11L '41 - Manstein (axis) v BoldFresh (Allies) Bid 6, +NOs, No Tech

@Stucifer said in League G40 Team Game - Stucifer/Crockett36 v Daaras/FranceNeedsMorePower:

I know my teammate @crockett36 prefers to play Allies, so if you are willing to give us Allies and yourselves play Axis, let’s go with that.

You’d better let crockett36 play with the Allies or he will deliberately sabotage his evil Axis power. 🔥 💥

TripleA Turn Summary: Russians round 13

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 13 Purchase Units - Russians Russians buy 2 artilleries and 10 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Russians 1 infantry moved from Southern Belarus to Northern Belarus Russians take Northern Belarus from Italians 1 infantry moved from Southern Belarus to Eastern Poland Russians take Eastern Poland from Italians 14 infantry moved from Northern Sinkiang to Timguska 1 fighter moved from Urals to Timguska Combat - Russians Battle in Timguska Russians attack with 1 fighter and 14 infantry Japanese defend with 1 infantry Russians roll dice for 1 fighter and 14 infantry in Timguska, round 2 : 5/15 hits, 2.83 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Timguska, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Timguska Russians win, taking Timguska from Japanese with 1 fighter and 14 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - Russians 1 fighter moved from Timguska to Russia 1 infantry moved from Russia to Gorky 4 armour, 6 artilleries, 25 infantry and 4 mech_infantrys moved from Kursk to Rostov 3 infantry moved from Stalingrad to Rostov 1 infantry moved from Bryansk to Kursk 3 armour moved from Urals to Samara 1 infantry moved from Russia to Yaroslavl 1 infantry moved from Russia to Yaroslavl 1 infantry moved from Bryansk to Smolensk 1 infantry moved from Southern Belarus to Smolensk 2 aaGuns, 8 artilleries and 59 infantry moved from Southern Belarus to Bryansk 1 infantry moved from Bryansk to Southern Belarus Place Units - Russians 2 artilleries and 1 infantry placed in Urals 9 infantry placed in Russia Turn Complete - Russians Russians collect 29 PUs; end with 29 PUs Trigger Russians 2 Persia Lend Lease Lane: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 31 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Japanese regular : -0.33 Russians regular : 2.17

Savegame

@simon33 in our game last year, Adam had a similar axis approach but he did both 110 and 111. I believe he still won both, but I had good dice and forced him to trade 7 air against my 4. My dice were certainly above average but it wasn’t an implausible outcome either. I think it is usually the right move to scramble the UK if it improves the TUV exchange for the allies and gives at least a small chance of winning. My guess here is Adam didn’t want to risk a repeat of that and opted for a safer attack.

The last time, he also avoided doing Yunnan. The extra China inf makes that a more difficult combat if Japan wants to do a J1 and hit the UK Battleship. In addition, he ultimately conserves Japanese land units. He still gets India J4 with pretty overwhelming numbers. and chases China away from Yunnan fairly quickly as well. In the end, in BM, the allies get 3 art instead of 4 inf and maybe an extra 4 to 8 income. Definitely useful but not game changing.

The US cruiser is a big swing first because if the Germans win outright they knock out 19 tuv. If they lose, they lose 6. They also convoy on the US and it denies the UK its BM bonus of a sub free Atlantic. Delaying Brazil by a turn also delays the entry of those 3 inf by a turn too. And in BM it also means the US can’t grab 5 with a landing in Morocco. And generally it will set the allies back by a turn in the atlantic and it probably mean they have to spend more on the atlantic early to compensate. Thiis also gives Germany more time to make landings in Europe difficult and reduces the early US spending on the pacific. These round 1 combats often have a larger impact throughout the game and if you are going to do a J1 anyway, its a good move in my view.

This is the third time I’ve beaten Adam’s Axis. But its the first time I’ve won where I feel that the dice didn’t do most of the work for me.

TripleA Turn Summary: Germans round 5

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 5 Research Technology - Germans Purchase Units - Germans Germans buy 1 airfield, 1 armour and 11 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Germans 1 infantry moved from Bessarabia to Ukraine 1 infantry moved from Western Ukraine to Ukraine 2 tactical_bombers moved from Eastern Poland to Ukraine 1 fighter moved from Eastern Poland to Ukraine 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Ukraine 2 infantry moved from Vyborg to Leningrad 1 infantry moved from Baltic States to Leningrad 1 infantry moved from Finland to Karelia 1 infantry moved from Finland to Vyborg 1 infantry moved from Vyborg to Leningrad 1 bomber moved from Eastern Poland to Leningrad 13 armour and 10 mech_infantrys moved from Eastern Poland to Bryansk 12 artilleries and 20 infantry moved from Southern Belarus to Bryansk Combat - Germans Battle in Bryansk Germans attack with 13 armour, 12 artilleries, 20 infantry and 10 mech_infantrys Russians defend with 1 infantry Germans roll dice for 13 armour, 12 artilleries, 20 infantry and 10 mech_infantrys in Bryansk, round 2 : 26/55 hits, 19.17 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Bryansk, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Bryansk 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Bryansk Germans win, taking Bryansk from Russians with 13 armour, 12 artilleries, 19 infantry and 10 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0 Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry Battle in Ukraine Germans attack with 1 armour, 1 fighter, 2 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 2 tactical_bombers Russians defend with 1 factory_minor and 3 infantry Germans roll dice for 1 armour, 1 fighter, 2 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 2 tactical_bombers in Ukraine, round 2 : 4/7 hits, 3.00 expected hits Russians roll dice for 3 infantry in Ukraine, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Ukraine 3 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Ukraine Germans win, taking Ukraine from Russians with 1 armour, 1 fighter, 1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6 Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry Casualties for Russians: 3 infantry Battle in Leningrad Germans attack with 1 bomber and 4 infantry Russians defend with 1 airfield, 1 artillery and 1 harbour Germans roll dice for 1 bomber and 4 infantry in Leningrad, round 2 : 0/5 hits, 1.17 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 artillery in Leningrad, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 bomber and 4 infantry in Leningrad, round 3 : 1/5 hits, 1.17 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 artillery in Leningrad, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 artillery owned by the Russians lost in Leningrad Germans win, taking Leningrad from Russians with 1 bomber and 4 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4 Casualties for Russians: 1 artillery Trigger Germans Destroy Factories Ukraine: has removed 1 factory_minor owned by Germans in Ukraine Non Combat Move - Germans Trigger Ukraine Has Fallen to Germans Switch: Setting switch to false for conditionAttachment_Russian_Ukraine_Factory_May_Be_Destroyed attached to Germans 1 fighter moved from Western Germany to Yugoslavia 1 fighter moved from Western Germany to Yugoslavia 1 fighter moved from 115 Sea Zone to Yugoslavia 1 fighter moved from France to Southern Italy 1 transport moved from 115 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from Normandy Bordeaux to 113 Sea Zone 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 113 Sea Zone to 115 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from 115 Sea Zone to Norway 2 infantry moved from Norway to Finland 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 115 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone 1 destroyer moved from 113 Sea Zone to 128 Sea Zone 1 submarine moved from 127 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone 1 tactical_bomber moved from France to 113 Sea Zone 1 bomber moved from Leningrad to Western Germany 1 aaGun moved from Western Ukraine to Ukraine 1 aaGun moved from Bessarabia to Ukraine 1 aaGun moved from Northern Belarus to Leningrad 1 mech_infantry moved from Germany to Eastern Poland 1 infantry moved from Northern Belarus to Southern Belarus 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Ukraine to Eastern Poland 1 tactical_bomber moved from Ukraine to Eastern Poland 9 mech_infantrys moved from Germany to Eastern Poland 2 infantry moved from Finland to Vyborg 1 aaGun moved from Holland Belgium to Normandy Bordeaux 1 infantry moved from Holland Belgium to Normandy Bordeaux 1 infantry moved from Normandy Bordeaux to Southern France 1 aaGun moved from Normandy Bordeaux to Southern France 1 infantry moved from Normandy Bordeaux to Holland Belgium Place Units - Germans 1 airfield placed in Yugoslavia 10 mech_infantrys placed in Germany 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry placed in Western Germany Turn Complete - Germans Germans collect 55 PUs; end with 55 PUs Trigger Germans 7 Atlantic Wall: Germans met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 58 PUs Trigger Germans 4 Presence In Egypt: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 63 PUs Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 68 PUs Objective Germans 7 Control of Balkans: Germans met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 71 PUs Objective Germans 2 Control Stalingrad Or Leningrad Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 76 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Russians regular : 0.00 Germans regular : 6.50

Savegame

TripleA Turn Summary: Italians round 27

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 27 Combat Move - Italians Non Combat Move - Italians 1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from Rostov to Stalingrad 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Rostov to Ukraine Turn Complete - Italians

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Savegame

@crockett36 That’s indisputable right there, hah!

Combat - Germans Non Combat Move - Germans 3 armour moved from Western Ukraine to Russia 3 infantry moved from Bryansk to Tambov 1 mech_infantry moved from Ukraine to Volgograd 2 infantry moved from Ukraine to Bryansk 1 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus 2 infantry moved from Vyborg to Finland 3 infantry moved from Russia to Samara 1 mech_infantry moved from Western Germany to Poland 1 aaGun moved from Volgograd to Rostov 3 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Western Germany to Northern Italy 11 bombers moved from Western Germany to Southern Italy 1 aaGun moved from Volgograd to Kazakhstan 4 infantry moved from Denmark to Western Germany 1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to Northern Italy 1 fighter moved from Northern Italy to Southern Italy Place Units - Germans 2 bombers placed in Western Germany 3 artilleries placed in Volgograd 3 infantry placed in Russia 2 infantry and 1 mech_infantry placed in Ukraine 3 armour placed in Western Ukraine Turn Complete - Germans Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 5 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 125 Sea Zone. Rolls: 3,6 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 105 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,3 Germans collect 51 PUs (5 lost to blockades); end with 51 PUs Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 56 PUs Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 15 PUs; end with 71 PUs

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