Gamerman01 v TheGoodCaptain (+8) Loser bracket final

@gamerman01

Game History

Round: 16

    Research Technology - Japanese
        Japanese spend 50 on tech rolls
            Japanese roll 6,4,1,5,4,4,4,1,6,5 and gets 2 hits
        Japanese discover Industrial Technology and Heavy Bomber

    Activate Technology - Japanese
        Japanese activating Industrial Technology and Heavy Bomber

    Combat Move - Japanese
        1 bomber moved from Manchuria to Persia
        1 bomber moved from Persia to Karelia S.S.R.
        1 bomber moved from West Europe to East US
        1 bomber moved from Germany to West Canada
        1 bomber moved from West Canada to West US
        1 infantry moved from Sinkiang to Kazakh S.S.R.
        1 infantry moved from Persia to Kazakh S.S.R.
        2 infantry moved from Persia to Caucasus
        2 infantry moved from Syria Jordan to Anglo Sudan Egypt
        1 transport moved from Red Sea Zone to Indian Ocean Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from India to Indian Ocean Sea Zone
        1 infantry and 1 transport moved from Indian Ocean Sea Zone to Red Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Red Sea Zone to Italian East Africa
              Japanese take Italian East Africa from British
        1 fighter moved from Red Sea Zone to Anglo Sudan Egypt
        1 fighter moved from West Europe to Anglo Sudan Egypt
        1 fighter moved from West Europe to Caucasus
        1 fighter moved from Japan to Kazakh S.S.R.

    Combat - Japanese
        Strategic bombing raid in Karelia S.S.R.
            Bombing raid in Karelia S.S.R. rolls: 2,5,1 and costs: 8 PUs.
            Bombing raid costs 8 PUs
        Strategic bombing raid in East US
                Americans roll AA dice in East US : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
            Bombing raid in East US rolls: 1,2,5 and costs: 8 PUs.
            Bombing raid costs 8 PUs
        Strategic bombing raid in West US
                Americans roll AA dice in West US : 1/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
            1 bomber owned by the Japanese killed by AA in West US
            Bombing raid costs 0 PUs
        Battle in Caucasus
            Japanese attack with 1 fighter and 2 infantry
            British defend with 1 infantry
                Japanese roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Caucasus, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Caucasus, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the British lost in Caucasus
            Japanese win, taking Caucasus from Russians with 1 fighter and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for British: 1 infantry
        Battle in Kazakh S.S.R.
            Japanese attack with 1 fighter and 2 infantry
            Russians defend with 1 infantry
                Japanese roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Kazakh S.S.R., round 2 : 1/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Kazakh S.S.R., round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Kazakh S.S.R.
                1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Kazakh S.S.R.
            Japanese win, taking Kazakh S.S.R. from Russians with 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
        Battle in Anglo Sudan Egypt
            Japanese attack with 2 fighters and 2 infantry
            British defend with 1 infantry
                Japanese roll dice for 2 fighters and 2 infantry in Anglo Sudan Egypt, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 infantry in Anglo Sudan Egypt, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the British lost in Anglo Sudan Egypt
            Japanese win, taking Anglo Sudan Egypt from British with 2 fighters and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for British: 1 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Japanese
        1 bomber moved from East US to West Europe
        1 aaGun moved from Yakut S.S.R. to Manchuria
        1 fighter moved from Anglo Sudan Egypt to West Europe
        1 fighter moved from Caucasus to West Europe
        1 fighter moved from Anglo Sudan Egypt to Persia
        1 fighter moved from Kazakh S.S.R. to Persia
        1 infantry moved from Solomon Islands to Solomon Islands Sea Zone
        1 infantry and 1 transport moved from Solomon Islands Sea Zone to Japan Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from Japan to Japan Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Japan Sea Zone to Manchuria
        1 submarine moved from Solomon Islands Sea Zone to Japan Sea Zone
        1 aaGun moved from Japan to Japan Sea Zone
        6 infantry moved from Japan to Japan Sea Zone
        1 aaGun, 6 infantry and 4 transports moved from Japan Sea Zone to French Indo China Sea Zone
        1 aaGun and 6 infantry moved from French Indo China Sea Zone to French Indo China
        3 transports moved from French Indo China Sea Zone to Japan Sea Zone
        2 armour and 2 infantry moved from Japan to Japan Sea Zone
        2 armour and 2 infantry moved from Japan Sea Zone to Manchuria
        1 carrier moved from French Indo China Sea Zone to Japan Sea Zone
        1 bomber moved from Karelia S.S.R. to East Europe
        7 infantry moved from India to Persia
        1 infantry moved from Persia to Syria Jordan
        1 battleship moved from Red Sea Zone to French Indo China Sea Zone
        4 infantry moved from China to French Indo China
        5 infantry moved from French Indo China to India
        4 infantry moved from Manchuria to China

    Turn Complete - Japanese
        Japanese collect 51 PUs; end with 52 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Japanese regular : 0.00
Americans AA : 0.67
Russians regular : 0.33
British regular : -0.33

J16.tsvg Axis: +7.59

@gamerman01

Accepted. I NEED to talk to you over discord at some point.

I feel very strongly you have revolutionized the way classic is played or can be played and may not know it or why or how.

I must pick your brain…I must. Instant fan over here. It’s “can I have your autograph” euphoria over here. I don’t think you understand.

@The_Good_Captain I have kept an eye on you guys’ game and would love to hear the thoughts you have or that will come up in your (potential) discord chat!

@gamerman01 @VictoryFirst

Though it might be more fun to go over this live on the call, in the interest of preserving posterity and to sharpen the discussion…

You made a horrifyingly effective Pacific strategy for the USA. I have to reshoot my classic videos to address this and how you fought in the Pacific. I’ve never been compelled to reshoot a video series but I absolutely have to now. I was delightfully appalled to be a victim of it and will be copying most if not all of that strategy going forward. I’ve seen plenty in the Pacific. I know about Wake but I’ve never seen anyone execute it with such deliberate, controlled moves. For example, the more common Pac strat until now was to build a strong fleet and float around with one or two guys to capture islands. The flaw in that is the japanese just need to kill the infantry with their air power and its basically over.

You combined a push on Wake with what i call “still birth” and pushed and choked japan so hard in the beginning i could barely keep in the game even with overall positive dice favoring me. And you did this WITHOUT building IC. omg!

This is turn forced me to realize that tech favors the pacific (jets and super subs) and to compute what each breakthrough would mean in the pacific every turn until I had to throw for tech or lose. So by transitive property you made me learn a bunch of stuff about tech and its employment I would otherwise never have uncovered.

I have played this game CONSTANTLY for six years and all that is a first. You schooled me. Only luck and dogged experience and LUCK again saved me. I raise my glass to you. I’ve never been so humbled in a game of Classic or Axis and Allies in general.