2022 2nd Ed OOB Playoffs R2 - AndrewAAGamer (X) vs ArthurBomberHarris (A+60)

I can’t keep up the fleet as the German air force keeps expanding. Now is the right time to make the sacrifice. Painful but necessary.

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Game History

Round: 20

    Purchase Units - Americans
        Americans buy 2 bombers and 6 fighters; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Americans
        4 artilleries and 10 infantry moved from Morocco to 91 Sea Zone
        4 artilleries, 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 1 fighter, 10 infantry and 7 transports moved from 91 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone
        4 artilleries and 10 infantry moved from 112 Sea Zone to Norway
        1 fighter moved from Gibraltar to 112 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 125 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
        1 bomber moved from Caucasus to Ukraine
        1 bomber moved from Burma to French Indo China
        1 bomber moved from Burma to French Indo China
        1 transport moved from 33 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Philippines to 35 Sea Zone
        1 artillery moved from Philippines to 35 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 35 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from 43 Sea Zone to Borneo
        1 artillery moved from 43 Sea Zone to Borneo
        1 submarine moved from 20 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone

    Combat - Americans
        Air Battle in French Indo China
            Americans attacks with 2 units heading to French Indo China
            Air Battle is over, the remaining bombers go on to their targets
        Air Battle in Ukraine
            Americans attacks with 1 units heading to Ukraine
            Germans launches 1 interceptors out of Ukraine
                Attackers Fire,  : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
                Defenders Fire,  : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
            Air Battle is over, the remaining bombers go on to their targets
        Strategic bombing raid in French Indo China
                Japanese roll AA dice in French Indo China : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
                Japanese roll AA dice in French Indo China : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
            Bombing raid in French Indo China rolls: 3 and causes: 3 damage to unit: factory_minor
            Bombing raid in French Indo China rolls: 6 and causes: 6 damage to unit: airfield
            Bombing raid in French Indo China causes 9 damage total.  Damaged units is as follows: factory_minor = 3, airfield = 6
        Strategic bombing raid in Ukraine
                Germans roll AA dice in Ukraine : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
            Bombing raid in Ukraine rolls: 3 and causes: 3 damage to unit: factory_minor
            Bombing raid in Ukraine causes 3 damage total. 
        Battle in 43 Sea Zone
            Americans attack with 1 submarine and 1 transport
            Japanese defend with 1 transport
                1 transport owned by the Japanese lost in 43 Sea Zone
            Americans win, taking 43 Sea Zone from Japanese with 1 submarine and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 transport
        Battle in Borneo
            Americans attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
            Japanese defend with 1 infantry
                Americans roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Borneo, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Borneo, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Americans lost in Borneo
                1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Borneo
            Americans win, taking Borneo from Japanese with 1 artillery remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
            Casualties for Americans: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
        Battle in Norway
            Americans attack with 4 artilleries and 10 infantry
            Germans defend with 1 aaGun and 7 infantry
                Americans roll dice for 1 cruiser in Norway, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 4 artilleries and 10 infantry in Norway, round 2 : 4/14 hits, 3.67 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 aaGun and 7 infantry in Norway, round 2 : 4/7 hits, 2.33 expected hits
                4 infantry owned by the Americans lost in Norway
                1 aaGun owned by the Germans and 4 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Norway
                Americans roll dice for 4 artilleries and 6 infantry in Norway, round 3 : 3/10 hits, 3.00 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 3 infantry in Norway, round 3 : 1/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Americans lost in Norway
                3 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Norway
            Americans win, taking Norway from Germans with 4 artilleries and 5 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 11
            Casualties for Americans: 5 infantry
            Casualties for Germans: 1 aaGun and 7 infantry
        Cleaning up after air battles

    Non Combat Move - Americans
        1 bomber moved from Ukraine to Persia
        4 fighters moved from Trans-Jordan to Persia
        5 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Eastern United States to Gibraltar
        1 submarine moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Western United States to Midway
        2 bombers moved from French Indo China to Kwangsi
        2 bombers moved from Burma to Kwangsi
        1 destroyer moved from 33 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 6 Sea Zone to 21 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 6 Sea Zone to 20 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 6 Sea Zone to 19 Sea Zone
        1 bomber moved from Western United States to Caroline Islands
        9 fighters moved from Gibraltar to Trans-Jordan
        1 submarine moved from 20 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 20 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 35 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 20 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 20 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
        3 submarines moved from 20 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 20 Sea Zone to 34 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 34 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone

    Place Units - Americans
        6 fighters placed in Eastern United States
        2 bombers placed in Western United States

    Turn Complete - Americans
        Americans collect 63 PUs; end with 64 PUs
        Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 74 PUs
        Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 79 PUs
        Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 84 PUs
        Objective Americans 4 Philippines: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 89 PUs

    Purchase Units - Chinese
        Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed
        Chinese buy 8 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Chinese

    Non Combat Move - Chinese
        10 infantry moved from Kwangsi to Kwangtung

    Place Units - Chinese
        3 infantry placed in Kwangsi
        5 infantry placed in Anhwe

    Turn Complete - Chinese
        Chinese collect 23 PUs; end with 24 PUs

    Purchase Units - British
        British repair damage of 6x factory_minor; Remaining resources: 32 PUs; 
        British buy 1 airfield, 3 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - British
        1 infantry moved from Caucasus to Volgograd
        1 infantry moved from Caucasus to Volgograd
        1 infantry moved from Caucasus to Kazakhstan
        3 fighters moved from Caucasus to Volgograd
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Caucasus to Volgograd
        8 fighters moved from Caucasus to Volgograd
        1 fighter moved from Caucasus to Volgograd
        1 armour moved from Yenisey to Buryatia
              UK_Pacific take Yakut S.S.R. from Japanese
              UK_Pacific take Buryatia from Japanese
        1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Morocco to 91 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 2 infantry and 2 transports moved from 91 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from United Kingdom to 110 Sea Zone
        1 artillery, 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 3 infantry and 2 transports moved from 110 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Trans-Jordan to Kazakhstan
        2 fighters moved from Caucasus to Kazakhstan
        1 fighter moved from Caucasus to Volgograd
        1 fighter moved from Trans-Jordan to Kazakhstan

    Combat - British
        Battle in Kazakhstan
            British attack with 4 fighters and 1 infantry
            Germans defend with 1 infantry
                British roll dice for 4 fighters and 1 infantry in Kazakhstan, round 2 : 4/5 hits, 2.17 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Kazakhstan, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the British lost in Kazakhstan
                1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Kazakhstan
            British win with 4 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
            Casualties for British: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
        Battle in Volgograd
            British attack with 13 fighters, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
            Germans defend with 1 aaGun, 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor and 3 infantry
                Germans roll AA dice in Volgograd : 1/3 hits, 0.50 expected hits
                1 tactical_bomber owned by the British lost in Volgograd
                British roll dice for 13 fighters and 2 infantry in Volgograd, round 2 : 8/15 hits, 6.83 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 aaGun, 1 artillery and 3 infantry in Volgograd, round 2 : 0/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                1 aaGun owned by the Germans, 1 artillery owned by the Germans and 3 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Volgograd
            British win, taking Volgograd from Germans with 13 fighters and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
            Casualties for British: 1 tactical_bomber
            Casualties for Germans: 1 aaGun, 1 artillery and 3 infantry

    Non Combat Move - British
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Changing ownership of Eastern Persia from Japanese to British
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Changing ownership of India from Japanese to UK_Pacific
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Changing ownership of Borneo from Americans to UK_Pacific
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        1 fighter moved from Kazakhstan to Tsinghai
        1 fighter moved from Kazakhstan to Tsinghai
        2 fighters moved from Kazakhstan to Persia
        13 fighters moved from Volgograd to Persia
        1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Iraq to Eastern Persia
        3 fighters moved from Egypt to Persia
        1 armour moved from Egypt to Iraq
        10 armour, 15 artilleries, 23 infantry and 7 mech_infantrys moved from Caucasus to Northwest Persia
        4 armour and 4 mech_infantrys moved from Caucasus to Persia
        1 infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Egypt
        1 mech_infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Trans-Jordan
        1 mech_infantry moved from Union of South Africa to Belgian Congo
        1 bomber moved from Union of South Africa to Persia
        EDIT: 4 artilleries and 9 infantry moved from Burma to India
        1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from 112 Sea Zone to Norway
        1 submarine moved from 6 Sea Zone to 18 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 37 Sea Zone to 38 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 125 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
        1 mech_infantry moved from Northwest Persia to Persia
        1 armour moved from Northwest Persia to Persia

    Place Units - British
        1 airfield and 3 infantry placed in Persia
        2 mech_infantrys placed in Egypt

    Turn Complete - British
        British collect 34 PUs; end with 34 PUs
        Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 39 PUs

    Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
        UK_Pacific collect 14 PUs; end with 14 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Americans regular : 1.17
Japanese regular : 0.67
Japanese AA : -0.33
Defenders Fire,  : -0.17
Germans AA : 0.33
Attackers Fire,  : -0.17
Germans regular : 1.00
British regular : 3.00

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max defense next round. Let’s see how the dice hate me this game…

Game History

Round: 20

    Purchase Units - ANZAC
        ANZAC buy 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - ANZAC
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 33 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java
        1 infantry moved from 42 Sea Zone to Java

    Combat - ANZAC
        Battle in Java

    Non Combat Move - ANZAC
        5 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Szechwan to India
        1 bomber moved from Burma to India
        1 bomber moved from Burma to India
        1 submarine moved from 39 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 35 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from 33 Sea Zone to Kwangsi
        1 fighter moved from 33 Sea Zone to Kwangsi
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Caroline Islands to Kwangsi
        1 fighter moved from New South Wales to 33 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from South Australia to New South Wales
        2 aaGuns moved from South Australia to New South Wales
        2 submarines moved from 62 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 19 Sea Zone to 17 Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Caucasus to Northwest Persia

    Place Units - ANZAC
        1 destroyer and 1 transport placed in 62 Sea Zone
        1 fighter placed in New South Wales

    Turn Complete - ANZAC
        ANZAC collect 22 PUs; end with 23 PUs
        Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 28 PUs

    Combat Move - French

    Non Combat Move - French
        3 infantry moved from Caucasus to Northwest Persia

    Turn Complete - French

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

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updated

Quite a bold set of moves for me this turn. I game played some more conservative options and found that the Allies got overwhelmed in the European theater quite quickly and Japan was able to partially escape from their current predicament, liberating some islands and getting the income back up.

Let’s see how this turns out. I sacrificed a bunch to buy a little bit of breathing space in the Middle East. If my dice weren’t so bad in those two huge battles, I wouldn’t have needed this gamble.

That’s the kind of dice I needed! I hadn’t thought of that strafe in Persia. Would have worked out brilliantly if the dice were flipped.

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Game History

Round: 21

    Combat Move - Russians
        1 armour moved from Northwest Persia to Eastern Persia
        2 artilleries moved from Manchuria to Amur
              Russians take Amur from Japanese

    Combat - Russians

    Non Combat Move - Russians
        2 aaGuns moved from Manchuria to Amur

    Turn Complete - Russians

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

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changed my mind

No scramble from India if odds of winning is <50%. Will have to look at maps for odds >50%.

That Germany turn really set you back with the bad luck in Eastern Persia. The dice taketh and the dice giveth.

Thanks for a fun match! I learned so much during this game. My Allies play is very rusty and I would not have won without heavily studying your past game history and seeing that I could hold China with the additional units there plus the Siberia distraction.

I do think 60 is a bit too much for a bid. Have you changed your mind about that number now?

Congratulations to @Arthur-Bomber-Harris for this win, and also to @AndrewAAGamer for an excellent game! This was really fun to watch, and I was lurking right from the start.

I really enjoyed it, from the early attacks on the japanese fleets, the conquering and loss of France, and finally the US attack in turn 16. Great game and lots lo learn for the likes of me!

This game really did not deserve the “Semi” before the final, and I am not very confident we can keep up this quality when I am playing @Arthur-Bomber-Harris in the subsequent final… will be an honor to try though!

BTW, both: I read your comments regarding these battles in turn 16 and 17, that were so dicy and did nearly turn this game by luck alone… in the future maybe remember my words when I call out: LowLuck makes the game a better game! ;-)
https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/39727/low-luck-explained-advertised

Have fun!

@Myygames Swings in luck simulate history much more than low luck. Battles like Samar Island, Salamis, Agincourt, Midway (arguably) would be blowouts on a AnA battle board.

@crockett36 I personally prefer low-luck. I have had games where I get diced on turn 1 and gave up by turn 3.

What can you do when there is a critical battle that is 97% chance of winning, but you get slaughtered?

@Arthur-Bomber-Harris That’s life! The battle is not always to the strong, the race to the swift. I just had Moscow fall with 70 percent chance of victory AND he survived with way more units than he “should” have.

This is the immersive experience. The mathematical precision and highly detailed plans fall apart with first contact with the enemy. Then your tactical skills kick in. Your training. Your courage.

LL is useful for developing strategies, granted. But for game day, leave it home. We here on AnA.org have got to be able to interact with the broader AnA community. They’re playing to reenact the great crusade, roll the dice and have fun.

Good luck btw. You are the Allies. I always want the Allies to win. I’ll be reviewing your game on Youtube.

In the first few days of Barbarossa, Stalin had a breakdown and was absent for several days. He rolled sixes for quite a while.

@crockett36

https://youtu.be/rJE5-SjyXAY?si=CPsqK8g9TNVvneqD

I begin my review.