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The attacker has one bonus in these kind of gambles: He can retreat and live to fight another day, if the first round is poor.

@gamerman01 said in L23 BM4 Gamerman (Allies+10) vs Roboto (Axis):

Ooh, you stayed and took out the fighter.

I stayed, yes. Ideally I would have liked to score 2 hits in the second round, leaving only the fighter (or the damaged battleship), but I scored 4/4.

One of the rare occasions where more hits are not necessarily better. But am I going to complain about 4/4?

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Game History

Round: 1

    Purchase Units - Germans
        Germans buy nothing; Remaining resources: 30 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Germans
        1 submarine moved from 117 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 118 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 108 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 103 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from 124 Sea Zone to 111 Sea Zone
        1 battleship moved from 113 Sea Zone to 111 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Holland Belgium to 110 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Germany to 110 Sea Zone
        1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to 110 Sea Zone
        1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to 110 Sea Zone
        1 bomber moved from Germany to 110 Sea Zone
        1 bomber moved from Germany to 111 Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Norway to 111 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to 111 Sea Zone
        1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Holland Belgium to Normandy Bordeaux
        3 armour, 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Holland Belgium to France
        1 artillery, 3 infantry and 4 mech_infantrys moved from Western Germany to France
        3 armour moved from Greater Southern Germany to France
        1 tactical_bomber moved from Poland to France
        1 armour and 1 infantry moved from Romania to Yugoslavia
        2 artilleries and 6 infantry moved from Greater Southern Germany to Yugoslavia
        1 fighter and 1 infantry moved from Slovakia Hungary to Yugoslavia
        1 armour moved from Slovakia Hungary to Yugoslavia
        1 infantry moved from Slovakia Hungary to Yugoslavia

    Combat - Germans
        British scrambles 1 units out of Scotland to defend against the attack in 111 Sea Zone
        Battle in Yugoslavia
            Germans attack with 2 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 fighter and 9 infantry
            Neutral_Allies defend with 5 infantry
                Germans roll dice for 2 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 fighter and 9 infantry in Yugoslavia, round 2 : 3/14 hits, 4,00 expected hits
                Neutral_Allies roll dice for 5 infantry in Yugoslavia, round 2 : 1/5 hits, 1,67 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Yugoslavia
                3 infantry owned by the Neutral_Allies lost in Yugoslavia
            1 fighter owned by the Germans retreated
            2 artilleries owned by the Germans, 8 infantry owned by the Germans and 2 armour owned by the Germans retreated to Romania
            Neutral_Allies win with 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
            Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
            Casualties for Neutral_Allies: 3 infantry
        Battle in Normandy Bordeaux
            Germans attack with 1 artillery and 3 infantry
            French defend with 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
                Germans roll dice for 1 artillery and 3 infantry in Normandy Bordeaux, round 2 : 2/4 hits, 1,00 expected hits
                French roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Normandy Bordeaux, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0,67 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the French and 1 artillery owned by the French lost in Normandy Bordeaux
            Germans win, taking Normandy Bordeaux from French with 1 artillery and 3 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
            Casualties for French: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
        Battle in 106 Sea Zone
            Germans attack with 2 submarines
            British defend with 1 destroyer and 1 transport
                Germans roll dice for 2 submarines in 106 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0,67 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 destroyer and 1 transport in 106 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                1 submarine owned by the Germans lost in 106 Sea Zone
                Germans roll dice for 1 submarine in 106 Sea Zone, round 3 : 1/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 destroyer and 1 transport in 106 Sea Zone, round 3 : 1/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                1 submarine owned by the Germans lost in 106 Sea Zone
                1 destroyer owned by the British lost in 106 Sea Zone
            British win with 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is -4
            Casualties for Germans: 2 submarines
            Casualties for British: 1 destroyer
        Battle in France
            Germans attack with 6 armour, 2 artilleries, 4 infantry, 4 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber
            British defend with 1 armour and 1 artillery; French defend with 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 factory_major, 1 fighter and 6 infantry
                French roll AA dice in France : 0/1 hits, 0,17 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 6 armour, 2 artilleries, 4 infantry, 4 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber in France, round 2 : 5/17 hits, 6,00 expected hits
                French roll dice for 1 aaGun, 2 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 fighter and 6 infantry in France, round 2 : 5/11 hits, 4,33 expected hits
                4 infantry owned by the Germans and 1 mech_infantry owned by the Germans lost in France
                1 aaGun owned by the French and 4 infantry owned by the French lost in France
                Germans roll dice for 6 armour, 2 artilleries, 3 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber in France, round 3 : 7/12 hits, 5,17 expected hits
                French roll dice for 2 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 fighter and 2 infantry in France, round 3 : 3/7 hits, 3,00 expected hits
                2 artilleries owned by the Germans and 1 mech_infantry owned by the Germans lost in France
                1 armour owned by the French, 2 infantry owned by the French, 1 fighter owned by the French, 1 artillery owned by the British, 1 armour owned by the British and 1 artillery owned by the French lost in France
            Germans captures 19PUs while taking French capital
            Germans converts factory_major into different units
            Germans win, taking France from French with 6 armour, 2 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 25
            Casualties for Germans: 2 artilleries, 4 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys
            Casualties for French: 1 aaGun, 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 6 infantry
            Casualties for British: 1 armour and 1 artillery
        Battle in 110 Sea Zone
            Germans attack with 1 bomber, 3 fighters, 2 submarines and 3 tactical_bombers
            British defend with 1 battleship and 1 cruiser; French defend with 1 cruiser
                Germans roll dice for 2 submarines in 110 Sea Zone, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0,67 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 bomber, 3 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers in 110 Sea Zone, round 2 : 4/7 hits, 4,17 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 battleship and 2 cruisers in 110 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1,67 expected hits
                1 submarine owned by the Germans lost in 110 Sea Zone
                1 cruiser owned by the French, 1 cruiser owned by the British and 1 battleship owned by the British lost in 110 Sea Zone
            Germans win with 1 bomber, 3 fighters, 1 submarine and 3 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 38
            Casualties for Germans: 1 submarine
            Casualties for British: 1 battleship and 1 cruiser
            Casualties for French: 1 cruiser
        Battle in 111 Sea Zone
            Germans attack with 1 battleship, 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber
            British defend with 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 fighter
                Germans roll dice for 1 submarine in 111 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
            Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the British
                Germans roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber in 111 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 2,50 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 fighter in 111 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 2,17 expected hits
            Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Germans
                1 destroyer owned by the British lost in 111 Sea Zone
                Germans roll dice for 1 submarine in 111 Sea Zone, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0,33 expected hits
                Germans roll dice for 1 battleship, 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber in 111 Sea Zone, round 3 : 4/4 hits, 2,50 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 fighter in 111 Sea Zone, round 3 : 1/1 hits, 0,67 expected hits
                British roll dice for 1 battleship and 1 cruiser in 111 Sea Zone, round 3 : 0/2 hits, 1,17 expected hits
                1 fighter owned by the Germans lost in 111 Sea Zone
                1 cruiser owned by the British, 1 battleship owned by the British and 1 fighter owned by the British lost in 111 Sea Zone
            Germans win with 1 battleship, 1 bomber, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 40
            Casualties for British: 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 fighter
            Casualties for Germans: 1 fighter
        Trigger Germans Conquer France: Setting switch to true for conditionAttachment_French_1_Liberation_Switch attached to French
        triggerFrenchDestroyPUsGermans: Setting destroysPUs to true for playerAttachment attached to French

    Non Combat Move - Germans
        1 fighter moved from Yugoslavia to Southern Italy
        1 infantry moved from Romania to Bulgaria
              Germans take Bulgaria from Neutral_Axis
        3 infantry moved from Norway to Finland
              Germans take Finland from Neutral_Axis
        1 bomber and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 111 Sea Zone to Western Germany
        2 infantry moved from Denmark to Western Germany
        1 tactical_bomber moved from 110 Sea Zone to Holland Belgium
        1 aaGun moved from Western Germany to Holland Belgium
        1 fighter moved from 110 Sea Zone to Holland Belgium
        1 fighter moved from 110 Sea Zone to Holland Belgium
        1 bomber, 1 fighter and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 110 Sea Zone to Western Germany
        1 cruiser and 1 transport moved from 114 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone
        1 tactical_bomber moved from France to Western Germany
        3 aaGuns, 3 artilleries and 11 infantry moved from Germany to Slovakia Hungary
        1 armour and 3 infantry moved from Poland to Slovakia Hungary
        1 armour moved from Slovakia Hungary to Romania

    Turn Complete - Germans
        Germans collect 39 PUs; end with 88 PUs
        Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 93 PUs
        Objective Germans 1 Trade with Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 98 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

French regular : 0,00
Neutral_Allies regular : -0,67
Germans regular : 0,33
British regular : -1,33
French AA : -0,17

Ah right, France was good too.

Overall a good G1 for me, although 106 does hurt a little.
111 made up for it though, I guess.
I mean, you were right: That sub didn’t hit again. It didn’t need to because the crew confused your warships enough so that they missed as well.

Away with your voodoo

Also forgot to attack the transport, I edited it. Sorry, it’s been a short night.

Yeah you probably didn’t see I already posted the turn.

Hm, what are you talking about? We are not at war! And I promise you, we don’t intend to attack our Soviet friends

I score 1 hit. I assume you will take one fighter as a casualty instead of a bomber.

Well Italy doesn’t have much else, at least give them AA guns.

Overall my Axis game is a lot weaker than my Allies game.

Withing the Axis game, Japan usually is by far my strongest. In most of my games, Italy is doing okay too (considering it’s Italy…).

But my biggest weakness is conquering Russia. I somehow never manage to do it. That’s why I tried to go almost all-in on land units this game.

Yeah gg.

It was an exciting game and my only hope at the end was an above-average result for me here, against Germany and Japan. But it was the other way and you even got Cairo without Japanese help…

I had probably the worst UK1 I ever had and then also took a lots of hits in China with my US troops (I specifically remember the one turn where you shot down 4 planes!!!). Then you got that brutal dicing in Jap10, sinking my Navy for +101 TUV instead of +33 on average.

And of course Moscow… I probably shouldn’t have stayed and rather drag your army north. But I couldn’t have predicted this harsh result either…

To be honest, the only major battle I remember going my way was very very late in US11, when I got a +38 against Japan. This was completely irrelevant though.

I would love to play a rematch against you. I’m not even asking for favourable dice this time, only average would make me happy haha.
Are you up for another game?

Thanks for the input on AAA guns.

The more I think about it, a 97 attack on UK1 does not seem to be the best course of action in most cases.

It seems to be stronger to merge the UK fleet at Gibraltar (maybe even with an airbase) and deny Vichy with one transport

I hit the 2.5% in my last game against Simon, where the Italian destroyer lived.

That was really bad, because my whole UK1 turn was based on merging in 92 which was not possible anymore. I lost Egypt as a result later on. I liberated Cairo later and I think I’m gonna win this game, but that’s partly because A) I had some luck in Pacific, which gave USA the possibility to invest more in Europe and B) I think I am a better player than simon. Against an equally strong player, that would have been game over.

Merging in UK92 with the airbase seems the way to go. Even a destroyer blocking the fleet will not help Italy much, because the fighter stack at Gibraltar can sink the Italian fleet anyway. Happened to me in another game just recently. I went all-in on TRJ and Alexandria in Ita1, blocking the UK fleet. German planes secured Alexandria.

UK2 sunk the Italian navy with air only, landing the surviving planes in cairo. Had barely enough to defend - but barely enough is still enough, since Italy can’t reinforce without a navy.

Yep - a lesson learned the hard way.
If the gameplan relies on merging in 92, you better shrink those SZ96 chances to <1%

@gamerman01 said in L23 BM4 Gamerman (Allies+10) vs Roboto (Axis):

That J4 was crisp,

Thanks mate!

I’m usually quite proud of the way I play Japan. Of course one can always improve, but Pacific almost always looks quite well for my axis.

@gamerman01 said in L23 BM4 Gamerman (Allies+10) vs Roboto (Axis):

Of course, doing well in other places allows you to get more units there

Exactly.
Everything is connected basically. WHEN I win with Axis, I usually get Moscow last after I won other areas - Japan often sucks so many resources from US, sometimes even getting the middle east and therefore even sucking resources from UK too. Russia can’t stand against Germany forever without help…

Yeah, sitting in Caroline with the Navy is quite comfortable

Yeah these 5 subs in 6 were a gambit. I tried to find the sweet spot, where an attack was ALMOST but not quite a good idea.
I love kamikaze for this exact reason - often times the Allies can’t attack because they can’t be sure if a destroyer survives or not. Especially since hit units can’t fire back.

As Allies, I sometimes try to attack without the absolute need to win, just to get these kamikaze out of the picture because it is so hard to calculate properly if Japan still has access to them.

Now over in Europe, I actually have placed myself in a difficult situation. I knew what awaited me but I tried to postpone thinking about the choice for as long as possible. But I’m afraid I can’t drag it out any longer.
On the other hand, with your big royal airforce and navy, there was not much Italy could do to save those few precious ships…

These Italian Airplanes are so valuable to clear blockers… on land AND sea. On the other hand … you do have Anzac / French units on hand anyway…

Send those 3 fighters out, I’ll blast some British planes out of the sky with them!

Yeah, Japan can use a lot of subs and it’s not always easy to resupply them. I have to take the few chances I get.

You on the other hand have too many bombers for my liking!

By the way, we made a mistake earlier.

Remember when I moved some of my Japanese Troops into german occupied Russian territory?

My goal was that you cannot attack them without declaring war at me first.

But then you DID attack the German troops in Round 10, just ignoring the Japanese troops. I thought to myself, that I must have remembered the rule wrongly.

However, I was right. It’s a mistake in tripleA, the game notes even list that:

"Rules specific to 1940 the engine does not do, but you must follow:
…

• (PE) You may not attack a territory containing units owned by a nation that you are not at war with (even if the territory is owned by someone you are at war with)."

Now, this was round 10 and in round 11 I declared war on Russia with Japan. I don’t think we can resolve this now, I just have to live with that.

Just wanted to let you know for future games