15L Arthur Bomber Harris (axis) vs nerquen (allies, EUS=29 PU, + UK sub SZ98)

[nerquen]

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 10

Combat Move - French

Non Combat Move - French
            1 cruiser moved from 106 Sea Zone to 109 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - French

[nerquen]

looking forward to tons of defensive 1’s and 2’s ;)

[Arthur Bomber Harris]

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 11

Research Technology - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 10 infantry and 15 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
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            1 mech_infantry moved from Novosibirsk to Russia
            4 armour and 3 artilleries moved from Vologda to Russia
            3 tactical_bombers moved from Novgorod to Russia
            10 armour, 6 bombers and 4 mech_infantrys moved from Volgograd to Russia
            2 armour, 5 artilleries, 15 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Tambov to Russia
            EDIT: 1 mech_infantry moved from Volgograd to Russia
            EDIT: 1 bomber moved from Volgograd to Russia
            EDIT: 1 bomber moved from Volgograd to Russia
            EDIT: 1 tactical_bomber moved from Volgograd to Russia
            EDIT: 1 bomber moved from Western Germany to Russia
            EDIT: 1 bomber moved from Western Germany to Russia
            EDIT: 1 bomber moved from Western Germany to Russia
            EDIT: 19 bombers moved from Southern Italy to Russia
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Urals to Russia

Combat - Germans
            Battle in Russia
                Germans attack with 16 armour, 8 artilleries, 30 bombers, 15 infantry, 10 mech_infantrys and 4 tactical_bombers
                ANZAC defend with 3 fighters; British defend with 10 fighters; Russians defend with 4 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 1 armour, 6 artilleries, 1 factory_major, 4 fighters, 56 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                Russians win with 8 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is -305
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 fighter
                Casualties for Germans: 16 armour, 8 artilleries, 30 bombers, 15 infantry, 10 mech_infantrys and 4 tactical_bombers
                Casualties for British: 4 fighters
                Casualties for Russians: 4 aaGuns, 1 armour, 6 artilleries, 4 fighters, 56 infantry and 1 mech_infantry

Non Combat Move - Germans

[Arthur Bomber Harris]

You got lucky and won.  Good game.

[nerquen]

waw, unbelievable…. those triple 1’s on the Japanese attack were probably a warning against this

[Arthur Bomber Harris]

Yup, your AA guns took out too many bombers on my attack.

[nerquen]

o yes, after those 5 AA hits the (2 expected) the battle suddenly became only about 59%:41%, so pretty much a coin toss. Still I feel you really outplayed me in this game. Well this was my first game against DS strategy and I hoped that KJF might work… but Germany just became such a monster that I would not attempt such a dedicated KJF agaist DS again… US has to step up against Germany much earlier otherwise Europe is just lost and US cannot do anything against it in end game… what I found pretty annoying without US presence in Europe is that UK at some point had to spend 80+% on defending London as with 25+ bombers and 90 German income you could start Sea Lion at any moment. If US had some reasonable fleet in Atlantic then Sea Lion would be out of your options and UK could spend money offensively or for defense of Moscow… now about 90 UK IPC investments were lying dead in London

[nerquen]

What is your feeling about the US bidding scheme, I find it working nice, but also feel that at +10 range for US, Axis are still favored (and I believe more than 80:20, what were our odds in the final battle). I guess at ~ +10 for US, KJF strategy is still not super powerful and Japan shall be able to resist US until Germany wins in Europe. If US splits income to both theaters +10 is probably not felt much.

[Arthur Bomber Harris]

I think that the +9 for US plus the sub is approximately correct.  It allows the US to turn to Europe a full turn earlier than normal.  I like it better compared with the standard bid plan.

[nerquen]

maybe, I definitely am still searching for a proper way to play allies. My usual problem is that I over-focus on Pacific and Europe falls. I wanted to test if US could get somehow rich in Pacific fast with additional income but it does not seem the case. I was actually just about to switch to Europe when Japan bought pure subs. As I felt that (again) I am turning to Europe too late… lets just get a shot on taking Tokyo down… I managed to capture it… but there was not enough time to become that huge US money in European theater in several turns to come… Also this Japanese switch to help Germany with European victory is rather annoying and probably a good reason not to kill Japan before European theater is secured. But as for securing European theater… right now I don’t really have a clue how to do that without losing in Pacific. Anyway… looks like both of our games will be won by Allies so you might be right that sub +9 for US is maybe not that far from balanced.