Posts made by Arthur Bomber Harris

minor edit

triplea_40891_9italy edit.tsvg

triplea_40891_9italy.tsvg

the dice for defenders has been awful recently:

Game History

Round: 9

    Purchase Units - Italians
        Italians buy 3 artilleries and 1 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Italians
        1 mech_infantry moved from Albania to Romania
        1 infantry moved from Yugoslavia to Romania
        1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to Romania
        1 armour moved from Northwest Persia to Iraq
        1 armour moved from Iraq to Persia
        2 artilleries, 1 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Northwest Persia to Persia

    Combat - Italians
        Battle in Romania
            Italians attack with 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
            British defend with 1 armour
                Italians roll dice for 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Romania, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 armour in Romania, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits
                1 armour owned by the British lost in Romania
            Italians win, taking Romania from British with 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
            Casualties for British: 1 armour
        Battle in Persia
            Italians attack with 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys
            British defend with 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 factory_minor and 3 infantry
                Italians roll dice for 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys in Persia, round 2 : 3/7 hits, 2.17 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 armour, 2 artilleries and 3 infantry in Persia, round 2 : 0/6 hits, 2.17 expected hits
                3 infantry owned by the British lost in Persia
                Italians roll dice for 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys in Persia, round 3 : 3/7 hits, 2.17 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 armour and 2 artilleries in Persia, round 3 : 0/3 hits, 1.17 expected hits
                2 artilleries owned by the British and 1 armour owned by the British lost in Persia
            Italians win, taking Persia from British with 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 23
            Casualties for British: 1 armour, 2 artilleries and 3 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Italians
        1 infantry moved from Volgograd to Tambov
        1 fighter moved from Romania to Germany
        1 mech_infantry moved from Southern Italy to Western Germany
        1 infantry moved from France to Western Germany
        1 aaGun, 1 artillery and 13 infantry moved from Southern Italy to Northern Italy
        1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to Western Germany
        1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to Western Germany
        2 aaGuns and 2 infantry moved from Albania to Yugoslavia
        1 armour moved from Yunnan to India

    Place Units - Italians
        3 artilleries and 1 infantry placed in Northern Italy

    Turn Complete - Italians
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 8
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 97 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,6,6,2,3,3
        Italians collect 9 PUs (8 lost to blockades); end with 9 PUs
        Objective Italians 1 Control The Mediterranean: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 14 PUs
        Objective Italians 4 Control Iraq Or Persia Or Northwest Persia: Italians met a national objective for an additional 4 PUs; end with 18 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italians regular : 1.83
British regular : -3.83

@farmboy no problem for forgotten noncombat edits that weren’t based on future dice rolls.

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

Thanks! Was worth a try.

@farmboy I checked through the mechanics and I had no chance of losing that sub even if all of your units hit.

Please roll its dice. I assume that you had a plane hit on turn 1?

If I understand the battle mechanics, there was zero downsides of the sub staying and fighting on turn 1. No chance it would be sunk.

@farmboy probably just means you have to roll the sub the first round with a 1 in 6 chance of hitting? I assume your planes got a hit?

fight with the sub but take the destroyer as the hit. submerge if I ever lose the destroyer

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

@farmboy sounds fair.

@farmboy i was clicking through everything on screen and don’t remember.

If you want to do it on the forum, lose an infantry first and then a plane if I take a second casualty.

@farmboy hmmm, I don’t remember. How do you want to resolve this?

Not sure if I will regret abandoning Manchuria…

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Game History

Round: 9

    Purchase Units - Japanese
        Japanese buy 2 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 2 submarines; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 

    Combat Move - Japanese
        8 artilleries and 16 infantry moved from Manchuria to Jehol
        1 destroyer moved from 36 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
        2 submarines moved from 6 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone
        1 bomber moved from Japan to 26 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Borneo to 35 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from French Indo China to 36 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from 36 Sea Zone to Philippines
        1 tactical_bomber moved from 36 Sea Zone to Philippines
        1 fighter moved from 36 Sea Zone to Philippines
        1 tactical_bomber moved from 36 Sea Zone to Philippines
        1 infantry moved from French Indo China to 36 Sea Zone
        2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 36 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
        1 infantry moved from 35 Sea Zone to Philippines
        1 infantry moved from 35 Sea Zone to Philippines
        2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from French Indo China to Kiangsi
        1 armour moved from Yunnan to Kwangsi
        1 bomber moved from Yunnan to Kiangsi
        1 fighter moved from 36 Sea Zone to Kiangsi
        1 tactical_bomber moved from 36 Sea Zone to Kiangsi
        1 armour moved from Szechwan to Hunan
        1 fighter moved from Japan to 35 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber moved from 36 Sea Zone to Kwangsi
        1 fighter moved from Yunnan to Hunan
        1 mech_infantry moved from French Indo China to Kweichow
        1 bomber moved from India to Kweichow
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Japan to 35 Sea Zone

    Combat - Japanese
        Japanese creates battle in territory 20 Sea Zone
        Japanese creates battle in territory 19 Sea Zone
        Americans scrambles 1 units out of Hawaiian Islands to defend against the attack in 26 Sea Zone
        Battle in 26 Sea Zone
            Japanese attack with 1 bomber and 2 submarines
            Americans defend with 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 1 submarine and 2 transports
                Americans roll dice for 1 submarine in 26 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 2 submarines in 26 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 bomber in 26 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 2 transports in 26 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                1 submarine owned by the Japanese lost in 26 Sea Zone
                1 submarine owned by the Americans, 1 destroyer owned by the Americans and 1 fighter owned by the Americans lost in 26 Sea Zone
                2 transports owned by the Americans lost in 26 Sea Zone
            Japanese win, taking 26 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 bomber and 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 32
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 submarine
            Casualties for Americans: 1 destroyer, 1 fighter, 1 submarine and 2 transports
        Battle in Kweichow
            Japanese attack with 1 bomber and 1 mech_infantry
            Chinese defend with 1 infantry
                Japanese roll dice for 1 bomber and 1 mech_infantry in Kweichow, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.83 expected hits
                Chinese roll dice for 1 infantry in Kweichow, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 mech_infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Kweichow
                1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Kweichow
            Japanese win with 1 bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is -1
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 mech_infantry
            Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry
        Battle in Hunan
            Japanese attack with 1 armour and 1 fighter
            Chinese defend with 1 infantry
                Japanese roll dice for 1 armour and 1 fighter in Hunan, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                Chinese roll dice for 1 infantry in Hunan, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 armour and 1 fighter in Hunan, round 3 : 0/2 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                Chinese roll dice for 1 infantry in Hunan, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 armour and 1 fighter in Hunan, round 4 : 1/2 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                Chinese roll dice for 1 infantry in Hunan, round 4 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Hunan
            Japanese win, taking Hunan from Chinese with 1 armour and 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry
        Battle in Kiangsi
            Japanese attack with 1 bomber, 3 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers
            Americans defend with 1 artillery and 2 infantry; Chinese defend with 1 infantry
                Japanese roll dice for 1 bomber, 3 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers in Kiangsi, round 2 : 5/7 hits, 4.17 expected hits
                Chinese roll dice for 1 artillery and 3 infantry in Kiangsi, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                1 fighter owned by the Japanese lost in Kiangsi
                2 infantry owned by the Americans, 1 artillery owned by the Americans and 1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Kiangsi
            Japanese win with 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 fighter
            Casualties for Americans: 1 artillery and 2 infantry
            Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry
        Battle in Kwangsi
            Japanese attack with 1 armour and 1 tactical_bomber
            Chinese defend with 1 infantry
                Japanese roll dice for 1 armour and 1 tactical_bomber in Kwangsi, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 1.17 expected hits
                Chinese roll dice for 1 infantry in Kwangsi, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Kwangsi
            Japanese win, taking Kwangsi from Chinese with 1 armour and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry
        Battle in 35 Sea Zone
            Japanese attack with 1 destroyer, 2 fighters, 1 submarine, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport
            Americans defend with 1 submarine; ANZAC defend with 1 submarine and 1 transport
                Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in 35 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Japanese roll dice for 1 destroyer, 2 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport in 35 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 2.00 expected hits
                ANZAC roll dice for 2 submarines in 35 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                ANZAC roll dice for 1 transport in 35 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/0 hits, 0.00 expected hits
                1 submarine owned by the ANZAC lost in 35 Sea Zone
                Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in 35 Sea Zone, round 3 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 submarine owned by the Americans lost in 35 Sea Zone
                Japanese roll dice for 1 destroyer, 2 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport in 35 Sea Zone, round 3 : 1/4 hits, 2.00 expected hits
                ANZAC roll dice for 1 transport in 35 Sea Zone, round 3 : 0/0 hits, 0.00 expected hits
                1 transport owned by the ANZAC lost in 35 Sea Zone
                1 infantry owned by the ANZAC and 1 artillery owned by the ANZAC lost in Philippines
            Japanese win, taking 35 Sea Zone from Americans with 1 destroyer, 2 fighters, 1 submarine, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is 19
            Casualties for ANZAC: 1 submarine and 1 transport
            Casualties for Americans: 1 submarine
        Battle in Philippines
            Japanese attack with 2 fighters, 2 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers
            Americans defend with 1 airfield and 1 harbour
            Japanese win, taking Philippines from Americans with 2 fighters, 2 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
            Casualties for ANZAC: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
        Battle in Jehol
            Japanese attack with 8 artilleries and 16 infantry
            Chinese defend with 1 infantry
                Japanese roll dice for 8 artilleries and 16 infantry in Jehol, round 2 : 6/24 hits, 6.67 expected hits
                Chinese roll dice for 1 infantry in Jehol, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Jehol
                1 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Jehol
            Japanese win, taking Jehol from Chinese with 8 artilleries and 15 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
            Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Japanese
        1 fighter moved from 35 Sea Zone to Borneo
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Philippines to 36 Sea Zone
        2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Philippines to 36 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from 35 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber moved from 35 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Kwangsi to French Indo China
        1 fighter moved from Hunan to India
        1 submarine moved from 36 Sea Zone to 19 Sea Zone
        1 aaGun moved from Yunnan to Hunan
        1 bomber moved from 26 Sea Zone to Marshall Islands
        1 bomber moved from Kweichow to French Indo China
        1 bomber moved from Kiangsi to Japan
        2 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers moved from Kiangsi to French Indo China

    Place Units - Japanese
        1 armour and 2 infantry placed in French Indo China
        Japanese undo move 1.
        2 armour and 1 infantry placed in French Indo China
        2 artilleries and 1 infantry placed in India
        2 submarines placed in 6 Sea Zone
        1 fighter placed in Japan

    Turn Complete - Japanese
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 1
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 20 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,1
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 19 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,4
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 6 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,5
        Japanese collect 48 PUs (1 lost to blockades); end with 48 PUs
        Objective Japanese 3 Control Honolulu Or Sydney Or Calcutta Or Western United States: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 53 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Chinese regular : -0.33
Americans regular : -0.17
Japanese regular : -1.83
ANZAC regular : -0.33

no need for turn by turn, my units had great luck on turn 1…

@farmboy please confirm the scramble and if the American sub fights turn 1.

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I did a practice fight without the dice server and I got absolutely destroyed in most of these battles. Let’s see if I can do better when it counts.

@farmboy no problem. Will do round by round. If my subs get 1 hit on round 1, lose your sub?

I will be attacking Pearl Harbor. Still finalizing the other moves.

1. scramble?
2. if the bomber hits on turn one, lose the destroyer or the fighter (assuming scramble)?

@farmboy will do my turn tomorrow. Sorry for the delay.