Botider (Axis) vs Jen (Allies) G40A2 +NO -Tech Gm3

gutsy move on kwangsi…
lose 2 sbmb, tbmb… tbmb, 3 ftrs remain
if you continue, remaining ool:
… ftr / tbmb / ftr / ftr

in southern italy… scramble all 3 ftrs…
ool:
… bb hit / ger ftr / ca / ger ftr / ital ftr / dbb

btw… where did you place the american ic?

@Cmdr:

Thinking Germany’s luck in France is well made up for with Italy’s luck in SZ 97!

Really? Hehe … you were 3 under, I was 1 over … differential of 4. That’s a long ways from the 19 differential in three land battles that took place on G1 - but then they were larger battles. In smaller battles, fracked dice are not terribly surprising and they always seem to be more dramatically tragic, but the larger the forces in a battle, usually the dice tend to even out. In Germany, the land battles never did… you just kept getting great results and I couldn’t hit the broadside of a barn.

But it’s all in the perspective. You always think your own side took the worst of it. Truthfully, the German navy was spectacular on G1, while the land forces couldn’t shoot straight and their opponents couldn’t miss. For Britain it was the exact opposite … the land battles (largely equal forces) went your way pretty clearly, while relatively equal forces in the naval battles did not go your way. When I saw your combat moves, I thought I had a decent chance to win a couple of the land battles, and almost zero chance to win the naval battle in sz97. It went the opposite way. And the move against Kwangsi was a great move… if you’d gotten your sz97 dice in Kwangsi,… well,… let’s just say the Ambassador in Calcutta would be packing up right about now.

Ah, well… dice. It’s why we love/hate this game, right? Mulling over Italy’s choices… didn’t expect to have a navy in sz97. :)

italy 1

purchase
2 inf, rtl… spend $10

combat
sz93 (dd, ca)
sub sz95
ftr, tbmb northern italy
ftr southern italy

malta (ftr)
2 inf southern italy via trn sz95 > sz96
bb sz97 > sz96 for bombardment

tobruk (2 rtl, mech, arm)
inf, arm greece via trn sz97 > sz96
2 inf southern italy via trn sz97 > sz96
ca sz97 > sz96 for bombardment
ca sz95 > sz96 for bombardment
inf, rtl libya

southern france (inf, rtl)
2 inf, 2 rtl, arm northern italy

kenya (inf)
2 inf, rtl ethiopia
inf somliland

sz93
sub @ 2, 2 ftr @ 3, tbmb @ 4
Rolls: 1@2 2@3 1@4; Total Hits: 21@2: (4)2@3: (3, 5)1@4: (2)
vs
dd @ 2, ca @ 3
Rolls: 1@2 1@3; Total Hits: 01@2: (5)1@3: (5)

sz93 cleared w/out loss

malta
2 inf @ 1, bb @ 4
Rolls: 2@1 1@4; Total Hits: 12@1: (4, 2)1@4: (4)
vs
ftr @ 4
Rolls: 1@4; Total Hits: 11@4: (4)

malta taken w/ loss of inf… aa destroyed

tobruk
3 inf @ 1, inf/rtl @ 2, arm/2 ca @ 3
Rolls: 3@1 2@2 3@3; Total Hits: 33@1: (4, 3, 3)2@2: (6, 6)3@3: (2, 2, 2)
vs
2 rtl/mech @ 2, arm @ 3
Rolls: 3@2 1@3; Total Hits: 03@2: (4, 5, 3)1@3: (6)

(gulp) … wow. gleefully unexpected…

tobruk
3 inf @ 1, inf/rtl @ 2, arm @ 3
Rolls: 3@1 2@2 1@3; Total Hits: 13@1: (5, 5, 6)2@2: (2, 3)1@3: (4)
vs
arm @ 3
Rolls: 1@3; Total Hits: 01@3: (6)

tobruk taken w/out loss. what was in the linguine at lunch??

southern france … let’s see if these guys are as tough as their compatriots in paris…
2 inf/2 rtl @ 2, arm @ 3
Rolls: 4@2 1@3; Total Hits: 04@2: (4, 6, 4, 3)1@3: (4)
vs
inf/rtl @ 2
Rolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 12@2: (4, 2)

:lol: … the axis can’t fight on the continent. at all.

southern france
inf/2 rtl @ 2, arm @ 3
Rolls: 3@2 1@3; Total Hits: 23@2: (4, 2, 3)1@3: (3)
vs
inf/rtl @ 2
Rolls: 2@2; Total Hits: 12@2: (3, 2)