TheONE (allies) vs. Corriganbp (axis) - Nov 2011 A3

Germany 2
I really want to try Barbarossa someday soon, but you are entitled to your shot at stopping sea lion.  I think I see what you are going to do (and that includes Russia), and I still think I’ve got decent odds, but nowhere close to 100% either on the defense of the fleet or the taking of London, so you certainly have a chance for this to work.  There might be some things that I can do to save the fleet that would compromise the taking of London, but that doesn’t seem to make sense. 
Here I go (big gulp) . . .
With 70 ipcs,
10 transports = 70 (building the ships instead of burning them, there’s no turning back once the armada is built)
Combat
Normally I would bomb London, but when I see battleships and cruisers being used as ship blockers, those look like great targets to me …  .
Sz 104 (1 bb) with
1 sub fr 109
4 ftrs 5 tacs fr Holland, w germ, 112

SneakRolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 11@2: (2)
AttackRolls: 5@3 4@4; Total Hits: 65@3: (2, 2, 3, 5, 5)4@4: (4, 4, 5, 3)
DefendRolls: 1@4; Total Hits: 11@4: (4)

Sz 91 (2 cas) with
1 sub fr 109
2 bmbs fr Holland and W Germany

SneakRolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (3)

Sz 104 cleared with loss of sub

Sz 91 (2 cas) with
1 sub fr 109
2 bmbs fr Holland and W Germany

Darn, was really hoping for that sneak attack to hit

AttackRolls: 2@4; Total Hits: 22@4: (3, 1)
DefendRolls: 2@3; Total Hits: 12@3: (1, 6)

I would appreciate it if you let me land 2 of my Italian fighters in w germany instead of s Italy, but if not, I understand.

Germany collects 51 ipcs.

map attached

G2.AAM

No problem man, I need to get some non axis and allies things done myself; however, you caught me at an opportune moment, and these early turns don’t really take that long.
Japan 2
With 46 ipcs,
Naval base = 15
3 transports = 21
2 inf = 6
1 art =4

Combat

1 inf fr cha to hop
1 inf fr sib to sfe

Attack yun (4 inf) with
1 inf 1 art fr Kwa
1 inf 1 art fr Hun
1 mech fr Anh
11 ftrs 8 tacs 2 bmbs

AttackRolls: 1@1 4@2 11@3 10@4; Total Hits: 191@1: (4)4@2: (2, 1, 6, 5)11@3: (1, 6, 2, 3, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3)10@4: (2, 3, 4, 3, 1, 3, 1, 5, 4, 4)
DefendRolls: 4@2; Total Hits: 34@2: (1, 6, 2, 2)

Attack kwe (1 inf) with
7 inf 3 art fr anh

AttackRolls: 4@1 6@2; Total Hits: 14@1: (3, 6, 3, 3)6@2: (5, 2, 4, 5, 3, 6)
DefendRolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (3)

Yun taken with 2 inf 1 mech lost (3 of 4 of you shots at 2 hit, yeesh)

Kwe taken without loss

Japan collects 44 ipcs

J2.AAM

Thanks for looking out for me James!

incidentally it wasn’t that the I waited to see the outcome of the battle, it’s because I did not check for landing spots before launching the german attacks and so didn’t realize until later that I had no way to get them back to germany.

chances are even without the scramble you would have taken the worst of it in 112, but it was leaving too much to luck.