Best posts made by Martin

I won’t be able to look at my turn with Germany, before Friday evening / Saturday morning

Thanks. I am already in bed and will conduct the battle in approx. 7.5 hours.

Just as a heads-up, starting Friday, I will be on well deserved vacation for one week :-) Won’t be able to make any turn, during that time.

@FlyingBadger said in L24 OOB Martin (X) vs FlyingBadger (L+40):

you go into hiding from the might of the Allies

We will go to Malaga. This is to find a nice place to escape to in case the great war will be lost. Plan B if you want.

Thank you for the game! I honestly nearly missed that opportunity, as I was not expecting it. Then, suddenly, I thought: For the heck of it, check what the battle calculator says for Moscow… Usually I would have waited another two rounds or so to increase the win percentage. But I wanted to avoid a longer war with two fronts. I think I would not have defended Volgograd as strongly and put more effort into the defense of Moscow. I understand that you wanted to keep Germany from getting these tasty bonus points for Volgograd and Caucasus.

You successfully made me do what I blamed you for in our first game - I had to invest into Navy with Germany, LOL.

I advise you to take more time for your turns and to do more test runs locally. And try to avoid hopeless desparation battles as you did in the Pacific in SZ33, when your chance for winning was close to zero with less than 5%. The Allies are in the comfortable position that mistakes are forgiven and they can tike higher chances, but there should at least be some chance.

Good luck in your other games!

Literally nobody likes uncle Josef Wissarionowitsch Stalin - he will be asked to leave again! First in a friendly way, and then (most likely) in a rather unfriendly way…

My dear enemy, I should be able to do my turn with Japan, tomorrow.

I edited a ncm with a mech

OOB 40882 Round 16 - Italy.tsvg

Game History

Round: 16

    Purchase Units - Italians
        Italians buy 1 artillery; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Italians
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Southern Italy to 98 Sea Zone

    Combat - Italians
        Battle in 98 Sea Zone
            Italians attack with 1 tactical_bomber
            British defend with 1 destroyer; Americans defend with 1 transport
                Italians roll dice for 1 tactical_bomber in 98 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0,50 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 destroyer and 1 transport in 98 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                1 tactical_bomber owned by the Italians lost in 98 Sea Zone
                1 destroyer owned by the British lost in 98 Sea Zone
            British win with 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is -3
            Casualties for Italians: 1 tactical_bomber
            Casualties for British: 1 destroyer

    Non Combat Move - Italians
        1 armour moved from Romania to Yugoslavia
        1 aaGun moved from Northern Italy to Southern Italy
        1 aaGun moved from Western Germany to Northern Italy

    Place Units - Italians
        1 artillery placed in Northern Italy

    Turn Complete - Italians
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 2
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 99 Sea Zone. Rolls: 3,2
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 97 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,5,6,6
        Italians collect 9 PUs (2 lost to blockades); end with 10 PUs
        Objective Italians 1 Control The Mediterranean: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 15 PUs
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Italians to Yugoslavia: 1 mech_infantry
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Italians from Northern Italy: 1 mech_infantry
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italians regular : 0,50
British regular : 0,67

Tough luck paired with stupidity - apologies for the edits

OOB 40882 Round 17 - Italy.tsvg

Game History

Round: 17

    Purchase Units - Italians
        Italians repair damage of 1x factory_minor; Remaining resources: 14 PUs; 
        Italians buy 1 artillery and 1 fighter; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Italians
        1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Yugoslavia to Poland

    Combat - Italians
        Battle in Poland
            Italians attack with 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry
            Russians defend with 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                Italians roll dice for 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry in Poland, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0,67 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Poland, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0,67 expected hits
                1 mech_infantry owned by the Italians lost in Poland
                Italians roll dice for 1 armour in Poland, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0,50 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Poland, round 3 : 1/2 hits, 0,67 expected hits
                1 armour owned by the Italians lost in Poland
            Russians win with 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -10
            Casualties for Italians: 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry

    Non Combat Move - Italians
        1 artillery moved from Northern Italy to Southern Italy
        2 artilleries moved from Northern Italy to Greater Southern Germany

    Place Units - Italians
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Italians to Northern Italy: 1 infantry
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Italians from Southern Italy: 1 infantry
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        1 artillery placed in Northern Italy
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Italians to Northern Italy: 2 artilleries
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Italians from Greater Southern Germany: 2 artilleries
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        1 fighter placed in Northern Italy

    Turn Complete - Italians
        Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 0
            Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 97 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,5,6,4,5,5
        Italians collect 11 PUs; end with 11 PUs
        Objective Italians 1 Control The Mediterranean: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 16 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italians regular : -1,17
Russians regular : 0,67

Thank you very much, guys, this was another great and insightful interview! You get some inspiration from listening to the top players. And further to this, it is nice to see the faces behind the user names of the A&A league family 👍

Well, that’s it - my act of desperation did not work out. Congratulations - I need to find a special weapon for my Axis to beat your patience with the Allies, LOL. And I believe I have lost all of my games with the Axis against you, because I didn’t take re-taking France serious enough, or too late.

This was another awesome game with many ups and downs and LOTS of action :-) I still remember what you said at the beginning: “I can’t believe it is still only round 2, so much has happened already!”

My Japan was as strong as never before, but this didn’t help against your well played KJF strategy.

I was secretly hoping to benefit from your longer break, but you seem to be stainless and never rust…

So I am looking forward to playing the re-match with switched sides, most likely in February.

I am now heading to my submarine - good luck with your other games - and in the Playoffs!

@gamerman01 well, Trulpen made it to two finals and one semi final in the 2021 Playoffs

@simon33 I would never allow for that bid and never have. It is like a bid-multiplier, and I wouldn’t accept that.

@leemorrison all good - it should just be the person who lost posting the result, and the post should include a link to the game thread 👍

L25 Classic: Martin X vs Dawgoneit L - no bid

Dawgoneit wins

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/41663/l25-classic-martin-x-vs-dawgoneit-l-no-bid/2

L25 OOB elche (X) vs. Martin (L+35)

elche over Martin

I “provoked” a Sea Lion and then couldn’t deal with it - the Russian bear disappointed. And then, with 100% chance of taking Japan, I did not realize that Japan could simply produce a “missing” blocker in SZ19. Tried to be sneaky, building two harbors in the last preparation round for the invasion, haha. Well played by elche.

https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/41931/l25-oob-elche-x-vs-martin-l-35/2

Happy New Year altogether!🙂

Please note that I withdraw from my participation in the OOB Playoffs. It should be fine then with 8 players.

I was already wondering if I really have the time for an additional game, and I actually don’t. Enjoy the OOB Playoffs 👍