13L G40 Jenn vs Boldfresh (+48 Allies) + no tech

[Jennifer]

@Boldfresh:

gosh you did get really lucky and kill my cruiser with your destroyer.  :lol:  sucks for me.

Well, I dunno about extreme luck, I did have 51% odds of killing the cruiser.  http://www.campusactivism.org/aacalc/?mustland=0&abortratio=0&saveunits=0&strafeunits=0&aInf=&aArt=&aArm=&aFig=&aBom=&aTra=&aSub=&aDes=1&aCru=&aCar=&aBat=&adBat=&dInf=&dArt=&dArm=&dFig=&dBom=&dTra=&dSub=&dDes=&dCru=1&dCar=&dBat=&ddBat=&ool_att=Bat-Inf-Art-AArt-Arm-Sub-SSub-Des-Fig-JFig-Cru-Bom-HBom-Car-dBat-Tra&ool_def=Bat-Inf-Art-AArt-Arm-Bom-HBom-Sub-SSub-Des-Car-Cru-Fig-JFig-dBat-Tra&battle=Run&rounds=&reps=10000&luck=pure&ruleset=AA1942&territory=&round=1&pbem=

No, if you want to blow up your own factory more power to you.

[boldfresh]

yes and 25% to survive and kill the cruiser and transport which is what happened.

not exactly extremely lucky, but there is no luck extreme enough to give you any chance in this game jenn.  :wink:

[Jennifer]

You say that now, but I am the fleet killer (as Karl7 was just reminded, and you just saw) and I seem to have really good luck with AA Guns, I don’t know why, but I seem to do far better than 17% (like 34-40% and sometimes I’ve gotten 90%) so we’ll see. =^_^=  I expect to be building tanks for the eventual march to Berlin with bombers shot down over Moscow.

[boldfresh]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.4

Game History

Round :4

Politics - Germans
            Germans takes Political Action: Political Action Germans To War With Chinese
                Germans succeeds on action: Political Action Germans To War With Chinese: Changing Relationship for Germans and Chinese from Neutrality to War

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 1 airfield, 1 carrier, 2 destroyers, 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            3 bombers moved from Trans-Jordan to India

Combat - Germans
            Air Battle in India
                Germans attacks with 3 units heading to India
                Air Battle is over, the remaining Bombers go on to their targets
            Strategic bombing raid in India
                Bombing raid in India rolls: 6,6 and causes: 6 damage to unit: airfield
                Bombing raid in India rolls: 3 and causes: 3 damage to unit: factory_major
                Bombing raid in India causes 9 damage total.  Damaged units is as follows: airfield = 6, factory_major = 3
            Cleaning up after air battles

Non Combat Move - Germans
            3 bombers moved from India to Yunnan
            3 bombers and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Trans-Jordan to 100 Sea Zone
            3 bombers and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 100 Sea Zone to Eastern Poland
            6 armour and 4 mech_infantrys moved from Slovakia Hungary to Eastern Poland
            3 aaGuns, 3 armour, 2 artilleries and 18 infantry moved from Romania to Eastern Poland
            1 fighter moved from Western Germany to Finland
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Western Germany to Northern Italy
            3 aaGuns moved from Northern Italy to Western Germany
            1 artillery moved from Western Germany to Germany
            2 fighters moved from Western Germany to 91 Sea Zone
            1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 3 transports moved from 112 Sea Zone to 104 Sea Zone
            1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 3 transports moved from 104 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 3 tactical_bombers moved from Trans-Jordan to Morocco
            2 transports moved from 98 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone
            1 transport moved from 98 Sea Zone to 99 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Greece to 99 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 99 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 98 Sea Zone to Egypt
            2 artilleries moved from Egypt to Anglo Egyptian Sudan

Place Units - Germans
            1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in Germany
            1 fighter placed in Western Germany
            1 carrier and 2 destroyers placed in 93 Sea Zone
            1 airfield placed in Morocco

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 49 PUs; end with 49 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 4 Presence In Egypt: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 54 PUs
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 59 PUs
            Objective Germans 1 Trade with Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 64 PUs

[Jennifer]

TripleA Move Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.4

Game History

Round :4

Politics - Russians
            Russians takes Political Action: Political Action Russians To War With Germans
                Russians succeeds on action: Political Action Russians To War With Germans: Changing Relationship for Germans and Russians from Neutrality to War

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 4 artilleries and 7 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Russians
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Novgorod to 115 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 cruiser, 1 infantry, 1 submarine and 1 transport moved from 115 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 113 Sea Zone to Western Germany
            1 infantry moved from Baltic States to Poland
                  Russians take Poland from Germans

[Jennifer]

Russians attempt beach landing in Hamburg Germany, read all about it!  A Russian officer is quoted saying “We can always make more soldiers later!”

(I need scramble orders for SZ 113 please.)

[boldfresh]

no scramble

[Jennifer]

Awe, anyway, if this works I expect you to concede that I am the dice queen. lol.  got like 1% odds.

[boldfresh]

it wouldn’t even be a big deal if you took west germany jenn.  it would be like a minor bugbite.  :wink: :-P

[Jennifer]

well, no hits, even the cruiser missed…woulda been freaking HILARIOUS but I guess I am not the dice queen. hehe. Â

Still, the public relations coups in Russia has to be extreme!

[boldfresh]

you do know that you weren’t attacking the capital of germany right?  that’s berlin.

[boldfresh]

i was trying to get you to attack it.  and it worked to PERFECTION  :wink:

[Jennifer]

Yea I know it wasn’t the capitol, still, how often can you say you attacked West Germany with Russia on round 4?  I now get to say I did so against a top tier player. :P  Woulda been better off dropping a guy off on Denmark or Norway, but they would have died anyway and would have been even less of a nuisance (at least with W. Germany, if I had hit 1% jackpot, I woulda had 10 IPC for the territory, maybe NO cant remember, but Germany would have been down a major complex.)  Much greater reward, insanely high risk, but I’m losing in Russia anyway, won’t ever have another chance.

[Jennifer]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.4

Game History

Round :4

Politics - Russians
            Russians takes Political Action: Political Action Russians To War With Germans
                Russians succeeds on action: Political Action Russians To War With Germans: Changing Relationship for Germans and Russians from Neutrality to War

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 4 artilleries and 7 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Russians
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Novgorod to 115 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 cruiser, 1 infantry, 1 submarine and 1 transport moved from 115 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 113 Sea Zone to Western Germany
            1 infantry moved from Baltic States to Poland
                  Russians take Poland from Germans

Combat - Russians
            Battle in Western Germany
                Russians attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Germans defend with 3 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 1 factory_major, 1 fighter, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
                Germans win with 3 aaGuns, 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -7
                Casualties for Russians: 1 artillery and 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Russians
            1 infantry moved from Ukraine to Bessarabia
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Rostov to Caucasus
            1 infantry moved from Caucasus to Northwest Persia
                  Russians take Northwest Persia from Neutral_Allies
            3 infantry moved from Volgograd to Caucasus
            2 infantry moved from Ukraine to Bryansk
            1 infantry moved from Novgorod to Baltic States
            3 artilleries, 20 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Belarus to Bryansk
            5 armour moved from Belarus to Novgorod
            1 infantry moved from Belarus to Novgorod
            2 aaGuns, 1 armour and 18 infantry moved from Buryatia to Yakut S.S.R.
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Novgorod to Russia
            2 aaGuns moved from Novgorod to Archangel

Place Units - Russians
            1 infantry placed in Ukraine
            3 infantry placed in Novgorod
            4 artilleries and 3 infantry placed in Russia

Turn Complete - Russians
            Russians collect 38 PUs; end with 38 PUs total
            Trigger Russians 1 Lend Lease: Russians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 43 PUs
            Objective Russians 2 Spread Of Communism: Russians met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 46 PUs

[boldfresh]

TripleA Move Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.4

Game History

Round :4

Politics - Japanese
            Japanese takes Political Action: Political Action Japanese To War With Russians
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With Russians: Changing Relationship for Japanese and Russians from Neutrality to War
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With Russians: Changing Relationship for Russians and Chinese from Neutrality to Allied
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With Russians: Changing Relationship for Russians and Dutch from Neutrality to Friendly

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy 2 armour, 3 fighters and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 6 SuicideAttackTokens;

Combat Move - Japanese
            Trigger Japanese Unrestricted Movement: Setting movementRestrictionTerritories cleared  for rulesAttatchment attached to Japanese
            1 artillery moved from Kwangsi to 36 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 transport moved from 36 Sea Zone to 34 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Paulau Island to 34 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 34 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 35 Sea Zone to Philippines
            1 artillery moved from 35 Sea Zone to Philippines
            1 battleship moved from 36 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 37 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Siam to 37 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 37 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 37 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java
            1 infantry moved from 41 Sea Zone to Sumatra
            1 infantry moved from Kwangsi to 36 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 36 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 37 Sea Zone to Malaya
            2 infantry moved from Kwangsi to 36 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 36 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 36 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 44 Sea Zone to Celebes
            1 infantry moved from 43 Sea Zone to Borneo
            2 infantry moved from Kwangsi to French Indo China
            1 bomber moved from Yunnan to Sikang
            1 infantry moved from Szechwan to Sikang
            1 mech_infantry moved from Yunnan to Sikang
            1 armour moved from Anhwe to Shensi
            1 infantry moved from Szechwan to Shensi
            1 artillery moved from Kansu to Tsinghai
                  Japanese take Tsinghai from Chinese
            1 infantry moved from Kansu to Novosibirsk
                  Japanese take Novosibirsk from Russians
            1 infantry moved from Kwangsi to Kwangtung
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 6 Sea Zone to 20 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 20 Sea Zone to Kwangtung
            1 destroyer moved from 38 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 41 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
            2 submarines moved from 38 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
            1 battleship and 2 cruisers moved from 38 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
            1 carrier moved from 36 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Siam to 39 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Yunnan to Burma
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Yunnan to Burma
            1 infantry moved from Siam to Shan State
            1 artillery moved from Siam to Shan State
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Siam to Shan State
            1 fighter moved from Yunnan to Burma
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 37 Sea Zone to Philippines
            1 fighter moved from Siam to Philippines
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Siam to Kwangtung
            2 tactical_bombers moved from Siam to French Indo China
            1 destroyer moved from 37 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            1 carrier moved from 36 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Siam to Philippines
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Siam to Kwangtung

[boldfresh]

ok jenn, things are going to look a lot worse after this japanese turn.  i just need your scramble decision in the philippines.

[Jennifer]

no scramble for Philippines.

And you assume things look good now?  Wondering if it’s possible to save India, then again, in Alpha 2 and Alpha 3 I wondered the same thing.  So here’s to hoping you have all kinds of nightmarish dice!

PS: for whatever reason I cannot get tripleA to load at home, only on my travel computer.  Same OS, same everything really (used easy file and transfer wizard so even the settings are the same!) but for whatever reason, tripleA does not notice I have JAVA on my home computer.

Shouldn’t be an issue, if this game isn’t over by Thursday I need you to slap yourself with a herring and sit in the corner to think about what you did wrong. :P

[boldfresh]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.4

Game History

Round :4

Politics - Japanese
            Japanese takes Political Action: Political Action Japanese To War With Russians
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With Russians: Changing Relationship for Japanese and Russians from Neutrality to War
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With Russians: Changing Relationship for Russians and Chinese from Neutrality to Allied
                Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With Russians: Changing Relationship for Russians and Dutch from Neutrality to Friendly

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy 2 armour, 3 fighters and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 6 SuicideAttackTokens;

Combat Move - Japanese
            Trigger Japanese Unrestricted Movement: Setting movementRestrictionTerritories cleared  for rulesAttatchment attached to Japanese
            1 artillery moved from Kwangsi to 36 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 transport moved from 36 Sea Zone to 34 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Paulau Island to 34 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 34 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 35 Sea Zone to Philippines
            1 artillery moved from 35 Sea Zone to Philippines
            1 battleship moved from 36 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 37 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Siam to 37 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 37 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 37 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java
            1 infantry moved from 41 Sea Zone to Sumatra
            1 infantry moved from Kwangsi to 36 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 36 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 37 Sea Zone to Malaya
            2 infantry moved from Kwangsi to 36 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 36 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 36 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 44 Sea Zone to Celebes
            1 infantry moved from 43 Sea Zone to Borneo
            2 infantry moved from Kwangsi to French Indo China
            1 bomber moved from Yunnan to Sikang
            1 infantry moved from Szechwan to Sikang
            1 mech_infantry moved from Yunnan to Sikang
            1 armour moved from Anhwe to Shensi
            1 infantry moved from Szechwan to Shensi
            1 artillery moved from Kansu to Tsinghai
                  Japanese take Tsinghai from Chinese
            1 infantry moved from Kansu to Novosibirsk
                  Japanese take Novosibirsk from Russians
            1 infantry moved from Kwangsi to Kwangtung
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 6 Sea Zone to 20 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 20 Sea Zone to Kwangtung
            1 destroyer moved from 38 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 41 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
            2 submarines moved from 38 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
            1 battleship and 2 cruisers moved from 38 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
            1 carrier moved from 36 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Siam to 39 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Yunnan to Burma
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Yunnan to Burma
            1 infantry moved from Siam to Shan State
            1 artillery moved from Siam to Shan State
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Siam to Shan State
            1 fighter moved from Yunnan to Burma
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 37 Sea Zone to Philippines
            1 fighter moved from Siam to Philippines
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Siam to Kwangtung
            2 tactical_bombers moved from Siam to French Indo China
            1 destroyer moved from 37 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            1 carrier moved from 36 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Siam to Philippines
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Siam to Kwangtung

Combat - Japanese
            Battle in Philippines
                Japanese attack with 1 artillery, 2 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Americans defend with 1 airfield, 1 fighter, 1 harbour and 2 infantry
                Americans win with 1 fighter and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -17
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 1 infantry
                1 tactical_bomber owned by the Japanese and 1 fighter owned by the Japanese retreated
            Battle in Sikang
                Japanese attack with 1 bomber, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                Chinese defend with 1 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Sikang from Chinese with 1 bomber, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry
            Battle in 39 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 1 battleship, 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer and 2 submarines
                ANZAC defend with 2 transports; British defend with 1 battleship and 1 destroyer; Americans defend with 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
                Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the British
                Japanese win, taking 39 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 battleship, 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer and 2 submarines remaining. Battle score for attacker is 56
                Casualties for ANZAC: 2 transports
                Casualties for British: 1 battleship and 1 destroyer
                Casualties for Americans: 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
            Battle in Shensi
                Japanese attack with 1 armour and 1 infantry
                Chinese defend with 1 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Shensi from Chinese with 1 armour remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry
            Battle in 45 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 1 tactical_bomber
                ANZAC defend with 1 transport
                Japanese win with 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 transport
            Battle in Burma
                Japanese attack with 2 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                British defend with 1 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Burma from UK_Pacific with 2 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for British: 1 infantry
            Battle in Sumatra
            Battle in Malaya
            Battle in Borneo
            Battle in Kwangtung
                Japanese attack with 1 artillery, 2 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers
                British defend with 1 harbour and 2 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Sumatra from Dutch, taking Malaya from UK_Pacific, taking Borneo from UK_Pacific, taking Kwangtung from UK_Pacific with 1 artillery and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Japanese: 2 infantry
                Casualties for British: 2 infantry
            Battle in Celebes
            Battle in Shan State
                Japanese attack with 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                ANZAC defend with 1 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Celebes from Dutch, taking Shan State from UK_Pacific with 1 artillery and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 infantry
            Battle in Java
            Battle in French Indo China
                Japanese attack with 2 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers
                British defend with 1 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Java from ANZAC, taking French Indo China from French with 2 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for British: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Japanese
            1 carrier moved from 37 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 45 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Philippines to 35 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from French Indo China to 35 Sea Zone
            2 tactical_bombers moved from Kwangtung to Kwangsi
            1 infantry moved from Kwangsi to Yunnan
            1 tactical_bomber moved from French Indo China to Kwangsi
            3 tactical_bombers moved from Kwangsi to Kiangsi
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Shan State to Kiangsi
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Burma to Kiangsi
            1 bomber moved from 39 Sea Zone to Siam
            1 bomber moved from Sikang to Siam
            1 aaGun and 9 infantry moved from Jehol to Anhwe

Place Units - Japanese
            2 armour and 1 mech_infantry placed in Manchuria
            3 fighters placed in Japan
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from 38 Sea Zone: 2 destroyers
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Japanese to 36 Sea Zone: 2 destroyers
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Japanese collect 64 PUs; end with 64 PUs total
            Objective Japanese 4 Control Dutch East Indies: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 69 PUs

[boldfresh]

its a philippine MIRACLE!!!  :-D

[Jennifer]

@Boldfresh:

its a philippine MIRACLE!!!   :-D

MacArthur must have decided to hold the beaches instead of retreat this time.

Of course, my main computer still can’t RUN tripleA….  I sent a PM to Veq maybe he knows why I can have Java 7.25 but TripleA still demands that I don’t even have 1.5 yet…until I get it working here I have to use my really bad laptop so I’ll have a post on Sunday. (I have no tables available at home and I kid you not, that thing would burn the flesh off an armadillo it gets THAT HOT!  So I don’t want to rest it on my lap.  /sigh.)