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accidentally had dice rolled for kamikaze planes in Egypt. Obvious misclick…

Game History

Round: 3

    Purchase Units - Italians
        Italians buy 1 destroyer and 2 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Italians
        1 armour moved from Eastern Poland to Archangel
              Italians take Belarus from Russians
              Italians take Archangel from Russians

    Combat - Italians

    Non Combat Move - Italians
        1 armour moved from Eastern Poland to Bessarabia
        2 artilleries and 3 infantry moved from Romania to Bessarabia
        3 mech_infantrys moved from Northern Italy to Romania
        1 fighter moved from Alexandria to Southern Italy
        1 aaGun, 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 5 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Alexandria to Tobruk
        1 infantry moved from British Somaliland to Italian Somaliland

    Place Units - Italians
        1 destroyer placed in 97 Sea Zone
        2 mech_infantrys placed in Southern Italy

    Turn Complete - Italians
        Italians collect 13 PUs; end with 13 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

I was panicking since my bomber was shot down during the factory bombing raid, thinking my Japan game was a failure. Then I realized I was on the wrong window, playing a practice game offline instead of using the right window with the dice server on. Phew!

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Game History

Round: 4

    Purchase Units - Japanese
        Japanese buy 1 airfield, 1 harbour, 4 infantry and 3 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 

    Combat Move - Japanese
        1 armour moved from Suiyuyan to Kansu
              Japanese take Kansu from Chinese
        1 armour moved from Kansu to Shensi
              Japanese take Shensi from Chinese
        1 infantry moved from Suiyuyan to Shensi
        1 armour moved from Anhwe to Kweichow
              Japanese take Kweichow from Chinese
        1 armour moved from Kweichow to Shensi
        1 fighter moved from 42 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone
        1 bomber moved from Kwangsi to India
        4 submarines moved from 6 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone

    Combat - Japanese
        Strategic bombing raid in India
                UK_Pacific roll AA dice in India : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
            Bombing raid in India rolls: 6 and causes: 5 damage to unit: factory_major
            Bombing raid in India causes 5 damage total. 
        Battle in 45 Sea Zone
            Japanese attack with 1 fighter
            ANZAC defend with 1 transport
                1 transport owned by the ANZAC lost in 45 Sea Zone
            Japanese win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
            Casualties for ANZAC: 1 transport

    Non Combat Move - Japanese
        1 armour, 2 artilleries and 4 infantry moved from French Indo China to Shan State
        1 infantry moved from Malaya to Shan State
        3 artilleries, 3 fighters, 5 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 6 tactical_bombers moved from Kwangsi to French Indo China
        1 bomber moved from India to French Indo China
        1 aaGun and 4 infantry moved from Kiangsi to Anhwe
        1 fighter moved from Manchuria to French Indo China
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Manchuria to French Indo China
        1 destroyer moved from 43 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from 45 Sea Zone to French Indo China
        3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 42 Sea Zone to French Indo China
        1 battleship moved from 42 Sea Zone to 38 Sea Zone
        1 battleship moved from 42 Sea Zone to 38 Sea Zone
        3 carriers, 2 cruisers, 3 destroyers and 2 transports moved from 42 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone

    Place Units - Japanese
        3 infantry placed in Manchuria
        1 infantry placed in Japan
        3 transports placed in 36 Sea Zone
        1 airfield placed in French Indo China
        1 harbour placed in Hainan

    Turn Complete - Japanese
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 0
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 6 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,6
        Japanese collect 60 PUs; end with 60 PUs
        Objective Japanese 4 Control Dutch East Indies: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 65 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

UK_Pacific AA : -0.17

@farmboy thanks for the rolls! That was a crazy lucky Japan turn.

@farmboy I checked the rule book and you are correct. Thanks for teaching me something new. TripleA has the mechanics wrong.

@gamerman01 that was the game from February. Pacifierboard wanted a match against me and we decided to make it our tentative semifinal game.

@Stucifer not a playoff game, but a regular match. Nice to have Chinese soldiers standing toe to toe with the Japanese forces.

Congratulations Farmboy! You are truly incredible to beat such fierce competition like Adam. Next level talent.

@farmboy that’s the beauty of bombers. I had the quadruple threat of Sea Lion, attacking the Atlantic fleet, and attacking down to Iraq. It is so hard to keep up the arms race against Germany.

I think your bid was a bit low. Probably a different outcome with Allies+50-ish which has become the new norm.

Chances of a three-peat for me is quite low. I have a tough first round and guaranteed to be the underdog in the final twice rounds. I would need incredible dice luck to get another crown. Would need some crazy bomber magic to get through this bracket. Previous years did not have such strong competition in my path to W.

Suggestion for future playoff years: reigning champ gets first seed in the bracket.

@gamerman01 my proposal is that the bid amount is fixed for the tournament, not the specific units that are bought with the income. I love choosing the pieces but dislike the process of deciding the exact value of the Allied starting money.

@simon33 I have never accepted this bid.

@crockett36 i would like the minimum number of rule changes to keep OOB still OOB. A bid was obviously necessary, and then we agreed it was dull to allow 10 inf in Paris as the starting units so required the 1 unit per territory rule.

I do think we now have enough data from the past years to estimate the “fair” bid based on Elo-adjusted win percentages. Maybe I will dig into that data and see if I can come up with a model.

@gamerman01 pacifier isn’t too bad, but when he gives game control to his son then we quiver in fear.

@crockett36 there certainly are a fair number of people who have higher ELO scores than me. I have no problem finding opponents, if I wanted to be more active during the regular season.

I would estimate about 30 extra bid for every 400 Elo point difference for the top players, and 100 extra bid for bottom-tier noobs who don’t know how to use the advantage. Personally, I would rather not be gifted an advantage and instead rely on the luck of the dice.

I would definitely take a fighter for a sub…

thanks for the reminder of the national objective. Probably some mistakes for Japan as this theater is so different than G40. Good learning experience!

RIP Italy. I warned you about his dice…

so weird to have Italy out-earn the UK

caught up on income, but Russia is a monster!

@gamerman01

I warned you Gamerman. You cannot win when the dice are stacked against you. Should have let him land his British planes on the carriers to appease Lady Luck.