Tinydictator: First Blood (Axis)

you get raided in sz80 as well - say hello to the Italian navy!

Rolls: 3@3; Total Hits: 23@3: (3, 1, 4)

SBR indeed.

JAPAN 7:

Buy (57):

4 Inf (12)
1 Mech (4)
1 Tank (6)
1 Ftr (20)
1 DD (8 )
1 Trn (7)

Combat move:

to sz37: 1 Trn (sz35) load 1 Inf, 1 Art (Jav)
to Mal: 1 Inf, 1 Art (sz37)
to Anh: 1 Inf (Sha)
to Hun: 1 Inf, 1 Art (Ksi); 1 Tank (Sha)
to Kwa: 2 Inf, 1 Art (Hon)

Kwa: 2 Inf, 1 Art vs 1 Inf
Rolls: 1@1 2@2; Total Hits: 11@1: (5)2@2: (1, 3)
Rolls: 1@2; Total Hits: 01@2: (3)

Not exactly much action for a combat move, but it is indeed rather empty on the Pacific map…

Non-combat move:

1 Ftr (Man) -> Jap
1 Tac (Man) -> Hon
1 Trn (sz19), 1 Trn (sz20) load 2 Inf, 1 Art, 1 Tank (Jap) -> sz19, unload to Sha
1 Inf (Man) -> Jeh
1 sub (sz37) -> sz39
1 DD, 1 AC, 1 Ftr, 1 Tac (sz39) -> sz37
2 Bmb (Sum), 1 Tac (Jap) -> Car
1 Crs (sz35) -> sz33
1 sub (sz62) -> sz63
1 Inf, 1 Art (Ksu) -> Ksi

Build:
Man: 3 Inf
Hon: 1 Inf, 1 Mech, 1 Tank
Jap: 2 Ftr, 1 DD, 1 Trn

Collect: 50 + 10 = 60 IPC

First Blood (Japan7).AAM

Does it take that long to admit defeat?

btw, in order to speed things a bit up, I would suggest that you do ANZAC and France before I move with Italy/Germany.

Ok then, victory for the axis! I think I would have wrapped it up the latest in G10.

I think your first and biggest mistake was your UK Europe opening - from scrambling your fighters to not building Infantery in UK1. I hadn’t really planned on sea lion, but you were offering it on a silver plate (and as I hadn’t planned for it, I also had the ressources to prevent Russia from invading Germany in R3, which makes a big difference). Actually at one point I thought that you actually wanted me to invade England and had some crazy plan attacking with Russia while my forces where in the UK.

Your US1 move wasn’t particularly helpful either, but mostly your problem with the US was that you were so undecided, always shifting to and fro. You could have given Japan the final blow twice by just pushing on one more round, but everytime you pulled out and allowed them to bounce back.

And I totally agree, let’s wait for the next game until we both have some things off of our to-do lists!

But also, to be fair, the G1 attack on the US is a huge gamble. In this game it was a resounding success, and my subs really kicked some yankee asses (doing almost 50 IPC damage to the US if I remember). If the Crs manages to sink my sub in G1, the game takes an entirely different course.