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@kwaspek104 absolutely. I aim to cover the rules, yes but also illustrate their implications. I will try to demonstrate different common situations and the most “proper” responses. Who understands this rule better will have a massive advantage, which is kinda lame imo. That being said, I think it is the most thought provoking and nuanced optional rule in the entire canon. Personally, I love it. It is incredible how much tension and excitement it creates - its almost an over the board negotiation. Both sides have a say in what happens and when. It’s not up to any one side’s control. I mean, the CP can always DENY the offer and carry on crushing Russia. Nuts.

@the_good_captain

Game History

Round: 8

    Puchase Units - Germans
        Germans buy 10 infantry and 1 tank; Remaining resources: 2 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Germans
        3 units repaired.
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from Karelia: 1 infantry
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Germans to SZ 12: 1 infantry
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Germans from Moscow: 9 artilleries and 1 infantry
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Germans to Karelia: 9 artilleries and 1 infantry
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        1 infantry moved from SZ 12 to Poland
        4 fighters moved from Moscow to Poland
        2 infantry moved from Kiel to Holland
        9 artilleries, 7 fighters and 32 infantry moved from Ruhr to Munich
        3 infantry moved from Hanover to Munich
        1 infantry moved from Kiel to Ruhr
        6 artilleries, 6 infantry and 3 tanks moved from Kiel to Hanover
        1 infantry moved from Berlin to Kiel
        1 artillery, 3 fighters and 6 infantry moved from Berlin to Hanover
        3 fighters moved from Hanover to Munich
        1 battleship, 2 cruisers and 2 submarines moved from SZ 11 to SZ 10

    Combat - Germans
        Germans creates battle in territory Karelia
        Germans creates battle in territory SZ 12
        Battle in Holland
            Germans attack with 2 infantry
            British defend with 1 infantry
                Germans roll dice for 2 infantry in Holland, round 2 : 0/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits
                French roll dice for 1 infantry in Holland, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits
            French and Germans reach a stalemate
        Battle in Karelia
            Germans attack with 11 artilleries and 2 infantry
            Russians defend with 1 infantry and 1 port
                Germans roll dice for 11 artilleries and 2 infantry in Karelia, round 2 : 5/13 hits, 6.50 expected hits
                Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Karelia, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits
                1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Karelia
            Germans win, taking Karelia from Russians with 11 artilleries and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
            Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
        Battle in Munich
            Germans attack with 9 artilleries, 10 fighters and 35 infantry
            British defend with 4 artilleries and 8 infantry; French defend with 1 infantry
                Germans roll dice for 9 artilleries, 10 fighters and 35 infantry in Munich, round 2 : 21/54 hits, 22.50 expected hits
                British roll dice for 4 artilleries and 9 infantry in Munich, round 2 : 8/13 hits, 6.50 expected hits
                8 infantry owned by the Germans, 1 infantry owned by the French, 4 artilleries owned by the British and 8 infantry owned by the British lost in Munich
            Germans win, taking Munich from British with 9 artilleries, 10 fighters and 27 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 19
            Casualties for Germans: 8 infantry
            Casualties for British: 4 artilleries and 8 infantry
            Casualties for French: 1 infantry

    Combat Move - Germans

    Place Units - Germans
        10 infantry and 1 tank placed in Berlin

    Turn Complete - Germans
        Germans collect 42 PUs; end with 44 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

French regular : -0.50
Russians regular : -0.50
Germans regular : -3.67
British regular : 1.50

G8.tsvg

@victoryfirst

Game History

Round: 8

    Puchase Units - Russians
        Russians buy 4 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Russians
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Neutral_True to Karelia: 1 infantry
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Russians from Karelia: 1 infantry
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

    Combat - Russians
        Russians creates battle in territory Moscow
        Russians creates battle in territory SZ 17
        Battle in Moscow
            Russians attack with 9 artilleries, 1 factory and 37 infantry
            Germans defend with 9 artilleries, 4 fighters and 6 infantry; AustroHungarians defend with 4 artilleries and 36 infantry
            AustroHungarians and Russians reach a stalemate
            . Battle score for attacker is -58
            Casualties for Russians: 1 artillery and 36 infantry
            Casualties for AustroHungarians: 13 infantry
            Casualties for Germans: 5 infantry

    Combat Move - Russians
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Neutral_True from Karelia: 1 infantry
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Russians to Karelia: 1 infantry
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

    Place Units - Russians
        4 infantry placed in Moscow

    Turn Complete - Russians
        Russians collect 4 PUs; end with 5 PUs

R8.tsvg

@victoryfirst lets go with 5 German infantry and 13 Austrian Infantry. If I get home (in about 8 hours) and you haven’t rolled the CP, I’ll go ahead and use the file you sent to complete the combat since there is nothing else to do for Russia’s turn. I can then do Germany’s turn and send it back to you for France/UK.

@kwaspek104 well you had 7 before attacking Japan and then you lost one so now you have six. I’ll adjust Manchuria down by 1. You can always check the history tab to see what was what. Rolling 8 dice and not getting a single 1 is 24.25%.

@victoryfirst The minefield became Austrian once Trieste became contested. From page 17.

“…the player controlling the corresponding territory (or the original controller if it’s
contested) rolls one die for each of your ships that moved into or through each enemy minefield sea zone.”

If the cruisers want to sink the transport they’ll have to roll for mines. Also, don’t forget you have a Russian inf in Sevastopol (or perhaps you want him there).

@victoryfirst trust me, you are not the only one. I don’t think I have played a game yet where either I or my opponent screwed up a rule. It is a somewhat disorganized and confusing manual. But I work very hard to get the rules right and get better and share this stuff with others when it comes up.

@VictoryFirst I meant to say, “I or my opponent HAVEN’T screwed up a rule.”

@victoryfirst to save time, I skipped the Russian turn and did the German turn. If there is a move you wanted to make as Russia, just make EDITS as needed. If there are dice rolls you need to make as Russia, you can use the “Roll Dice” option in the drop down menu - just let me know who is attacking what. =)

@crockett36

Game History

Round: 4

    Purchase Units - Japanese
        Japanese buy 2 armour, 1 infantry and 3 submarines; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 

    Combat Move - Japanese
        1 bomber moved from Yakut S.S.R. to Wake Island Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from Japan Sea Zone to North Pacific Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from North Pacific Sea Zone to Wake Island Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from Japan Sea Zone to Okinawa Sea Zone
        1 submarine moved from Okinawa Sea Zone to Wake Island Sea Zone
        2 battleships, 1 carrier, 1 fighter, 3 submarines and 3 transports moved from Japan Sea Zone to Wake Island Sea Zone
        2 fighters moved from Yakut S.S.R. to Wake Island Sea Zone
        1 armour moved from Yakut S.S.R. to Evenki National Okrug
              Japanese take Evenki National Okrug from Russians
        1 armour moved from Evenki National Okrug to Yakut S.S.R.
        1 infantry moved from Yakut S.S.R. to Novosibirsk
              Japanese take Novosibirsk from Russians

    Combat - Japanese
        Battle in Wake Island Sea Zone
            Japanese attack with 2 battleships, 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 3 fighters, 5 submarines and 3 transports
            Americans defend with 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 2 fighters, 7 submarines and 1 transport
                Japanese roll dice for 5 submarines in Wake Island Sea Zone, round 2 : 3/5 hits, 1.67 expected hits
                1 carrier owned by the Americans, 1 transport owned by the Americans and 1 battleship owned by the Americans lost in Wake Island Sea Zone
                Japanese roll dice for 2 battleships, 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 3 fighters and 3 transports in Wake Island Sea Zone, round 2 : 6/7 hits, 3.67 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 7 submarines in Wake Island Sea Zone, round 2 : 3/7 hits, 2.33 expected hits
                Americans roll dice for 2 fighters in Wake Island Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/2 hits, 1.33 expected hits
                3 transports owned by the Japanese, 4 submarines owned by the Americans, 2 submarines owned by the Japanese and 2 fighters owned by the Americans lost in Wake Island Sea Zone
            3 submarines owned by the Japanese retreated to Japan Sea Zone
            3 fighters owned by the Japanese and 1 bomber owned by the Japanese retreated
            1 carrier owned by the Japanese and 2 battleships owned by the Japanese retreated to Japan Sea Zone
            Americans win with 3 submarines remaining. Battle score for attacker is 66
            Casualties for Americans: 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 2 fighters, 4 submarines and 1 transport
            Casualties for Japanese: 2 submarines and 3 transports

    Non Combat Move - Japanese
        Turning on Edit Mode
        EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from Wake Island Sea Zone: 3 submarines
        EDIT: Adding units owned by Americans to North Pacific Sea Zone: 3 submarines
        EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
        4 infantry moved from Manchuria to China
        1 fighter moved from Wake Island Sea Zone to China
        1 bomber moved from Wake Island Sea Zone to Manchuria
        1 fighter moved from Kwangtung to China
        1 fighter moved from Wake Island Sea Zone to Japan Sea Zone
        1 transport moved from Philippines Sea Zone to Japan Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Japan to Japan Sea Zone
        2 infantry moved from Japan Sea Zone to Manchuria
        1 fighter moved from Wake Island Sea Zone to Japan Sea Zone
        1 fighter moved from Yakut S.S.R. to Manchuria

    Place Units - Japanese
        3 submarines placed in Japan Sea Zone
        2 armour and 1 infantry placed in Manchuria

    Turn Complete - Japanese
        Japanese collect 35 PUs; end with 35 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Americans regular : 1.33
Japanese regular : 3.67

J4.tsvg Yes, that was a hot roll for the IJN, no argument with that. However, the total unit value of the board is still pro-Allies by 20 IPC and the economy is +22 pro-Allies - and that’s not even factoring in the upcoming USA turn. All that to say, don’t let the cut on your lip bother you - just keep swinging. =)

@crockett36 did you take USA/Russia’s turns? I thought I saw some dice get rolled - a battle in Novosibirsk.

@domanmacgee that’s exactly the sentiment I wanted to convey. Your experience with the game definitely came through. You had to school me several times on the rules even (much appreciated btw).

During the Anniversary series I realized I had to run my TripleA games in this way to save time. I needed to learn as many lessons as I could as quickly as I could to get good fast and so playing in the way I described quickly became the standard. Yes, there is a level of dedication. I am particularly motivated with regards to 1914 because even before I played my first game, I saw that most of the YouTube videos on the topic were severely lacking - even the bigger channels seemed to make a mess of things (rules errors were particularly irritating and prevalent). I felt 1914 deserved better than that.

@crockett36 that’s not to denigrate what you and the other axis and allies teams did. I have extraordinarily high respect for any name in the credits of any game branded ‘axis and allies’. They’re exceptional games, the whole lot. I say this as someone who has stacked a lot of time over many war board games.

@crockett36 final answer (sorry): G13 NCM edit FINAL.tsvg

and Merry Christmas to you too my dude

@victoryfirst use edit mode - remove the mine. Then add it back in as an Italian mine. Its a bug.

@victoryfirst do that ^ as soon as you open the file, before you move pieces into the SZ or it won’t let you do it.

@crockett36 sounds good, let er rip when you’re ready

@kwaspek104 gg my dude - this was an incredible game

@kwaspek104 I may have time later to give it a deeper dive (switching versions is difficult) but off the bat, one thing I am going to do as a direct inspiration from this game is release a ‘how to’ video with regards to the dual IC build as the UK. On J4 the Japanese had a legitimate 80ish percent chance of knocking out India and I remember feeling at the time that that was “gg”. I then realized that the dual IC complex build that I was touting so much was less of a single purchase and more of a strategy so ya, thanks for running that so I could observe it from the other side against someone trying it for the first time.

There were about two or three other points in this game that made my eyes pop in terms of the dice but that just makes for a more entertaining game and a different puzzle to solve than the one you thought you were solving.

I really liked your train of thought on the tech dice at the end. “Looks like I’m on the way out. Might as well huck some tech dice before I tap.” Yes…yes…YES! Exactly. There is no other version of axis and allies that allows the player without ‘inevitability’ (a term imported from Risk grandmasters referring to the balance of the global economy being on one side) a chance at a legitimate hail mary.

My only criticism was exactly what you noticed after the breakthroughs: If there are no bombers on the board and you didn’t leave IPC to purchase one, its two turns until you can translate that tech into some kind of action taken. This is precisely why in almost every game where I am the Axis but especially Japan, I start to build a bomber or so every other turn or when its most convenient. Once things go sideways, I hit the panic button (tech) and every now and then, I catch HB. This happened most recently against crockett. That is the only reason the axis won that game. You played the hail mary well.

Overall that was a ripping good time. Thank you for the game. I’m always down to play classic so if you wanted to go again, I’m always available.

@kwaspek104 your russia attack made sense. There was risk. It didn’t work out but it was far, far from crazy. Sometimes it works. You’re not the first and won’t be the last. Its there for an opponent to take or not. Creating a few 50/50s as the axis is the “cross to bear” as the axis if you want a shot at the W and you’re playing a top level player. And again your moves are clean as hell so good job and well done.

And yes, the Germans could have played it safer but that is not the winning strategy for the axis imo (when playing a good Allied player). On the current board, there are moves that are safer than others and some that will have a higher risk/reward.

And that’s the fun of it.