; Remaining resources: 67 PUs;
            Germans buy 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 2 fighters and 11 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            14 armour, 15 artilleries, 52 infantry and 15 mech_infantrys moved from Bryansk to Russia
            1 infantry moved from Tambov to Russia
            1 infantry moved from Smolensk to Russia
            1 infantry moved from Samara to Russia
            6 fighters and 6 tactical_bombers moved from Novgorod to Russia
            4 bombers moved from Egypt to Rostov
            4 bombers moved from Rostov to Russia

Combat - Germans
            Battle in Russia
                Germans attack with 14 armour, 15 artilleries, 4 bombers, 6 fighters, 55 infantry, 15 mech_infantrys and 6 tactical_bombers
                ANZAC defend with 3 fighters; British defend with 8 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber; Russians defend with 3 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 5 armour, 12 artilleries, 1 bomber, 1 factory_major, 2 fighters, 61 infantry and 7 mech_infantrys; Americans defend with 4 bombers and 4 fighters
                Russians win with 13 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is -128
                Casualties for ANZAC: 3 fighters
                Casualties for Germans: 14 armour, 15 artilleries, 4 bombers, 6 fighters, 55 infantry, 15 mech_infantrys and 6 tactical_bombers
                Casualties for British: 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber
                Casualties for Russians: 3 aaGuns, 5 armour, 12 artilleries, 1 bomber, 61 infantry and 7 mech_infantrys
                Casualties for Americans: 4 bombers

Non Combat Move - Germans
            1 infantry moved from Novgorod to Karelia
            2 infantry moved from Poland to Baltic States
            4 armour moved from Germany to Eastern Poland
            1 mech_infantry moved from Western Germany to Poland
            3 infantry moved from Germany to Western Germany
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Germany to Poland
            3 infantry moved from France to Western Germany
            2 infantry moved from Normandy Bordeaux to France
            1 infantry moved from Western Germany to Germany
            1 transport moved from 98 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun moved from Bryansk to Belarus

Place Units - Germans
            3 infantry placed in Normandy Bordeaux
            3 infantry placed in Novgorod
            1 armour, 2 artilleries, 2 fighters and 5 infantry placed in Germany

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 48 PUs; end with 48 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 4 Presence In Egypt: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 53 PUs
            Objective Germans 3 Control Caucasus: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 58 PUs
            Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 63 PUs

[Stalingradski]

So it ends!

Congratulations on the win. You very much deserved it. I’ll retreat to my lair like Shelob and let the wounds heal for a couple hundred years.

I’m up for another game whenever you are - did we talk about back to back with the same bid amount, me as Allies? Or did we leave it to a new bid round?

[Hank13]

@Stalingradski:

So it ends!

Congratulations on the win. You very much deserved it. I’ll retreat to my lair like Shelob and let the wounds heal for a couple hundred years.

I’m up for another game whenever you are - did we talk about back to back with the same bid amount, me as Allies? Or did we leave it to a new bid round?

I think we said switch sides and same bid.

I’ll get us started. Thanks again for the great game.

[Stalingradski]

You’re welcome - I’ll name my bid on the new game thread… it’s GoT time, so I’ll come up with a diabolical Allied plan later tonight.