XDAP-5 AllWeNeedIsHank vs Cannibalized by Fluff

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.6

Game History

Round :12

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 1 fighter, 3 mech_infantrys and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            1 bomber moved from Egypt to Tambov
            1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to Germany
            3 fighters moved from Norway to Germany
            2 artilleries and 6 infantry moved from Norway to 112 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries, 6 infantry and 4 transports moved from 112 Sea Zone to 114 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries and 6 infantry moved from 114 Sea Zone to Germany

Combat - British
            Battle in Tambov
                British attack with 1 bomber
                Germans defend with 4 bombers
                    British roll dice for 1 bomber in Tambov, round 1 :  1/1 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 4 bombers in Tambov, round 1 :  3/4 hits
                    1 bomber owned by the British and 1 bomber owned by the Germans lost in Tambov
                Germans win with 3 bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Germans: 1 bomber
                Casualties for British: 1 bomber
            Battle in Germany
                British attack with 2 artilleries, 4 fighters and 6 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 factory_major, 2 infantry and 10 mech_infantrys
                    British roll dice for 2 artilleries, 4 fighters and 6 infantry in Germany, round 1 :  5/12 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 2 infantry and 10 mech_infantrys in Germany, round 1 :  4/12 hits
                    4 infantry owned by the British , 2 infantry owned by the Germans and 3 mech_infantrys owned by the Germans lost in Germany
                    British roll dice for 2 artilleries, 4 fighters and 2 infantry in Germany, round 2 :  5/8 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 7 mech_infantrys in Germany, round 2 :  2/7 hits
                    2 infantry owned by the British and 5 mech_infantrys owned by the Germans lost in Germany
                    British roll dice for 2 artilleries and 4 fighters in Germany, round 3 :  4/6 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 2 mech_infantrys in Germany, round 3 :  2/2 hits
                    1 artillery owned by the British , 1 fighter owned by the British and 2 mech_infantrys owned by the Germans lost in Germany
                British captures 77PUs while taking Germans capital
                British converts factory_major into different units
                British win, taking Germany from Germans with 1 artillery and 3 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 14
                Casualties for Germans: 2 infantry and 10 mech_infantrys
                Casualties for British: 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 6 infantry

Non Combat Move - British
            1 destroyer moved from 112 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun and 3 infantry moved from Karelia to Novgorod
            3 mech_infantrys moved from Union of South Africa to Belgian Congo
            3 mech_infantrys moved from Belgian Congo to Egypt
            1 fighter moved from Germany to Norway
            2 fighters moved from Germany to Denmark
            2 aaGuns and 3 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus

Place Units - British
            1 fighter placed in United Kingdom
            1 transport placed in 109 Sea Zone
            3 mech_infantrys placed in Union of South Africa

Turn Complete - British
            British collect 34 PUs; end with 111 PUs total

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific

Territory Summary for British, UK_Pacific :

Siam : 1 flag
    Burma : 2 aaGuns, 2 artilleries and 1 infantry
    Malaya : 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
    Kwangtung : 1 harbour
    Sumatra : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    42 Sea Zone : 1 flag
    38 Sea Zone : 1 battleship and 1 carrier
    Belgian Congo : 6 mech_infantrys
    Iceland : 1 airfield
    Quebec : 1 factory_minor
    Gibraltar : 1 harbour
    New Brunswick Nova Scotia : 1 harbour
    Egypt : 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 harbour and 16 mech_infantrys
    Union of South Africa : 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 3 mech_infantrys
    Scotland : 1 airfield
    Malta : 1 aaGun and 1 infantry
    United Kingdom : 1 airfield, 1 artillery, 1 factory_major, 1 fighter, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
    Germany : 1 flag, 1 artillery and 1 factory_minor
    Norway : 1 aaGun and 1 fighter
    Denmark : 2 fighters
    Italian Somaliland : 1 flag
    Ethiopia : 1 flag
    Belarus : 2 aaGuns and 3 infantry
    Novgorod : 1 aaGun and 3 infantry
    125 Sea Zone : 1 flag
    113 Sea Zone : 1 destroyer
    106 Sea Zone : 1 flag
    109 Sea Zone : 1 transport
    114 Sea Zone : 4 transports

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 44 / 0
    Russians : 9 / 0
    Japanese : 17 / 12
    Americans : 71 / 96
    Chinese : 23 / 25
    British : 34 / 111
    UK_Pacific : 17 / 0
    Italians : 26 / 37
    ANZAC : 16 / 26
    French : 8 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

@DeadTom:

I intended to leave Berlin vulnerable since I didn’t think you would attack it, because you seemed so confident that you would win, but I didn’t intend to leave it that vulnerable…

we were and still are confident that we would win. we talked about not attacking berlin as it would have been a better long term strategy, but we thought it would be a quicker and more obvious time for you to resign.

@DeadTom:

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@Boldfresh:

Guess thats game  :|

You seem disappointed. It was still an amazing game, even if the amazing comeback we had going didn’t pan out. Good game AllweneedisHank, and good luck in the rest of the tournament.

i also enjoyed the game and had lots of fun. although we had a very different outlook on the game. thanks for the well wishes.

@DeadTom:

The Allies lost a lot in taking Berlin. They lost the entire US air force and 4 British transports.

we payed a huge price to take berlin. but it will only take usa two turns to build its airforce back to the pre berlin attack strength. and the uk will have it’s transports and more back in one turn.

we lost a much more brutal battle in moscow. the moscow outcome was probably in the top 1% of positive outcomes for the axis. both the japanese and italians softening blows were higher than average, allowing the german assault to have an 18% chance at winning with at least 1 unit remaining. and you won with many units left over. the allies lost most of their airforce including the awesome usa fleet of bombers. even after that worst case scenario the allies have a huge lead in total unit value, total units, production, and cash on hand.

@DeadTom:

Although, if you want to play it out a bit more, I’d really like to see if I can reestablish a defense…

i am sure axis could establish a defense to hold on for many more rounds(possibly another 10-20 rounds) due to the victory conditions for the allies.

@DeadTom:

…Since your next round game hasn’t started yet, is it alright if we continue? It’s your call.

i am happy to keep playing if you want to see what could happen. if hank is happy to keep playing we would obviously give up our spot in the tournament if you win(again this is very unlikely as axis would need great dice in multiple major battles or many major blunders by the allies to win) even if hank and/or decay do not want to continue we can play 1vs1 or 1vs2.

@DeadTom:

@allweneedislove:

we lost a much more brutal battle in moscow. the moscow outcome was probably in the top 1% of positive outcomes for the axis.

I disagree on this. Factoring in the odds of getting good outcomes on the suicide attacks, I would say we had about a 10% chance of taking Moscow. Give me some credit, it wasn’t all the dice.

i want to apologize. after reading your response and my post again i can see how it was rude of me and dismissive of your play. you did play well and i was not trying to marginalize your play. you made the right call on making the triple attack on moscow as it was low odds/high rewards.

i also made a mistake in the math. your results were about top 8% not top 1% like i originally stated. when calculating it i assumed that the above average results from the two suicide attacks on moscow would result in not taking moscow. but you could have had the same moscow result without 7 suicide hits, which i discounted those results. it was the discounting of those results that gave the incorrect upper 1% statement.

@DeadTom:

… If Hank wants to move on, how about we continue 2v1? The only question I would have is whether you would still hold to your promise that if we end up winning we could go on to the next round of the tournament if Hank chooses not to continue…

that would be unfair to hank. i can’t play and lose a game without him and then tell him, by the way i lost a game so you lose your spot in the tournament.

i am happy to keep playing. but i think hank was just wanting to move on as he has many games going on right now. we can wait to see what he says.

if he wants to continue we would need to try to play realtime for an hour or 2 in an evening as we can not bog down the tournament as it is unfair to dairyqryn, boldutch, wewin, and atlanta axis.

if hank does not have time, i am happy to continue playing at a normal/slow pace.

i enjoyed this game and would be happy to start another if either or both of you want to start another game

@DeadTom:

How about we pick a time for just the two of us to finish the game on the TripleA lobby just for fun. The result would have no affect on the tournament. I could meet you there Saturday morning if that is alright.

pm sent

it is still an interesting game.
deadtom is outplaying me. i think the allies had a good enough lead to hold on to this game in-spite of my poor play and deadtom’s good play.