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Keep on training.  You need a bit stronger of a force to take on Moscow around G6-10, depending on your goal.  Some more bombers are devastating for Germany.  They can keep away my fleet, bomb Moscow, and be combined with ground forces for effective attacks.  Spending the money on bombers would have been more effective than the fleet that you built.

I also need to improve since I don’t stand a chance against the top quarterile of league players.  Thanks for the game!

Good game Aequitas.

It was a lot of fun.  I agree early on I was trying to find a foothold and keep from dropping too much either way.  I still have no luck with holding Russia, or even maintaining a presence after they fall as some do.  By 11, yeah I think I had a stable position with a stable reinforcement to Europe from America that would have cost a lot to break up.  Europe is definitely the harder side of the board for me it seems.  I usually end up losing Egypt even if I clear out Asia…

Thank you very much for the game.

Sincerely,
Snigg

AeV,

Thanks for the game, I had fun. Altough a even balanced game can be better, it is nice to see some of my strategy’s coming back to me. I didnt want to press you into quiting, but in my opinion this game was over.

If you want a rematch Ill hear it.

Sincerely cds.

I have been working on something that may help balance any abilities you give to cruisers . A way to add more of a “capital” ship into the game, so I have bought blue, black, and orange counters (same kind as stock white and red ones) and plan on using them to mark hits on capital ships, orange being fire (dive bomb/ kamikaze) and blue being water (torpedo bomber). I have bought several new units from HBG to depict the different aircraft, but being largely a historian I find the loss of a battleship or carrier during one roll kind of odd. I know you have the option to tilt the piece for a second hit? But what about if you mark the ship with a hit or two and then put a black marker for smoke? Now while you are limping the ship to port for repairs attacking battleships can fire from longer range instead of attacking within the same sea zone. This in effect would make any rules to cruisers balanced because they can be sunk in a round of combat. Whereas if capital ships BB and CV’s are sunk in shallow water areas they can be raised as well. Now your poor man’s BB pales in comparison because it won’t have the capability to take multiple hits and long range engagements. As for balance the very fact that when crippled movement shall be one space and the smoke allowing for long range engagement should even things out. I don’t mind adding miniature elements to the game because it only enhances play.  What do you guys think?

Bump #4

Too bad your dice rolling skill level isn’t equal to you strategy skill level.

I will play you again when you have more time. I do understand that life is keeping you very busy at the moment.
I enjoyed our game and would like to play you in a rematch someday.

Sincerely AeV

Same conditions, switch and new thread. it is!
You may set up the game then.

Bid Placement is :

1x SS sz 98
1x TT sz 71
1x mech in egypt
1x Inf in Alex if allowed.

thank you, thanks on the league game. asking gamer to cancel it. that was mighty sportsmen like and I do apprieciate it.
if you would like to play any game im in

I think you should be able to beat tier 3’s and 4’s and possibly 2’s, AeV.  I mean, just playing as well as you did against me.  I guess I played 2 mid tier-2’s recently and they both fared a little better than you, but not much better.

The J2 in China killed you.  Like I already said, you probably would have got away with it against a lesser player - I think most would have attacked Yunnan to get the NO and not tried attacking your stack on Kwe.  But I made the right move and attacked the stack with everything and I got good luck.  That combination there was the killer.

Japanese forward ground units in the first several rounds of the game are GOLD.  The Allies should as a general rule be willing to take risky and desperate shots against all Japanese ground units on the fronts - in China and on islands.  So one of the biggest lessons from this game I think is to keep being aggressive with Japan like you were, but be a little more careful not to give the Allies a shot at you.  <50% odds of the Allies on your stack might not be acceptable.  The conventional wisdom of “as long as they lose more than me” doesn’t work so well in some situations in G40, and this is one of the best examples of that.

I had a 57% with an expected -6.68 TUV swing.  A lot of players wouldn’t attack there, but like I said it was the right move.  Your aggressive move to Kwe forced me to attack, because to stand aside is to let Japan split the Allies in half and drive for India or mop up China.

I hope you don’t feel like I’m beating you over the head with it, but in my opinion that was single most critical decision of this game.  I got great luck there too, and that really hurt you (although you took Kwe back, killing the 5 Chinese survivors with zero casualties to Japan), but even if I didn’t get great luck, it would have weakened Japan’s stack sufficiently to really protect India for quite awhile.

@aequitas-et-veritas

I would definitely choose the E-series. I assume that the tank design will be submitted early enough to allow for the beginning of mass production and for several Panzer Divisions to be equipped with these tanks by 1941 before Operation Barbarossa.

As much as I would like to choose the E-100, it seems to take too much fuel and is too slow, even if it is nearly invincible.

So I would choose either the E-50, the intended replacement of the Tiger 1 or the Panther, or the E-75, the replacement of the Tiger 2. However, these units would have been much cheaper and easier to produce, getting rid of much of the noncombat problems the earlier tanks had.

Honestly, I think Germany, combined with good decisions (such as not declaring war on the US and having a better strategy), could have won the war with the full group of E-series tanks. I am unsure though why the E-10 and E-25 would need to exist, as both serve the same roles. I think only one of them would have been good enough. Similarly, I think only either the E-50 or E-75 is necessary. The E-100, though, as good as it is, would not have been practical.

Yeah…I think the allies have this one, the axis offensives have stalled and it’s only a matter of time before they start losing what they’ve taken so far.
Thanks for the game!

@Karl7:

@Arthur:

It looks like it was a very interesting game.  Karl7 is such a tough opponent!

Ahhhhh!  I try to have fun.    :mrgreen:

Hey you tried to Team up behind my back.  :lol: :lol:

Hey Odonis,
not right now but in the near future.
Thank you for asking.

@Arthur:

It was a good match.  I thought you had me in the early game, but Japan collapsed allowing the Allies to quickly shift planes to save Moscow.  Brilliant move taking Egypt.  I was cursing myself for that misplay and your good counter.

I have been playing Allies quite a bit recently, so it will be nice to switch sides and be Allies.

Thank you.
Indeed the Fall of Japan made it difficult in Europe. I fellt the Nimbus of beeing indestructable in the early game.
You had a nice way on keeping my eyes on the Meds to distract me from the whole Picture  :-).

My bid is:

1x arty in Alexandria 4IPC
1x SS in sz 98 6IPC
1x TT in sz 71 7IPC
1 IPC Russia treassury

Thank you.

Bump

@aequitas:

Hey oysteilo,

I concede.  The Odds are against me in this game and I don’t think we should prolong a game where axis have no Chance of winning.
If you agree then repost to this and I will go ahead and post your victory in the Forum.
Good game.

I accept. It was a fun game

Sure that’s cool – good game AeV!  Until we meet again in Round 12…  :-D

Some of those initial battles were tough, especially in the Pacific.

You had me round cornerd and it went downhill plus your mobile russian push wich was excellent , too.
Congrats you deserved the win.

Thanks AeV,

You have been a great opponent. I agree with you with the Middle East and Egypt campagne. I think that made the difference in this game.

I’ve seen that you have started a few games, but when you’ll be free again post me and we could play another game.

It was a pleasure playing with you.

Best regards Rubioton.