A&A World Cup 2012 Discussion

@hiijohnson @dawgoneit this game is concluded and @hiijohnson is declared winner.

@hiijohnson this file is from you so I’m confused as to why you can’t open it. What version of TripleA are you using? Photo for reference on where to find out after opening TripleA:

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TripleA Turn Summary: Japanese round 9

TripleA Turn Summary for game: Classic League

Game History

Round: 9 Purchase Units - Japanese Japanese buy 3 armour, 1 fighter and 6 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Japanese 2 infantry moved from Japan to Japan Sea Zone 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from Japan Sea Zone to Alaska Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from Alaska Sea Zone to Alaska Japanese take Alaska from Americans 1 infantry moved from Manchuria to Yakut S.S.R. Japanese take Yakut S.S.R. from Russians 7 infantry moved from China to Sinkiang 10 infantry moved from French Indo China to Sinkiang 2 infantry moved from Persia to Caucasus 3 infantry moved from Persia to Kazakh S.S.R. 1 bomber moved from French Indo China to Kazakh S.S.R. 1 fighter moved from India to Kazakh S.S.R. 2 fighters moved from Indian Ocean Sea Zone to Caucasus 2 fighters moved from India to Kazakh S.S.R. 1 armour moved from Persia to Syria Jordan Japanese take Syria Jordan from British 1 armour moved from Syria Jordan to Persia Combat - Japanese Battle in Sinkiang Japanese attack with 17 infantry British defend with 1 infantry Japanese roll dice for 17 infantry in Sinkiang, round 2 : 2/17 hits, 2.83 expected hits Americans roll dice for 1 infantry in Sinkiang, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Sinkiang Japanese win, taking Sinkiang from Americans with 17 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for British: 1 infantry Battle in Caucasus Japanese attack with 2 fighters and 2 infantry Russians defend with 1 infantry Japanese roll dice for 2 fighters and 2 infantry in Caucasus, round 2 : 0/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Caucasus, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Caucasus Japanese roll dice for 2 fighters and 1 infantry in Caucasus, round 3 : 2/3 hits, 1.17 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Caucasus, round 3 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Caucasus 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Caucasus Japanese win with 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is -3 Casualties for Japanese: 2 infantry Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry Battle in Kazakh S.S.R. Japanese attack with 1 bomber, 3 fighters and 3 infantry Americans defend with 2 infantry Japanese roll dice for 1 bomber, 3 fighters and 3 infantry in Kazakh S.S.R., round 2 : 2/7 hits, 2.67 expected hits Russians roll dice for 2 infantry in Kazakh S.S.R., round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 2 infantry owned by the Americans lost in Kazakh S.S.R. Japanese win, taking Kazakh S.S.R. from Russians with 1 bomber, 3 fighters and 3 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6 Casualties for Americans: 2 infantry Non Combat Move - Japanese 2 fighters moved from Caucasus to Persia 4 infantry moved from Manchuria to Soviet Far East 2 infantry moved from Japan to Japan Sea Zone 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from Japan Sea Zone to Alaska Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from Alaska Sea Zone to Alaska 2 transports moved from French Indo China Sea Zone to Japan Sea Zone 2 armour moved from Japan to Japan Sea Zone 2 armour moved from Japan Sea Zone to Manchuria 3 fighters moved from Kazakh S.S.R. to Persia 2 infantry moved from India to Persia 4 armour moved from French Indo China to India 1 aaGun moved from Manchuria to China 1 aaGun moved from Persia to Kazakh S.S.R. 5 armour moved from Persia to India 1 transport moved from East Indies Sea Zone to Caroline Islands Sea Zone 1 bomber moved from Kazakh S.S.R. to India 1 transport moved from French Indo China Sea Zone to Japan Sea Zone 1 battleship and 3 transports moved from French Indo China Sea Zone to Indian Ocean Sea Zone Place Units - Japanese 1 armour and 2 infantry placed in India 2 armour, 1 fighter and 4 infantry placed in Japan Turn Complete - Japanese Japanese collect 46 PUs; end with 46 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Americans regular : -0.33 Japanese regular : -2.00 Russians regular : 0.67

Savegame

@VictoryFirst

Posted it over there!
Thank you too and of course good luck in the rest of the tournament as well!

This is looking better, although you did not upload a save file. If you do the Play By Email method, you need to manually upload the turn summary and the save file.

@GeneralDisarray no scrambles

@gamerman01 @VictoryFirst

Though it might be more fun to go over this live on the call, in the interest of preserving posterity and to sharpen the discussion…

You made a horrifyingly effective Pacific strategy for the USA. I have to reshoot my classic videos to address this and how you fought in the Pacific. I’ve never been compelled to reshoot a video series but I absolutely have to now. I was delightfully appalled to be a victim of it and will be copying most if not all of that strategy going forward. I’ve seen plenty in the Pacific. I know about Wake but I’ve never seen anyone execute it with such deliberate, controlled moves. For example, the more common Pac strat until now was to build a strong fleet and float around with one or two guys to capture islands. The flaw in that is the japanese just need to kill the infantry with their air power and its basically over.

You combined a push on Wake with what i call “still birth” and pushed and choked japan so hard in the beginning i could barely keep in the game even with overall positive dice favoring me. And you did this WITHOUT building IC. omg!

This is turn forced me to realize that tech favors the pacific (jets and super subs) and to compute what each breakthrough would mean in the pacific every turn until I had to throw for tech or lose. So by transitive property you made me learn a bunch of stuff about tech and its employment I would otherwise never have uncovered.

I have played this game CONSTANTLY for six years and all that is a first. You schooled me. Only luck and dogged experience and LUCK again saved me. I raise my glass to you. I’ve never been so humbled in a game of Classic or Axis and Allies in general.

Got it, I didn’t see that I also had a FAQ, was thinking I only had the CLASSIFIED clarification

Now I see my specific question is answered, the carriers could not even split up during a combat move that ends in the same place

You’ll always be prepared going forward!
Pretty major rule