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@Gargantua Well this time around I really only had the choice to attack with everything and retreat to Mecca otherwise the Turks were gonna capture it.

@Whackamatt LOL! Well played!

@Wittmann Unless I’ve already played Turkey and won. Sometimes I lose track of all my wins! ;)

@Wittmann Did you just admit to losing to Adam?

Alright. Seems folks want to continue… so be it!

@Karl7 Hopefully the resilient Dutch can come save China and Russia now ;)

GG all. One of the closer ones I think we’ve had and maybe the best start I’ve seen Italy have so kuddos @Colt45554. Count me in for another!

Hmm, @Gargantua doesn’t feel like he’s surrendered enough as Germany yet?

TripleA Turn Summary: UnitedKingdom round 4

TripleA Turn Summary for game: Napoleonic Empires, version: 4.2.0

Game History

Round: 4

    Combat Move - UnitedKingdom
        1 Corvette moved from SZ36 to SZ44
        1 Corvette and 1 Cutter moved from SZ38 to SZ41
        2 Brigantines and 1 Cutter moved from SZ36 to SZ41
        1 Battleship moved from SZ36 to SZ41
        1 Corvette and 1 Cutter moved from SZ34 to SZ41
        1 Fusiliers moved from Wessex to SZ34
        1 Barque and 1 Fusiliers moved from SZ34 to SZ41
        1 Fusiliers moved from SZ41 to Old Castille
              UnitedKingdom take Old Castille from Spain
        1 Barque moved from SZ30 to SZ33
        1 Fusiliers and 1 Marines moved from Sussex to SZ35
        1 Barque, 1 Fusiliers and 1 Marines moved from SZ35 to SZ36
        1 Chasseurs moved from Wessex to SZ33
        1 Barque and 1 Chasseurs moved from SZ33 to SZ36
        1 Chasseurs, 1 Fusiliers and 1 Marines moved from SZ36 to Brittany
        2 Cutters moved from SZ29 to SZ34
        1 Battleship moved from SZ36 to SZ41
        1 Artillery moved from Sussex to Wessex
        1 Grenadiers moved from Cheshire to South Wales

    Purchase Units - UnitedKingdom
        UnitedKingdom buy 2 Battleships, 1 Cutter and 1 Fusiliers; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat - UnitedKingdom
        Battle in Brittany
            UnitedKingdom attack with 1 Chasseurs, 1 Fusiliers and 1 Marines
            France defend with 1 Chasseurs
                UnitedKingdom roll dice for 2 Frigates in Brittany, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 1.00 expected hits
                UnitedKingdom roll dice for 1 Chasseurs, 1 Fusiliers and 1 Marines in Brittany, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits
                France roll dice for 1 Chasseurs in Brittany, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits
                1 Chasseurs owned by the France and 1 Fusiliers owned by the UnitedKingdom lost in Brittany
            UnitedKingdom win, taking Brittany from France with 1 Chasseurs and 1 Marines remaining. Battle score for attacker is 1
            Casualties for UnitedKingdom: 1 Fusiliers
            Casualties for France: 1 Chasseurs

    Non Combat Move - UnitedKingdom
        1 Brigantine moved from SZ74 to SZ71
        1 Cutter moved from SZ74 to SZ82

    Place Units - UnitedKingdom
        1 Battleship placed in SZ34
        1 Battleship placed in SZ82
        1 Cutter placed in SZ82
        1 Fusiliers placed in Essex

    Turn Complete - UnitedKingdom
        UnitedKingdom collect 53 PUs; end with 54 PUs
        Objective Balancing Income for balanced game: UnitedKingdom met a national objective for an additional -4 PUs; end with 50 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

France regular : 0.50
UnitedKingdom regular : -0.83

Production/PUs Summary :

France : 58 / 55
UnitedKingdom : 53 / 50
Spain : 36 / 35
KingdomOfPrussia : 22 / 22
Sweden : 20 / 27
AustrianEmpire : 30 / 30
OttomanEmpire : 33 / 34
Russia : 33 / 33

Savegame

Picks so far
Elrood Austria
Witt Germany
@Degrasse 61
redrum 53
aequitas-et-veritas 42
Entek 32
Private-Panic 30
FMErwinRommel 25

Remaining
Centrals:
Turkey & Communists

Entente:
Britain
France & Serbia
USA
Arabia & Italy
Russia

Centrals
Elrood - Austria
Witt - Germany
redrum - Turkey & Communists

Entente
Degrasse - Arabia and Italy
aequitas-et-veritas - USA
Entek - Russia
Private-Panic - Britain
FMErwinRommel - France & Serbia

@fmerwinrommel Yeah, just insane dice :( Just lucky I had such an overwhelming force otherwise could have been an even bigger disaster.

@fmerwinrommel Ah! I know a bit about college basketball rivalries as I graduated from Duke :)

With 7 players, I’d propose nations as something like:

3 Axis
Yamamoto/Hisachi/Thai
Germany/Finland/Romania
Italy

4 Allied
Russia
USA
UK/France
China/ANZAC/Dutch

I’ll take Germany to make things interesting.

Regarding balance, at low and high experience level 1v1, the game is fairly balanced. For intermediate experience and team games, the Entente definitely have the advantage. The main reasons for this compared to higher level 1v1 game play is that the CP openings need to be fairly optimized to get early gains before all the defensive lines are created and the CPs need to coordinate more than the Entente as they are the aggressors which is harder in team games. There is probably enough team games here on the forum to show that with fairly equal experience level teams Entente probably win 2/3 to 3/4 of the time.

I believe we have tried a few games giving the CP a small bid in the past, @Witt and @Private-Panic probably remember, which I think did make it a bit more balanced for team games. The only thing you need to be careful of is giving Germany too many land units in a bid as they can potentially steam roll France or Russia as the balance there is pretty close early on. So I would generally support either a pretty small bid that any CP can use (most will probably go to Germany) or a slightly larger bid that only non-German CPs can use.

But I’m fine either way if folks want to just play it as is or try a bid out this game.

@fmerwinrommel Didn’t realize I had hired a writer to capture my path to victory!

TripleA Turn Summary: French round 4

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World At War, version: 2.1.1

Game History

Round: 4

    Combat Move - French
        1 Adv.Fighter moved from French Sudan to Darfur
        1 Infantry moved from Nubia to Darfur
        1 Infantry moved from New Valley to Darfur

    Purchase Units - French
        French buy 1 Factory, 1 Infantry, 2 Tanks and 1 Transport; Remaining resources: 2 PUs; 

    Combat - French
        Battle in Darfur
            French attack with 1 Adv.Fighter and 2 Infantrys
            Italians defend with 1 Infantry
                French roll dice for 1 Adv.Fighter and 2 Infantrys in Darfur, round 2 : 0/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 Infantry in Darfur, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                French roll dice for 1 Adv.Fighter and 2 Infantrys in Darfur, round 3 : 1/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits
                Italians roll dice for 1 Infantry in Darfur, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                1 Infantry owned by the Italians lost in Darfur
            French win, taking Darfur from Italians with 1 Adv.Fighter and 2 Infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 2
            Casualties for Italians: 1 Infantry

    Non Combat Move - French
        1 Adv.Fighter moved from Darfur to Mersa Matruh
        1 Infantry moved from Lower Egypt to Mersa Matruh
        1 Infantry moved from Palestine to Lower Egypt
        1 Infantry moved from Syria to Palestine
        1 AAGun, 1 Artillery and 7 Infantrys moved from W.Morocco to Mauritania
        3 Tanks moved from Mauritania to French Equatorial Africa
        1 Artillery and 1 Infantry moved from Greenland to 8 Sea Zone
        1 Artillery, 1 Infantry and 1 Transport moved from 8 Sea Zone to 10 Sea Zone
        1 Artillery and 1 Infantry moved from 10 Sea Zone to Scotland
        1 Destroyer moved from 18 Sea Zone to 20 Sea Zone
        1 Infantry moved from Amazon to Suriname

    Place Units - French
        1 Factory placed in French Equatorial Africa
        2 Tanks placed in Syria
        1 Infantry placed in Churchill
        1 Transport placed in 1 Sea Zone

    Turn Complete - French
        French collect 19 PUs; end with 21 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italians regular : -0.67
French regular : -0.67

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 116 / 119
Russians : 92 / 92
Italians : 58 / 60
French : 19 / 21
Yamamoto : 68 / 74
Chinese : 30 / 39
Hisaichi : 51 / 54
British : 113 / 117
Anzac : 36 / 36
Dutch : 17 / 22
Finns : 14 / 12
Romanians : 15 / 15
Thai : 18 / 18
Americans : 105 / 107

Savegame

The citizens of Paris celebrate as they are liberated from the oppressive French government and join the unstoppable German nation!

redrum 96
witt 15
FMErwinRommel 74 then 14
Elrood 54
Entek 74 then 24
dawgoneit 7
Private-Panic 100
aequitas-et-veritas 39

Pick Order
Private-Panic
redrum
Entek
FMErwinRommel
Elrood
aequitas-et-veritas
witt
dawgoneit

Options
Germany
Austria
Turkey & Communists
France & Serbia
Italy & Arabia
Britain
Russia
USA

Highest picks first:
redrum [dice 1d100]
witt [dice 1d100]
FMErwinRommel [dice 1d100]
Elrood [dice 1d100]
Entek [dice 1d100]
dawgoneit [dice 1d100]
Private-Panic [dice 1d100]
aequitas-et-veritas [dice 1d100]