XDAP Final… eh, i mean, Semifinal - Allweneedishank vs. TeamBoldDutch

[boldfresh]

@seththenewb:

True story, a lone aa gun saved my butt against a buddy of mine.

We were playing classic A&A and Japan was kicking butt as usual (hint I was axis). The axis were poised to win with Japan controlling Asia and the Pac. So Japan sent it’s navy to the med to help Germany stay alive and Russia had just been taken by Japan.

We were playing with Paratroopers and he somehow snuck a US bomber in range of a completely empty Japan save a lone aa gun. He flies said bomber with a little infantry to walk-in. Note, all my production had been going towards the mainland factories and the nearest IJN transport was 3 moves away from recapturing it.

I had to roll the aa gun to save my capital from being sacked and all the plunder money from Moscow + Japanese production from falling into the wrong hands. Needless to say, my aa gun rolled a ‘1’ and I ended up winning the game. I was always extra cautious about his bomber location from then on.

Now THATS a gteat story.  Thanks for sharing.

[seth4god]

Yeah, I thought so too. My buddy however was pretty pissed at me for awhile. He laughs at it now, but oh boy he could’ve passed for a tomato there for a bit, he was THAT pissed.

[gamerman01]

Seth, you are a complete weasel for rolling that 1.  He deserved to take it.
Curse of the clever.

[boldfresh]

@Gamerman01:

Seth, you are a complete weasel for rolling that 1.  He deserved to take it.
Curse of the clever.

Seth had I known this story I would have included you on the weasel poll.

[boldfresh]

allweneed is waiting for late in the night to post this “difficult” italian move.  hmmmmmmmm whatcha gonna do?

[allweneedislove]

need ool

i6 ool.tsvg

[boldfresh]

one sec

[boldfresh]

hmm not the attack i thought you’d make.  r1 lose inf, AA.  russian mech last.

[allweneedislove]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 6

Politics - Italians
            Trigger Italians Friendly With TrueNeutrals: Setting captureUnitOnEnteringBy to Germans:Italians:Japanese for territoryAttatchment attached to Chile
            Trigger Italians Friendly With TrueNeutrals: Setting captureUnitOnEnteringBy to Germans:Italians:Japanese for territoryAttatchment attached to Argentina
            Trigger Italians Friendly With TrueNeutrals: Setting captureUnitOnEnteringBy to Germans:Italians:Japanese for territoryAttatchment attached to Venezuela
            Trigger Italians Friendly With TrueNeutrals: Setting captureUnitOnEnteringBy to Germans:Italians:Japanese for territoryAttatchment attached to Sweden
            Trigger Italians Friendly With TrueNeutrals: Setting captureUnitOnEnteringBy to Germans:Italians:Japanese for territoryAttatchment attached to Switzerland
            Trigger Italians Friendly With TrueNeutrals: Setting captureUnitOnEnteringBy to Germans:Italians:Japanese for territoryAttatchment attached to Spain
            Trigger Italians Friendly With TrueNeutrals: Setting captureUnitOnEnteringBy to Germans:Italians:Japanese for territoryAttatchment attached to Portugal
            Trigger Italians Friendly With TrueNeutrals: Setting captureUnitOnEnteringBy to Germans:Italians:Japanese for territoryAttatchment attached to Turkey
            Trigger Italians Friendly With TrueNeutrals: Setting captureUnitOnEnteringBy to Germans:Italians:Japanese for territoryAttatchment attached to Saudi Arabia
            Trigger Italians Friendly With TrueNeutrals: Setting captureUnitOnEnteringBy to Germans:Italians:Japanese for territoryAttatchment attached to Afghanistan
            Trigger Italians Friendly With TrueNeutrals: Setting captureUnitOnEnteringBy to Germans:Italians:Japanese for territoryAttatchment attached to Mozambique
            Trigger Italians Friendly With TrueNeutrals: Setting captureUnitOnEnteringBy to Germans:Italians:Japanese for territoryAttatchment attached to Angola

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Bulgaria to Romania
            2 bombers moved from Southern Italy to Tobruk
            1 armour, 1 artillery, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Libya to Tobruk
            1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to Tobruk
            1 fighter moved from Bulgaria to Romania
            1 bomber moved from Belarus to Romania

Combat - Italians
            Battle in Tobruk
                Italians attack with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 2 bombers, 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                British defend with 1 aaGun, 3 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys; Russians defend with 1 mech_infantry
                    AA fire in Tobruk :  2/3 hits
                    1 fighter owned by the Italians and 1 bomber owned by the Italians lost in Tobruk
                    Italians roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Tobruk, round 2 :  2/6 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 aaGun, 3 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys in Tobruk, round 2 :  2/6 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the British , 1 aaGun owned by the British and 2 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Tobruk
                    Italians roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 1 mech_infantry in Tobruk, round 3 :  2/4 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 2 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys in Tobruk, round 3 :  0/5 hits
                    2 infantry owned by the British lost in Tobruk
                    Italians roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 1 mech_infantry in Tobruk, round 4 :  2/4 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 3 mech_infantrys in Tobruk, round 4 :  1/3 hits
                    1 artillery owned by the Italians and 2 mech_infantrys owned by the British lost in Tobruk
                    Italians roll dice for 1 armour, 1 bomber and 1 mech_infantry in Tobruk, round 5 :  2/3 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 mech_infantry in Tobruk, round 5 :  0/1 hits
                    1 mech_infantry owned by the Russians lost in Tobruk
                Italians win, taking Tobruk from Russians with 1 armour, 1 bomber and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -6
                Casualties for Russians: 1 mech_infantry
                Casualties for British: 1 aaGun, 3 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys
                Casualties for Italians: 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 2 infantry
            Battle in Romania
                Italians attack with 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 2 infantry
                Russians defend with 1 armour
                    Italians roll dice for 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Romania, round 2 :  3/5 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 armour in Romania, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    1 armour owned by the Russians lost in Romania
                Italians win, taking Romania from Russians with 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Russians: 1 armour

Non Combat Move - Italians
            1 mech_infantry moved from Bulgaria to Turkey
                  Italians take Turkey from Neutral_True
            1 mech_infantry moved from Northern Italy to Spain
                  Italians take Spain from Neutral_True
            1 bomber moved from Tobruk to Southern Italy
            1 bomber and 1 fighter moved from Romania to Southern Italy
            1 fighter moved from Belarus to Western Germany
            1 battleship, 2 cruisers and 1 transport moved from 109 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone

Place Units - Italians
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber placed in Southern Italy

Turn Complete - Italians
            Italians collect 17 PUs; end with 17 PUs total

Territory Summary for Italians :

Tunisia : 1 flag
    Western Germany : 1 fighter and 1 infantry
    Romania : 1 artillery and 2 infantry
    Tobruk : 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry
    Northern Italy : 1 factory_major
    Southern Italy : 3 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 1 artillery, 2 bombers, 1 factory_minor, 2 fighters, 1 harbour, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
    Belarus : 1 flag
    112 Sea Zone : 1 battleship, 2 cruisers and 1 transport
    Turkey : 1 flag, 8 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
    109 Sea Zone : 1 flag
    Greece : 1 flag
    Spain : 1 flag, 6 infantry and 1 mech_infantry

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 53 / 63
    Russians : 27 / 40
    Japanese : 50 / 61
    Americans : 55 / 77
    Chinese : 14 / 14
    British : 31 / 31
    UK_Pacific : 5 / 5
    Italians : 17 / 17
    ANZAC : 10 / 16
    French : 7 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 14 / 0

[allweneedislove]

@Boldfresh:

hmm not the attack i thought you’d make…

after seeing the results, it’s not the attack i should have made.

[boldfresh]

@allweneedislove:

@Boldfresh:

hmm not the attack i thought you’d make…

after seeing the results, it’s not the attack i should have made.

turned out pretty well in the end - a near COMPLETE DISASTER.  just a minor disaster as it turned out.

[allweneedislove]

yeah after seeing the aaguns sharp shooting, i thought it was going to be a disaster.

definitely did not turn out to be a disaster, just bad.

[boldfresh]

franzac coming shortly

[boldfresh]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 6

Combat Move - French

Non Combat Move - French
            1 infantry moved from Trans-Jordan to Egypt
            1 infantry moved from Northwest Persia to Caucasus
            1 fighter moved from Volgograd to Russia

Turn Complete - French

[allweneedislove]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 7

Politics - Germans
            Trigger Germans Friendly With TrueNeutrals: Setting captureUnitOnEnteringBy to Germans:Italians:Japanese for territoryAttatchment attached to Chile
            Trigger Germans Friendly With TrueNeutrals: Setting captureUnitOnEnteringBy to Germans:Italians:Japanese for territoryAttatchment attached to Argentina
            Trigger Germans Friendly With TrueNeutrals: Setting captureUnitOnEnteringBy to Germans:Italians:Japanese for territoryAttatchment attached to Venezuela
            Trigger Germans Friendly With TrueNeutrals: Setting captureUnitOnEnteringBy to Germans:Italians:Japanese for territoryAttatchment attached to Sweden
            Trigger Germans Friendly With TrueNeutrals: Setting captureUnitOnEnteringBy to Germans:Italians:Japanese for territoryAttatchment attached to Switzerland
            Trigger Germans Friendly With TrueNeutrals: Setting captureUnitOnEnteringBy to Germans:Italians:Japanese for territoryAttatchment attached to Spain
            Trigger Germans Friendly With TrueNeutrals: Setting captureUnitOnEnteringBy to Germans:Italians:Japanese for territoryAttatchment attached to Portugal
            Trigger Germans Friendly With TrueNeutrals: Setting captureUnitOnEnteringBy to Germans:Italians:Japanese for territoryAttatchment attached to Turkey
            Trigger Germans Friendly With TrueNeutrals: Setting captureUnitOnEnteringBy to Germans:Italians:Japanese for territoryAttatchment attached to Saudi Arabia
            Trigger Germans Friendly With TrueNeutrals: Setting captureUnitOnEnteringBy to Germans:Italians:Japanese for territoryAttatchment attached to Afghanistan
            Trigger Germans Friendly With TrueNeutrals: Setting captureUnitOnEnteringBy to Germans:Italians:Japanese for territoryAttatchment attached to Mozambique
            Trigger Germans Friendly With TrueNeutrals: Setting captureUnitOnEnteringBy to Germans:Italians:Japanese for territoryAttatchment attached to Angola

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 2 artilleries, 4 infantry, 9 mech_infantrys and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Bryansk to Western Ukraine
            1 mech_infantry moved from Bryansk to Ukraine
                  Germans take Ukraine from Russians
            3 mech_infantrys moved from Belarus to Rostov
            10 armour, 16 artilleries, 31 infantry and 18 mech_infantrys moved from Bryansk to Tambov
            3 fighters moved from Belarus to Rostov
            8 tactical_bombers moved from Belarus to Rostov
            3 tactical_bombers moved from Novgorod to Rostov
            2 bombers moved from Belarus to Western Ukraine
            2 bombers moved from Western Germany to Western Ukraine

Combat - Germans
            Battle in Tambov
                Germans attack with 10 armour, 16 artilleries, 31 infantry and 18 mech_infantrys
                Russians defend with 2 mech_infantrys
                    Germans roll dice for 10 armour, 16 artilleries, 31 infantry and 18 mech_infantrys in Tambov, round 2 :  21/75 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 2 mech_infantrys in Tambov, round 2 :  2/2 hits
                    2 infantry owned by the Germans and 2 mech_infantrys owned by the Russians lost in Tambov
                Germans win, taking Tambov from Russians with 10 armour, 16 artilleries, 29 infantry and 18 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 2
                Casualties for Germans: 2 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 2 mech_infantrys
            Battle in Western Ukraine
                Germans attack with 4 bombers and 2 mech_infantrys
                Russians defend with 1 mech_infantry
                    Germans roll dice for 4 bombers and 2 mech_infantrys in Western Ukraine, round 2 :  3/6 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 mech_infantry in Western Ukraine, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                    1 mech_infantry owned by the Russians and 1 mech_infantry owned by the Germans lost in Western Ukraine
                Germans win, taking Western Ukraine from Russians with 4 bombers and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Germans: 1 mech_infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 mech_infantry
            Battle in Rostov
                Germans attack with 3 fighters, 3 mech_infantrys and 11 tactical_bombers
                Russians defend with 2 mech_infantrys
                    Germans roll dice for 3 fighters, 3 mech_infantrys and 11 tactical_bombers in Rostov, round 2 :  9/17 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 2 mech_infantrys in Rostov, round 2 :  0/2 hits
                    2 mech_infantrys owned by the Russians lost in Rostov
                Germans win, taking Rostov from Russians with 3 fighters, 3 mech_infantrys and 11 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                Casualties for Russians: 2 mech_infantrys

Non Combat Move - Germans
            1 aaGun moved from Bryansk to Rostov
            3 fighters and 11 tactical_bombers moved from Rostov to Turkey
            4 bombers moved from Western Ukraine to Turkey
            1 aaGun and 1 mech_infantry moved from Vologda to Archangel
            1 mech_infantry moved from Belarus to Archangel
            1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 2 submarines moved from 109 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Western Germany to Switzerland
                  Germans take Switzerland from Neutral_True
            1 aaGun, 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Yugoslavia to Northern Italy
            1 artillery moved from Southern Italy to Northern Italy
            2 aaGuns moved from Western Germany to Northern Italy

Place Units - Germans
            3 mech_infantrys placed in Novgorod
            1 transport placed in 112 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry placed in Western Germany
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in Southern France
            1 infantry placed in Normandy Bordeaux
            1 infantry placed in France
            5 mech_infantrys placed in Germany

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 60 PUs; end with 60 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 65 PUs
            Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 70 PUs

Territory Summary for Germans :

Normandy Bordeaux : 1 flag, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
    Southern France : 1 flag, 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
    France : 1 flag, 1 airfield, 1 factory_minor and 1 infantry
    Western Germany : 1 airfield, 1 artillery, 1 factory_major, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
    Germany : 1 factory_major and 5 mech_infantrys
    Northern Italy : 3 aaGuns, 2 artilleries and 1 infantry
    Karelia : 1 flag
    Baltic States : 1 flag
    Bryansk : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Rostov : 1 flag, 1 aaGun and 3 mech_infantrys
    Vyborg : 1 flag
    Archangel : 1 flag, 1 aaGun and 2 mech_infantrys
    Eastern Poland : 1 flag
    Tambov : 1 flag, 10 armour, 16 artilleries, 29 infantry and 18 mech_infantrys
    Ukraine : 1 flag, 1 factory_minor and 1 mech_infantry
    Western Ukraine : 1 flag, 1 mech_infantry
    Vologda : 1 flag
    Novgorod : 1 flag, 1 airfield, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 3 mech_infantrys
    Smolensk : 1 flag
    112 Sea Zone : 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 submarines and 1 transport
    Turkey : 4 bombers, 3 fighters and 11 tactical_bombers
    Switzerland : 1 flag, 3 infantry
    Bulgaria : 1 flag
    Yugoslavia : 1 flag
    Finland : 1 flag

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 60 / 70
    Russians : 20 / 40
    Japanese : 50 / 61
    Americans : 55 / 77
    Chinese : 14 / 14
    British : 31 / 31
    UK_Pacific : 5 / 5
    Italians : 17 / 17
    ANZAC : 12 / 12
    French : 7 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 12 / 0

[Gargantua]

Interesting.

[allweneedislove]

@Hank13:

He does that while hopping in a circle counter-clockwise on alternating feet. Weird, but it seems to work :)

that is just walking.

was that intentional? if so, nicely done.

[allweneedislove]

can you please let me know the distribution of the fighters on the carriers in sz6.

[boldfresh]

@allweneedislove:

@Hank13:

He does that while hopping in a circle counter-clockwise on alternating feet. Weird, but it seems to work :)

Insane workday for us both.  Will try to have a post for you by tomorrow afternoon.  If russians attack rostov or arc what is your ool?   :-D

[boldfresh]

@allweneedislove:

can you please let me know the distribution of the fighters on the carriers in sz6.

It will not be relevant this round.  We will let u know if/when it can be relevant.