L22 BM Me1945 (X) vs. farmboy (+20)

@me1945 UK11.tsvg

@me1945 Thanks for the game! I’m definitely up for a rematch and owe you one given the dice. I’ve got two many games going right now and want to get at least one more finished before I start another but will probably be up for it in a week or two. Do you want to rebid or switch sides?

@me1945 said in L22 BM Me1945 (X) vs. farmboy (+20):

Good play, farmboy. I won. I offer you a rematch.

:joy: Good one:D

@jdow said in L22 BM Me1945 (X) vs. farmboy (+20):

@me1945 said in L22 BM Me1945 (X) vs. farmboy (+20):

Good play, farmboy. I won. I offer you a rematch.

:joy: Good one:D

lol

lol. I did not catch that at all.

Can I ask if the I1 attack on Spain was just an experiment that you may not repeat or if you see merit in it for future games? Or in past games?

@simon33 said in L22 BM Me1945 (X) vs. farmboy (+20):

Can I ask if the I1 attack on Spain was just an experiment that you may not repeat or if you see merit in it for future games? Or in past games?

I did not expect it at all and because I wasn’t ready, I almost lost the game very early. Some bad dice hurt Me as well. Definitely a strategy worth considering in the future at least against opponents who wouldn’t be prepared.

@farmboy Interesting.

Well I would recommend a couple of changes. Not least is attacking Sweden ASAP - without that you lose the iron ore objective so it is worth 8IPC/turn. Second is changing the G1 buy to 1CV 1TT 1inf 1art. I think that is the best buy if you want to include a CV. You shouldn’t buy 2TTs because the last one becomes a drag to get units to if you aren’t going sea lion and you don’t want to commit to that. Also, I don’t think the DD is needed enough on the first turn. I would wonder about sending 1 tank to S France G1 too.

G2 probably should have attacked Greece.

Of course, if UK puts a blocker between SZ112 and SZ91 you may have to change tac. I guess that is what you mean by the allies being ready for it.

Also, not sure about the airbase on Spain. Allies only ended up taking that for themselves. Similar with taking all the French territories.

Anyway, those are some thoughts if you are interested. I just think that breaking Spain is trouble for the Axis. I’m not ruling out that there can be cases for it to work out. I have just never seen it as a winner. If I notice this idea again, will be interested to see how it goes.

I should clarify that the dice hurt Me1945 not me. I’ve had some of the best dice I’ve had in this game.

I’m a little rusty on everything that happened in the early game, but there may be different options for this attack early. It certainly is quite risky and you would need everything to land right and I think it counts on the allies to make some wrong choices early. But since this is unexpected, its easier for the allies to make mistakes.
I think what allowed me to win (apart from the dice) was 1) that his commitment to the Western front, meant that the Soviets could stop the German advance in Bryansk; and 2) it was early enough that I had time to shift the US focus to the Atlantic without Japan getting out of control. So one reason he may have done Greece and Sweden later, was because he was trying to get enough troops to the Eastern front to push through. In the early stages though, I often felt that I had just enough units to do what I wanted safely and little room for error. A few less units and the game could have been turned.