15L Playoff Rd2: [4] JDOW (Axis) vs. [8] Gamerman01 (Allies +25)

Here we go, let’s start creating the thread.

Gamers Stalin knows how much my Hitler hates the Russians so he panicky called Churchill crying for help.
He somehow persuaded him (or a great gesture born from pity) so for ONE lousy IPC Churchill plans to distract the Germans with 4 subs:

Subs in 98, 91, 110 and 111 plus UK starting with 29 IPC is the bid.

The Japanese headquarter is delighted to hear that though. The Expansion plans have recently been accelerated and Tokyo has revived their “Sushi for Hawaii, Sidney and San Francisco” program :D

There is a slight delay as Hitler is unwell since a while so the world war obviously has to wait until he is ready.

Gamerman01, I wish the both of us a great and a fair game! Maybe one of us will even make it into the finals^^

When it comes to “luck” I rather prefer not to be a hipocrite and save any empty phrases about that.

I rather leave an anekdote from some time ago. I listened to a conversation between some friends starting the with question:
“What is Axis and Allies about?”
“Well it’s a WWI game between 2 parties. One side plays the Axis, the other side plays the villains”
:D

So, may your Allies die miserably :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

G1 coming soon!

Test summary from TripleA, engine version: 1.8.0.9, time: 20:58:48

TripleA Move Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 1

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 1 artillery, 5 mech_infantrys and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            1 submarine moved from 117 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 118 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone
            1 battleship moved from 113 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Holland Belgium to 110 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Norway to 110 Sea Zone
            2 bombers moved from Germany to 110 Sea Zone
            3 armour, 2 artilleries and 4 infantry moved from Holland Belgium to France
            3 infantry moved from Western Germany to France
            4 mech_infantrys moved from Western Germany to France
            1 artillery moved from Western Germany to France
            1 armour, 2 artilleries and 6 infantry moved from Greater Southern Germany to Yugoslavia
            1 infantry moved from Romania to Yugoslavia
            1 armour moved from Slovakia Hungary to Yugoslavia
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Poland to France
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Germany to France
            1 submarine moved from 103 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Slovakia Hungary to Yugoslavia
            1 submarine moved from 108 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Western Germany to 110 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to 110 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to 110 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Western Germany to France
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to France
            1 armour moved from Greater Southern Germany to France
            1 fighter moved from Slovakia Hungary to France
            1 armour moved from Greater Southern Germany to Yugoslavia

So, Hitler is back on track. He poised the french water in order to make the AA-gunners dizzy.

MARTI owns me a lot in terms of AA fire. In the recent games my opponents were blessed with 30% hit ratio. This I guess this time you have to end up with 0-5%.

Would you like to scramble in 110 and does your sub want to fight or dive?

Oh…and death the the French of course. Operation surviving German Inf at Paris has started!

Oh, and in terms of talking strategy: I first planned to make the coinflip at 91, however in that case I would have needed too much air at 110, without subs scrambling becomes very attractive for UK, don’t want to put too many German planes at stake.

So I rather wanted to overstretch the French AA and think East!

@Gamerman01:

I do hope the AAA misses you in Paris because of your recent woes, but perhaps the 2’s will devastate!!
Hehe, no, I like this G1 because it is safe so I will not have as much of a heart attack, unless of course you clear out Yugo and Paris with almost no losses.  Well, we’ll have to see what the dice say

I got a DREAM start with my Germans!
So that puts pressure on me, because early dice are important and they helped me a lot this turn!

Pressure in terms of: Not winning with dream G1 dice would mean being heavily outplayed unless dice equalize.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 1

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 1 artillery, 5 mech_infantrys and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            1 submarine moved from 117 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 118 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone
            1 battleship moved from 113 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Holland Belgium to 110 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Norway to 110 Sea Zone
            2 bombers moved from Germany to 110 Sea Zone
            3 armour, 2 artilleries and 4 infantry moved from Holland Belgium to France
            3 infantry moved from Western Germany to France
            4 mech_infantrys moved from Western Germany to France
            1 artillery moved from Western Germany to France
            1 armour, 2 artilleries and 6 infantry moved from Greater Southern Germany to Yugoslavia
            1 infantry moved from Romania to Yugoslavia
            1 armour moved from Slovakia Hungary to Yugoslavia
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Poland to France
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Germany to France
            1 submarine moved from 103 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Slovakia Hungary to Yugoslavia
            1 submarine moved from 108 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Western Germany to 110 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to 110 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to 110 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Western Germany to France
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to France
            1 armour moved from Greater Southern Germany to France
            1 fighter moved from Slovakia Hungary to France
            1 armour moved from Greater Southern Germany to Yugoslavia

Combat - Germans
            Battle in 110 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 1 battleship, 2 bombers, 3 fighters, 2 submarines and 2 tactical_bombers
                British defend with 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 submarine; French defend with 1 cruiser
                1 submarine owned by the British Submerged
                    Germans roll dice for 2 submarines in 110 Sea Zone, round 2 :  1/2 hits
                Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the British
                    Germans roll dice for 1 battleship, 2 bombers, 3 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers in 110 Sea Zone, round 2 :  6/8 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 battleship and 2 cruisers in 110 Sea Zone, round 2 :  1/3 hits
                    1 battleship owned by the British, 1 submarine owned by the Germans, 1 cruiser owned by the British and 1 cruiser owned by the French lost in 110 Sea Zone
                Germans win with 1 battleship, 2 bombers, 3 fighters, 1 submarine and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 38
                Casualties for Germans: 1 submarine
                Casualties for British: 1 battleship and 1 cruiser
                Casualties for French: 1 cruiser
            Battle in 106 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 2 submarines
                British defend with 1 destroyer and 1 transport
                    Germans roll dice for 2 submarines in 106 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/2 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 destroyer and 1 transport in 106 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 2 submarines in 106 Sea Zone, round 3 :  1/2 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 destroyer and 1 transport in 106 Sea Zone, round 3 :  0/1 hits
                    1 destroyer owned by the British lost in 106 Sea Zone
                    1 transport owned by the British lost in 106 Sea Zone
                    Germans roll dice for 2 submarines in 106 Sea Zone, round 4 :  0/2 hits
                Germans win, taking 106 Sea Zone from Neutral with 2 submarines remaining. Battle score for attacker is 15
                Casualties for British: 1 destroyer and 1 transport
            Battle in France
                Germans attack with 4 armour, 3 artilleries, 2 fighters, 7 infantry, 4 mech_infantrys and 3 tactical_bombers
                British defend with 1 armour and 1 artillery; French defend with 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 factory_major, 1 fighter and 6 infantry
                    AA fire in France :  0/3 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 4 armour, 3 artilleries, 2 fighters, 7 infantry, 4 mech_infantrys and 3 tactical_bombers in France, round 2 :  8/23 hits
                    French roll dice for 1 aaGun, 2 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 fighter and 6 infantry in France, round 2 :  3/11 hits
                    1 aaGun owned by the French, 3 infantry owned by the Germans, 1 artillery owned by the British and 6 infantry owned by the French lost in France
                    Germans roll dice for 4 armour, 3 artilleries, 2 fighters, 4 infantry, 4 mech_infantrys and 3 tactical_bombers in France, round 3 :  8/20 hits
                    French roll dice for 2 armour, 1 artillery and 1 fighter in France, round 3 :  2/4 hits
                    1 fighter owned by the French, 2 infantry owned by the Germans, 1 armour owned by the French, 1 armour owned by the British and 1 artillery owned by the French lost in France
                Germans captures 19PUs while taking French capital
                Germans converts factory_major into different units
                Germans win, taking France from French with 4 armour, 3 artilleries, 2 fighters, 2 infantry, 4 mech_infantrys and 3 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 38
                Casualties for Germans: 5 infantry
                Casualties for British: 1 armour and 1 artillery
                Casualties for French: 1 aaGun, 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 6 infantry
            Battle in Yugoslavia
                Germans attack with 3 armour, 2 artilleries and 8 infantry
                Neutral_Allies defend with 5 infantry
                    Germans roll dice for 3 armour, 2 artilleries and 8 infantry in Yugoslavia, round 2 :  4/13 hits
                    Neutral_Allies roll dice for 5 infantry in Yugoslavia, round 2 :  0/5 hits
                    4 infantry owned by the Neutral_Allies lost in Yugoslavia
                8 infantry owned by the Germans, 2 artilleries owned by the Germans and 3 armour owned by the Germans retreated to Romania
                Neutral_Allies win with 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 12
                Casualties for Neutral_Allies: 4 infantry
            Trigger Germans Conquer France: Setting switch to true for conditionAttachment_French_1_Liberation_Switch attached to French

Non Combat Move - Germans
            3 aaGuns, 3 artilleries and 11 infantry moved from Germany to Poland
            1 fighter moved from France to Southern Italy
            1 transport moved from 114 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Denmark to 113 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 113 Sea Zone to 114 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 114 Sea Zone to Poland
            1 cruiser moved from 114 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 124 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone
            3 fighters moved from 110 Sea Zone to Western Germany
            2 tactical_bombers moved from 110 Sea Zone to Western Germany
            2 bombers moved from 110 Sea Zone to Western Germany
            3 tactical_bombers moved from France to Western Germany
            1 armour moved from Romania to Bulgaria
                  Germans take Bulgaria from Neutral_Axis
            3 infantry moved from Norway to Finland
                  Germans take Finland from Neutral_Axis
            1 infantry moved from Slovakia Hungary to Romania
            1 fighter moved from France to Western Germany
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to Southern Italy

Place Units - Germans
            1 submarine placed in 113 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 5 mech_infantrys placed in Germany

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 37 PUs; end with 56 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 61 PUs
            Objective Germans 1 Trade with Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 66 PUs

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.7

Game History

Round: 1

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy 1 infantry and 3 transports; Remaining resources: 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 2 PUs;

Combat Move - Japanese
            1 infantry moved from Jehol to Chahar
                  Japanese take Chahar from Chinese
            1 infantry moved from Shantung to Anhwe
                  Japanese take Anhwe from Chinese
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Kiangsi to Hunan
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Kwangsi to Yunnan
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Kiangsu to Yunnan
            1 fighter moved from Kiangsu to Yunnan
            2 bombers moved from Japan to Yunnan
            2 tactical_bombers moved from Manchuria to Hunan
            2 fighters moved from Manchuria to Hunan
            1 fighter moved from Formosa to Hunan

Combat - Japanese
            Battle in Hunan
                Japanese attack with 1 artillery, 3 fighters, 3 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers
                Chinese defend with 2 infantry
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery, 3 fighters, 3 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers in Hunan, round 2 :  4/9 hits
                    Chinese roll dice for 2 infantry in Hunan, round 2 :  2/2 hits
                    2 infantry owned by the Japanese and 2 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Hunan
                Japanese win, taking Hunan from Chinese with 1 artillery, 3 fighters, 1 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Chinese: 2 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 2 infantry
            Battle in Yunnan
                Japanese attack with 1 artillery, 2 bombers, 1 fighter, 3 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Chinese defend with 4 infantry
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery, 2 bombers, 1 fighter, 3 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Yunnan, round 2 :  5/8 hits
                    Chinese roll dice for 4 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 :  1/4 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Japanese and 4 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Yunnan
                Japanese win, taking Yunnan from Chinese with 1 artillery, 2 bombers, 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 9
                Casualties for Chinese: 4 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Japanese
            2 bombers moved from Yunnan to Kwangsi
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Yunnan to Kwangsi
            1 fighter moved from Yunnan to Kwangsi
            3 fighters moved from Hunan to Kwangsi
            2 tactical_bombers moved from Hunan to Kwangsi
            1 armour moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone
            1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 6 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 mech_infantry moved from Manchuria to Chahar
            1 artillery moved from Jehol to Anhwe
            1 infantry moved from Jehol to Anhwe
            1 artillery moved from Kiangsu to Kiangsi
            3 infantry moved from Kiangsu to Anhwe
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Shantung to Anhwe
            1 armour moved from 36 Sea Zone to Kwangsi
            1 infantry moved from 36 Sea Zone to Kwangsi
            1 transport moved from 20 Sea Zone to 19 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Manchuria to 19 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Okinawa to 19 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 19 Sea Zone to 20 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 20 Sea Zone to Kiangsi
            1 infantry moved from Manchuria to 19 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from Manchuria to 19 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 19 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 36 Sea Zone to Kwangsi
            1 artillery moved from 36 Sea Zone to Kwangsi
            1 fighter moved from 33 Sea Zone to Kwangsi
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 33 Sea Zone to Kwangsi
            1 battleship moved from 6 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 6 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 6 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 19 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 20 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 battleship moved from 19 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 19 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 6 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            2 carriers moved from 6 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 cruiser moved from 6 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Korea to 36 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from 6 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 6 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 6 Sea Zone to Kwangsi
            2 fighters moved from Japan to Kwangsi
            2 tactical_bombers moved from Japan to Kwangsi
            1 fighter moved from Okinawa to Kwangsi
            1 aaGun and 4 infantry moved from Manchuria to Jehol
            4 infantry moved from Korea to Manchuria

Place Units - Japanese
            1 infantry placed in Japan
            3 transports placed in 6 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Japanese collect 30 PUs; end with 32 PUs total
            Objective Japanese 1 Trade With America: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 42 PUs

Phew, I got a little bit nervous after Hunnan but Yunnan went well, so just micro compensation for the Allies dice-wise, half an inf or so.

Lets hvae a guess then :)

Yugo was 1 2/3 hits expected  = +1,66 inf

In France you allowed me to dodge your AA:D so I made a calculations where I replaced the 5 planes by 5 tanks –> Average losses were 6.5 units, make it rather 6.15 if I had counted all the 4s which were just 3s in my calculations

–> So I am up about 3 Inf up on the ground + dodged 14% TT survival in 106 and go you on the lower end with 10 defense in 110.

So yes, I owe you a little bit more than half an inf;)

Hope you don’t take it personal if the Axis payment moral is poor during this game:D

yep, agree: Avoiding bad dice is a big value, so even a low luck result is usually never average but always good for the Axis.