Best posts made by Stucifer

@crockett36

Turn order would definitely affect the bid, it would be pure speculation as to how much it is worth - certainly USSR having an entire extra turn and not being vulnerable to Italian aggression in nearly the same sense is worth at least their 37 IPCs of production, as posited. USA also going before Germany might affect the bid, as US support in the European theater would be a full turn of buys stronger.

Also worth showing the difference in starting units/TUV between OOB and the G42 setup:

OOB

G42

While the unit count and TUV is closer, remember that France’s units and most of UK’s vaporize on G1; conversely in G42, about 100 German TUV is destroyed by the USSR on their opening turn. Also, much of that TUV is facilities: such as the NB/AB in Philippines, Guam, France that tends to fall rather quickly in OOB. So TUV/unit count don’t tell the whole story, of course, but it is interesting to see the difference.

-5 hits from average on the opening salvo brought the odds down to 14%, I almost pulled it out of the bag, but MARTI had other ideas

@crockett36 Your luck has been quite good this game in a few key battles. Still impressed by the Korea attack back in round 4. Then followed it up with a +30 IPC gain vs expected in Caucasus and a huge swing in that 54 battle. Not sure if the Axis will have any steam left, might have to switch to sails and oars!

@crockett36 no need to restart, having a blast here in this game. And can be the first to try out this unique bid. That’s a big win for me either way! 🤓

I can’t remember for sure if I considered sending another mech to Caucasus or not.
Certainly in hindsight it would have been a good move! 😅

I think you’ve made keeping allies fighters out of Moscow fairly viable for another round or two, in my other OOB games it hasn’t been a factor because I find it very rare to satisfy the other 2 conditions.

@Argothair

Bid is Axis +9 - going to Japan for a transport and an infantry in Kwangsi.

Shameless plug - using the opening laid out in my YouTube videos here:

Rounds 1 & 2
https://youtu.be/0JK0TXDrYGY?si=XfNz2kuPnVW-cNgr
Rounds 3 & 4
https://youtu.be/EVIDYPGCPkw?si=hb2OTQlTaRMuxUrG

Recommend watching on 1.25-1.5x speed as I am a novice at making videos and talk pretty slow 😅

@Argothair Scrambled fighter paid off, had to lose the tac to capture :) pretty solid dice for the Axis overall though. Wouldn’t have minded getting to retreat my battleship in 114…

I’m happy to discuss the game, map, strategy openly with you

Also feel free to skip scrambles for 80%+ odds with negative expected TUV change

No worries, been out of town myself - glad you are feeling better again!

Sub off Borneo will submerge

@Argothair Yes, scramble the fighter. Bold moves by the UK, this will be a great game!

Skipped the scramble in 55 due to odds -

@Ghostglider Skipped the scrambles due to overwhelming odds -

@Gorshak @mikawagunichi was checking the threads and saw it happen, I added the notifications bell so I download the saves and look at them every few posts :D

I was curious if you had checked out the strategy discussion or watched the videos, thanks for the notice!

Yeah Russia is quite powerful, back to back turns in the low 70s on income with as much production facilities as they have really makes them scary. The US in the Med might cut Italy’s adventurism short rather quickly too. But Japan is going to need a lot of attention by the US soon. I like how aggresssive you’ve been with Japan in going for the killing blow.

I’ll have to look at round 2 again, I definitely want to make a couple new videos with some refinements as I got a tripod and am getting a new phone with a much better camera.

Sorry to divebomb your thread but this game is beautiful. The Sealion + ANZAC crush is pretty brutal. Been watching this since I heard there was a J1 New Hebrides 🤓

@axis-dominion

The New Hebrides opening is laid out in my YouTube video here:

https://youtu.be/0JK0TXDrYGY?si=XfNz2kuPnVW-cNgr

Recommend watching on 1.25-1.5x speed as I am a novice at making videos and talk pretty slow 😅

I had only limited play-testing, so there are many refinements to be made. I think there are 6 or 7 league games going with the Axis player using some variation of this opener.

In your game, curious if the sneaky counter move was taking Victoria with the Marine and using NCM to reinforce? 🤓

I am meeting @mikawagunichi and @Daaras for a face-to-face PTV game at the end of the month and I plan to update the channel with a new strategy video incorporating some of the League games in progress.

small edit forgot to blitz the UK tank through FCA

@666 said in L24 PtV Stucifer (X+11) vs 666 (L):

@Stucifer said in L24 PtV Stucifer (X+11) vs 666 (L):

Are you up for a rematch after this game?

sure

Sweet 😄

I’d like to see how the next Germany turn goes, before I call it

@leemorrison Hi Lee, I am not playing League Classic just yet—although it is certainly on the horizon for me!

If you need help setting up a game, I can be of assistance

@gamerman01 if you want we can run a mock battle here