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@Stucifer

I made an edit not to place in Novgorod and to move guys out in Non-Com to Belarus.

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Game History

Round: 1

    Purchase Units - Russians
        Russians buy 12 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Russians
        1 infantry moved from Ukraine to Bessarabia
        1 infantry moved from Baltic States to Eastern Poland
        1 fighter moved from Russia to Bessarabia
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Russia to Bessarabia
        1 fighter moved from Novgorod to Eastern Poland

    Combat - Russians
        Battle in Bessarabia
            Russians attack with 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
            Germans defend with 1 infantry
                Russians roll dice for 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Bessarabia, round 2 : 0/3 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Bessarabia, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Bessarabia, round 3 : 0/3 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Bessarabia, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Bessarabia, round 4 : 2/3 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Bessarabia, round 4 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Bessarabia
                1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Bessarabia
            Russians win with 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
            Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
        Battle in Eastern Poland
            Russians attack with 1 fighter and 1 infantry
            Germans defend with 1 infantry
                Russians roll dice for 1 fighter and 1 infantry in Eastern Poland, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Eastern Poland, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Eastern Poland
            1 fighter owned by the Russians retreated
            Germans win with 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -3
            Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry

    Non Combat Move - Russians
        1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Bessarabia to Rostov
        2 infantry moved from Caucasus to Northwest Persia
              Russians take Northwest Persia from Neutral_Allies
        1 armour moved from Volgograd to Caucasus
        1 mech_infantry moved from Volgograd to Caucasus
        1 armour moved from Russia to Western Ukraine
        1 mech_infantry moved from Russia to Western Ukraine
        1 fighter moved from Eastern Poland to Western Ukraine
        2 infantry moved from Ukraine to Western Ukraine
        1 infantry moved from Belarus to Bryansk
        2 aaGuns, 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Russia to Bryansk
        3 infantry moved from Vyborg to Novgorod
        2 infantry moved from Karelia to Novgorod
        2 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus
        2 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus
        1 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus
        1 aaGun moved from Novgorod to Belarus
        1 infantry moved from Novgorod to Belarus
        1 infantry moved from Archangel to Belarus
        6 infantry moved from Buryatia to Yakut S.S.R.
        6 infantry moved from Amur to Buryatia
        2 aaGuns and 6 infantry moved from Sakha to Buryatia
        1 cruiser moved from 115 Sea Zone to 114 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 127 Sea Zone to 111 Sea Zone

    Place Units - Russians
        3 infantry placed in Novgorod
        3 infantry placed in Ukraine
        6 infantry placed in Russia

    Turn Complete - Russians
        Russians collect 36 PUs; end with 37 PUs
        Trigger Russians 7 Great Patriotic War: Russians met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 40 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans regular : 0.67
Russians regular : -2.67

@Stucifer

Nice - yes having never been sealioned, I didn’t even have that on my mind. I guess I need to be more conservative on British expansion. :)

@Stucifer

Sorry for the delay, is it OK if I take my move over the weekend? Been too busy the last few days.

@Stucifer

Sorry, one more edit set if you’ll allow it. If you feel it’s too late, please reverse it out.

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@Stucifer

Revised file. Well played, need some luck next round to keep it going.

triplea_41179_7uk_revised.tsvg

@Stucifer

LOL, all the luck

@Stucifer

Stucifer over Booper, great play.

L24 BM Stucifer(X) vs Booper (L+22)

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/41179/l24-bm-stucifer-x-vs-booper-l-22/95?loggedin=true&page=4

@Stucifer

Scramble 2 fighters into sz111. Sub will stay and fight. No scramble in sz110

@Stucifer

Just saw the summary come through, that was insane. Must be a 99.89% outcome…

@pacifiersboard

I’ll just roll it. I see you said max defense once down to planes.

@Stucifer

Sorry, made a non-combat adjustment with France. I forgot my plan! Please use this file.

triplea_41270_5fra_rev1.tsvg

@koala

Thank you for the game! You played very well, and kept it competitive throughout. Even at the end, I was concerned about a blunder on the Europe a side, so just played conservatively and turtled up in Berlin.

A few thoughts from my side:

1. Not taking the Philippines on J1 was more due to my inexperience playing Axis, and wanting more margin on the other battles. Probably I would not do it again that way.

2. Agree the Persia (and Iraq) factories could have been helpful earlier on. Either to supply Moscow with fighters or to help bolster India.

3. Surprising how the blundering of 2 transports is really felt later in the game. I made a similar blunder in a recent game, and I also felt it turned out to be a pivotal mistake that led to me losing that game. You had Italy in a lot of financial distress due to the sub convoying.

4. I was not surprised you went for Tokyo, but I was surprised you went for it after not taking Korea with Russia so you could bring in the extra bomber. I adjusted my Japan fleet movement to go to Philippines assuming you would NOT go for it with odds I believe ever so slightly in my favor. Once you committed, I think it would have been worthwhile for you to go all the way. If you could not take it with US, Anzac would have a follow up attempt as well. The loss of income to Japan would have been felt, and could have been interesting to see what Anzac would do with 60+ extra income!

I do feel this was a mistake made on my part by (a) not taking Guam much earlier, and (b) getting too greedy trying to deny China access to artillery by holding Yunnan with help from Japanese planes. If I had left the planes on FIC with the airbase, just flying back a few fighters to Tokyo would have made the threat there manageable. You picked the exact right time to strike!

5. Once you took Rome, it became a strong base of operations for UK and US. I’ve usually gone north to break into Europe with the Allies, but taking Rome was very effective, especially with the bomber fleet.

6. It’s possible you may have been able to defend India if you were less aggressive attacking Germany/Italy. I never ran the scenario, but landing the Russian planes, all the British planes that were in Rome, and the US bombers could have enabled India to survive at least a couple extra turns, though not positive on that.

Overall, very well played, and enjoyed the game, thank you!

@farmboy

I didn’t change versions, but looks like post to forum is working for me again. Not sure what the issue was, but glad it works again!

@Arthur-Bomber-Harris

I like this idea! Less experienced players may not bid as appropriately as more experienced, so it can help even things out.

@Arthur-Bomber-Harris said in League General Discussion Thread:

@simon33 Not as frustrating as getting diced on G1 and giving up since you failed a 99% roll on Paris!

Hopefully the unsolvable disagreement over NG is also a 1%-frequency event. I don’t see anyone in the League playoffs who did a NG bid, but haven’t searched through every single match.

I think most players could find an alternate placement for those 3 IPCs. Otherwise, you could rewind the bid 1 turn, and have the other player take Allies.

@farmboy

Huh, very interesting. I wasn’t happy about losing my ~88% odds battle in Rostov, and was actually wishfully thinking that it would be nice if I held Ethiopia in exchange. Interesting both battles ended up being -14 TUV as well. Looks like Ethiopia should have been a 98% win for Russia.

The dice gods giveth, and taketh away!

@farmboy

Sure, no problem on both items. If it’s an obvious no-intercept situation, feel free to do as you did to keep things moving.

Also, no worries with the AA gun adjustment. I’ve actually got an NCM adjustment I need to make with Italy. I intended to land that bomber in Yugoslavia, but somehow forgot and stuck it in Novgorod. If you’re OK with it, I’ll make the edit on Germany’s turn.

@farmboy

Since Japan didn’t roll any dice, I just did edits of my buys/NCMs. Please verify that I made all the exchanges correctly!

@farmboy

Thx, yes sorry for the delay. Hope to get it out in the next day or 2.

@gamerman01

Regarding the coordination required of the Allies vs Axis, I might argue that the Axis suffers similarly. The closest coordination is required by Italy and Germany, with Italy moves based on anticipation of Germanys subsequent move.

Whenever I’ve played over-the-board, the bid tends to be much lower than the 40-60 range, and the Allies are still quite competitive.

But will be interesting to see how this evolves. Fun concept! I’m happy to play a turn whenever needed.